GIGA BYTE TECHNOLOGY GN-WIAG IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Card User Manual
GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Card
User Manual
GN-WIAG
IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Card
User’s Manual
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw
Rev. 1.0 First Edition
Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement
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 and, if not installed
and used in accordance with the instructions, 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 be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the
user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:
- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into 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.
FCC Caution: To assure continued compliance,any changes or modifications not
expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority
to operate this equipment.
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 cause undesired
operation.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:
This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled
environment. End users must follow the specific operating instructions for satisfying RF
exposure compliance.
This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna
or transmitter.
Contents
CHAPTER 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1
1-1. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................1
1-2. FEATURES .................................................................................................................1
1-3. PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS/PACKAGING.............................................................................1
1-4. LED INDICATING LIGHT ...............................................................................................1
1-5. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...........................................................錯誤! 尚未定義書籤。
CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING THE WLAN CARD 2
2-1. INSTALLING THE DRIVER & UTILITY (APPLICABLE TO ANY SUPPORTED OS)......................2
CHAPTER 3. USING THE UTILITY 4
3-1. LINK STATUS..............................................................................................................4
3-2. SITE SURVEY .............................................................................................................6
3-3. CONFIGURATION ........................................................................................................7
3-4. STATISTICS..............................................................................................................13
3-5. DRIVER INFO............................................................................................................14
CHAPTER 4. SPECIFICATION 15
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Chapter 1. Product Overview
1-1. Introduction
This 802.11b/g Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) card is composed of the MAC,
Baseband, and radio components, Mini-PCI interface, and two built-in antennas. It
operates in 2.4GHz frequency bands, providing fast (up to 108Mbps) and secure (support
AES, 802.1x & WEP and WAP) connections to 802.11b and 802.11g networks from a
single card.
1-2. Features
Conforms to 802.11b/802.11g specification.
Transmits data rate up to the maximum speed of 108Mbps.
Dynamically scales the data rate.
Automatic power management to reduce battery consumption.
Built-in diversity antenna.
Seamless roaming between 802.11b and 802.11g networks.
Supports AES (Advance Encryption System), enterprise-class 802.1x security and
multiple levels of WEP encryption (64-bit /128-bit/152-bit), and WPA (Wi-Fi
Protected Access)..
Driver supports Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP.
1-3. Physical Dimensions/Packaging
Dimensions: 59mm* 44mm* 4mm
Before the installation procedures, please ensure the components are not damaged during
the shipping. The shipment of the GN-WIAG includes:
One GN-WIAG Wireless LAN Card
One Installation CD (including User’s Guide and Driver)
One User Guide
Please contact your local distributor or authorized reseller immediately for any missing or
damaged components. If you require returning the damaged product, you must pack it in
the original packing material or the warranty will be voided.
1-4. System Requirements
1-4-1. Supported Platform:
IBM PC/AT compatible computer
1-4-2. Supported Operation System:
Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP
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Chapter 2. Installing the WLAN Card
2-1. Installing The Driver & Utility (Applicable to any supported OS)
Step 1: Please make sure that you don’t plug your card yet.
Step 2: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive, the following window will pop up.
Step 3: Click “Install Wireless LAN Driver”.
Step 4: Please remove the WLAN Card from your PCMCIA adapter and Click “OK”.
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Step 5: Click “Finish”.
Step 6: Please plug-in your “Gigabyte” WLAN card device ! and will install the device
driver Click “OK”.
Step 7: Click “Yes” , and then your installation is ok..
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Chapter 3. Using The Utility
The Configuration & Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the
card and monitor the statistics of the communication link. Unlike the standard method of
configuring the card via the operating system utilities (e.g. Control Panel), this application
permits the dynamic modification of the configuration parameters while the card is
operating. It also offers some more configuration options. It appears as an icon on the
Windows system tray whenever the card is running (see Figure 3-1). The icon can tell you
the received signal strength by four small green lights. You can open it by double-clicking
on this icon.
Figure 3-1. The icon of the Configuration & Monitor Utility
You can hide or show Tray-board by clicking mouse right key on this icon(see Figure 3-2).
Figure 3-2. The icon of the Function Utility
3-1. Link Status
The “Link Status” tab shows you the current association information about the card’s
connection with a wireless network. In the middle of the screen, you can see transmit and
received signal strength for this card(see Figure 3-3).
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Figure 3-3. Current link status of the wireless LAN card
If you want to turn off the card’s radio, click the radio icon at the bottom of the screen, Fig
3-4 shows the result Click “Yes” (see Figure 3-5). Just click it again to turn on the radio.
Click “Yes” (see Figure 3-6). In order to exit, click the “X” button at the bottom of the
screen.
Figure 3-4. Turn off the card’s radio
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Figure 3-5 Disabled WLAN Card.
