Senao Co IS20V311 Manual revised

Wireless LAN Card

User Guide

Before operating the unit, please read this manual and
retain it for future

The user guide is fit for both Wireless LAN Card and Long Range Wireless LAN Card

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 PC Card Description 1

1.3 System Requirements 2

1.4 Feat ures and Benefits 2

1.5 Applications 2

1.6 Network Configurations 3

2. Installing Driver and Utility 7

2.1 Installation f or Windows 98/ME/2000/XP 7

2.2 Checking after Installation 14

2.3 Wireless LAN Client Utility 16

2.4 Uninstalling Dri ver and Utility 29

3. Connecting to a Network 29

3.1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks 29

3.2 Checking and Adding NetBEUI 31

3.3 Checking and Adding TCP/IP 32

3.4 Checking a nd Adding File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks 33

3.5 Checking and Adding Computer Name and Workgroup Name 33

4. Troubleshooting 34
Appendix A Product Specifications
Appendix B Regulatory Compliance Information

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Chapter 1 Introduction

This chapter describes the package contents, PC Card description,
system requirements, features & benefits, applications and network
configurations of our wireless LAN products.

1-1 Package Contents

The PC Card package contains the following items as shown in
Figure 1-1

1. One PC Card

2. One Installation CD

3. One Quick Installation Guide

Wirele ss LAN

PC Card

Install ation CD

IEEE 802.11b

Figure 1-1

1- 2 PC Card Descriptions

The PC Card is a standard PC Card that fits into any PCMCIA Card
Type II slot. The PC Card has a LED indicator and an integrated built-in
diversity antenna as shown in Figure 1-2.

1. Integrated, with built-in diversity Antenn a

2. Link LED

! Peer-to-Peer – Blinking, no matter the wireless is connected or not
! Access Point – Solid GREEN when the wireless is connected
! Off – No wireless activity

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Figure 1-2

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Wireless LAN PC Card

Quick Installation Guide

1- 3 System Requirements

Installation of the PC Card requires:

1. PC/AT compatible computer with PCMCIA Type II slot.

2. Windows 98//ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP operating system environment.

3. Minimum 1.3M bytes free disk space for installing the PC Card driver
and utility program.

1- 4 Features and Benefits

11Mbps data transfer rate High-speed data transmission
High transmit output power
(Long Range PC Card Only)
IEEE 802.11b compliant Fully interoperable with IEEE 802.11b

Long operating range, up to three times
range of standard products

compliant products

Automatic data rate scaling at
11, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbps

Improved 64/128-bit WEP
Engine
Wide coverage range up to
600/1200(Long Range PC Card
only) meters in open space

Advanced Power Management Extended battery life
Plug and Play PC Card

interface
Significantly improved indoor
multipath distortion

Optimized throughput, range
And connectivity

Significantly improved throughput

Wireless connectivity for all your
computers

Easy installation
Higher link quality in indoor

environment

1- 5 Applications

The wireless LAN products are easy to install and hig hly 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 cannot or not easily be laid. Historic
buildings, older buildings, 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.

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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
frequently rearrange the workplace.

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 implement wireless LANs to provide backup for
mission-critical applications 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 exch anges, and
learning.

1- 6 Network Configurations

To better understand how the wireless LAN products work together to
create a wireless network, it might be helpful to depict a few of the
possible wireless LAN PC 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 ent erprise LANs.

3. IP Sharing for 56K/ISDN TA/Cable/DSL Modem – Connect Internet and your
SOHO network.

Ad-Hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode

This is the simplest network configuration that several computers
equipped with the PC Cards that form a wireless network whenever they
are within range of one another (Figure 1-3). In ad-hoc mode, each
client, is peer-to-peer, would only have access to the resources of the
other client and requires no the access point. This is the easiest a nd
least expensive way for the SOHO to set up a wireless network.

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Figure 1-3 A wireless Ad-hoc network

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 the AP is wired to 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 doubling the
distance between wireless stations as sh own in Figure 1-4.

