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WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual August 8, 2002 Revision 0.2

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 4 1. Introduction 1.1 Overview This user manual describes the detail functions of the CompactFlash Type II wireless LAN card (model name: WF-100) driver and utility, as well as the installation and un-installation deliberately. WF-100 complies with full IEEE 802.11b standards with bit rate up to 11Mbps and the interface complies with CompactFlash specifications. The WF-100 software can be installed with the WF-100 CompactFlash wireless LAN card on various Windows platforms include Pocket PC to provide the wireless LAN access functionality; it also contains utility allowing users to configure and monitor the status of the wireless LAN card easily. 1.2 Features * Fully IEEE 802.11b and Wi-Fi compatible * Working range up to 300 meters in an open environment * Seamless roaming under 802.11b WLAN infrastructure * Automatically Support basic rate at 11M/5.5M/2M/1M fall back functionality * WEP 64/128 bits encryption provided * Supply User-friendly installation: hardware auto-detection and software easy-setup without manual configuration. * The powerful utility operates and communicates other WLAN devices * Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) technology provides robust, interference-resistant and wireless communication security. * Compatible with any computer under the OS of Microsoft Windows series: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP and Windows CE 3.0 (Pocket PC)

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 5 2. Wireless LAN Application Wireless LAN (Local Area Network) systems offer a great number of advantages over the traditional wired system. And these systems support the same network configuration options of the legacy Ethernet LANs as defined by IEEE 802.3 standard committee. In general, wireless LAN products can be configured as “Ad Hoc (Peer-to-Peer)” or “Infrastructure (Access Point)” for the LANs of departmental, SOHO or enterprise. 2.1 Ad-Hoc Topology “Ad-Hoc” is the peer-to-peer mode of network operation without access point. An Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is a group of computers, which equipped with the wireless adapters and connected each together as an independent wireless LAN. Computers in a specific Ad-Hoc wireless LAN must be configured at the same radio channel and SSID for establishing the wireless connection. Ad-Hoc wireless LAN is ideally applicable at a departmental scale for a branch or SOHO operation.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 6 2.2 Infrastructure Topology Infrastructure mode of network operation requires the presence of an access point at least. In this mode, all wireless LAN client devices need to build the communication with the access point first and then access to a wired LAN such as Ethernet. Therefore, an integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an infrastructure configuration. A group of wireless LAN client users and an access point construct a Basic Service Set (BSS). Each wireless LAN client device in this BSS can talk to any device in the wired LAN infrastructure via the access point. In this infrastructure configuration, wireless LAN systems will extend the accessibility to the wired LAN. On the other hand, infrastructure mode also supports roaming capability for mobile wireless LAN users. More than one BSS can be configured as an Extended Service Set (ESS). The continuous network allows wireless LAN users to roam freely within an ESS. The premise to build an ESS is that all wireless LAN client devices and access points within the ESS must be configured with the same ESS ID.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 7 3. Installation Procedure for Windows 3.1 Installation for Windows XP 1. Insert the WF-100 CompactFlash card into a CompactFlash slot of a computer. Then the system will automatically detect the new hardware and prompt you to start the installation of the driver. Please put the device driver CD into the CD-ROM drive, and then click Next button to continue. 2. Select the driver file “wlannic.inf”. Click Next button to continue. 3. Now, it’s time to install the software of this card. Please choose the language for the following installation instructions.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 8 4. If there is no Acrobat Reader on the system, you may install it right away. With Acrobat Reader you can read the user manual of the utility in PDF format. 5. A wizard begins to guide you through all the following installation steps. Click Next to continue. 6. You may specify the destination location of the utility. Click Next to continue.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 9 7. You may specify the program folder name. Click Next to continue. 8. Then the wizard starts to perform setup operations including copying files, and this will take a few seconds. When finished, click Finish to complete the software installation. Sometimes the system will request you, if necessary, to restart your computer right away to make the installation take . Just follow the on-screen instructions to finalize the installation.

