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No Wires Needed
Swallow 1100 PC Card/
Falcon 1100 ISA Card
User Manual
Version 2.1.0 – July 1999
User manual
Swallow 1100 PC Card/
Falcon 1100 ISA Card
No Wires Needed
Jan Steenlaan 3-5a
3723 BS Bilthoven
The Netherlands
www.nwn.com
Version 2.1.0 – July 1999
Trade marks
Copyright © No Wires Needed
The publisher reserves the right to revise this publication
and to make changes to any or all parts of this manual at
any time, without obligation to notify any person or entity
of such revisions or changes.
Swallow, Parrot, Pelican, AirLock, APCenter, ASBF and
Connect are trademarks of No Wires Needed. Other
product and company names are registered trademarks
or trademarks of their respective holders.
Copyright statement
No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any
means, whether electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise without the prior writing of the
publisher.
Printed in Amsterdam, July 1999
Warranty
NWN undertakes a Product Warranty of 12 months from
the date of Invoice. Within the warranty period NWN
repairs a faulty device free of charge or replaces it in
case of irreparable damage.
Excluded from the warranty are malfunctions caused by
operation outside the intended usage; by misuse or
abuse; by service modifications or repairs performed by
unauthorized persons or by other conditions not arising
from defects in Product materials or workmanship.
The costs associated with physically replacing the
defective part and re-installing are to be borne by the
Buyer.
Statement of Year 2000 Compliance
Detailed information about our statement is published on
our website.
http://www.nwn.com
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 the
minimum distance between your body and the antenna
as shown in the table below:
Integrated PCMCIA Antenna
Optional PC Card 2dBi antenna
1.8cm (0.7 inches)
1.8cm (0.7 inches)
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4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
5.1
5.2
7.1
7.2
7.3
Contents
Contents..................................................................8
Introduction .............................................................9
Wireless LAN basics.............................................10
Series 1100 installation ........................................12
Falcon 1100 ISA Card installation ......................13
Swallow 1100 Windows 95 installation...............14
Swallow 1100 Windows 98 installation...............17
Swallow 1100 Windows NT4 installation............19
Installation of the external antenna (optional) ....23
Connect™ .............................................................24
Appearances........................................................25
Establishing a connection ...................................27
Network protocols .................................................30
Troubleshooting ....................................................31
Windows 95/98 ....................................................32
Windows NT4 ......................................................35
Connect™............................................................38
Technical specifications Swallow 1100................39
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Introduction
Thank you for purchasing your No Wires Needed
Swallow 1100 PC Card / Falcon 1100 ISA Card. This
manual will assist you with the installation procedure.
The package you have received should contain the
following items:
•
•
•
•
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Swallow 1100 PC Card
ISA Card (only by Falcon 1100 ISA Card)
External antenna (only by Falcon 1100 ISA Card)
User manual
Diskette containing Connect utility and drivers
labeled Swallow 1100
Note: if anything is missing, please contact your vendor
The diskette contains the drivers and the program
Connect™ that is used for managing the Swallow 1100
PC Card and establishing the wireless connection with
your Local Area Network.
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Wireless LAN basics
Wireless LAN (Local Area Networks) systems offer a
great number of advantages over a traditional, wired
system. Wireless LANs are more flexible, easier to setup
and manage and often more cost effective than their
wired equivalence.
Using radio frequency (RF) technology, WLANs transmit
and receive data over the air, minimizing the need for
wired connections. Thus, WLANs combine data
connectivity with user mobility, and, through simplified
configuration, enable movable LANs.
With wireless LANs, users can access shared information
without looking for a place to plug in and network
managers can set up or augment networks without
installing or moving wires. Wireless LANs offer the
following productivity, convenience and cost advantages
over traditional wired networks:
•
Mobility - Wireless LAN systems can provide LAN
users with access to real-time information
anywhere in their organization. This mobility
supports productivity and service opportunities not
possible with wired networks.