Figure 1-4

Extended-range independent WLAN using AP as repeater

If wired to an Ethernet network as shown in Figure 1-5, the AP serves

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as a bridge and provides the link between the server and the wireless
clients. The wireless client s can move freely throughout the coverage
area of the AP while remaining connected to the server. Since the AP is
connected to the wired network, each client would have access to
server resources as well as to other clients.

Figure 1-5 Single AP bridge

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 1-6. In this scenario, access points hand the client
off from one to another in a way that is invisible to the client, ensuring
the connectivity. Wireless clients can roam seamlessly between different
coverage areas and remain connected to the network.

Figure 1-6 Multiple-AP and roaming

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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 sharing device for Internet access as shown in Figure 1-7.
You don’t have to buy an expensive router. Nor you have to buy several
modems and setup phone lines. Just share one AP, one Modem, single
dial-up account, and one phone line, dozens of network users can go
surfing the Internet concurrently.

Figure 1-7 Wireless router and IP Sharing

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Chapter 2

This chapter describes how to install the PC Card Drivers and Clie nt
Utility under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.

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

During the installation, Windows 98/ME/2000/XP may need to copy
Windows systems files from the Windows 98/ME/2000/XP installation
diskette or CD-ROM. Therefore you will need a copy of the Windows
98/ME/2000/XP installation diskette or CD-ROM at hand before
installing the driver. On many systems, instead of a CD, the necessary
installation files are archived on the hard disk in
C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS directory.

Installation Procedure:

Before installing this new driver in you PC, you need to remove all of the
Wireless LAN PC Card’s drivers that you had installed in you PC
(Please refer to page 9). Please follow the installation procedures b elo w.

◎ Install Wireless PC Card Driver

Turn on your computer.
Be sure that there is no Wireless LAN PC Card has been inserted yet.
Insert the Wireless LAN Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive.

Installing Drivers & Client Utility

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Figure 2-1-1

1. The setup program should start automatically as shown in Figure
2-1-1. If it does not start, you can run it manually by selecting RUN

from the Start menu and running Setup.htm from CD-ROM drive.

2. From Wireless LAN Installer, select Utility & Driver Install. The
driver and utility of Wireless LAN PC Card will be installed
automatically.

3. Insert the PC Card into the PCMCIA slot of your computer.

4. The Wireless LAN PC Card will be found and installed without
restart the computer.

5. Make sure that the network protocol parameters are set correctly for
your computer. These include the IP address, subnet mask,
gateway and DNS. If you are unfamiliar with how to set network
protocol parameters, refer to Chapter 3 Connection to Network for
details.

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◎ Remove Wireless PC Card Driver

1. Turn on your computer.

2. Right-click on My Computer icon on the Windows desktop to
choose Properties and the System Properties window will pop
out.

3. Click on the tab Device Manager and then move the mouse to
Network Adapters node to expend the tree list by clicking on the
plus sign.

4. Remove Wireless LAN PC Card that you have installed already.

5. Uninstall the Old Driver

6. You must remove the old existing driver before installing the ne w
driver.

7. Click Start icon on the tool bar and select Control Panel from
setting item.

8. Double click the Add/Remove Programs icon to open up
Add/Remove Programs window the choose the tab Install/Uninstall,
pick up the utility that you have installed for Wireless LAN PC Card
and press the button Add/Remove.

9. The dialog box will show up to confirm if you want to remove the
driver and all of its components. Please click on OK button to
complete the uninstall procedure of the old driver.

10. Restart the computer and remove the Wireless LAN PC Card.

11. Follow the Install Wireless PC Card Driver to complete the
Installation Procedure.

12. If the computer still use the old driver, please follow the step below,

a. Right click the My Computer icon on the desktop and

choose Properties (Windows 98/ME) or Manage (Windows
2000/XP).

b. In the Device Manager window, right click the Wireless LAN

PC Card from the Network adapters’ tree list and choose the
Properties as shown in Figure 2-1-2.

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Figure 2-1-2

c. Click Upda te Driver button from the Driver tab as shown in

Figure 2-1-3.

Figure 2-1-3

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d. Choose Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)

and click Next as shown in Figure 2-1-4.

Figure 2-1-4

e. In the Hardware Updated Wizard, choose Don’t search. I

will choose the driver to install and then click Next as
shown in Figure 2-1-5.

Figure 2-1-5

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