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WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 11 3.2 Installation for Windows 2000 1. Insert the WF-100 CompactFlash card into a CompactFlash slot of a computer. Then the system will automatically detect the new hardware and prompt you to start the installation of the driver. Click Next to continue. 2. Select the option “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)”, and click Next button. 3. Check the “CD-ROM drives” only, and put the device driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Then click Next button.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 12 4. Then the driver file “wlannic.inf” of the device will be found by the system. Click Next button to continue. 5. Now, it’s time to install the software of this card. Please choose the language for the following installation instructions. 6. If there is no Acrobat Reader on the system, you may install it right away. With Acrobat Reader you can read the user manual of the utility in PDF format.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 13 7. A wizard begins to guide you through all the following installation steps. Click Next to continue. 8. You may specify the destination location of the utility. Click Next to continue. 9. You may specify the program folder name. Click Next to continue.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 14 10. Then the wizard starts to perform setup operations including copying files, and it takes a few seconds. When finished, click Finish to complete the software installation. Sometimes the system will request you, if necessary, to restart your computer right away to make the installation take effect. Just follow the on-screen instructions to finalize the installation.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 15 3.3 Installation for Windows Me 1. Insert the WF-100 CompactFlash card into a CompactFlash slot of a computer. And the system will automatically detect the new hardware and prompt you to start the installation of the driver. Then put the device driver CD into the CD-ROM drive. Similarly, the system will automatically detect the driver files on the CD and perform the driver installation. 2. The first phase of driver installation is finished. Please click Finish to continue. 3. Please restart your computer right away to get into the second phase of installation.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 16 4. After restarting the system, you may choose the language for the following installation instructions. 5. If there is no Acrobat Reader on the system, you may install it right away. With Acrobat Reader you can read the user manual of the utility in PDF format. 6. A wizard begins to guide you through all the following installation steps. Click Next to continue. 7. You may specify the destination location of the utility. Click Next to continue.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 17 8. You may specify the program folder name. Click Next to continue. 9. Then the wizard starts to perform setup operations including copying files, and it takes a few seconds. When finished, click Finish to complete the software installation. Sometimes the system will request you, if necessary, to restart your computer right away to make the installation take effect. Just follow the on-screen instructions to finalize the installation.

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WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 19 3.4 Installation for Windows 98 1. Insert the WF-100 CompactFlash card into a CompactFlash slot of a computer. Then the system will automatically detect the new hardware and prompt you to start the installation of the driver. Click Next to continue. 2. Select the option “Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)”, and click Next button. 3. Put the device driver CD into the CD-ROM and check the “Specify a location”. Where choose the folder “Drivers” of the CD-ROM drive as the location.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 20 4. Then the driver file “wlannic.inf” of the device will be found by the system. Click Next button to continue. 5. The first phase of driver installation is finished. Please click Finish to continue.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 21 6. Please restart your computer right away to get into the second phase of installation. 7. After restarting the system, you may choose the language for the following installation instructions. 8. If there is no Acrobat Reader on the system, you may install it right away. With Acrobat Reader you can read the user manual of the utility in PDF format. 9. A wizard begins to guide you through all the following installation steps. Click Next to continue.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 22 10. You may specify the destination location of the utility. Click Next to continue. 11. You may specify the program folder name. Click Next to continue. 12. Then the wizard starts to perform setup operations including copying files, and it takes a few seconds. When finished, click Finish to complete the software installation. Sometimes the system will request you, if necessary, to restart your computer right away to make the installation take effect. Just follow the on-screen instructions to finalize the installation.

