Senao Co AT30V17 Users Manual

! Chapter 1 Introduction

The 3054 PCI Aries installed in a PCI slot is the most convenient way to let you put a desktop
computer almost anywhere without the hassle of running network cables. Now you don’t need to
suffer from the drilling holes and exposed cables. Once you are connected, you can do anything,
just like the wired network. The 3054 PCI Aries operates seamlessly and simultaneously in both
modes of 2.4GHz frequency spectrum supp orting the 802.1 1b (11Mbps) and the 802. 11g (54M bps)
wireless standards. It’s the bes t way to add wireless ca pability to your ex isting wired netw ork, or add
bandwidth to your wireless installation.
To protect your wireless connectivity, the 3054 PCI Aries can encrypt all wireless transmissions
through 64/128/152-bit WEP data encryption. Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) puts your
network on the cleanest channel in your location. With the 3054 PCI Aries, you will experience the
best wireless connectivity available.

1-1 Package Content

The 3054 PCI Aries package contains the following items.

1. One PCI Card

2. One Quick Installation Guide

3. One Installation CD

1-2 PCI Card Description

The PCI Card is a standard PCI Card that fits into any 32-bit PCI slot. The PCI Card has a LED
indicator and one antenna as shown in Figure 1-1.

1

2

Figure 1-1

1. Dipole Antenna, which is perpendicular to the horizon

2. LED indicator

1-3 System Requirements

Installation of the PCI Card requires:

" Desktop PC containing:

# 32-bit PCI slot
# 32 MB memory or greater
# 300 MHz processor or higher

" Compatible with:

# Microsoft Windows 2000
# Microsoft Windows XP
# Microsoft Windows ME
# Microsoft Windows 98 SE

1-4 Features and Benefits

Feature Benefit

Up to 54Mbps high-speed data rates
Up to 152-bit WEP Data Encryption with TKIP Powerful data security

IEEE802.1x Client support (Optional) Enhances authentication and security
Multi-country Roaming (802.11d) support
Advanced Power Management Low power consumption in power saving mode

TPC (Transmission Power Control) Support TPC offers flexibility to adjust RF output power

Capable of handling heavy data payloads such
as MPEG video streaming

Automatically adjusts regulatory domain to
operate in different countries

1-5 Applications

Wireless LAN products are easy to install and highly efficient. The following list describes some of
the many applications made possible through the power and flexibility of wireless LANs:

1. Difficult-to-wire environments

There are many situations where wires can not be laid eas ily. Historic b uildings, old er building s,
open areas and across busy streets make the installation of LANs either impossible or very
expensive.

2. Temporary workgroups

Consider situations in parks, athletic arenas, exhibitions, disaster-recovery, temporary office
and construction sites where one wants a temporary WLAN established and removed.

3. The ability to access real-time information

Doctors/nurses, point-of-sale employees, and warehouse workers can access real-time
information while dealing with patients, serving customers, and processing information.

4. Frequently changed environments

Show rooms, meeting rooms, retail stores, and manufacturing sites where the workplace is
rearranged frequently.

5. Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) networks

SOHO users need a cost-effective, easy, and quick installation of a small network.

6. Wireless extensions to Ethernet networks

Network managers in dynamic environments can minimize the overhead caused by moves,
extensions to networks, and other changes with wireless LANs.

7. Wired LAN backup

Network managers impl ement wirele ss LANs to provid e backup f or missio n-critical applic ations
running on wired networks.

8. Training /Educational Facilities
Training sites at corporations and students at universities use wireless connectivity to ease
access to information, information exchanges, and learning.

1-6 Network Configuration

To better understand how wireless LAN products work together to create a wireless network, it
might be helpful to depict a few of the possible wireless LAN PCI card network configurations. The
wireless LAN products can be configured as:

1. Ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) for departmental or SOHO LANs.

2. Infrastructure for enterprise LANs.

Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode

This is the simplest network conf iguration that s everal compute rs equipped w ith PCI Cards th at form
a wireless network whenever they are within range of one another (Figure 1-2). In ad-hoc mode,
each client is peer-to-peer and would only have access to the resources of the other client and
requires no access point. This is the easiest and least expensive way for the SOHO to set up a
wireless network.

