SonicWALL Wireless Card User Manual
COMPREHENSIVE INTERNET SECURIT Y
S o n i c WALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Card
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SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band
Wireless Card User’s Guide
Table 1: Version History
Versio n Date Notes
1 April 20, 2004 This document was created.
2 April 20, 2004 Added Windows Wizard diagrams.
3 April 29, 2004 Incorporated technical review comments.
4 May 6, 2004 Updated SonicWALL Client Utility diagrams.
5 May 17, 2004 Incorporated final technical review comments.
This document describes SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Card package contents and stepby-step procedures to configure your wireless card, setup the SonicWALL Client Utility, and connect to
the network.
This document contains the following sections:
• “Introduction” on page 1
• “Installing the Drivers and SonicWALL Client Utility” on page 4
• “Using the SonicWALL Client Utility” on page 9
• “Uninstallation” on page 21
• “Troubleshooting” on page 23
Introduction
The SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Card is a PC Card that fits in any 32-bit Cardbus PC
Card Standard V7.1 Type II slot. The Wireless Card has an LED indicator and an integrated built-in
diversity antenna.
Package Contents
• One wireless card
• One installation CD
• One Quick Start Installation Guide document
System Requirements
The following are the minimum system requirements in order to use the SonicWALL Long Range Dual
Band Wireless Card.
• PC/AT compatible computer with a 32-bit Cardbus PC Card Standard V7.1 Type II slot
• Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP operating system
• 300 MHz or higher processor
• 32 MB or greater memory
Product Registration
Registering your SonicWALL Long Range Wireless Cards at mySonicWALL.com
(www.mysonicwall.com) allows you to receive any new driver updates. Your SonicWALL wireless security
appliance must be registered before registering your SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Cards.
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Features and Benefits
This section provides a list of wireless features, information on wireless interoperability, and security.
Wireless Features
The SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Card includes the features highlighted in Table 2.
Table 2: Wireless Features
Features Benefits
2.4GHz IEEE 802.11b/g standard compliant
5GHz IEEE 802.11a standard compliant
Up to 54Mbps and 108Mps (in 802.11a and
Turbo G mode) high-speed data rates
WPA-PSK, WPA-EAP and 152-bit WEP Data
Encryption with support for TKIP and AES
Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) support Provides flexible selection of the best frequency to
Transmission Power Control (TPC) support Offers flexibility to adjust RF output power
Multi-country Roaming (802.11d) support Automatically adjusts regulatory domain to operate in
Fully interoperable with IEEE 802.11a/b/g compliant
products
Capable of handling heavy data payloads such as
MPEG video streaming
Powerful data security
allow mobility among all existing IEEE 802.11a/b/g
networks
different countries
Interoperability
The SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Card is WiFi certified to ensure wireless interoperability
with other WiFi certified devices.
Security
The following security support is included:
• WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) and WPA-EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) including EAP-TLS
and EAP-PEAP
• WiFiSec (IPSec VPN) using SonicWALL’s Global Security Client
• Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption, operating with 64 bit, 128 bit or 152 bit encryption
• AES-CCM Encryption support
• Support for Windows 802.1X supplicants
Wireless LAN Solutions
The following list describes example applications of wireless LANs:
• Office networks - Business users need a cost-effective, easy and quick installation in an office network.
• Training/educational facilities - Training sites at corporations and students at universities use wireless connectivity to ease access to information, information exchanges, and learning.
• 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.
• Wired LAN backup - Network managers implement wireless LANs to provide backup for missioncritical applications running on wired networks.
• Access to environments requiring 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.
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• Frequently changing environments - Show rooms, meeting rooms, retail stores, and manufacturing
sites where the workplace is frequently being rearranged.
• Difficult-to-wire environments - There are many situations where wires cannot easily be laid. His-
toric buildings, older buildings, open areas and across busy streets make the installation of LANs either impossible or very expensive.
• Temporary workgroups - Consider situations in parks, athletic arenas, exhibitions, disaster-recov-
ery, temporary office and construction sites where you need a temporary WLAN established and removed.
Deployment Scenarios
This section provides deployment scenarios to help you understand how wireless LAN products work
together to create a wireless network. Refer to the following deployment scenarios:
• Ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) for departmental or office LANs
• Infrastructure for Enterprise LANs
Ad-Hoc (Peer-to-Peer)
The ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) mode is the simplest network configuration that supports several computers
equipped with SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Cards to form a wireless network. In ad-hoc
mode, each client is peer-to-peer and would only have access to the resources of the other client. In adhoc mode, the client does not require an access point.
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Infrastructure Mode
The infrastructure mode requires the use of an access point (AP). In infrastructure mode, wireless
communication between two computers is transferred through the AP. The AP can standalone or be wired
to an Ethernet network. If an AP is used in standalone mode, the AP can extend the range of independent
wireless LANs by acting as a repeater to effectively double the distance between wireless stations. The
figure below illustrates a network in infrastructure mode.
Installing the Drivers and SonicWALL Client Utility
This section describes how to install the drivers and SonicWALL Client Utility for Windows 98SE/ME/
2000/XP.
Before You Begin
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 installation CD available 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.
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Installing the SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Card Drivers
This section provides step-by-step procedures to install the SonicWALL driver and Client Utility. Do not
insert the wireless card until after the driver installation is complete.
Perform the following steps below in order to install the SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Card
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 CDROM drive.
2. Once the setup begins you will see the Install Shield Wizard, as the image depicts below.
3. Click on the Next button to continue. The Install Wizard will then let you select a destination folder for
the utility and drivers. Click on the Browse button and specify another folder, or click on the Next button to use the default folder.
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4. The Install Wizard will then allow you to select a Program Folder. Select one from the list, or click on
the Next button to use the default program folder.
5. The Install Wizard will then inform you that it has enough information to begin the installation process.
Click on the Next button to continue.
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6. The Install Wizard will then begin to copy the files to your computer, as the image depicts below.
7. Click on the Finish button. The first part of the installation is complete.
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