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WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 24 3.4 Uninstallation WF-100 utility utilizes InstallShield uninstallation mechanism to provide users an uninstallation program. The uninstallation program conforms the standard Windows uninstallation look-and-feel. Users can choose to run Remove Wireless LAN Driver from the Windows Start menu to uninstall the software of WF-100 Wireless LAN PC Card. The uninstallation program will then remove the driver and utility from the system completely. As an alternative, users may also choose to uninstall the WF-100 software by running Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 25 4. Installation Procedure for Pocket PC 4.1 Installation for Pocket PC 1. Insert the WF-100 CompactFlash card into the CompactFlash slot of your Pocket PC. 2. Connect the Pocket PC to your host computer and check that the state of ActiveSync has become Connected. 3. Put the device driver CD into the CD-ROM drive, and then start to install the software from host computer to Pocket PC via ActiveSync. Please choose the language for the following installation instructions. 4. A wizard begins to guide you through all the following installation steps. Click Next to continue.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 26 5. Click Yes to install to the default directory. 6. Then the wizard starts to perform software setup operations including copying files, and it takes a few seconds. When finished, the system will advise you of checking screen message on Pocket PC. Just follow the message to reset your Pocket PC to make the driver installation take effect. 7. Press Finish to finalize the installation.

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WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 28 4.2 Uninstallation Users may use Remove Programs in your Pocket PC to uninstall the driver. To run the Remove Programs , you may select the Settings item from Start menu, change to System tab of Settings, then click the Remove Programs icon. To uninstall the driver, just choose the item 802.11b Wireless LAN for WinCE and click Remove button on the screen of Remove Programs. After that, the driver and utility will be removed from the system completely.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 30 Radio Off The wireless LAN card has no RF radio signal. Please enable RF radio using Wireless Client Management Utility. A red “X” Users may click Status Icon to pop up a selection menu, where users can turn on/off the wireless radio , launch the utility window for the wireless settings, or remove this status icon from the taskbar. If users double-click Status Icon, the utility window will be launched.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 32 Mode l Access point – This mode of operation requires the presence of an access point. All communication is done via the access point, which relays packets to other wireless clients in the BSS as well as to nodes on a wired network such as Ethernet. l Peer-to-Peer – This is the peer-to-peer mode of operation. All communication is done from client to client without using of an access point. Current Tx Rate Display the transmission rate of the current communication. Current Channel Display the channel of the current wireless connection. The communication channel ranges from 1 to 11(US/FCC, Canada/RSS), 1 to 13(Europe/ETSI) or 1 to 14(Japan/TELEC) Power Saving Mode Indicate the power saving mode is being enabled or disabled. Power saving mode can reduce the power usage by temporarily disconnecting wireless connections when the connection is idle. RTS Threshold Indicate RTS threshold status, which is set either disabled or as the value ranging from 0 to 3000. Frag. Threshold Indicate fragmentation threshold status, which is either disabled or as the value ranging from 256 to 2346. Encryption Indicate the state of WEP. If enabled, it indicates the status of 64 bits or 128 bits. Throughput Contain two fields displaying the instantaneous wireless receiving (Rx) and transmitting (Tx) throughput values in bytes per second. These numbers are updated every second. Link Status indication Figure A series of figures indicate the current signal level, network mode, and WEP state. All figures are described below. Access Point / WEP disabled The station receives excellent signals. The WEP is disabled.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 33 The station receives good signals. The WEP is disabled. The station receives fair signals. The WEP is disabled.. The station receives a little bit weak signals. The WEP is disabled. The station only receives a little feeble signal. The WEP is disabled. The station cannot receive any AP’s signal. The WEP is disabled. Access Point / WEP enabled / WEP matched The station receives excellent signals. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the AP. The station receives good signals. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the AP. The station receives rather fair signals. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the AP. The station receives a little bit weak signals. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the AP. The station only receives a little feeble signal. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the AP.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 34 Access Point / WEP enabled / WEP mismatched The station receives excellent signals. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the AP. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the AP is enabled. The station receives good signals. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the AP. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the AP is enabled. The station receives fair signals. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the AP. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the AP is enabled. The station receives a little bit weak signals. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the AP. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the AP is enabled. The station only receives a little feeble signal. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the AP. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the AP is enabled. The station cannot receive any AP’s signal. The WEP is enabled. Peer-to-Peer / WEP disabled The station receives excellent signals. The WEP is disabled. The station receives good signals. The WEP is disabled. The station receives fair signals. The WEP is disabled. The station receives a little bit weak signals. The WEP is disabled.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 35 The station only receives a little feeble signal. The WEP is disabled. The station cannot receive any signal. The WEP is disabled. Peer-to-Peer / WEP enabled / WEP matched The station receives excellent signals. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the sender. The station receives good signals. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the sender. The station receives fair signals. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the sender. The station receives a little bit weak signals. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the sender. The station only receives a little feeble signal. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the sender. Peer-to-Peer / WEP enabled / WEP mismatched The station receives excellent signals. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the sender. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the sender is enabled. The station receives good signals. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the sender. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the sender is enabled.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 36 The station receives fair signals. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the sender. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the sender is enabled. The station receives a little bit weak signals. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the sender. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the sender is enabled. The station only receives a little feeble signal. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the sender. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the sender is enabled. The station cannot receive any signal. The WEP is enabled.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 39 5.4 Encryption Tab The Encryption tab equips an additional measure of security on your wireless network by using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption. To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the network, WEP can support high secure data encryption. WEP encrypts each frame transmitted through the radio by using one of the Keys entered from this panel. When an encrypted frame is received, it will only be accepted if it decrypts correctly. This will only happen if the receiver has the same WEP Key used by the transmitter. The Encryption tab contains some settings as below. Encryption (WEP security) It allows you to select Disabled, 64 bit or 128 bit. When setting 64 bit or 128 bit, it means WEP security is in operation. WEP Key You can choose Create Keys Manually or Create Keys with Passphrase to enter encryption keys. It allows four keys for 64-bit and 128-bit key according to WEP function select. The detailed descriptions will be shown as below for these two kinds of methods: Create Key Manually For 64-bits encryption: - 5 alphanumeric characters in the range of “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9”. (e.g. MyKey)

