Xircom WPCI5000 User Manual
Intel® PRO/Wireless 5000
LAN Products
Quick Installation Guide
Copyright © 2001, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
Intel Corporation assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in this
document. Nor does Intel make any commitment to update the information
contained herein.
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801-0311-001A November 2001
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Table of Contents
Installing the Access Point..........................4
Installing the CardBus Adapter.................11
Installing the PCI Adapter.......................... 14
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Intel® PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN Products
User Documentation
In addition to this Quick Installation Guide, Intel provides extensive online
documentation for the PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN product line on the Intel CDROM in HTML format.
Note: The Intel CD-ROM may contain documentation for other Intel products
in addition to the PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN Products. Please disregard the
documentation for other products.
All documentation for the PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN Products is accessible by
clicking a button on the autorun menu screen displayed when the Intel CDROM is inserted into the computer (if this screen does not appear, run
autorun.exe from the root directory of the Intel CD-ROM). Disregard any
documentation on the CD-ROM that is not accessible through this autorun
menu screen.
Installing the Access Point
Package Contents
Intel® PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN Access Point (model WSAP5000)
x
Mounting hardware
x
Power supply and power cord
x
CD-ROM containing software and online documentation
x
Quick Installation Guide (this manual)
x
Installation Options and Requirements
(Recommended)
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client workstation connected to the access point directly or connected to
the wired LAN to which the access point is connected. Initial setup and
configuration must be done over a wired connection, but subsequent
changes can be made over a wireless connection.
(Optional)
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address to the access point over the wired network. You can configure
the access point to use DHCP to get its IP address. See Using DHCP
on page 8.
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To set up and configure the access point, use a wired
Use DHCP server support for automatic assignment of an IP
Connect and Power Up the Access Point
Connect the Access Point to the Wired Network
Plug an RJ-45 Category 5 Ethernet cable into the RJ-45 connector on
x
the access point and into a 10/100 Ethernet wall connector or hub.
Connect the Access Point to an AC Power Source
Plug the power adapter into a wall outlet.
x
Plug the power adapter cable into the socket on the bottom of the
x
access point.
LED Indicators
Once the access point is connected to a wired network and is powered on,
check the LED indicators to verify that the unit is functioning correctly. If the
access point fails to initialize, restart it by disconnecting and reconnecting
power.
The "Ready" LED at the bottom of the row of LEDs should be lit.
x
If the access point is connected to a LAN through an Ethernet cable, the
x
"Wired Link" LED should be lit (green for 10 Mbps, orange for 100
Mbps) and the "Wired network activity" LED should be blinking.
If the access point is communicating with a wireless adapter, the
x
"Wireless radio activity" LED should be flashing.
Viewed top to bottom, the LED indicators on the access point have the
following functions.
Wired link
Wired network
activity
Wireless radio
association
Wireless radio
activity
Wireless radio
association
Wireless radio
activity
Ready
Green for 10 Mbps wired network speed, orange for
100 Mbps.
Yellow blinking shows activity.
Green will be ON if a client is associated to the
access point and OFF if not.
Yellow flashes steadily if no adapter associated, and
more rapidly when transferring data.
Future use.
Future use.
Green. This indicator will stay illuminated after the
access point has completed the initialization
sequence.
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Configuring the Access Point for the First Time
1. Set up a portable or desktop computer as a configuration workstation
from which to view the browser-based Configuration Management
System used to configure the access point.
2. Connect the configuration workstation to the access point either directly
(using a crossover RJ-45 cable) or through a hub or switch (using a
standard RJ-45 cable).
3. The configuration workstation must be running Microsoft Windows® XP,
2000, Me, or 98, and one of the following web browsers: Microsoft
Internet Explorer version 5.50 or Netscape Navigator version 4.78 or 5.x
4. Set up the configuration workstation initially with an IP address
compatible with the default IP address and defau lt subnet of the
access point. For example, based on the access point default IP
address 192.0.2.1 and default subnet 255.255.0.0, the client workstation
could be set to 192.0.2.2, 192.0.2.3, or a similar address not in use by
another device.
5. Once the workstation has been configured as just described, type the
default access point IP address as a URL in the browser address field:
http://192.0.2.1.
6. To access the Express Setup pages, type a user name and a password.
The default for both is: Intel. The password is case-sensitive: capital "I,"
lower case "ntel."
7. Use Express Setup to configure the access point with a new IP
address, subnet, and other settings suitable for the network to which
it will be permanently connected (see table on page 7).
8. Click Apply first, then click Restart AP. After the access point has
restarted, connect it to the required network.
9. Once the access point has been configured and connected to the
network, the configuration interface can be viewed from any workstation
on the same network segment or subnet. Open a compatible browser
and type the actual IP address of the access point as a URL in the
address field.
Note: To view configuration, function or option changes on the browser
pages, turn off the browser's caching function.
For Netscape, from the menu bar select Edit, Properties, Advanced,
x
Cache, the select Document in cache is compared to document on
network: Every time.
For Internet Explorer, from the menu bar select View, Internet Options,
x
Temporary Internet files, Settings, then select Check for newer versions
of stored pages: Every visit to the page.
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Settings for First Time Configuration (Express Setup)
For complete coverage of access point settings see the access point Help
file or the online User’s Guide.
Setting
Default
IP
Address
System
Name
Default
Subnet
Mask
Default
Gateway
DHCP
Help
URL
SSID
11A
Description
The default IP address is 192.0.2.1. An IP address is not
dynamically assigned to the access point under its default
configuration. Use the default address initially, then change it
to a valid address for the network to which the access point
will be connected. For dynamic address assignment, see the
section Using DHCP.
User-defined name for the access point. Any combination of
letters and numbers from 1 to 32 characters. Default is the
model number of the access point.
The default Subnet Mask is 255.255.0.0 if DHCP usage is
Disabled or DHCP service is not available. Change this to a
valid subnet mask for the network to which the access point
will be connected.
There is no default gateway initially configured. Use a valid
gateway address for the network to which the access point
will be connected. If no valid gateway is defined on your
network, use the default gateway 0.0.0.0. For gateway
assignment via DHCP, see the section Using DHCP.
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
dynamically assigns IP addresses on a network with a DHCP
server. DHCP default setting for the PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN
Access Point is Disabled. To change this to Enabled and
install the access point on a network using DHCP support,
see Using DHCP.
Location of the Help files accessible by clicking the Help
button on a screen in the access point Configuration
Management System. See the online User’s Guide for
information.
Service Set Identifier (also called Network Name, Network ID,
ESSID) identifies the network to which the access point is
connected. All access points and client workstations on the
same wireless LAN must have the same SSID, which can be
any combination of letters and numbers up to 32 characters.
Default for Intel PRO/Wireless 5000 LAN devices is "101."
The default SSID is intended only for preliminary setups and
connections; it should usually be changed to a descriptive
name for the wireless LAN network in question.
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