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.
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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It displays the connection state of
Card
s the selected channel
(There are
Click this button to enable/disable
CompactFlash Card will
Clicking on the button, the device
Link
The Link tab provides you the status of the
Wireless CompactFlash Card.
Item Description
State
Current
Channel
Enable Radio
/ Disable Radio
Rescan
the Wireless CompactFlash
with the wireless network.
It display
that is currently used.
14 channels available, depends on
the country.)
the wireless radio. The Wireless
connect/disconnect with the
wireless network.
Search for all available networks.
will start to rescan.
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isplays the transferring (Tx)
and receiving (Rx) data rate in
and the
the connection between the
and
Item Description
Current Tx
Rate
Throughput
Link Quality
Signal Strength
It displays the current transfer
rate.
It d
bytes per second.
It displays the link quality of the
connection between the Wireless
CompactFlash Card
Access Point or Peer-to-Peer type
it connects.
It displays the signal strength of
Wireless CompactFlash Card
the Access Point or Peer-to-Peer
type it connects.
Configuration
The Configuration tab allows to set parameters
for the Wireless CompactFlash Card.
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.
Item Description
Profile
Name
Network
Name
Network
Type
Peer-to-Peer
Channel
Transmit
Rate
Default Clicks the button to restore to the
Undo Click Undo to ignore the previous
Apply Click Apply to activate the settings.
ok Click OK to save your changes.
Saves values for all previous setting
parameters. The default values
contain the parameters configured at
installation.
Once the demands for switching
between different networking
environments are required, you can
also set the additional profiles to
eliminate the configuration time. To
save the current parameters, highlight
the Profile field, type a new name,
and click on the Apply button.
A specific name shared among
connected Wireless CompactFlash
Card, Access Points and other
wireless stations on the wireless
network. The name must be
identical for all devices and points
attempting to connect to the same
network. The default name is ANY
To change the Network Name, simply
enter a new name in the field.
It displays the type of BSS.
Access Point: allows the Adapter to
communicate with a wired network
which employing an Access Point.
Peer-to-Peer: allows PC-to-PC,
station-to-station communication
without employing an Access Point.
To communicate with other Wireless
CompactFlash Card, you must specify
the same channel. Click the up and
down arrow at the right of the
Peer-to-Peer Channel to set the
desired channel.
It displays the current transmit rate.
1Mb, 2Mb, Auto 1 or 2 Mb, 5.5Mb,
11Mb or Fully Automatic)
default settings.
setting.
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is a data privacy mechanism
bit shared
can choose to have WEP
te four keys used for WEP.
For the easiest configuration, the
Encryption
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption
can be used to ensure the security of your
wireless network.
Item Description
Encryption
(WEP)
WEP
based on a 64-bit/128key algorithm.
Under the drop-down box, you
encryption Disabled, 64 bit, or
Create Keys
with Passphrase
Create Keys
Manually
128 bit.
A Passphrase can be entered to
genera
Passphrase method is
recommended.
These four fields can be used to
enter WEP keys manually. The
method is required to match the
keys of other wireless devices on
the existing network.
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Click Alphanumeric if you are
Hexadecimal:
9,
Click Hexadecimal if you are
tion
The default key field can be used
WEP
key settings for all wireless computers in order
? Alphanumeric:
5 characters
?
10 digits (0-
A-F)
Key 1:
Key 2:
Key 3:
Key 4:
Use WEP Key
Apply Click Apply to activate the
using an alphanumeric phrase.
using a hexadecimal number.
This setting is the configura
key used in accessing the wireless
network via WEP encryption.
for specifying which of the four
encryption keys to transmit data
on the wireless network.
settings.
Y ou must use the same value/phrase and
for the wireless network to function well.
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Site Survey
The Site Survey tab shows all the available
Access Points or Peer-to-Peer types and their
features.
Item Description
Network
Name
BSSID A set of wireless stations is referred
Channel It shows the selected channel that is
Network
Type
The name must be identical for all
devices and points attempting to
connect to the same network.
to as a Basic Service Set (BSS).
Computers in a BSS must be
configured with the same BSS ID.
currently used.
It displays the type of BSS.
Access Point: allows the Adapter to
communicate with a wired network
which employing an Access Point.
Peer-to-Peer: allows PC-to-PC,
station-to-station communication
without employing an Access Point.