•
Installation Speed and Simplicity - Installing a
wireless LAN system can be fast and easy and can
eliminate the need to pull cable through walls and
ceilings.
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Installation Flexibility - Wireless technology allows
the network to go where wires cannot go.
•
Reduced Cost-of-Ownership - While the initial
investment required for wireless LAN hardware
might be higher than the cost of wired LAN
hardware, overall installation expenses and lifecycle costs will be significantly lower. Long-term
cost benefits are greatest in dynamic environments
requiring frequent moves, adds, and changes.
•
Scalability - Wireless LAN systems can be
configured in a variety of topologies to meet the
needs of specific applications and installations.
Configurations are easily changed and range from
peer-to-peer networks suitable for a small number
of users to full infrastructure networks of thousands
of users that allows roaming over a broad area.
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Series 1100 installation
This manual will assist you with the installation of the No
Wires Needed Series 1100 products.
For a quick installation, insert the PC Card, click trough
all the Windows screens and use the drivers from the
installation disk to finish the installation.
Follow the paragraph of the operating system you are
using for detailed installation guidelines.
If you are using the Falcon 1100 ISA Card please also
pay attention to Paragraph 4.5 (Installation of
external antenna).
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4.1 Falcon 1100 ISA Card installation
Important: before inserting the Swallow 1100 PC Card
in the PC Card Adapter, you should install the PC Card
adapter.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Shut Down the computer
Remove the metal casing of the computer
Place the PC Card adapter in a free ISA slot.
(without the Swallow 1100 PC Card)
Replace the metal casing from the computer
Switch on the computer
For Windows 95/98 some extra steps are required to
complete the installation.
6.
A window will appear, the SCM Plug and play Swap
Box will be automatically installed
The SCM Swap Box is disabled by default.
Enabling:
7.
Go to Control Panel -> PC Card (PCMCIA) and
answer ,  and  to complete
the installation of the PC Card adapter
Installation of the PC Card adapter is completed.
Proceed to one of the next chapters for the Swallow 1100
PC Card installation.
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4.2 Swallow 1100 Windows 95 installation
This chapter will give you assistance with the installation
of the Swallow 1100 PC Card on a computer with the
Windows 95 operating system.
Insert the Swallow 1100 PC Card in a free PC Card slot.
After a few seconds, a window will appear, indicating you
that new hardware has been found, for which software
must be installed.
Windows starts looking for the drivers for the Swallow
1100 PC Card. Insert the diskette in the drive and click
.
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A window will appear with the drivers that are found on
the disk. Click  to continue.
Windows will prompt for the Windows95 Disk 1, looking
for the file “connect2.cpl”. Enter the location of the driver
files. Typically this is “A:\”.
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Windows starts copying the necessary files. You will be
asked for the Windows 95 CD-ROM. On pre-installed
laptops, the CD-ROM files can often be found in
C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS\CABS.
In most cases, you will have to reboot your computer
now.
Installation of the Swallow 1100 PC Card is
completed.
Proceed to chapter 5 for the explanation of the program
Connect™.
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4.3 Swallow 1100 Windows 98 installation
This chapter will give you assistance with the installation
of the Swallow 1100 PC Card on a computer with the
Windows 98 operating system.
Insert the Swallow 1100 PC Card in a free PC Card slot.
After a few seconds, a window will appear, indicating that
new hardware has been found, for which software must
be installed.
Let Windows look for the best suitable driver for this
hardware and click .
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Windows starts looking for the drivers for the Swallow
1100 PC Card. Insert the floppy disk in the drive check
the box “Floppy disk drives” and click .
A window will appear with the drivers that are found on
the disk. Click  to continue.
In most cases, you will have to reboot your computer
now.
Installation of the Swallow 1100 PC Card is
completed.
Proceed to chapter 5 for the explanation of the program
Connect™.
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4.4 Swallow 1100 Windows NT4 installation
You need administrator privileges to be able to install the
Swallow 1100 PC Card.
1.
Make sure that the PC contains a PC Card drive.
2.
