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1 U S E R ’ S M A N U A L T60H835 Mini-PCI Type IIIB 802.11a/b/g WLAN CARD Ambit Microsystems Corporation

25F-1, 5 Hsin-An Rd., Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C. TEL: 886-3-5784975, FAX: 886-3-5782924, Internet: Ambit@shts.seed.net.tw Canadian Regulatory Wireless NoticeOperation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not causeinterference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that maycause undesired operation of the device.To prevent radio interference to the licensed service, this device is intended to be operated indoors and away from windows to provide maximum shielding. Equipment (or its transmit antenna) that is installed outdoors is subject to licensing.To prevent radio interference to the licensed service (i.e. co-channel Mobile Satellite systems) this device is intended to be operated indoors and away from windows to provide maximum shielding. Equipment (or its transmit antenna) that is installed outdoors is subject to licensing. Operation in 5150-5250 MHz is exclusively for indoor usage to reduce potential for harmful interference to co-channel Mobile Satellite systems. When using antennas with a gain greater than 0dBi at 5250-5350 MHz, the maximum permitted EIRP level for this frequency may not be exceeded. Because high power radars are allocated as primary users (meaning they have priority) in 5250-5350 MHz, these radars could cause interference and/or damage to license exempt LAN devices. The installer of this radio equipment must ensure that the antenna is located or pointed such that it does not emit RF field in excess of Health Canada limits for the general population; consult Safety Code 6, obtainable from Health Canada’s website www.hc-sc.gc.ca/rpb

1Section One: Introduction Ambit Wireless Mini-PCI Module complied with IEEE 802.11a/b/g Standard, it can be used to provide a variety of low-cost wireless network interface card to connect your wireless LAN via fitting into the Mini-PCI Type III slot. The Wireless Mini-PCI Module that complies with this specification and combines networking with high-speed Internet access will let people connect to the Internet anywhere, anytime. With seamless roaming, fully interoperability and advanced security with WEP standard, Wireless Mini-PCI Module can allow user to switch to different vendors’ Access Points through the wireless networks and to prevent from eavesdropping. 1-1 Features 1.1.1 Wireless LAN Function 802.11a Wireless LAN Compliance IEEE 802.11a Operating Frequency 5.15~5.25GHz (lower band) for US/Canada/Japan 5.25~5.35GHz (middle band) for US/Canada 5.725~5.825GHz (high band) for US Modulation Schemes OFDM, QPSK, BPSK,16-QAM and 64-QAM WLAN Data Rate 54Mbps with fall back rates of 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6Mbps Media Access Protocol CSMA/CA with ACK Transmitter Output Power Typical 12 dBm for 54Mbps Typical 13 dBm for 48Mbps Typical 16 dBm for 36Mbps Typical 17 dBm for 24, 18, 12, 9, 6Mbps Receiver Sensitivity Typical –72 dBm for 54Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –75 dBm for 48Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –80 dBm for 36Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –84 dBm for 24Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –87 dBm for 18Mbps @ 10% PER

2Typical –89 dBm for 12Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –91 dBm for 9Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –91 dBm for 6Mbps @ 10% PER Current Consumption 550mA at transmit mode (typically) 310mA at receive mode (typically) 802.11b Radio Technology IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Operating Frequency 2412 ~ 2484MHz ISM band Modulation Schemes DQPSK, DBPSK and CCK Channel Numbers IEEE 802.11b compliant 11 channels for United States 13 channels for Europe Countries 14 channels for Japan Data Rate 11Mbps with fall back rates of 5.5, 2, and 1Mbps Spreading 11-chip Barker Sequence Media Access Protocol CSMA/CA with ACK Transmitter Output Power 15dBm typically Receiver Sensitivity Typical –83dBm for 11Mbps @ 8% PER Typical –85dBm for 5.5Mbps @ 8% PER Typical –86dBm for 2Mbps @ 8% PER Typical –90dBm for 1Mbps @ 8% PER Current Consumption 500mA at transmit mode (typically) 350mA at receive mode (typically) 40mA at normal power saving mode (typically) 30mA at max power saving mode (typically) 802.11g Radio Technology IEEE 802.11b/g draft standard compliant Operating Frequency 2412 ~ 2484MHz ISM band Modulation Schemes OFDM, DQPSK, DBPSK and CCK Channel Numbers 11 channels for United States 13 channels for Europe Countries

3 14 channels for Japan Data Rate 54Mbps with fall back rates of 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, and 6Mbps Media Access Protocol CSMA/CA with ACK Transmitter Output Power Typical 15 dBm for 54Mbps Typical 16 dBm for 48Mbps Typical 17 dBm for 36Mbps Typical 18 dBm for 24, 18, 12, 9, 6Mbps Typical 19dBm for 11, 5.5, 2, 1Mbps Receiver Sensitivity Typical –76 dBm for 54Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –79 dBm for 48Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –83 dBm for 36Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –87 dBm for 24Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –90 dBm for 18Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –91 dBm for 12Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –91 dBm for 9Mbps @ 10% PER Typical –91 dBm for 6Mbps @ 10% PER Current Consumption 510mA at transmit mode (typically) 320mA at receive mode (typically) 1-2 FCC Notice 1.2.1 FCC Compliance This Equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC Rules. On this equipment is a label that contains, among other information, the FCC registration number and Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) for this equipment. You must, upon request, provide this information to your telephone company. If your telephone equipment causes harm to the telephone network, the Telephone Company may discontinue your service temporarily. If posible, they will be notify in advience. But if advance notice isn’t practical, you will notified as soon as possible. You will be informed of your right to file a complaint with the FCC. Your telephone company may make changes in its facilities, equipment, operations or

