Z Com XN990V02 User Manual

IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN

PCI Card

Model: XN-990

Quick Installation Guide

Version: 1.0

Date of issue: July, 2007

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing the IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter. This product is the
Wireless adapter that base on IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 standard that deliver up to 12x faster than
IEEE 802.11g while staying backward compatible with 802.11g and 802.11b network. This Quick
Installation Guide will guide you through the basic installation procedure. For further information,
please check the User’s Manual in the Product CD.

About your IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter

The IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter is a wireless LAN adapter for your computer. It
can be operated in Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc network configurations. Ad-Hoc mode allows IEEE

802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter users to join a Basic Service Set (i.e., peer-to-peer mode,
without access point). Infrastructure mode allows 802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter users to join
an Extended Basic Service Set (i.e., connect to an Access Point).

Package Content

The product package should contain the following items:
I. IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter…………….………….…….…...……………..x1

II. Product CD…………………………………………..……………………………..…………x1
III. Quick Installation Guide…………………………………………..………………………….x1
IV. Three detachable dipole antennas …………………………………………………………x1

If any of the above items are not included or damaged, please contact your local vendor for
support.

Installation Requirement

Before installation, make sure you have computer with following:

9 A minimum of 5MB available hard disk space.
9 A minimum of 32 MB RAM
9 A PCI slot port.
9 A CD-ROM drive.
9 Windows Vista/XP/2000

Installation of IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter for Windows Vista

1. Turn off your desktop PC.

2. Open the case of your desktop computer.

3. Find an available PCI slot on your computer.

4. Firmly insert the PCI Adapter into the PCI slot and close the case of the computer.

5. Connect the three antennas to the antenna connector of PCI Adapter.

6. Power on your desktop PC, it will auto-detect the IEEE802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter
and a “Found New Hardware” window will show up. Select “Locate and install driver
software (recommended)” to install the driver.

7. Select “Don’t search online” to locate the driver on CD-ROM.

8. Insert the included CD into the CD-ROM drive on your laptop. And click Next.

9. The windows will appear the message about the Network Control has not passed Windows
Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows Vista. Select “Install this driver
software anyway” to continue installing.

10. Click Close to complete the installation.

Note: If the driver is not WHQL certified, Vista64 will not load digital-unsigned software.

To complete installation with unsi gned driver, you m ay do the following:

1. Before starting 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, press “F8” to enter advance boot options menu.

2. Choose “Disable Driver Signature Enforcement” and Windows will start again.

3. Start to install the driver and ut ility for your Wireless LAN PCI Adapter.

After you install the driver and utility and insert your wireless PCI adapter, the icon appears
in the system tray.

Right click the

icon, the below window will show up. And select Connect to a network to

configure the wireless LAN adapter.

Installation of IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter for Windows XP

1. Insert the included CD into the CD-ROM driver on your computer. Locate and double-click
setup.exe.

2. Click Next to accept installing IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter driver files.

3. Click Next to accept the default file location or click Browse to select an alternate folder.

4. Select a program folder or type a new folder name and click Next.

5. You may add a shortcut in the startup folder as desired and click Next.

6. Click on Finish to complete the installation.

7. Turn off your desktop PC.

8. Open the case of your desktop computer.

9. Find an available PCI slot on your computer.

11. Firmly insert the PCI Adapter into the PCI slot and close the case of the computer.

10. Connect the three antennas to the antenna connector of PCI Adapter.

11. Start your PC, it will auto-detect new hardware and will display a “Found New Hardware

Wizard” window. Select “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” and press
Next to install the driver

12. The windows will appear the message about the Network Control has not passed Windows
Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. Click on Continue Anyway button
to continue installing.

13. The windows will find 802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter and start copying corresponding
files into the system. Click on Next to continue.

14. Click Finish to complete the installation.

15. After installing the Wireless LAN Adapter, the Windows XP will display a “Wireless Network

Connection # ” message.

Click on the message and the “Automatic Wireless Network Configuration” will then appear
automatically. You may click on Connect button to allow users to connect to an available wireless
infrastructure network (Access Point).

You may also click the Advanced button to make advanced configuration for the Wireless LAN
Adapter, shown as below.

Warning: You must choose one

way to configure Wireless LAN
PC Adapter either of using our
WLAN Utility, or using Windows
XP Automatic Wireless Network
Configuration first. If you want
to switch configuration from
WLAN Utility to Zero
Configuration, you need to
check the check box “Use
Windows to configure my
wireless network settings” to
enable the WZC service.

For more information on using the Automatic Wireless Network Configuration please refer to
Windows XP Help file.

However, the WLAN Utility, whic h came with the Wireless LAN Adapter, provides you more tools
to configure the IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter 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”.

Installation of the IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter for Windows 2000

1. Insert the included CD into the CD-ROM driver on your computer. Go to Utility folder and
double-click setup.exe.

2. Click Next to accept installing IEEE 802.11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter driver and utility files.

3. Click Next to accept the default file location or click Browse to select an alternate folder.

4. Select a program folder or type a new folder name and click Next.

5. You may add a shortcut in the startup folder as desired and click Next.