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 40 - 10 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F” and “0-9”. (e.g. 11AA22BB33). For 128-bits encryption: - 13 alphanumeric characters in the range of “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9”. (e.g. WEPencryption). - 26 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F” and “0-9”. (e.g. 11AA22BB33123456789ABCDEFF) Create Keys with Passphrase A passphrase is a string of ASCII characters, which will be automatically converted into four different hexadecimal strings for four keys. This saves considerable time since the same keys must be entered into each node on the wireless network. Key1, Key2, Key3, Key4 These four columns can be used to manually enter the keys. These fields also display the keys when they are generated by a passphrase. Use WEP key Indicate the key for encrypting sent packets.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 43 5.6 Statistics Tab The Statistics tab monitors the successful and failed transmission traffic of the wireless network. Users can press Reset button to restart the counter, or just want to temporarily freeze the current showed counters, they can press Pause button to do that easily. The detailed Statistics information contains some columns as below. Bytes (Tx Counters) The number of wireless sent bytes. Fragments (Tx Counters) The number of successfully delivered MPDUs of type Data or Management. Unicast Packets (Tx Counters) The number of wireless sent unicast packets. Single Retries The number of MSDUs successfully transmitted after one (and only one) retransmission. Multiple Retries The number of MSDUs successfully transmitted after more than one retransmission. Retry Limit Exceeded

