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.
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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It displays the connection state of
Link
The Link tab provides you the status of WL-3600.
Item Description
State
Current Channel
Enable Radio
/ Disable Radio
Rescan
Current Tx Rate It displays the current transfer rate.
Throughput
WL-3600 with the wireless network.
It displays the selected channel that is
currently used. (There are 14 channels
available, depends on the country.)
Click this button to enable/disable the
wireless radio. WL-3600 will connect/disconnect with the wireless
network.
Search for all available networks.
Clicking on the button, the device will
start to rescan.
It displays the transferring (Tx) and
receiving (Rx) data rate in bytes per
second.
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Item Description
Link Quality
Signal Strength
It displays the link quality of the connection between WL-3600 and the
Access Point or Peer-to-Peer type it
connects.
It displays the signal strength of the
connection between WL-3600 and the
Access Point or Peer-to-Peer type it
connects.
Configuration
The Configuration tab allows setting parameters
for WL-3600.
Item Description
Profile
Saves values for all previous setting
parameters. The default values contain
the parameters configured at installation.
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Item Description
Name
Network Name
Network Type
Peer-to-Peer
Channel
Transmit Rate
Default Clicks the button to restore to the default
Undo Click Undo to ignore the previous setting.
Apply Click Apply to activate the settings.
ok Click OK to save your changes.
Once the demands for switching between different networking environments
are required, you can also set the additional profiles to eliminate the configuration time. To save the current parameters, highlight the Profile field, type a new
name, and click on the Apply button.
A specific name shared among connected Wireless CompactFlash Card,
Access Points and other wireless stations on the wireless network. The
name must be identical for all devices
and points attempting to connect to the
same network. The default name is
ANY. To change the Network Name,
simply enter a new name in the field.
It displays the type of BSS.
Access Point: allows the Adapter to
communicate with a wired network which
employing an Access Point.
Peer-to-Peer: allows PC-to-PC, station-to-station communication without
employing an Access Point.
To communicate with other Wireless
CompactFlash Card, you must specify
the same channel. Click the up and down
arrow at the right of the Peer-to-Peer
Channel to set the desired channel.
It displays the current transmit rate.
1Mb, 2Mb, Auto 1 or 2 Mb, 5.5Mb, 11Mb
or Fully Automatic.
settings.
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Encryption
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption can
be used to ensure the security of your wireless
network.
Item Description
Encryption (WEP) WEP is a data privacy mechanism
Create Keys with
Passphrase
Create Keys Manually
based on a 64-bit/128-bit shared key
algorithm.
Under the drop-down box, you can
choose to have WEP encryption Disabled, 64 bit, or 128 bit.
A Passphrase can be entered to generate four keys used for WEP. For
the easiest configuration, the
Passphrase method is recommended.
These four fields can be used to enter
WEP keys manually. The method is
required to match the keys of other
wireless devices on the existing network.
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WEP
mputers in order for
¤ Alphanumeric: 5
characters
¤ Hexadecimal: 10
digits (0-9, A-F)
Key 1:
Key 2:
Key 3:
Key 4:
Use WEP Key The default key field can be used for
Apply Click Apply to activate the settings.
Click Alphanumeric if you are using an
alphanumeric phrase.
Click Hexadecimal if you are using a
hexadecimal number.
This setting is the configuration key
used in accessing the wireless network via WEP encryption.
specifying which of the four encryption
keys to transmit data on the wireless
network.
You must use the same value/phrase and
key settings for all wireless co
the wireless network to function well.
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Peer-to-Peer:
allows PC
-to-
PC, st
a-
Site Survey
The
Site Survey
tab shows all the available Access Points or Peer-to-Peer types and their features.
Item Description
Network Name The name must be identical for all de-
BSSID A set of wireless stations is referred to as
Channel It shows the selected channel that is
Network Type It displays the type of BSS.
vices and points attempting to connect to
the same network.
a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in
a BSS must be configured with the same
BSS ID.
currently used.
Access Point: allows the Adapter to
communicate with a wired network which
employing an Access Point.
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button.
Item Description
tion-to-station communication without
employing an Access Point.
WEP Encryption It displays the status of WEP Encryption.
Signal Level It displays the signal strength of the con-
Rescan Search for all available networks. Clicking
Connect To connect with a new access point,
nection between WL-3600 and the Access Point it connects.
on the button, the device will start to
rescan and list all available sites.
highlights the desired one in the left list
box and clicks on the Connect
Wait a while and the selected one will be
marked as a current used access point.