Peer to Peer

Wireless LAN PC Card

Wireless LAN PC Card

Wireless LAN PC Card

Wireless L AN USB Adapte r

Figure 1-2

Infrastructure Mode

The infrastructure mode requires the use of an access point (AP). In this mode, all wireless
communications between two computers have to be via the AP, no matter if the AP is wired to an
Ethernet network or stand-alone. If used in stand-alone, the AP can extend the range of
independent wireless LANs by acting a repeater, which effectively doubles the distance between
wireless stations as shown in Figure 1-3.

Infrastructure

Wireless LAN PC Card

L

Wireless LAN

L

Router/AP

Wireless LAN PC Card

Wireless LAN USB Adapter

Figure 1-3

Extended-range independent WLAN using AP as repeater

If wired to an Ethernet netw ork a s shown in Figure 1-4, the AP serv es as a bridge and prov ides th e
link between the server and the wireless cli ents. The w ireless client s can move freely thro ughout the
coverage area of the AP while rem ain ing connected to the serv er. Si nce the AP is connected to the
wired network, each client would have access to the server’s resources as well as to other clients.

File ser ver

Wireless LAN PC Card

Wireless LAN
Router/AP

Enterne t

Wireless LAN PC Card

Wireless LAN USB Adapter

Network Printer

Figure 1-4

Access points have a finite range, on the order of 50 meters indoor and 100 meters outdoors. In a
very large facility such as an enterprise, a warehouse, or on a college campus, it will probably be
necessary to install more than one access point to cover an entire building or campus, as shown in
Figure 1-5. In this scenario, access points hand the client off from one to another in a way that is
invisible to the client. Ensuring Token connectivity, wireless clients can roam seamlessly between
different coverage areas and remain connected to the netw ork.

File ser ver

Wireless LAN
Router/AP

Wireless LAN
PC Card

Wireless LAN
PC Card

Wireless LAN
USB Adapter

Wireless LAN
Router/AP

Wireless LAN
PC Card

Wireless LAN
PC Card

Wireless LAN
USB Adapter

Figure 1-5

Wireless Router and IP Sharing

In infrastructure mode, in addition to acting as a bridge between an Ethernet and wireless network,
the AP can be configured as a wireless router and IP shar ing device for Internet acces s as show n in
Figure 1-6. You don’t have to buy an expensive router. Nor do you have to buy several modems
and setup phone lines. Just share one AP, one modem, a single dial-up account, and one phone
line, dozens of network users can go surfing the Internet concurrently.

Internet

56K/ISDN TA/
Cable/Xdsl Modem

Firewall

Wireless LAN
Router/AP

Wireless LAN
PC Card

Wireless LAN
USB Adapter

Wireless LAN
PC Card

Figure 1-6

! Chapter 2 Installing Dri vers & Client Utility

This chapter describes how to install the PCI Card drivers and client utility under Windows
98/ME/2000/XP.

2-1 Installation for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

This section describes the first-time installation for the driver installation under Windows
98SE/ME/2000/XP. For a previously installed driver, we provide the Install Shield Wizard, which
includes an application for upgrading the present driver and the utility

Installation Procedure:

1. Turn on your computer.

2. Be sure that there is no PCI Card inserted yet.

3. Insert the Wireless LAN Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive and execute Setup.exe by
selecting the file from the CD-ROM drive.

4. When the Setup.exe program starts, it will pop up a window as shown in Figure 2-1., click on
the Next button to continue the installation.

Figure 2-1

5. After finishing all installation steps, click Finish to complete the installation as Figure 2-2.

Figure 2-2

6. Insert the PCI Card into the PCI slot of your computer and wait for the Found New Hardware
Wizard dialog box to display.

7. During the installation, the driver and utility will both install into the system, so please select
Install the software automatically (Recommended) as shown in Figure 2-3 and click Next
to search the driver installation file.

Figure 2-3

8. Then the system will find the driver and start to install as shown in Figure 2-4.