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 44 The number shows the times of failed transmitted MSDU that caused by reaching the retry limitation (7 for short frame and 4 for long frame) due to no acknowledgement or CTS received. Deferred Transmissions The number of MSDUs that one or more transmission attempt(s) was deferred to avoid a collision. Bytes (Rx Counters) The number of received bytes of wireless transmission. Fragments (Rx Counters) The number of successfully received MPDUs of type Data or Management. Unicast Packets (Rx Counters) The number of received unicast packets of wireless transmission. WEP Undercryptable The number of received MPDUs, with the WEP subfield in the Frame Control field set to one, that were discarded because either it should not have been encrypted, or due to the receiving station not implementing the privacy option. No Buffer Discarede The discarded number of received MPDUs, which is because the lack of buffer space on the NIC. No Buffer Discarede The discarded number of received MPDUs, which is because the lack of buffer space on the NIC. Time Elapse The timer for the accumulation of these counters Pause/Continue Press Pause button to freeze the display of these counters’ accumulation and timer. Press Continue to resume normal display. Reset Reset all counters and timer.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 45 5.7 About Tab This tab shows the Frequency Domain, Wireless Client Management Utility versions, and serial number and MAC address of the network interface card. Users need to use these version numbers when reporting their problems to technique support.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 47 Radio Off The wireless LAN card has no RF radio signal. Please enable RF radio using Wireless Client Management Utility. A red “X” Users may click Status Icon to pop up a selection menu, where users can turn on/off the wireless radio , launch the utility window for the wireless settings, or remove this status icon from the taskbar. The utility window will also be launched if users double-click the Status Icon.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 49 l Not Associated – the station cannot detect any available station with the specified SSID in the Peer-to-Peer Mode. Current Tx Rate Display the transmission rate of the current communication. Current Channel Display the channel of the current wireless connection. The communication channel ranges from 1 to 11(US/FCC, Canada/RSS), 1 to 13(Europe/ETSI) or 1 to 14(Japan/TELEC) Power Save Indicate the power saving mode is being enabled or disabled. Power saving mode can reduce the power usage by temporarily disconnecting wireless connections when the connection is idle. Throughput Contain two fields displaying the instantaneous wireless receiving (Rx) and transmitting (Tx) throughput values in bytes per second. These numbers are updated every second. Signal Level A series of figures indicate the current signal level and WEP state. All figures are described below. WEP disabled The station receives excellent signals. The WEP is disabled. The station receives good signals. The WEP is disabled. The station receives fair signals. The WEP is disabled. The station receives a little bit weak signals. The WEP is disabled. The station only receives a little feeble signal. The WEP is disabled. The station cannot receive any signal. The WEP is disabled. WEP enabled / WEP matched The station receives excellent signals. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the sender. The station receives good signals. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the sender.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 50 The station receives fair signals. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the sender. The station receives a little bit weak signals. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the sender. The station only receives a little feeble signal. The WEP is enabled and the decryption key matches the key of the sender. WEP enabled / WEP mismatched The station receives excellent signals. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the sender. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the sender is enabled. The station receives good signals. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the sender. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the sender is enabled.. The station receives fair signals. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the sender. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the sender is enabled. The station receives a little bit weak signals. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the sender. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the sender is enabled. The station only receives a little feeble signal. The WEP is enabled but the decryption key doesn’t match the key of the sender. Or the WEP is disabled but what in the sender is enabled. The station cannot receive any signal. The WEP is enabled.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 53 6.4 Encryption Tab The Encryption tab equips an additional measure of security on your wireless network by using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption. To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the network, WEP can support high secure data encryption. WEP encrypts each frame transmitted through the radio by using one of the Keys entered from this panel. When an encrypted frame is received, it will only be accepted if it decrypts correctly. This will only happen if the receiver has the same WEP Key used by the transmitter. The Encryption tab contains some settings as below. Encryption (WEP) It allows you to select Disabled, 64 bit or 128 bit. When setting 64 bit or 128 bit, it means WEP security is in operation. WEP Key You can choose Create Keys Manually or Create Keys with Passphrase to enter encryption keys. It allows four keys for 64-bit and 128-bit key according to WEP function select. The detailed descriptions will be shown as below for these two kinds of methods: Create Key Manually For 64-bits encryption: - 5 alphanumeric characters in the range of “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9”. (e.g. MyKey) - 10 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F” and “0-9”. (e.g. 11AA22BB33). For 128-bits encryption: - 13 alphanumeric characters in the range of “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9”. (e.g.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 54 WEPencryption). - 26 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F” and “0-9”. (e.g. 11AA22BB33123456789ABCDEFF) Create Keys with Passphrase A passphrase is a string of ASCII characters, which will be automatically converted into four different hexadecimal strings for four keys. This saves considerable time since the same keys must be entered into each node on the wireless network. Key1, Key2, Key3, Key4 These four columns can be used to manually enter the keys. These fields also display the keys when they are generated by a passphrase. Use WEP Indicate the key for encrypting sent packets.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 57 6.6 Statistics Tab The Statistics tab monitors the successful and failed transmission traffic of the wireless network. Users can press Reset button to restart the counter, or just want to temporarily freeze the current showed counters, they can press Pause button to do that easily. The detailed Statistics information contains some columns as below. Bytes (Tx Counters) The number of wireless sent transmission. Fragments (Tx Counters) The number of successfully delivered MPDUs of type Data or Management. Unicast Packets (Tx Counters) The number of wireless sent unicast packets. Retry Exceeded The number shows the times of failed transmitted MSDU that caused by reaching the retry limitation (7 for short frame and 4 for long frame) due to no acknowledgement or CTS received. Deferred Tx The number of MSDUs that one or more transmission attempt(s) was deferred to avoid a collision. Bytes (Rx Counters) The number of received bytes of wireless transmission.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 58 Fragments (Rx Counters) The number of successfully received MPDUs of type Data or Management. Unicast Packets (Rx Counters) The number of received unicast packets of wireless transmission. WEP Undercryptable The number of received MPDUs, with the WEP subfield in the Frame Control field set to one, that were discarded because either it should not have been encrypted, or due to the receiving station not implementing the privacy option. No Buffer Discarded The discarded number of received MPDUs, which is because the lack of buffer space on the NIC. Time Elapse The timer for the accumulation of these counters Pause/Continue Press Pause button to freeze the display of these counters’ accumulation and timer. Press Continue to resume normal display. Reset Reset all counters and timer. IP Address Display the current IP Address.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 59 6.7 About Tab This tab shows the Frequency Domain, Wireless Client Management Utility versions, and serial number and MAC address of the network interface card. Users need to use these version numbers when reporting their problems to technique support.