About
The About tab shows the information and version
of the Configuration Utility.
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FOR NOTEBOOK PC
Hardware Installation
1. Plug WL-3600 into the PC card Adapter.
WL-3600 is then turning into a conventional
PCMCIA type II PC Card.
2. Align the PC Card toward the PC Card slot
with brand label facing upward, as shown
below.
Software Installation
In Windows 98
1. Once WL-3600 is connected to your computer,
Windows 98 will automatically detect the new
hardware device as shown below. Click
Next.
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2. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive. Click Next.
3. Select CD-ROM drive and click Next.
4. Click Next.
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5. Insert Windows 98SE CD-ROM, and then click
OK.
6. Click Finish to complete the installation.
7. Click Yes to restart your computer.
In Windows ME
1. Once WL-3600 is well connected to your
computer, Windows ME will automatically
detect the new device. Select
Location of the driver…
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and click
Specify the
.
Next
2. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive on your system. Select
Removable Media (Floppy, CD-ROM…) and
click Next.
3. Click Next.
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4. When the following window appears, click
Finish.
5. Click Yes to restart your computer.
In Windows 2000
1. Once WL-3600 is well connected to your
computer, Windows 2000 will automatically
detect the new device. Click Next.
2. Select Search for a suitable driver… and
press Next.
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3. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive. Select CD-ROM drive and
click Next.
4. Click Next to continue.
5. In “Digital Signature Not Found” window,
click Yes to continue.
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6. Click Finish. The software installation is suc-
cessfully completed.
In Windows XP
1. Once WL-3600 is well connected to your
computer, Windows XP will automatically
detect the new device. Click Install from a list… and click Next.
2. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive on your system. Select
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Search removable media (floppy,
CD-ROM…) and click Next.
3. Click Continue Anyway to proceed.
4. Click Finish. The software installation for
this network device is now completed.
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Network Connection
Once the driver has been installed, you must make
some changes to your network settings.
In Windows 98/ME
1. Go to Start à Settings à Control Panel à
Network.
2. Make sure that you have all the following
components installed.
§ Wireless LAN Adapter
§ IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol
§ NetBEUI
§ TCP/IP
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If any components are missing, click on the Add
button to add them in. All the protocols and clients required and listed above are provided by
Microsoft.
3. After clicking Add, highlight the component
you need, click Add.
4. Highlight Microsoft, and then double click on
the item you want to add. Click OK.
5. For making your computer visible on the net-
work, enable the File and Print Sharing.
6. Click the Identification tab. Create a name
that is unique from the other computers'
names on the network. Type the name of
your workgroup, which should be the same
used by all of the other PCs on the network.
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7. Click the Access Control tab. Make sure
that “Shared-level access control” is selected. If connecting to a Netware server,
share level can be set to “User-level access control.”
8. When finished, reboot your computer to acti-
vate the new device.
9. Once the computer has restarted and Win-
dows has booted up, a Logon window will
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appear and ask you to enter a username and
password. Create a username and password
and click OK. Do not click the Cancel button,
or you won’t be able to log on to the network.
10. Double-click the Network Neighborhood icon
on the windows desktop, and you should see
the names of the other PCs on the network.
In Windows 2000/XP
1. (For Windows 2000)
Go to
Startà Settings à Control Panel à
Network and Dial-up Connections à Local
Area Connection à Properties
(For Windows XP)
Go to Start à Control Panel à Network
Connections à Wireless Network Connection Enabled Wireless LAN Adapter à
Properties.
.
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2. Make sure that you have all the following
components installed.
§ Client for Microsoft Networks
§ NWLink NetBIOS
§ NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible
Transport Protocol
§ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
3. If any components are missing, click on the
Install…button to select the Client/Service/Protocol required. After select-
ing the component you need, click Add…to
add it in.
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4. For making your computer visible on the
network, make sure you have installed File
and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.
5. When finished, you must restart your computer to complete installation.
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Configuration
Note: For Windows XP users, you have two
options to configure the Wireless settings:
1) Use Manufacturer’s Configuration Utility
Please go to Step 3 of Use Windows XP's
Wireless Configuration section to disable the
Windows XP's wireless configuration.
2) Use Windows XP's Wireless Configuration.
Please go toUse Windows XP's Wireless
Configuration Utility section to use the con-
figuration.
Use Manufacturer’s Configuration Utility
After installing WL-3600’s driver successfully, the
Network Status icon will appear in the task bar.