Go to Control Panel -> Devices and look for Pcmcia
3.
If the Status column indicates ‘Started’ and the
Startup column indicates either ‘Boot’ or ‘Automatic’,
proceed with step 5.
4.
Click the Startup button and select the Boot radio
button.
5.
Go to Control Panel -> Network and go to the
Adapters tab.
6.
Click 
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7.
A list of network adapters appears. Click the  button.
8.
Indicate the path of the Swallow 1100 Installation
Disk (typically A:\)
9.
Click , in the dialog box containing “Swallow
1100 Wireless LAN Adapter”.
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10. Now you must select an IRQ Number and an I/O
Base. Windows NT can not see if the default values
are conflicting with other hardware. To make sure,
look in Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools ->
Windows NT Diagnostics and select the Resources
tab. Here you see which IRQs are already used.
When clicking the  button below, you also
see which I/O ports are already used. Select an
unused IRQ and unused I/O base for the Swallow
1100. Note that the Swallow 1100 requires 8 I/O
ports, so it will occupy the I/O Base + 7 ports. When
you selected both, click .
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11. You see the Swallow 1100 listed as a network
adapter. Click .
12. If you have other protocols installed, they will review
their bindings and ask some questions. TCP/IP for
example will ask you whether you want to use
DHCP or give a static IP address.
13. You are asked to reboot. Insert the Swallow 1100
and reboot.
14. After rebooting, the lower-right corner of your screen
should contain an icon for Connect™. Double-click
on this icon to configure the Swallow 1100, when
necessary.
Installation of the Swallow 1100 PC Card is
completed.
Proceed to chapter 5 for the explanation of the program
Connect™.
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4.5 Installation
(optional)
1.
2.
3.
4.
of
the
external
antenna
Plug the external antenna onto the Swallow 1100
PC Card
Attach the antenna to the casing of your computer
or place it on your desk
Insert de driver disk, startup a dos-prompt
•
Start -> programs -> MS-Dos prompt
•
type “a: antenna external”
Pull out the Swallow PC Card and re-insert for
activating these settings
Installation of the external antenna is completed.
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Connect™
Now that you have successfully installed your Swallow
1100 PC Card you can establish a connection with a
network.
Connect™ is an application that shows the user the
current situation of the network connection. Using
Connect™ you can diagnose your connection and
choose a wireless network to establish a connection with.
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5.1 Appearances
When you have successfully installed the drivers and the
Connect™ software on your computer the taskbar will
show a new icon.
This icon can give you information
about the status of your computer in
relation to the wireless networks in
your environment.
The wireless network icon can have three different
appearances; each appearance gives you the status of
the connection of your computer with the wireless
network. There are three possibilities
There is no Swallow 1100 PC Card inserted in the
PC Card slot of your computer.
Everything is installed but you don’t have a
connection with a wireless network.
Your hard- and software is ok and you have a
connection with a wireless network.
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By clicking the icon once with your right mousebutton a
pop-up menu appears with the next options:
General info and Session info
will open the dialog box of
Connect™ with the respective
tabsheet.
The About Connect™ option will
open a box with information
about the version and the copyrights.
The  option will end the program that keeps the
icon in the taskbar. The icon will therefore disappear from
the taskbar if you select this option. This option does not
disconnect from a network (if you are connected).
Remark: when there is no icon in the taskbar, Use Start > Settings -> Control panel -> Wireless network than
check , to display the icon.
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5.2 Establishing a connection
By double clicking on the icon in the taskbar with the left
mousebutton the following dialog window will appear:
This window gives you
information
about
the
adapter you are using. It
also displays the driver- and
software versions.
By clicking the  checkbox you
can show or hide the icon in
the taskbar.
Regulatory domain gives
information about were this
product can be used.
By clicking the 
tab the next window will
appear:
This window is divided into
two parts: one that gives
information
about
the
current session, another
that is displaying the
available sessions.
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If you have not established a network connection yet then
the text “Currently not joined with a network” is shown.
In the lower half of the screen you can establish a
connection to a wireless network.