4procedures that could affect proper operation of your equipment. If they do, you will be notified in advance to give you an opportunity you maintain uninterrupted telephone service. The FCC prohibits this equipment’s should fail to operate properly, disconnect the equipment from the phone line to determine if it is causing the problem. If the problem is with the equipment, discontinue use and contact your dealer or vendor. 1.2.2 FCC Class B Statement This equipment has been tasted 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 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 interferencr by one or more of the following measures: l Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna l increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver l Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected l Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help 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. FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. IMPORTANT NOTE: FCC Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. 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 antenna should be integral if the end device is intended to be operated in 5.15 ~ 5.25GHz frequency range. 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

5authorization 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 (T60H835). The final end product must be labeled in a visible area with the following: “FCC ID: MCLT60H835 ”. Manual Information That Must be Included The OEM integrator has to be aware not to provide information to the end user regarding how to install or remove this RF module in the users manual of the end product which integrate this module. The users manual for OEM integrators 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”. If the end product integrating this module is going to be operated in 5.15 ~ 5.25GHz frequency range, the warning statement in the user manual of the end product should include the restriction of operating this device in indoor could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment Notice: (1)Shielded cables, if any, must be used in order to comply with the emission limits. (2) Any change or modification not expressly approved by the grantee of the equipment authorized could void the user authority to operate the equipment. Caution: For your health sake, please keep at least 20 cm away from your Notebook LCD Panel while using wireless LAN. Canadian Regulatory Wireless Notice Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. European Union Notice Products bearing the CE marking comply with the R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC), EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the Commission of the European Community. Canadian Regulatory Wireless NoticeOperation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not causeinterference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that maycause undesired operation of the device.To prevent radio interference to the licensed service, this device is intended to be operated indoors and away from windows to provide maximum shielding. Equipment (or its transmit antenna) that is installed outdoors is subject to licensing. Products bearing the CE marking comply with the R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC), EMCDirective (89/336/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) issued by theCommission of the European Community.To prevent radio interference to the licensed service (i.e. co-channel Mobile Satellite systems) this device is intended to be operated indoors and away from windows to provide maximum shielding. Equipment (or its transmit antenna) that is installed outdoors is subject to licensing. Operation in 5150-5250 MHz is exclusively for indoor usage to reduce potential for harmful interference to European Union NoticeProducts bearing the CE marking comply with the R&TTE Products bearing the CE marking comply with the R&TTE Directive (1999/5/EC), EMC Directive (89/336/EEC) and the Low Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) issued by the Commission of the European Community. For products marketed in the USA, the 2.4 GHz frequency band is limited to provide only 11 channels, achieved by software controlled in the USA.

6 Section Two: Wireless Lan Installation 2-1 System Requirements In order to install Wireless LAN driver and Utility and use the Wireless LAN card in your notebook computer. Your notebook system must meet the following requirements: l Ambit Mini-PCI Wireless LAN Card already inserted l Windows 98SE,2K,ME,XP OS Support 2-2 Installation and Uninstall Process Install Wireless LAN (Windows 98/2K/ME/XP) 1. While starting the Windows system, if it detect the 802.11a/b card exist, then it will pop up the following message to start Install process. 2. You can execute the program ‘Setup.exe’ in the CD. Windows displays the dialog as below. Press ‘Next’ button to continue.

73. Select the destination folder that you want to place the files. 4. Wait for the install program to do the installation.

85. Congratulations! Wireless LAN has been installed successfully. Please click ‘Finish’ to complete setup and go to the next step. Please remove any disks from any drives before your click ‘Finish’.

9Uninstall Wireless LAN (Windows 98/2K/ME/XP) 1. One can remove the Wireless LAN via the ‘Add or Remove Programs’ in the ‘Control Panel’. Click ‘Change or Remove Programs’ button and select ‘Wireless LAN’, the dialog as below displays. Then click ‘Change/Remove’ button to perform the un-installation. 2. Select ‘Remove’ and then click the ‘Next’ button to perform the un-installation. Click ‘OK’ button if you really want to remove the Wireless LAN.

103. Click ‘OK’ button if you really want to remove the Wireless LAN. 4. Wait for the un-installation to do its work. 5. Click ‘Finish’ to complete the un-Installation.

