Z Com 0325NL Users Manual

11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card

XI-325H Quick Start Guide

I. Network Configuration

11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card is an IEEE802.11/802.11b-compliant PCMCIA Type II DSSS

wireless LAN adapter. It fully supports wireless networking under Windows

98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card can be operated in Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure network

configurations. Ad-Hoc mode allows 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card users to join a Basic

Service Set (i.e., peer-to-peer mode, without access point). Infrastructure mode allows 11Mbps

Wireless PC Card users to join an Extended Basic Service Set (i.e., connect to an Access Point)

Wireless

Infrastructure

Ad-hoc

Version 4.0.7

II. Package Content

11Mbps Wireless PC Card…………………………………………………………………… x 1

Quick Installation Guide………………………………………………………………………x 1

Product CD-ROM …………………………………………………………………………….x 1

III. Installation of the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card under Windows XP

1. Insert the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card into the PCMCIA slot on your notebook and

start Windows. Windows will auto-detect the Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card and a “Found

New Hardware Wizard” window will show up.

2. Select “Install from a list or specific (Advanced)” and insert the Product CD-ROM into the

CD-ROM drive. Specify the location where the driver is placed. Click on Next to install

Access Point

Wired

the driver.

3. The windows will find “IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN/PC Card”. Click on Next to

continue.

4. Click Finish to complete the installation.

After installing the Wireless LAN PC Card, the Windows XP will display a “Wireless Network

Connection # ” message.

Click on the message and the “Automatic Wireless Network Configuration” will then appear

automatically and allow users to connect to an available wireless infrastructure network (Access

Point), shown as follows:

You may click the Advanced button to make advanced configuration for the 11Mbp Wireless LAN

PC Card, shown as below.

For more information on using the Automatic Wireless Network Configuration please refer to

Windows XP Help file.

However, the WLAN Utility, which came with the Wireless LAN PC Card, provides you more tools

to configure the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card and to monitor the wireless connection. For

more information on installing and using the WLAN utility, please refer to the following sections

“Installation of the Wireless LAN Utility” and “Usage of the WLAN Utility”.

Note: To use the WLAN utility under Windows XP, you need to disable the

Automatic Wireless Network Configuration first. Steps are described as follows:

 Right click the Network Connections icon. Select Properties.

 Go to the Wireless Networks.

 Uncheck the “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings” check

box and click the OK button (see the above picture).

Installation of the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card under Windows 2000

1. Insert the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card into the PCMCIA slot on your notebook

and start Windows. Windows will auto-detect the Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card and a

“Found New Hardware Wizard” window will show up. Click Next to proceed.

2. Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)”. Insert the Product

CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Specify the location where the driver is placed. Click

on Next to install the driver.

3. The windows will find “_IEEE_802.11_Wireless_LAN/PC Card (5V)”. Click on Next

to continue.

4. Click Finish to complete the installation.

Installation of the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card under Windows NT

1. Insert the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card into the PCMCIA slot on your notebook

and start Windows.

2. From the desktop, select “Control Panel”, double-click Network, go to the Adapters tab,

and then click the Add button.

3. Windows NT will present a list of all its supported adapters. Click Have Disk to continue.

4. Windows NT will ask for the path containing the 11Mbps Wireless PC Card Windows NT

drivers. Insert the Product CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then choose the location

where it is placed. Click OK to continue.

5. The Windows will find “IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN PC Card” and then copy the

necessary files into the system. Click OK to finish the installation. Restart your PC.

Installaton of the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card under Windows 98/ME

1. Insert the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card into the PCMCIA slot on your notebook

and start Windows. Windows will auto-detect new hardware and will display an “Add

New Hardware Wizard” window.

2. Select “Search for the best driver for your device (recommended)”. Insert the Product

CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Specify the location where the driver is placed. Click

on Next to install the driver.

3. The Windows will find “IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN/PC Card”. Click on Next to

continue.

4. Once the [Please insert the disk labeled “Windows 98/ME CD-ROM”, and then click

OK] window appears, enter the path corresponding to the appropriate drives and click OK.

Usually these files can be found at C:Windows or C:Windows\system.

5. Click Finish to complete the installation. Restart Windows.

IV. Installation of the WLAN Utility

1. Insert the Product CD-ROM again.

2. Go to the utility folder and run setup.exe.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the WLAN Utility.

4. Upon completion, go to Program Files and run the WLAN Utility. The utility interface

will then appear and at the same time its icon appears in the System Tray in the bottom right

corner of your task bar.

V. Usage of the WLAN Utility

The WLAN Utility consists of window with 5 items for you to monitor and configure the

11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card: Configuration, Loop Back, AP Browser, Site Survey and

About.

Configuration:

The Configuration item allows you to modify the configuration parameters for the 11Mbps

Wireless LAN PC Card such as Profile, Network Type, Channel, Transmit Rate, ESSID,

WEP, RTS/CTS, Fragment Threshold, and Power Save mode. Furthermore, you may

monitor the current status of the Wireless LAN PC Card such as State, Current Channel,

Current Tx Rate, Throughput, Link Quality and Signal Strength.

Loop Back:

The Loop Back tool helps you examine data transmission quality between your 11Mbps

Wireless LAN PC Card and any workstation on the network. By entering IP address of 2

remote station, setting ping interval and packet size, you may know whether communication

has been made successfully or not. Additionally, you may run the loopback test by clicking

the Loop back button to verify the communication quality between your wireless station and

Access Point. The Refresh button is used for setting the counters back to 0.

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