Z Com 03500 User Manual

22Mbps Card BUS Wireless LAN PC Card Quick Start Guide

I. Network Configuration

22Mbps Card BUS wireless LAN adapter is a 22Mbps Card BUS wireless LAN adapter. It fully supports Wireless networking under Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP.

¨ 22Mbps Card BUS wireless LAN adapter can be operated in Ad-Hoc or Infrastructure network

configurations. Ad-Hoc mode allows 22Mbps Card BUS wireless LAN adapter. users to join a Basic Service Set (i.e., peer-to-peer mode, without access point). Infrastructure mode allows 22Mbps Card BUS wireless LAN adapter users to join an Extended Basic Service Set (i.e., connect to an Access Point)

Wireless

Infrastructure

Ad-hoc

II. Package Content

22Mbps Wireless PC Card…………………………………………………………………… x 1 Quick Installation Guide………………………………………………………………………x 1 Product CD-ROM …………………………………………………………………………….x 1

III. Installation of the 22Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card under Windows XP

1. Insert the 22Mbps Card BUS wireless LAN adapter. 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 “22Mbps 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 22Mbp 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 22Mbps 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:

n Right click the Network Connections icon. Select Properties. n Go to the Wireless Networks. n Uncheck the “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings ” check

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

Installation of the 22Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card under Windows 2000

1. Insert the 22Mbps 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 “22Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card”. Click on Next to

continue.

4. Click Finish to complete the installation.

Installation of the 22Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card under Windows NT

1. Insert the 22Mbps 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 22Mbps 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 “22Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card” and then copy the

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

Installaton of the 22Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card under Windows 98/ME

1. Insert the 22Mbps 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 “22Mbps Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card”. Click on Next to

continue.

4. Once the [Please i nsert 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 22Mbps 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 22Mbps 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 22Mbps 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 wirele ss station and Access Point. The Refresh button is used for setting the counters back to 0.

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