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.
To view the exact link quality of WL-3600, move
the cursor over the status icon, as shown below.
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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 Description
Wireless Radio On
Wireless Radio Off
Remove Status Icon…
Wireless Network Status
Advanced Configuration…
WEP Encryption…
Version Information…
These two items allows you to
enable or disable the wireless
radio.
Removes the icon from the
taskbar. Each time you power
on your PC, the icon will reappear.
Clicking these items will launch
the Wireless Settings window,
as described below.
Status
The Status tab provides you the status of
WL-3600.
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It displays the connection state of
Item Description
State
Current Tx Rate It displays the current transfer rate.
Current Channel
Disable Radio
Rescan
Throughput
Link Quality
Signal Strength
OK Click OK to save your changes.
WL-3600 with the wireless network.
It displays the selected channel that is
currently used. (There are 14 channels
available, depends on the country.)
Click this button to disable the wireless
radio. WL-3600 will disconnect with the
wireless network.
Search for all available networks. Clicking on the button, the device will start to
rescan.
It displays the transferring (Tx) and
receiving (Rx) data rate in bytes per
second.
It displays the link quality of the connection between WL-3600 and the Access
Point or Peer-to-Peer type it connects.
It displays the signal strength of the
connection between WL-3600 and the
Access Point or Peer-to-Peer type it
connects.
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network. The name must be identical
Item Description
Cancel Click Cancel to ignore the previous
Apply Click Apply to activate the settings.
setting.
Configuration
The Configuration tab allows to set parameters
for WL-3600.
Item Description
Profile
Name
Network Name
Saves values for all previous setting
parameters. The default values contain
the parameters configured at installation.
Once the demands for switching between different networking environments
are required, you can also set the additional profiles to eliminate the configuration time. To save the current parameters, highlight the Profile field, type a new
name, and click on the Apply button.
A specific name shared among connected Wireless PC, Access Points and
other wireless stations on the wireless
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Item Description
for all devices and points attempting to
connect to the same network. The
default name is ANY. To change the
Network Name, simply enter a new name
in the field.
Network Type
Peer-to-Peer
Channel
Transmit Rate
Defaults Clicks the button to restore to the default
OK Click OK to save your changes.
Cancel Click Cancel to ignore the previous set-
Apply Click Apply to activate the settings.
It displays the type of BSS.
Access Point: allows the Adapter to
communicate with a wired network which
employing an Access Point.
Peer-to-Peer: allows PC-to-PC, station-to-station communication without
employing an Access Point.
(Note: For the detailed illustration about
Access Point and Peer-to-Peer modes,
please refer to the Wireless Network
Options section.)
To communicate with other Wireless PC,
you must specify the same channel.
Click the up and down arrow at the right
of the Peer-to-Peer Channel to set the
desired channel. The field is gray in
Access Point mode.
It displays the current transmit rate.
1Mb, 2Mb, Auto 1 or 2 Mb, 5.5Mb, 11Mb
or Fully Automatic.
settings.
ting.
Encryption
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption can
be used to ensure the security of your wireless
network. The window allows you to set to 64bit or
128bit Encryption (WEP) by using either
Passphrase or Manual Entry methods.
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Note: To allow Decryption and communication, all wireless devices must share the identical encryption key on the same network.
Item
Encryption (WEP
security)
Create Keys with
Passphrase
Create Keys Manually
¤ Alphanumeric: 5
characters
¤ Hexadecimal: 10
digits (0-9, A-F)
Description
WEP is a data privacy mechanism
based on a 64-bit/128-bit shared key
algorithm.
Under the drop-down box, you can
choose to have WEP encryption Disabled, 64 bit, or 128 bit.
A Passphrase can be entered to generate four keys used for WEP. For
the easiest configuration, the
Passphrase method is recommended.
These four fields can be used to enter
WEP keys manually. The method is
required to match the keys of other
wireless devices on the existing network.
Click Alphanumeric if you are using an
alphanumeric phrase.
Click Hexadecimal if you are using a
hexadecimal number.
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Key 1:
Key 2:
Key 3:
Key 4:
Use WEP Key The default key field can be used for
OK Click OK to save your changes.
Cancel Click Cancel to ignore the previous
Apply Click Apply to activate the settings.
This setting is the configuration key
used in accessing the wireless network via WEP encryption.
specifying which of the four encryption
keys to transmit data on the wireless
network.
setting.
Site Survey
The
Site Survey
cess Points and their information.