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Item Description
WEP
Encryption
Signal Level It displays the signal strength of the
Rescan Search for all available networks.
Connect To connect with a new access point,
It displays the status of WEP
Encryption.
connection between the Wireless
CompactFlash Card and the Access
Point it connects.
Clicking on the button, the device
will start to rescan and list all
available sites.
highlights the desired one in the left
list box and clicks on the Connect
button. Wait a while and the
selected one will be marked as a
current used access point.
About
The About tab shows the information and
version of the Configuration Utility.
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FOR NOTEBOOK PC
This section is for users who had the CF to
PCMCIA Adapter.
Hardware Installation
1. Plug the Wireless CF card into the PCMCIA
Adapter. The Wireless CF card is then
turning into a conventional PCMCIA type II
PC Card.
2. Align the PC Card toward the PC Card slot
with brand label facing upward, as shown
below.
Software Installation
In Windows 98
1. Once the Wireless LAN Adapter is connected
to your computer, Windows 98 will
automatically detect the new hardware
device as shown below. Click Next.
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2. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive. Click Next.
3. Select CD-ROM drive and click Next.
4. Click Next.
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5. Insert Windows 98SE CD-ROM, and then
click OK .
6. Click Finish to complete the installation.
7. Click Yes to restart your computer.
In Windows ME
1. Once the Wireless LAN Adapter is well
connected to your computer, Windows ME
will automatically detect the new device.
Select Specify the Location of the driver…
and click Next.
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2. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive on your system. Select
Removable Media (Floppy, CD-ROM…)
and click Next.
3. Click Next.
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4. When the following window appears, click
Finish.
5. Click Yes to restart your computer.
In Windows 2000
1. Once the Wireless LAN Adapter is well
connected to your computer, Windows 2000
will automatically detect the new device.
Click Next.
2. Select Search for a suitable driver… and
press Next.
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3. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive. Select CD-ROM drive and
click Next.
4. Click Next to continue.
5. In “Digital Signature Not Found” window,
click Yes to continue.
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6. Click Finish. The software installation is
successfully completed.
In Windows XP
1. Once the Wireless LAN Adapter is well
connected to your computer, Windows XP
will automatically detect the new device.
Click Install from a list… and click Next.
2. Insert the device driver CD-ROM into your
CD-ROM drive on your system. Select
Search removable media (floppy,
CD-ROM…) and click Next.
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3. Click Continue Anyway to proceed.
4. Click Finish. The software installation for
this network device is now completed.
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Network Connection
Once the driver has been installed, you must
make some changes to your network settings.
If any components are missing, click on the Add
button to add them in. All the protocols and
clients required and listed above are provided by
Microsoft.
3. After clicking Add, highlight the component
you need, click Add.
4. Highlight Microsoft, and then double click
on the item you want to add. Click OK.
5. For making your computer visible on the
network, enable the File and Print Sharing.
6. Click the Identification tab. Make up a
name that is unique from the other
computers' nam es on the network. Type the
name of your workgroup, which should be
the same used by all of the other PCs on the
network.
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7. Click the Access Control tab. Make sure
that “Shared-level access control” is
selected. If connecting to a Netware server,
share level can be set to “User-level access control.”
8. When finished, reboot your computer to
activate the new device.
9. Once the computer has restarted and
Windows has booted up, a Logon window
will appear and require you to enter a
username and password. Make up a
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username and password and click OK. Do
not click the Cancel button, or you won’t be
able to log onto the network.
10. Double-click the Network Neighborhood
icon on the windows desktop, and you
should see the names of the other PCs on the
network.
In Windows 2000/XP
1. (For Windows 2000)
Go to Start? Settings ? Control Panel ?
Network and Dial-up Connections ?
Local Area Connection ? Properties.
(For Windows XP)
Go to Start ? Control Panel ? Network
2. Make sure that you have all the following
components installed.
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?? Client for Microsoft Networks
?? NWLink NetBIOS
?? NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS Compatible
Transport Protocol
?? Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
3. If any components are missing, click on the
Install…button to select the
Client/Service/Protocol required. After
selecting the component you need, click
Add…to add it in.
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4. For making your computer visible on the
network, make sure you have installed File
and Printer Sharing for Microsoft
Networks.
5. When finished, you must restart your
computer to complete installation.