First, you have to select the network you want to join. The
selected network will be highlighted. If you don’t see the
network you are looking for you can use the “Rescan”
button. The Connect™ program will then again scan for
the available networks. To
join with the selected
network just click the
 button.
After joining the network
the
“Current
Session
Status” will change into, for
example “Current joined
network ‘default’ using
IEEE 802.11 security”.
Dependent on the options
set
by
the
Network
Manager.
At this moment a connection with the wireless network
has been established. If you click the  button
Connect™ will diagnose various aspects of the
connection. If everything is OK, checkmarks will appear
in front of each item.
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When you are connected to a network you can use the
 button to disconnect.
By clicking the  button the dialog window will
disappear and you continue working on the network.
Configuration information about the network you join will
be saved in the registry. There is no configuration
information stored in the Swallow 1100.
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Network protocols
Check with your System Administrator for additional
network settings.
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Troubleshooting
The following paragraphs describe the troubleshooting
tips for the various operating systems and the Connect™
utility.
•
•
•
Windows 95/98
Windows NT4
Connect™
If these tips are not sufficiently supporting you please
contact your vender.
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7.1 Windows 95/98
Q: I inserted the Swallow 1100 but windows did not
recognize the PC Card.
A: Proceed along the following steps
1.
Check if PC Card support is installed: Start ->
Settings -> Control Panel -> PC Card. If there is a
PC Card icon in the Control Panel, double click this
icon. When PC Card support is not activated, you
will get the opportunity to activate this now.
2.
If PC Card support is available, a window will
appear with the status of the PC Card slots. If you
cannot find a PC Card icon in the Control Panel, try
“New Hardware” to detect your PC Card controller.
Q: I Installed the Swallow 1100 but it does not work.
A: Proceed along the following steps:
1.
First, Check the lower right corner of the screen and
look for the Connect icon in the taskbar. If it is there,
and it does not show a red exclamation mark,
proceed with step 3.
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2.
Something went wrong during the installation of the
adapter.
•
Go to Control Panel -> System and select the
‘Device Manager’ tab. Check the status of the
Swallow 1100 adapter under Network
Adapters. Double click this item to see the
status of the adapter. Check the resource tab
to see if there is a resource conflict.
•
Also in Control Panel -> System, check if there
is a reference to the Swallow 1100 under
‘Other Devices’. If so, remove this reference.
•
Make sure the Swallow 1100 is detected by the
PCMCIA socket. Go to Control Panel ->
PCMCIA and see if the Swallow 1100 is listed
there. If it is not, check your PCMCIA socket
connections and eject and insert the Swallow
1100 again.
3.
Double click the Connect icon and see if Connect
provides information about the adapter in the
General tab. If so, the Swallow 1100 was
successfully installed on Windows 95
4.
Now go to the Session tab and select Diagnose to
determine your problem. If no problems were found,
the connection with the Access point is also
functioning correctly. If you can not use your
network now, you should check your client and
protocol settings in Control Panel -> Network such
as the NT domain, your workgroup and IP address.
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5.
If Diagnose revealed that you do not have a
connection with an Access Point, you must first join
a network. Click one of the networks listed on the
Sessions tab and press the Join button. If no
networks are listed, check if there is an Access
Point in your neighborhood and if it has been
switched on. Also there should be no red lights
blinking on the Access Point.
Q:
The label of the second tab of Connect contains
nonsense.
A: Use a newer version of the Microsoft Common
Controls DLL. Contact your vendor for a software patch.
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7.2 Windows NT4
Q: I inserted the Swallow 1100 before it was installed and
I rebooted the system. I also have another network card.
Now my other network card does not work correctly.
A: You should insert the Swallow only after you have
installed it via the Network Control Panel.
Q: I installed the Swallow 1100 but it does not work. What
can I do?
A: Proceed along the following steps:
1. First, check the lower-right corner of the screen and
look for the Connect icon in the taskbar. If it is
there, proceed with step 3.
