Planet Technology WL-3600 User Manual

REGULATORY STATEMENTS

FCC Certification

The United States Federal Communication Commis­sion (FCC) and the Canadian Department of Com­munications have established certain rules governing
the use of electronic equipment.

Part15, Class B

This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1) This device may not cause harmful interface, and

2) This device must accept any interface received,
including interface that may cause undesired op­eration. This equipment has been tested and
found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a resi­dential installation. This equipment generates,
uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, and
if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television
reception, which can be determined by turning off
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct
the interference by one or more of the following
measures:

l Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the distance between the equipment and

l

receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit

l

different from that to which the receiver is con­nected.

CAUTION:

1) To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance

requirements, a separation distance of at least
20 cm must be maintained between the antenna
of this device and all persons.

2) This transmitter must not be co-located or op-

erating in conjunction with any other antenna or
transmitter.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION....................................................1

FEATURES ..........................................................1

WIRELESS NETWORK OPTIONS ............................2

The Peer-to-Peer Network...........................2

The Access Point Network...........................3

LED INDICATORS ................................................3

Link: Orange (On/Blink)................................3

Act: Green (On/Off)......................................4

FOR WINDOWS CE3.0..........................................5

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ....................................5

HARDWARE INSTALLATION....................................7

NETWORK CONNECTION......................................8

CONFIGURATION UTILITY....................................11

Network Status Icon & Icon Menu..............11

The Status Icon..........................................11

Icon Menu..................................................12

Link............................................................13

Configuration.............................................14

Encryption..................................................16

Site Survey................................................18

About.........................................................19

FOR NOTEBOOK PC..........................................20

HARDWARE INSTALLATION..................................20

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ..................................20

In Windows 98...........................................20

In Windows ME..........................................22

In Windows 2000.......................................24

In Windows XP...........................................26

NETWORK CONNECTION....................................29

In Windows 98/ME.....................................29

In Windows 2000/XP..................................32

CONFIGURATION ...............................................35

Use Manufacturer’s Configuration Utility....35

Use Windows XP's Wireless Configuration

Utility..........................................................44

SPECIFICATIONS................................................49

INTRODUCTION

A wireless LAN is similar to a regular LAN, except
that you can share information without looking for a
RJ-45 socket to plug in, and expand networks
without installing or moving wires. Based on radio
frequency (RF) technology, a wireless LAN trans­mits and receives data over the air, along with the
guarantee to provide privacy and noninterference
by the use of separate radio frequency.

WL-3600 is the perfect solution for your wireless
network applications and based on the IEEE

802.11b standard offering a data rate of 11Mbps in

a wireless LAN environment. It is a high-speed
wireless network card that connect directly to your
PDA or Notebook (with included PC card
adapter)—just plug it in and you’re ready to share
data, printers, or high speed Internet access over
your existing wireless network. User-friendly soft­ware makes it simple to set up.

Features

Compliant with IEEE 802.11b standard for 2.4GHz

Wireless LAN
Compliant with Compact Flash Type I Standard
Compatible with Windows CE 3.0
Compatible with Windows 98/NT/ME/2000 /XP

(with included PC card adapter)
Plug-and-play operation provides easy setup
Works with all existing network infrastructure
Compatible with specific wireless products and

services
Capable of up to 128-Bit WEP Encryption

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Freedom to roam while staying connected
11 Mbps High-Speed Transfer Rate
Rich diagnostic LED indicators with built-in An-

tenna
Lower power consumption and power save mode
Easy to install and configure

Wireless Network Options

The Peer-to-Peer Network

This network installation lets you set a small wire­less workgroup easily and quickly. Equipped with
Wireless CompactFlash Cards or wireless PCI, you
can share files and printers between each PC and
laptop.

Or you can use one computer as an Internet
Server to connect to a wired global network and
share files and information with other PCs via a
wireless LAN.

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The Access Point Network

The network installation allows you to share files,
printers, and Internet access much more conven­iently. With Wireless CompactFlash Cards, you
can connect wireless LAN to a wired global net­work via an Access Point.

LED Indicators

Link: Orange (On/Blink)

Access Point Mode

On – the link to an Access Point is up.
Blink – searching for Access Points in the net-

works.

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Peer-to-Peer Mode

On – forming a Basic Service Set or joining to a
Basic Service Set.

Blink – searching for other wireless LAN cards in
the wireless network.

Act: Green (On/Off)

On – transmitting / receiving wireless data.
Off – no traffic on the link.

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FOR WINDOWS CE3.0

Software Installation

Connect your PDA to your PC. Make sure you
have the Microsoft ActiveSync Utility installed on
your PC to make an active connection.

Caution: DO NOT insert WL-3600 into the PDA
BEFORE installing the configuration utility.

1. Insert the device driver CD into the CD-ROM

drive.

2. Open E:\DRIVER\WL-3600\WINCE3.0 folder

where E is the CD-ROM drive.

3. Inside the WINCE3.0 folder, click on Prism-

ForPocketCE.

.

: Please select

Prism-

For Handheld PC users
ForHandHeldCE

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Click Next to continue.

Click OK.

Click

Finish

.

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You can now insert WL-3600 into the PDA. Then

use the Settings on your Windows CE to
configure the network settings.

Hardware Installation

Insert WL-3600 into the Windows
CE-based PDA by aligning the Wireless
CF card toward the CF slot.

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Network Connection

Once the driver has been installed, you must
make some changes to your network settings.

1. Go to Start à Settings à Connections. Click

on Network Adapters.

2. Highlight PRISM 11Mbps Wireless LAN

Adapter, click Properties.

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¤

Use server-assigned IP address

If your network supports DHCP, select Use
server-assigned IP address. The IP address

and other information will be automatically
assigned. Then click ok.

¤ Use specific IP address

If your network does not support DHCP, select
Use specific IP address. You may need to
enter the IP address and other information.
When you have finished entering settings,
click OK.

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If you forget to click OK, your settings will not
take effect!

A message as below may appear saying you must
remove and re-insert WL-3600 to have the
changes take affect. Click OK.

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Configuration Utility

After installing WL-3600’s driver
successfully, go to
Click on

Status

PRISM Settings,

icon will appear in the task bar.

Start à Programs

Network

the

.

Network Status Icon & Icon Menu

.

The Status Icon

Icon Link Status

Green indicates a strong link.

Yellow indicates a weak link.

Red indicates no or a very poor link.

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Icon Menu

After clicking on the icon, the icon menu as dis­played below will prompt you to configure
WL-3600.

Items

Wireless Radio On
Wireless Radio Off

Remove Status Icon…

Wireless Network Status
Advanced Configuration…
WEP Encryption…
Version Information…

Description

These two items allows you to
enable or disable the wireless
radio.
Removes the Utility icon from
the PDA’s system tray. Each
time you power on your PDA,
the icon will reappear.
Clicking these items will launch
the Wireless Settings window,
as described below.

All settings are categorized into 5 tabs:

Link
Configuration
Encryption
Site Survey
About

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