Figure 3-6 Enabled WLAN Card.
Other items reports the following information:
Association State: The field shows you if WLAN card is communicating with an access
point or peer-to peer group.
MAC Address: This card’s physical address.
Channel [Freq]: The current channel and center frequency used by the WLAN card.
Security: The current security setting.
IP Address: WLAN Card IP Address.
Profile: various wireless settings for different environments.
SSID: Wireless network name.
BSSID: Basic service set identification.
Type: The current network type.
Country: Language.
3-2. Site Survey
The “Site Survey” tab shows you the list of reachable access points and/or peer-to-peer
stations. In Fig 3-7, the card three 802.11b and one 802.11g wireless devices.
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Figure 3-7. Reachable access points and/or peer-to-peer stations
Other items reports the following information:
SSID: Wireless network name.
BSSID: Basic service set identification.
(Security): (Encrypt data) or not
Signal Strength: It shows the received signal strength from the detected wireless device.
Channel: The current channel number used by the WLAN card.
Wireless Mode: 2.4GHz11Mbps(802.11b) or 2.4GHz54Mbps (802.11g) network.
Refresh: Rescan the available network and then refresh the result.
3-3. Configuration
The “Configuration” Tab contains several fields where operating parameters of the driver
can be viewed or changed. Just click “APPLY” button, changes to any of the parameters
in this panel can be applied to the driver without the need to reset the WLAN card. If you
want to restore the default value, click “Default” button. (see Figure 3-8)
3-3-1. Basic setting:
Profile Name: You can save various wireless settings for different environments.
Network Mode: This field allows you to select the mode from a list of supported network
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mode. The modes displayed have two values: “Ad Hoc” and “Access Point”.
Figure 3-8. Configuration
Ad Hoc channel: When the card’s network mode is set to Ad Hoc, you can select a
channel from the AD Hoc channel drop-down menu for your Ad Hoc group to use.
SSID: This is the wireless network name expressed as text string that all members within
the same network share. Devices that don’t share the same network name cannot
communicate with each other. If configured to “any” (the default setting), your card can
communicate with any available access point (If the access point isn’t closed system).
3-3-2. Advance setting:
Click “Modify” button(see Figure 3-9)
Figure 3-9
Click “Advance” button to enter the advance configuration screen (see Figure 3-10).
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Figure 3-10. Advance configuration screen
Power Saving: The card supports advanced power management to extend battery life.
a. When set to “off ”: the card does not use the power saving mechanism.
b. When set to “Normal ”: the card enters into sleep status when it is inactive and only
wakes up periodically to receive some messages from the access point.
c. When set to “Maximum ”: This case is similar to “Normal ”, but it draws less battery
power as a result of less wake up frequently. This also leads to slower response to
network request.
Network Type: This field allows you to select the mode from a list of supported network
mode. The modes displayed have two values: “Ad Hoc” and “Access Point”.
Wireless Mode: Specifies 802.11b (2.4GHz, 11Mbps) or 802.11g (2.4GHz, 54Mbps) operation.
The WLAN card will automatically select the optimal mode from these selected wireless
modes.
Wireless mode When Starting Ad Hoc Network: Specifies a band to establish an ad
hoc network if no matching SSID is found after scanning all available modes. Here, you
can select three different wireless modes (802.11b,802.11g) for the communication link.
Scan Mode: Specifies passive, or auto scanning.
802.11b/802.11g Preamble: Specifies “Short & Long”, or “Long Only” preamble. Allows
ad hoc compatibility with other 2.4GHz devices.
Transmit Power Level: Select 100%, 50%, 25%, 12.5%, or lowest transmit power.
3-3-3. Security setting:
Click “Modify” and “Security” button(see Figure 3-11)
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Figure 3-11
This card provides four security options: No security, WEP encryption, LEAP security
and802.1x security architecture.
3-3-3-1. No security(Disabled):
Allows the communication between the WLAN card and access point without data
encryption.
3-3-3-2. Use WEP for authentication and encryption(Pro-Shared Keys):
To prevent unauthorized user to access the data on wireless stations, the WLAN Card
offers a secure data encryption, known as WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). When you
select this item, the target 802.11 device must has the same encryption keys and be
configured to use encryption in order to communicate with each other. To configure your
WEP encryption, please click “Define Pro-Shared Keys “then the following window will
pop up (see Figure 3-12.
Figure 3-12. Configure WEP Key
To configure your encryption key, please follow these steps:
1. Select a Key Entry Method (Hex or ASCII).
2. Enter one unique encryption key and its key length.
3. Enter one to four different shared keys and their individual key length.
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For 64-bit encryption, enter 10 digitals by Hex or 5 characters by ASCII.
For 128-bit encryption, enter 26 digitals by Hex or 13 characters by ASCII.