12Figure 3-1 The Advanced button provides more detailed information regarding your wireless connection. l Country – The country the card is set for. l Transmit Power Level – Provides current setting of Radio output power. l Network Name (SSID) – The wireless network name (SSID) that the device is currently connected with. l Power Save Mode – The type of Power Savings that is configured on the device. l Frequency – The current frequency that the Wireless device is connected or scanning on. l Transmit Rate – The transmit rate (Mbps) for the current connection for the wireless driver. l Receive Rate –The receive rate (Mbps) for the current connection for the driver.

17 Figure 3-7 Setting Pre-Shared Keys Pre-Shared keys can be defined using the “Define Pre-Shared Keys” box Figure 3-8 Key Entry Method – Determines the entry method for an encryption key: • Hexadecimal (0-9, A-F) • ASCII text (any keyboard characters, A-Z, 0-9).

$20Section Four: Windows XP Wireless Utility and Configuration 4-1 Windows XP Wireless Utility 1. To configure the wireless card setting, you can select Start\Settings\Network Connection in the Windows XP. Choose the wireless network connection, then you will see below screen. From this screen, you can see wireless connection status and wireless signal level.$

212. Select ‘Properties’ in the above screen. The following windows will show up. In ‘General’ page, Wireless LAN card information and networking protocol have been displayed. Extra networking protocol can be installed in this page. 3. Select Wireless Networks page, you can see available wireless networks in your nearby area. You can add your preferred wireless Access Point to your list, so your wireless card will search for specific wireless networks.

22 Configure To connect to an existing access point (infrastructure) network, under Available networks, click the network name, and then click ‘Configure’ to setup wireless security and data encryption. Reflesh To update the list of available networks that are within range of your computer, click Refresh. Add To connect to an access point (infrastructure) network that you know is available but that does not appear under Available networks, under Preferred networks, click Add. In Wireless Network Properties, specify the network name (Service Set Identifier). Remove To remove a wireless network from the list of preferred networks.

23 Advanced *If your network are configuring to a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network, select ‘Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network only’. *If you want to connect to a computer-to-computer and access point (infrastructure) networks are within range of your computer, click ‘Access point (infrastructure)network only’. *If you want to connect to a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network and both computer-to-computer and access point (infrastructure) networks are within range of your computer, click ‘Any available network (access point preferred)’. To automatically connect to available networks that do not appear in the Preferred networks list, click Advanced, and then select the Automatically connect to non-preferred networks check box.

24 Define your network name (SSID) in the following windows, so your can join a specific wireless network. Check AP has WEP on or not. You wireless network will need to have same WEP setting with AP in order to communicate. If your wireless network don’t have any AP, check the ‘This is computer-to computer (ad-hoc) network; wireless access points are not used’

25 This window provides authentication via 802.1X. 802.1X, an IEEE standard that provides an authentication framework for 802-based LANs. 802.1X takes advantage of an existing authentication protocol known as the Extensible Authentication Protocol. 802.1x, giving someone secure, encrypted, wireless access on a Microsoft network will be as easy as setting a flag on the users domain account. What does this mean for the Home Network user? 802.1x will ensure that if and when you make the change over to Wireless Ethernet, your neighbor will not be able to access your wireless LAN! The ‘Advanced’ window offers Firewall and Internet Connection Sharing functions. Depends on your networking environment, you can select below functions.

27 Appendix A Glossary Access Point - An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks together. Ad-Hoc - Ad-Hoc is a peer- to-peer wireless network without Access Point. A group of wireless clients consistent an independent wireless LAN. Backbone - The core infrastructure of a network, the portion of the network that transports information from one central location to another central location. The information is then off-loaded onto a local system. BSS - Stands for “Basic Service Set.” An Access Point associated with several wireless stations. ESS - Stands for “Extended Service Set.” More than one BSS can be configured as an Extended Service Set. An ESS is basically a roaming domain. Infrastructure - An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. MINI-PCI TYPE III– Mini-PCI is a small form factor version of the PCI specification. The Mini-PCI format comes in several different form factors: the Type I, Type II, and Type III. The Mini-PCI Type III card is the most popular of the Mini-PCI standards. The Mini-PCI Type III golden finger plugs into a 124-pin card edge type connector that is similar to the SODIMMS type. Mini-PCI provides the same 32bit 33MHz performance that you have come to expect from the PCI bus. Mini-PCI is still pretty much an OEM product, as you are not yet able to go to a store and purchase a Mini-PCI card. Roaming - A function that allows one to travel with a mobile end system (wireless LAN mobile station, for example) through the territory of a domain (an ESS, for example) while continuously connecting to the infrastructure. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) - To prevent access from the unauthorized wireless stations to the data that is transmitting through the network, the Wireless LAN card provides the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) level of security that was part of the original 802.11 standard. The wireless LAN card supports both 64 bits WEP and 128 bits data encryption based on the RC4 algorithm. SSID - Short for Service Set Identifier. The SSID differentiates one WLAN from another, so all access points and all devices attempting to connect to a specific WLAN must use the same SSID. A device will not be permitted to join the BSS unless it can provide the unique SSID.