Highlight the access point displayed in the left list
box, and you can see its features illustrated in the
following fields.
tab shows all the available Ac-
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button.
Item Description
Available Networks
Network Name The name must be identical for all de-
SSID
BSSID A set of wireless stations is referred to as
Channel It shows the selected channel that is
Network Type It displays the type of BSS.
WEP Encryption It displays the status of WEP Encryption.
Signal Level It displays the signal strength of the con-
Rescan Search for all available networks. Clicking
Connect To connect with a new access point,
It displays all available networks.
vices and points attempting to connect to
the same network.
It displays the current SSID setting of the
Wireless Network Adapter.
a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in
a BSS must be configured with the same
BSS ID.
currently used.
Access Point: allows the Adapter to
communicate with a wired network which
employing an Access Point.
Peer-to-Peer: allows PC-to-PC, sta-
tion-to-station communication without
employing an Access Point.
nection between the Wireless PC and the
Access Point it connects.
on the button, the device will start to
rescan and list all available sites.
highlights the desired one in the left list
box and clicks on the Connect
Wait a while and the selected one will be
marked as a current used access point.
About
The About tab shows the information and version
of the Configuration Utility.
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Use Windows XP's Wireless Configuration Utility
1. Go to Start à Control Panel à Network
Connections.
2. In Network Connections window, right-click
the Wireless Network Connections icon,
and select Properties.
Note: Double-click the Wireless Network
Connection icon and you can also see the
status of WL-3600 as described below.
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3. In Wireless Network Connection Proper-ties window, select the Wireless Networks
tab.
¨Use Windows to configure…
* Use Windows to configure
Note: Once you enable windows configuration,
there will be only two tabs, Status and About.
You can only use Windows XP's Wireless Configuration Utility to configure the wireless settings.
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* Use Manufacturer’s Configuration Utility
Note: If you want to use manufacturer’s configu-
ration utility to configure the wireless settings,
make sure the check box is not enabled then click
the Network Status icon in the taskbar.
Available networks
Displays all available networks.
Configure
Click the button to set up a new network or WEP
configuration as illustrated as below.
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Refresh
Click the button to refresh and search for all
available networks.
Preferred networks
From available network(s) listed above, you can
select preferred one(s) in an order that you can
arrange.
The marked one is the currently used network.
Move up
Move the selected network forward one position.
Move down
Move the selected network back one position
Add…
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Click the button and the Wireless Network Prop-erties window will appear. In the Network name
field, enter your desired network name listed in the
above Available networks box, and click OK.
Note: The new settings will be active only after
you click on OK in the Wireless Network Con-
nection Properties window.
Remove
Highlight the unwanted network listed in the Pre-
ferred networks box, and click the button to re-
move it.
Properties
Highlight the network listed in the above Preferred
networks box, and click the button to display its
properties.
Once network configuration is done, make sure to
click OK. The new parameters will be saved and
active only after doing so.
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(H)
SPECIFICATIONS
Standards IEEE 802.11b, Wi-Fi compliant
Host Interface CompactFlash Type I
Weight: 15 g
Physical
Antenna Internal Chip Antenna
LED Indicators Link: Orange; Act: Green
Power Requirement
Environment
Specifications
Frequency Range 2.412GHz-2.4835GHz
Number of Selectable Channels
Data rate 1/2/5.5/11 Mbps
Modulation Tech-
nique
Security 64/128 bit WEP
Spreading 11 chip Barker sequence
Bit Error rate Better than 10-5
Media Access
Protocol
Dimension: 68.77(L) x 42.8(W) x 6.4
mm
Operating Voltage: 5V or 3.3V
Ÿ
TX consumption: 300mA (Max)
Ÿ RX consumption: 200mA (Max)
Ÿ Sleep Mode: 50mA
Ÿ
Operating Temperature: 0~65℃
ambient temperature
Ÿ
Storage Temperature: -20~75℃
ambient temperature
Ÿ Operating humidity: 95% maximum
(non condensing)
Ÿ
Storage humidity: 95% maximum
(non-condensing)
USA, Canada: 11 channels
Japan: 14 channels
Europe: 13 channels
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
(CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK)
CSMA/CA (Collision Avoidance) with
ACK
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Supported OS
EMC Certification
For Notebook PC:
Windows 95(OSR2)/98/ME/2000/
XP/NT
For Handheld/Pocket PC:
Windows CE
- FCC Part 15 in US
- EN300328 and EN300826
(301489-17) in Europe
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