2. If the Connect icon is not there, there is something
wrong with the NT installation. Go to Start ->
Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Windows NT
Diagnostics -> Event Viewer. Make sure you are
looking at the System Log. Otherwise, go to the
Log menu item and select System. Look at the
recent entries by double clicking.
− If the description indicates there is a resource
conflict, you must adjust the IRQ or I/O Base
settings. To do this, go to Control Panel ->
Network, select the Adapters tab and select
Properties of the Swallow 1100 Wireless LAN
Adapter.
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−
−
If NT did not detect a resource conflict but you used
I/O Base 0x278 for the Swallow 1100, there may
be an undetected conflict with the Plug-and-Play
features of the ISA bus. Try another I/O base.
Make sure the Swallow 1100 is detected by the
PCMCIA drive. Go to Control Panel -> Pcmcia and
see if the Swallow 1100 is listed there. If it is not,
check your PCMCIA socket connections, eject and
insert the Swallow 1100 again and reboot.
3. Double click on the Connect icon and see if
Connect provides information about the adapter in
the General tab. If so, the Swallow 1100 was
successfully installed on NT.
4. Now go to the Session tab and select Diagnose to
determine your problem. If no problems were
found, the connection with the Access Point is also
functioning correctly. If you can not use your
network now, you should check your client and
protocol settings in Control Panel -> Network.
5. If Diagnose revealed that you do not have a
connection with an Access Point, you must first join
a network. Click one of the networks listed on the
Session tab and press the Join button. If no
networks are listed, check if there is an Access
Point in your neighborhood and if it has been
switched on. Also, there should be no red lights
blinking on the Access Point.
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Q: At first it seemed to work, but I ejected the Swallow
1100 and inserted it again and now it does not work any
more.
A: PCMCIA hot swapping capabilities as available in
Windows 95 and Windows 98 are not available in NT 4.0.
Reboot your system with the Swallow inserted.
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7.3 Connect™
Q: No icon in the taskbar although the checkmark is “om”.
A: Select “Run” from the start menu and type “connect2”.
Press the  button and in a few seconds the icon will
appear on the taskbar.
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Technical
1100
specifications
Swallow
Hardware compatibility
− IBM-compatible computer with a PC Card Type II
Driver support
NDIS 3.1
− Windows 95
− Windows 98
− Windows NT 4 and higher
− Linux
Standards supported
− Compliant with ETS 300 328 and ETS 300 826 (CE
marked)
− IEEE 802.11 standard for Wireless LAN
− All major networking standards (including IP, IPX)
Environmental
Operating temperature (ambient):
− 0°C to 40°C (32°F to 104°F)
Humidity:
− 95%
Power specifications
Operating voltage:
− +5 V DC ±5%
Active transmitting:
− 400 mA
Active receiving:
− 250 mA
Idle status:
− 50 mA
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Radio specifications
Range:
− per cell indoors approx. 50 meters (150 ft) or more
− per cell outdoors up to 300 meters (1000 ft)
Transmit power:
− +18 dBm
Frequency range:
− 2.4-2.4835 GHz, direct sequence spread spectrum
Number of Channels:
− Europe: 13 (3 non-overlapping)
− US: 11 (3 non-overlapping)
− France: 4 (1 non-overlapping)
Antenna system:
− One integrated antenna.
− One miniature coaxial connector for external
antenna (optional).
Mobility:
− Seamless roaming across cell boundaries with
handover
Specific features
Supported bit rates:
− 11 Mbps
− 5.5 Mbps
− 1 Mbps (IEEE 802.11 DSSS compliant devices,
using ASBF™ )
− 2 Mbps (IEEE 802.11 DSSS compliant devices,
using ASBF™ )
Data encryption:
− AirLock™ security, 128-bit key length
Utility Software:
− Connect™ User setup & diagnostics tool
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Key Management:
− Automatic Dynamic Key Allocation (ADKA) through
public key
Physical Dimensions
−
Extended type-II PC Card 117.8 x 54.0 x 8.4 mm
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