For 152-bit encryption, enter 32 digitals by Hex or 16 characters by ASCII.
4. Select only a key to encrypt your transmission data.
5. Click “OK” to save these settings.
3-3-3-3. Use Dynamic Security (Leap, 802.1X, etc.):
802.1X is an IEEE security standard for network security access control. It is used to
control access to wired and wireless networks and dynamically provide keys for encryption.
To use this function, an access point with its 802.1X function is required to act as an
intermediary between WLAN card and the network’s RADIUS (Remote Authentication
Dial-In User Service) server. The access point blocks all traffic from the card until the
server has authenticated it. Microsoft Windows XP supports 802.1X as part of the
operation system. To active this function, please follow these steps:
1. Click “Use Dynamic Security”
2. Click “APPLY” to save your new security setting.
3. Click the networking icon in the taskbar (see Figure 3-13)
Figure 3-13. The networking icon
4. Click “Properties” (see Figure 3-14)
Figure 3-14. Wireless Network Connection Status
5. Click “Authentication” tab (see Figure 3-15). Configure your 802.1X settings.
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Figure 3-15. Authentication Screen
6. Click “Wireless Networks” tab (see Figure 3-16).
Figure 3-16. Wireless Networks Screen
7. Click “Configure” button, then the following window will pop up (see Figure 3-17).
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Figure 3-17. Wireless Networks Properties
8. Click “Data encryption (WEP enabled)” and “The key is provided for me
automatically”.
9. Click “OK” twice to save these setting and exits the windows.
3-4. Statistics
The “Statistics” tab shows you the number of packets sent and received by the card(see
Figure 3-18).
Figure 3-18. The statistic number of packets sent and received by the card
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3-5. Driver Info
The “Driver Info” tab shows you the information of the card’s driver(see Figure 3-19).
Figure 3-19. Driver’s information
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Chapter 4. Specification
4-1. System
Host Interface MiniPCI Type III B
Operating Voltages 3.3V
Typical Power (Base mode) Doze: 70mA; Receive: 350 mA; Transmit: 550 mA
4-2. RF Characteristics
802.11g (Backward Compatible to 802.11b)
Frequency Bands 2412-2484 MHz (subject to local regulations)
Modulation Technology OFDM and DSSS
Modulation Techniques 64QAM, 16QAM, QPSK, BPSK, CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK
Date Rates Base mode: 54, 48, 36, 18,12, 9, 11, 6, 5.5, 2, and 1 Mbps, auto fallback
Turbo mode: 108, 96, 72, 48, 36, 24, 18 and 12 Mbps auto fallback
Peak Output Power 19dBm @ Nominal Temp Range at antenna connector
Receive sensitivity Minimum -73dBm @54Mbps; typical -76dBm@ Nominal Temp Range
Antenna connectors Two antenna connectors for supporting antenna diversity
4-3.Safety Regulation and Operating Environment
EMC certification FCC Part 15 (USA)
Temperature Range Operating: 0 ~ 55 deg C, Storing: -20 ~ 65 deg C
Humidity 10% ~ 90% Non-condensing
4-4. Software Support
Driver Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP
Security WPA; AES; 802.1X client for Windows XP; 64/128/152 bit WEP
Roaming Seamless roaming among 802.11b/g access points.
Management Utility Monitors the network situation.
4-5. Mechanical
Dimensions 59mm*44mm*4mm
Weight 13± 1 g
Packaging Packaging specially used by Gigabyte.
Subject to Change without Notices
FCC STATEMEMT:
This device is intended only for OEM integrators under the following
conditions:
1) The antenna must be installed such that 20 cm is maintained between the
antenna and users, and
2) The transmitter module may not be co-located with any other transmitter
or antenna.
As long as 2 conditions above are met, further transmitter test will not be
required. However, the OEM integrator is still responsible for testing their
end-product for any additional compliance requirements required with this
module installed (for example, digital device emissions, PC peripheral
requirements, etc.).
IMPORTANT NOTE: In the event that these conditions can not be met (for
example certain laptop configurations or co-location with another
transmitter), then the FCC authorization is no longer considered valid and
the FCC ID can not be used on the final product. In these circumstances, the
OEM integrator will be responsible for re-evaluating the end product
(including the transmitter) and obtaining a separate FCC authorization.
End Product Labeling
This transmitter module is authorized only for use in device where the
antenna may be installed such that 20 cm may be maintained between the
antenna and users (for example access points, routers, wireless ADSL modems,
and similar equipment). The final end product must be labeled in a visible
area with the following: "Contains TX FCC ID: JCK-GN-WIAG".
Manual Information for End Users
The end user must not have manual instructions to remove or install the
device. The user manual for end users must include the following information
in a prominent location:
"IMPORTANT NOTE: To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements,
the
antenna used for this transmitter must be installed to provide 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."