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Configuration
Note: For Windows XP users, you have two
options to configure the Wireless settings:
1) Use M anufacturer’s Configuration Utility
Please go to Step 3 of Use Windows XP's
Wireless Configuration section to disable the
Windows XP's wireless configuration.
2) Use Windows XP's Wireless Configuration.
Please go toUse Windows XP's Wireless
Configuration Utility section to use the
configuration.
Use Manufacture r’s Configuration Utility
After installing the Wireless CompactFlash
Card’s driver successfully, the Network Status
icon will appear in the task bar.
Network Status Icon & Icon Menu
The Status Icon
Icon
Green indicates a strong link.
Yellow indicates a weak link.
Red indicates no or a very poor link.
To view the exact link quality of the Wireless
CompactFlash Card, move the cursor over the
status icon, as shown below.
Link Status
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These two items allows you
to enable or disable the
icon from the
, the icon
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
Wireless Radio On
Wireless Radio Off
Remove Status Icon… Removes the
Wireless Network
Status
Advanced
Configuration…
WEP Encryption…
Version
Information…
Description
wireless radio.
taskbar. Each time you
power on your PC
will reappear.
launch the Wireless Settings window, as
described below.
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It displays the connection state of the
with
(There are 14
wireless radio. The Wireless
Clicking on the button, the device
isplays the transferring (Tx) and
Status
The Status tab provides you the status of the
Wireless CompactFlash Card.
Item Description
State
Current Tx
Rate
Current
Channel
Disable Radio
Rescan
Throughput
Wireless CompactFlash Card
the wireless network.
It displays the current transfer rate.
It displays the selected channel that
is currently used.
channels available, depends on the
country.)
Click this button to disable the
CompactFlash Card will disconnect
with the wireless network.
Search for all available networks.
will start to rescan.
It d
receiving (Rx) data rate in bytes per
second.
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Saves values for all previous setting
Once the demands for switching
between different networking
Item Description
Link Quality
Signal
Strength
OK Click OK to save your changes.
Cancel Click Cancel to ignore the previous
Apply Click Apply to activate the settings.
It displays the link quality of the
connection between the Wireless PC
and the Access Point or Peer-to-Peer
type it connects.
It displays the signal strength of the
connection between the Wireless PC
and the Access Point or Peer-to-Peer
type it connects.
setting.
Configuration
The Configuration tab allows to set parameters
for the Wireless CompactFlash Card.
Item Description
Profile
Name
parameters. The default values
contain the parameters configured at
installation.
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the Profile field, type a new name,
A specific name shared among
.
1Mb, 2Mb, Auto 1 or 2 Mb, 5.5Mb,
Item Description
environments are required, you can
also set the additional profiles to
eliminate the configuration time. To
save the current parameters, highlight
and click on the Apply button.
Network
Name
Network
Type
Peer-to-Peer
Channel
Transmit
Rate
Defaults Clicks the button to restore to the
OK Click OK to save your changes.
Cancel Click Cancel to ignore the previous
Apply Click Apply to activate the settings.
connected Wireless PC, Access Points
and other wireless stations on the
wireless network. The name must be
identical for all devices and points
attempting to connect to the same
network. The default name is ANY
To change the Network Name, simply
enter a new name in the field.
It displays the type of BSS.
Access Point: allows the Adapter to
communicate with a wired network
which employing an Access Point.
Peer-to-Peer: allows PC-to-PC,
station-to-station communication
without employing an Access Point.
(Note: For the detailed illustration
about Access Point and Peer-to-Peer
modes, please refer to the Wireless
Network Options section.)
To communicate with other Wireless
PC, you must specify the same
channel. Click the up and down arrow
at the right of the Peer-to-Peer
Channel to set the desired channel.
The field is grayed out in Access
Point mode.
It displays the current transmit rate.
11Mb or Fully Automatic)
default settings.
setting.
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is a data privacy mechanism
bit shared
can choose to have WEP
generate four keys used for WEP.
For the easiest configuration, the
Encryption
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption
can be used to ensure the security of your
wireless network. The window allows you to
set to 64bit or 128bit Encryption (WEP) by using
either Passphrase or Manual Entry methods.
Note: To allow Decryption and communication,
all wireless devices must share the identical
encryption key on the same network.
Item Description
Encryption
(WEP security)
WEP
based on a 64-bit/128key algorithm.
Under the drop-down box, you
encryption Disabled, 64 bit, or
Create Keys
with Passphrase
128 bit.
