Universal Scientific PCI11120, PCI111200 User Manual

IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI)

IBM High Rate Wireless

LAN (PCI)

Quick User’s Guide

( Draft Version )

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About this book

This manual contains instructions for installing and using the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN
(PCI) card. The manual is divided into two parts:

P art 1: Installation and user’s guide

This guide contains the product description, hardware and software installation
instructions, product use information, and maintenance information.

Part 2: Appendices

The appendices contain help information, service information, the product warranties,
and notices.
Note: The illustrations in this manual may be slightly different from your
hardware.

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INDEX

1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................4

1.1 Features (bullets changed).......................................................................................................................4

1.2 Applications (bullets changed)...............................................................................................................4

Product description..........................................................................................................................................6

IBM High Rate WLAN ( PCI ) ..............................................................................................................................7

Installing the Card Hardware .........................................................................................................................7

Introducing the Card to your Computer.......................................................................................................8

2 DRIVER/UTILITY INSTALLATION .....................................................................................................9

2.1 System Requirements ......................................................................................................................9

2.2 Driver installation .............................................................................................................................9

2.2.1 Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT ............................................................................................9

2.3 IBM Wireless LAN Client Manager Installation......................................................................11

Appendix A. Product specifications....................................................................................................................16

Physical specificati ons..................................................................................................................................16

Power characteristics.....................................................................................................................................16

Networking characteristics...........................................................................................................................16

Radio characteristics .....................................................................................................................................17

Wireless LAN Range....................................................................................................................................18

Supported frequency sub-bands..................................................................................................................18

Regulatory Information..........................................................................................................................................19

USA-Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...............................................................................19

Information to the user ..................................................................................................................................19

Canada-Industry Canada (IC)......................................................................................................................20

Europe-EC Declaration of Conformity......................................................................................................20

Technical Specifications...............................................................................................................................20

Appendix B. Troubleshooting ..............................................................................................................................21

Troubleshooting the LEDs ...........................................................................................................................21

Appendix C. Help and service information........................................................................................................22

Appendix D. Product warranties and notices.....................................................................................................23

Trademarks .....................................................................................................................................................24

Compliance information...............................................................................................................................24

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1 INTRODUCTION

Wireless LAN is local area networking without wires, which uses radio frequencies to transmit
and receive data between PC’s or other network devices without wires or cables. Wireless
LAN configurations include independent networks suitable for small or temporary peer-to-peer
configurations and infrastructure networks, offering fully distributed data connectivity via micro
cells and roaming. The IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card is designed to meet the
mobility, performance, security, interoperability, management, and reliability requirements of
IEEE 802.11b high data rate standard. It is easy to install on various devices with a standard
PC PCI card slot. When installed, IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card can communicate
with other IEEE 802.11b compliant products to create a wireless network in your office or
home.

1.1 Features (bullets changed)

• Compliant with 11 Mbps 802.11b high-speed specification

• Data rate 11/5.5/2/1 Mbps automatic fallback under noisy environment

• Advanced Power Management for battery saving

• Build-in PCB patch diversity antennas

• Supports a wide range of OS (Win95/98/Me/2000/NT )

• Interoperable with IEEE 802.11b compliant equipment

• Supports full mobility and seamless roaming from cell to cell

• Plug-and-play installation and easy client management with utility software

• Working range up to 115m an semi-open Office environment

• Supports point -to-point and point-to-multipoint access.

• Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) technology provides robust,
interference-resistant and secure wireless connection.

• Wireless connection without the hassles and cost of cabling.

• Greater flexibility to locate or move networked PC’s

1.2 Applications (bullets changed)

• Home networking for device sharing - Remote access to corporate network information
E-mail, file transfer and terminal emulation.

• Frequently changing environments - Retailers, manufacturers and banks who frequently
rearrange the workplace and change location.

• SOHO (Small Office and Home Office) users - SOHO users need easy and quick installation
of a small computer network.

• Inter-building connection - The wireless building-to-building network installs quickly, requires
no monthly lease fees, and provides the flexibility to reconfigure easily.

• Hard-to-wire buildings - Historical or old buildings, asbestos installations, and open area
where wiring is difficult to employ.

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• Education (ex/ campuses)

• Hospitals/Medical offices - Employees need access to database while being mobile in the
hospital.

