11g Wireless Cardbus Adapter
User’s Manual
Version: 1.0
11g Wireless Cardbus Adapter Version: 1.0
Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................4
1.1 F
1.2 P
1.3 C
1.4 S
1.5 A
1.6 N
2 INSTALL DRIVERS & CLIENT UTILITY ............................................................................... 8
2.1 B
2.2 I
2.3 V
3 USING THE CLIENT UTILITY.............................................................................................. 13
3.1 PROFILE...................................................................................................................... 13
3.2 LINK
3.3 SITE
3.4 STATISTICS.................................................................................................................29
3.5 ADVANCE....................................................................................................................30
3.6 ABOUT......................................................................................................................... 31
EATURES & BENEFITS..................................................................................................... 4
ACKAGE CONTENTS....................................................................... ................................. 4
ARDBUS DESCRIPTION....................................................................................................4
YSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. ..................... 5
PPLICATIONS..................................................................................................................5
ETWORK CONFIGURATION.................................................................. ............................. 6
EFORE YOU BEGIN ........ ................................................................................................. 8
NSTALLING THE DRIVERS.................................................................................................. 8
ERIFY THE INSTALLATION .............................................................................................. 12
3.1.1 Infrastructure Configuration................................................................................. 14
3.1.2 Ad-hoc Configuration........................................................................................... 15
3.1.3 Authentication and Security................................................................................. 16
3.1.3.1 Authentication & Encryption Disabled.........................................................16
3.1.3.2 WEP Encryption.......................................................................................... 17
3.1.3.3 WPA Authentication with TKIP / AES encryption .......................................18
3.1.3.4 802.1x Settings...........................................................................................19
3.1.3.4.1 PEAP........................................................................................................ 19
3.1.3.4.2 TLS / Smartcard....................................................................................... 21
3.1.3.4.3 TTLS......................................................................................................... 23
3.1.3.4.4 LEAP ........................................................................................................ 25
3.1.3.4.5 MD5 – Challenge ..................................................................................... 26
STATUS ..............................................................................................................27
SURVEY..............................................................................................................28
4 UNINSTALL THE DRIVERS & CLIENT UTILITY................................................................32
APPENDIX A – SPECIFICATIONS .............................................................................................. 33
APPENDIX B – FCC INTERFERENCE STATEMENT................................................................. 35
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Revision History
Version Date Notes
1.0 June 14, 2004 Initial Version
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1 Introduction
This chapter describes the features & benefits, package contents, Cardbus
description, system requirements, applications, and network configuration.
1.1 Features & Benefits
Features Benefits
High-speed data rate up to 54
Mbps
Up to 64/128-bit WEP Data
Encryption, WPA, AES and TKIP
IEEE 802.1x client support Enhances authentication and security.
Multi-country roaming (802.11d)
support
Advanced power management Low power consumption in power saving
1.2 Package Contents
h One 11g Wireless Cardbus
h One Installation CD
h One Quick Installation Guide
1.3 Cardbus Description
The Cardbus is a standard PC card that fits into any PCMCIA card Type II slot.
The Cardbus has a LED indicator and an integrated built-in diversity antenna
LED:
• Peer-to-Peer: Blinking whether
the wireless is connected or not.
• Access Point: Sold green when
wireless is connected.
• OFF: No wireless activity.
Built-in diversity antenna
Capable of handling heavy data payloads
such as MPEG video streaming.
Powerful data security.
Automatically adjusts regulatory domain
to operate in different countries.
mode.
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1.4 System Requirements
The following are the minimum system requirements in order to use the Cardbus.
• PC/AT compatible computer with a PCMCIA Type II slot.
• Windows 98SE/ME/ /2000/XP operating system.
• 5 MB of free disk space for installing the PC Card driver and utility
program.
1.5 Applications
The wireless LAN products are easy to install and highly efficient. The following
list describes some of the many applications made po ssible through the power
and flexibility of wireless LANs:
a) Difficult-to-wire environments
There are many situations where wires cannot be laid easily. Historic
buildings, older buildings, open areas and acros s busy streets make the
installation of LANs either impossible or very expensive.
b) Temporary workgroups
Consider situations in parks, athletic arenas, exhibition centers, disasterrecovery, temporary offices and construction sites where one wants a
temporary WLAN established and removed.
c) 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.
d) Frequently changed environments
Show rooms, meeting rooms, retail stores, and manufacturing si tes where
frequently rearrange the workplace.
e) Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) networks
SOHO users need a cost-effective, easy and quick installation of a small
network.
f) 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.
g) Wired LAN backup
Network managers implement wireless LANs to provide backup for
mission-critical applications running on wired networks.
h) Training/Educational facilities
Training sites at corporations and students at universities use wireless
connectivity to ease access to information, information exchanges, and
learning.
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1.6 Network Configuration
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 w ireless LAN
PC card network configurations. The wireless LAN products can be configured as:
a) Ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) for departmental or SOHO LANs.
b) Infrastructure for enterprise LANs.
a) Ad-Hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode
This is the simplest network configuration with several computers
equipped with the PC Cards that form a w ireless network whenever they
are within range of one another. In ad-hoc mode, each client is peer-topeer, would only have access to the resources of the other client and
does not require an access point. T his is the easiest and least expensive
way for the SOHO to set up a wireless network. The i mage below depicts
a network in ad-hoc mode.
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b) Infrastructure Mode
The infrastructure mode requires the use of an access point (AP). In this
mode, all wireless communication between two compu ters has to be via
the AP. It doesn’t matter if the AP is stand-alone or wired to an Ethernet
network. If used in stand-alone, the AP can extend the range of
independent wireless LANs by acting as a repeater, which effectively
doubles the distance between wireless stations. The image below
depicts a network in infrastructure mode.
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2 Install Drivers & Client Utility
This chapter describes how to install the drivers and client utility in Windows
98SE/ME/2000/XP.
2.1 Before You Begin
Before installing the new drivers into your PC, you need to remove any improperly
installed Cardbus adapters, as these drivers may conflict with the new drivers you
are about to install.
During the installation, Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP may need to copy systems files
from its installation CD. Therefore, you may need a copy of the Windows in stallation
CD at hand before installing the drivers. On many systems, instead of a CD, the
necessary installation files are archived on the hard disk in C:\WINDOWS
\OPTIONS\CABS directory.
2.2 Installing the Drivers
Follow the steps below in order to install the r drivers:
1. Insert the CD-ROM that was provided to you in this package. The setup
should run automatically. If the setup does not run automatically, then you
must manually select the setup.exe file from the CD-ROM drive.
2. Once the setup begins you will see the Install Shie ld Wizard, as the image
depicts below.
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3. Click on the Next button to continue. The Setup Wizard will copy all the
necessary files and then display the following message.
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4. The first part of the driver installation is complete, click on the Finish button.
5. Insert the Cardbus into the PCMCIA slot of your notebook. Windows will
automatically detect the adapter and display the Found New Hardware
Wizard, as the image depicts below.
6. Select the Install the software automatically (Recommended) radio button,
and then click on the Next button to continue.
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7. If you are using Windows XP, you will see a message regarding Windows
Logo Testing, click on the Continue Anyway button to continue.
8. The Setup Wizard will then copy the necessary files. The Driver & Utility
installation is now complete, click on the Finish button.
9. You will then need to decide which configuration utility you would like to use.
Details on using the Configuration Utility are discussed in Chapter 3.
However, if you decide to use Windows XP Zero Configuration, please
refer to your Windows XP User’s Guide.
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