Trendnet TEW-222CF User Manual

TEW-222CF

IEEE802.11b 11Mbps

CompactFlash Card

User Guide

Doc. No.: 090402-02

REGULATORY STATEMENTS

FCC Certification

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:

? Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
? Increase the distance between the equipment and receiver.
?? Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit 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 operating in

conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION..................................................1

FEATURES................................................................1

WIRELESS NETWORK OPTIONS.............................2

The Peer -to-Peer Network ......................2

The Access Point Network......................3

LED INDICATORS...................................................3

FOR WINDOWS CE3.0........................................5

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION....................................5

HARDWARE INSTALLATION..................................7

NETWORK CONNECTION ........................................8

CONFIGURATION U TILITY...................................11

Network Status Icon & Icon Menu......11

The Status Icon.......................................11

Icon Menu................................................12

Link ...........................................................13

Configuration..........................................14

Encryption................................................16

Site Survey...............................................18

About........................................................19

FOR NOTEBOOK PC .........................................20

HARDWARE INSTALLATION................................20

SOFTWARE INSTALLATION..................................20

In Windows 98........................................20

In Windows ME......................................22

In Windows 2000...................................24

In Windows XP.......................................26

NETWORK CONNECTION ......................................28

In Windows 98/ME................................28

In Windows 2000/XP.............................31

CONFIGURATION...................................................34

Use Manufacturer’s Configuration

Utility........................................................34

Use Windows XP's Wireless

Configuration Utility..............................43

SPECIFICATIONS ..............................................48

INTRODUCTION

A wireless LAN is like a regular LAN, except
that you can share information without looking
for a place to plug in, and augment 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.

The 802.11b Wireless CompactFlash Card 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 a passive
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 Window s CE 3.0
??Compatible with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP

(with a passive adapter)

??Plug-and-play operation provides easy setup
??Works with all existing network infrastructure

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??Compatible with specific wireless products

and services

??Capable of up to 128-Bit WEP Encrypti on
??Freedom to roam while staying connected
??11 Mbps High-Speed Transfer Rate
??Rich diagnostic LED indicators with built-in

Antenna

??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

Glow – linking to an Access Point.
Blink – searching for Access Points in the

networks.

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Peer-to-Peer Mode
Glow – 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)

Transmitting/receiving wireless data.

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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 the Wireless
CompactFlash Card into the PDA BEFORE
installing the configuration utility.

1. Insert the device driver CD into the CD -ROM

drive.

2. Open the WINCE3.0 folder.

3. Inside the WINCE3.0 folder, click on

PrismForPocketCE.

For Handheld PC users: Please select
PrismForHandHeldCE .

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4. Click Next to continue.

5. Click OK .

6. Click Finish.

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7. You can now insert the Wireless

CompactFlash Card into the PDA. Then use
the Settings on your Windows CE to
configure the network settings.

Hardware Installation

Insert the Wireless CF card 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 ? Settings ? Connections.

Click on Network Adapters.

2. Highlight PRISM 11Mbps Wireless LAN

Adapter, click Properties.

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3. ? 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 server-assigned 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 .

If you forget to click OK, your settings will not
take effect!

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4. A message as below may appear saying you

must remove and re-insert the Wireless
CompactFlash Card to have the changes take
affect. Click OK .

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Configuration Utility

After installing the Wireless CompactFlash
Card’s driver successfully, go to Start ?

Programs. Click on PRISM Settings, 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.

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These two items allows you

to enable or disable the

s system

. Each time you power

, the icon will

Clicking these items will

Icon Menu

After clicking on the icon, the icon menu as
displayed below will prompt you to configure the
Wireless CompactFlash Card.

Items Description

Wireless Radio On
Wireless Radio Off

Remove Status Icon… Removes the Utility icon

Wireless Network
Status
Advanced
Configuration…
WEP Encryption…
Version
Information…

wireless radio.

from the PDA’
tray
on your PDA
reappear.

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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