• Warehouse (inventory)

• Security huts

• Exhibition centers

• Temporary LANs for special projects or peak time - Trade shows, exhibitions, retailers,
airline and shipping companies need additional workstations for a peak period. Auditors
require workgroups at customer sites.

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Part 1: Installation and user’s guide

This section provides the product and software descriptions, and the installation and user’s
guide.

Product description

The IBM High-Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card is a standard PCI card that fits into any standard
PCI slot. It has two light -emitting diode (LED) indicators and one integrated antennas. You
can use the IBM High-Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card in combination with an external antenna.
This PCI card is a wireless network that complies with the IEEE 802.11 standard on wireless
LANs (Revision B). It supports data-transfer rates up to 11 Mbps. This PCI card is fully
compatible with any other wireless LAN system based on direct sequence spread spectrum
(DSSS) radio technology that complies with the IEEE 802.11 standard on wireless LANs
(Revision B). The card supports the following wireless LAN features:

• Automatic Transmit Rate Select mechanism in the range of “High, Medium,Standard
and

Low”

• Frequency Channel Selection (2.4 GHz)

• Roaming over multiple channels

• Card Power Management

• WEP data encryption, based on the 128-bit WEP encryption algorithm as defined in

the IEEE 802.11 standard on wireless LANs .
In addition to this manual, your package contains the following:

• IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card

• Transparent protective casing for PCI card storage

Note: To extend the life of the PCI card hardware, store the PCI card in the

protective casing whenever carrying the computer on travel without operating the device.

• The IBM Driver and Utility CD

If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your reseller.

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IBM High Rate WLAN ( PCI )

The PCI Card, is a standard “ PCI bus” Card that you
can use to install IBM High Rate WLAN ( PCI ) Cards into computer devices .

Installing the Card Hardware

To insert the PCI Card into your computer, carefully follow the steps described in this manual

1. Shut down your computer.

2. Switch off the power of:

■Your computer,

■All external devices connected to your computer.

3. Disconnect the power cords from your computer and its external devices from the mains
sockets.

4. Remove the top cover of your computer, according to the instructions in the user’s guide
that came with your computer.

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5. Select an available slot for your Card and remove the metal filler strip (as pictured above).
Keep the screw for fixing the Card later.

6. Gently insert the connector of the PCI card into the slot .

7. Secure the card into place with the screw that you removed in step 5.

8. Put the computer cover back into place according to the instructions in the user’s guide that
came with your computer.

9. Reconnect all the external devices to your computer.

10. Re- insert the power cords and connect them to the mains sockets.

11. Switch on the power of your computer to complete the hardware installation.

Introducing the Card to your Computer

Most of today’s Microsoft operating systems will automatically detect and configure the PCI
Card hardware. Some of these operating systems . however, may require you to install an
additional driver (the PCI Enabler), to allow you to use the PCI Card in combination with IBM
High Rate WLAN ( PCI ) Card .
Therefore, prior to ins erting a IBM High Rate WLAN ( PCI ) Card into the PCI slot of your
computer , follow the installation instructions as described for your operating system to
complete the installation of the PCI Card.

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2 DRIVER/UTILITY INSTALLATION

2.1 System Requirements

Below lists the minimum requirements to use IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card:

1. A system with a PCI specification compliant PCI slot.

2. Windows 95/98/2000/Me/NT4.0 operating system.

3. A minimum of 5 Mbytes free disk space for driver and utility program.

2.2 Driver installation

2.2.1 Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT

1. Before powering on system, please complete hardware installation before continuing.

2. Restart system.

3. Windows should automatically detect the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card and
should display a dialog box titled “New Hardware Found”.

4. Insert the IBM Driver & Utility CD into the CD-ROM drive. Instruct Windows that the drivers
are located on CD-ROM drive. Accept all defaults.

5. After successful installation, you will see two network components. , You’ll see the two
network components ( IBM 802.11 wireless LAN PCI Card and TCP/IP -> IBM IBM 802.11
wireless PCI Card ) installed in your network configuration .

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2.3 IBM Wireless LAN Client Manager Installati on

1. Once your system has booted and is idle, insert IBM Driver & Utility CD into the CD-ROM
Drive. And the CDROM will automatically start the installation .( If it doesn’t automatically
install , Please Run the Autrun.exe on CD-ROM .)