A Passphrase can be entered to
Passphrase method is
recommended.
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Click Alphanumeric if you are
Hexadecimal:
9,
Click Hexadecimal if you are
This setting is the configuration
The default key field can be used
Create Keys
Manually
? Alphanumeric:
5 characters
?
10 digits (0A-F)
Key 1:
Key 2:
Key 3:
Key 4:
Use WEP Key
OK Click OK to save your changes.
These four fields can be used to
enter WEP keys manually. The
method is required to match the
keys of other wireless devices on
the existing network.
using an alphanumeric phrase.
using a hexadecimal number.
key used in accessing the wireless
network via WEP encryption.
for specifying which of the four
encryption keys to transmit data
on the wireless network.
Cancel Click Cancel to ignore the
Apply Click Apply to activate the
previous setting.
settings.
Site Survey
The Site Survey tab shows all the available
Access Points and their information.
Highlight the access point displayed in the left
list box, and you can see its features illustrated in
the following fields.
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Item Description
Available
Networks
It displays all available networks.
Network
Name
SSID
BSSID A set of wireless stations is referred
Channel It shows the selected channel that is
Network
Type
WEP
Encryption
The name must be identical for all
devices and points attempting to
connect to the same network.
It displays the current SSID setting of
the Wireless Network Adapter.
to as a Basic Service Set (BSS).
Computers in a BSS must be
configured with the same BSS ID.
currently used.
It displays the type of BSS.
Access Point: allows the Adapter to
communicate with a wired network
which employing an Access Point.
Peer-to-Peer: allows PC-to-PC,
station-to-station communication
without employing an Access Point.
It displays the status of WEP
Encryption.
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Item Description
Signal Level It displays the signal strength of the
Rescan Search for all available networks.
Connect To connect with a new access point,
connection between the Wireless PC
and the Access Point it connects.
Clicking on the button, the device
will start to rescan and list all
available sites.
highlights the desired one in the left
list box and clicks on the Connect
button. Wait a while and the
selected one will be marked as a
current used access point.
About
The About tab shows the information and
version of the Configuration Utility.
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Use Windows XP's Wireless
Configuration Utility
1. Go to Start ? Control Panel ? Network
Connections.
2. In Network Connections window, right-click
the Wireless Network Connections icon,
and select Properties.
Note: Double-click the Wireless Network
Connection icon and you can also see the
status of the Wireless CompactFlash Card as
described below.
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: Once you enable windows configuration, there
can
3. In Wireless Network Connection
Properties window, select the Wireless
Networks tab.
?Use Windows to configure…
* Use Windows to configure
Note
will be only two tabs, Status and About. You
only use Windows XP's Wireless Configuration Utility
to configure the wireless settings.
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* Use Manufacturer’s Configuration Utility
Note: If you want to use manufacturer’s configuration
utility to configure the wireless settings, make sure the
check box is not enabled then click the Network
Status icon in the taskbar.
Available networks
Displays all available networks.
Configure
Click the button to set up a new network or WEP
configuration as illustrated as below.
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Refresh
Click the button to refresh and search for all
available networks.
Preferred networks
From available network(s) listed above, you can
select preferred one(s) in an order that you can
arrange.
The marked one is the currently used network.
Move up
Move the selected network forward one position.
Move d own
Move the selected network back one position
Add…
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Click the button and the Wireless Network
Properties window will appear. In the
Network name field, enter your desired network
name listed in the above Available networks box,
and click OK .
Note: The new settings will be active only after you
click on OK in the Wireless Network Connection
Properties window.
Remove
Highlight the unwanted network listed in the
Preferred networks box, and click the button to
remove it.
Properties
Highlight the network listed in the above
Preferred networks box, and click the button to
display its properties.
Once network configuration is done, make sure to
click OK. The new parameters will be saved
and active only after doing so.
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(W) x
Europe: 13
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
SPECIFICATIONS
Standards IEEE 802.11b, Wi-Fi compliant
Host Interface CompactFlash Type I
Weight: 15 g
Physical
Antenna Internal Chip Antenna
LED Indicators Link: Orange; Act: Green
Power
Requirement
Environment
Specifications
Frequency
Range
Number of
Selectable
Channels
Data rate 1/2/5.5/11 Mbps
Modulation
Technique
Secu rity 0/64/128 bit WEP
Spreading 11 chip Barker sequence
Bit Error rate Better than 10-5