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2. Show the informat ion of the Installation of IBM , Please Click Next >.

3.Click Yes if you agree with the statements. ( Please IBM provide the license file )

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3. Click Next> if you don’t want to change the destination folder.

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4. Click Next> if you don’t want to change the destination folder.

5. And you will see the installation is under processing

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6. Select Yes or No for restart option and click Finish.

7. If the option to restart was selected, click Yes to restart your computer

8. After installation and system has been res tarted, it will automatically run the IBM Wireless

LAN Client Manager as shown below. If the IBM Wireless LAN Client Manager fails to start,
please double click the icon in the system tray to open the IBM Wireless LAN Client Manager
main menu, providing quick access to all Card settings.

9. The IBM Wireless LAN Client Manager provides detailed on-line help instructions for each

setting. Please refer to them for detail description.

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Appendix A. Product specifications

This appendix provides the specifications for the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card.

Physical specifications

Form factor PCI

Dimensions (LxW) 119.91*64.41* mm
Weight grams

Mode Temperature Humidity
Operation 0° to 50° C (32° to 122° F) 90% maximum

Storage -10° to 60° C (14° to 140° F) 10 to 90% (No condensation

allowed)

Power characteristics

Doze mode 45 mA
Receive mode 225mA
Transit mode 325 mA
Power supply 3 V

Networking characteristics

Compatibility IEEE 802.11 Standard for Wireless LANs

(DSSS)
Network operat ing system Microsoft Windows 9x/2000/Me/NT4.0
Host operating system Windows 95: NDIS3 Low profile port driver

Windows NT 4.0: NDIS4 Low profile port driver

Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me:

NDIS5

Low profile port driver
Media access protocol CSMA/CA (collision avoidance) with

acknowledgement (ACK) (i.e. TCP/IP)
Data rate
(High-Rate Wireless LAN PC
Cards use an automatic
Transmit Rate Select
mechanism)

High: 11 Mbps

Medium: 5.5 Mbps

Standard: 2Mbps

Low: 1 Mbps

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Radio characteristics

Radio characteristics may vary according to:

• The country in which the product was purchased

• The type of product that was purchased

Wireless communication is often subject to local radio regulations. Although the IBM High Rate
Wireless LAN (PCI) card has been designed for operation in the license -free 2.4 GHz band, local radio
regulations might impose a number of limitations to the use of wireless communication

equipment. To comply with such regulations, the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card is
marketed with dedicated channel-sets, with a number of factory -programmed channels
identified by the following acronyms:

• ETS: For countries that adhere to the regulations as defined by the European
Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

• FCC: For countries that adhere to the regulations as defined by the US

Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

• FR: For France

• JP: For Japan

The acronym of the channel-set supported by your card is printed on a label on the back-side of your
IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card.

RF frequency band 2.4 GHz (2400 to 24835 MHz)
Number of selectable
sub-channels

Modulation technique Direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)

Spreading 11-chip Barker Sequence
Bit error rate (BER) Better than 10
Typical output power 15 dBm

North America (FCC): 11
Europe (ETS): 13
France (FR): 4
Japan (JP): 14
Other countries: FCC: 11

CCK for high and medium transmit rates
DQPSK for standard transmit rate
DBPSK for low transmit rate

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Wireless LAN Range

Range (100
Bytes user
data)
/ transmit rate

Semi-open
Office
Environment
Receiver
Sensitivity

In a semi -open office environment, work space is divided by shoulder-height,hollow wall elements.
Antennas are at desktop level.

The range of the wireless signal is related to the transmit rate of the wireless
communication. Communications at lower transmit rate may travel larger
distances.

High speed 11
Mbps

40 m
(131 ft.)

Medium
speed

5.5 Mbps

70 m
(230 ft.)

Standard
speed
2 Mbps

90 m
(295 ft.)

Low speed 1
Mbps

115 m
(377 ft.)

-84 dBm -88 dBm -89 dBm -91 dBm

Note: The range values listed in the table are typical distances as measured at the laboratories. These
values may vary according to the actual radio conditions at the location where the IBM High Rate
Wireless LAN (PCI) product will be installed.

• The range of your wireless devices can be affected when the antennas

are placed near metal surfaces and solid high-density materials.

• Range is also impacted due to obstacles in the signal path of the radio

that may either absorb or reflect the radio signal.

Supported frequency sub-bands

Subject to the radio regulations that apply in your country, your IBM High Rate
Wireless LAN (PCI) card may support a different set of 2.4 GHz channels.
Consult your Authorized IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) reseller or IBM Sales office
for information about the radio regulations that apply in your country.

The following table lists the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) IEEE 802.11 channel sets
in the 2400 to 2500 MHz range.

C hannel ID FCC ETSI FR JP

1 2412 2112 n/a 2412
2 2417 2417 n/a 2417
3 2422 2422 n/a 2422
4 2427 2427 n/a 2427
5 2432 2432 n/a 2432
6 2437 2437 n/a 2437
7 2442 2442 n/a 2442
8 2447 2447 n/a 2447
9 2452 2452 n/a 2452
10 2457 2457 2457 2457
11 2462 2462 2462 2462
12 n/a 2467 2467 2467

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13 n/a 2472 2472 2472
14 n/a n/a n/a 2484

When installing IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) cards, the channel configuration
is managed as follows:

For wireless clients that operate in a High-Rate Wireless LAN Infrastructure,
the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card automatically starts operation at the
channel identified by the access points. When roaming between different
access points, the station can dynamically switch to another channel if

required.

For IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) cards installed into wireless clients that
operate in a Peer-to-Peer workgroup mode, the PCI card will use channel 10
by default.
When inserted into an access point, the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card
will use the factory -set default channel, unless the LAN AdLow profile strator
selected a different channel when configuring the access point device.

Regulatory Information

USA-Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions: (1)this device may not cause harmful interference , and (2)this device must accept
any interference received, including interference that may caus e undesired operation

FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement:
This device and its antenna(s) must operate with a separation distance of at least 20 cm from all
persons and must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.
End-users must be provided with specific operating instructions for satisfying RF exposure compliance.

Information to the user

NOTE :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. If not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, it 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

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be determined by tuming the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try and correct
the interference by one or more of the following measures:

■ Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna.

■ Increase the distance between the equipment and the receiver.

■ Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is

connected.

■ Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help

Canada-Industry Canada (IC)

This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing
Equipment Regulations
Cet apparel de la B respecte toutes les exigencies du Reglement sur le materiel brouiller du
Canada

Europe-EC Declaration of Conformity

This device complies with Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC and EMC Directive 89/336/EEC

Technical Specifications

Mechanical Specification

Dimensions Length: app. 119.91mm.
Width: app. 64.41mm.

Electrical Specifications

Power density
PC Card bus 16bit, 5v a
PCI bus PCI Local Bus
Power Supply 3V taken directly from PCI bus. (3 or 3.3V???)
Power Consumption ■ 3V 50mA(excluding ORINOCO PC Card) (Power

consumption results show everything larger than 50mA – please
adjust to reflect actual measurements)

Temperature & Humidity
Operation 0．To 50。C
Transit -20．To 70。C

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Storage -10．To 60。C
Humidity Maximum 95%,no condensation allowed.
Compatibility
Operating System ■Windows 98 SE/ME.

■Windows 95

■Windows NT4.0

■Windows XP

■Windows 2000

■Windows CE

RF Compliance USA FCC CFR47 Part 15-C
Canada RSS 210
Europe ■EN300328-2

■EN301489-17

Japan ■TELEC STD T-66, STD D-33

■JATE No.9

EMC Compliance USA FCC CFR47 Part 15-B
Europe ■EN55022

■EN55024

Product Safety Europe EN60950

a. Compliant with the PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.1
b. Requires Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 or higher. (What about SP 2???)

Appendix B. Troubleshooting

This section provides information on troubleshooting procedures.

Troubleshooting the LEDs

Waiting the Intersil to provide the Troubleshooting Document .

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Appendix C. Help and service information

IBM marketing team will provide this section .

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Appendix D. Product warranties and notices

The following section provides product warranty information and legal notices.

Warranty Statements

IBM marketing team will prov ide this section .

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Trademarks

The following terms are trademarks of the IBM Corporation in the United
States or other countries or both:

IBM

HelpCenter
Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation in the United States,
other countries or both.Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service
marks of others.

Compliance information

For compliance and certification requirements, please see the certification flyer
included with the product.

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