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 60 7. Hardware Technical Specification Standard Compliance IEEE 802.11b standard and WECA interoperability certified FCC part 15sec.15. 247/USA CE/ETSI 300.328300.826/Eurpoe TELEC/Japan Electrical Specification Parameter name Value Remark Supply voltage range 3.0V~3.6V DC Bus powered Average current: 290 mA typical 2% transmit, 98% receive without power saving mode AVERAGE CURRENT: 75 mA typical 2% transmit, 8% receive 90% standby with power saving mode Continuous transmit mode 300 mA max Continuous receive mode: 290 mA max Standby mode: 51 mA max with power saving mode Form Factor Comply with CompactFlash Type II Form Factor. Connectivity Specification Comply with the CompactFlash Standardrelease 2.0

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 61 Environmental Specification Parameter name Value Remark Temperature Range 0~55ºC Operation Temperature Range -20~65ºC Storage Relative Humidity 95% max Vibration 15G 10 to 2000Hz, non-operating EMI FCC class B ESD 1500V Non-operating Frequency Allocation Regulatory Domain Operating frequency range No. of operating channels North America 2412~2462MHZ 11channel 3 non-overlapping Europe 2412~2472MHZ 13channel 3 non-overlapping Japan 2412~2484MHZ 14channels Modulation/Data rate Data Rate Modulation 1M bps DBPSK 2M bps DQPSK 5.5M bps CCK

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 62 Data Rate Modulation 11M bps CCK

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 63 Antenna Specification Antenna Type: 2 PCB Antenna for Space Diversity Receive Sensitivity Modulation/Rate Sensitivity Spec(dBm, Typ.) Allowed PER DBPSK (1M bps) -87dBm 8% PER or less DQPSK (2M bps) -85dBm 8% PER or less CCK (5.5M bps) -84dBm 8% PER or less CCK (11M bps) -82dBm 8% PER or less Dynamic Range Parameter name Value Remark Dynamic Range 82 dB Maximum Input level is –5dBm System LinearityInput Input third order intercept point Value Remark IIP3 -17 dBm Min. @-28dBm input IIP3 13 DBM MIN. @-1dBm input

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Page: 64 Adjacent Channel Rejection Receive Adjacent Channel Rejection shall be tested with a 25MHz Separation and the desired channel input power is –80dBm. General Specification Value Remark Adjacent channel rejection 35dB. PER<8% @25MHz jammer offset Transmitter Power Output Parameter name Value Remark TXP 13±1dBm Preliminary measured Measured at antenna port Ø 1st side lobe < -30dBc Ø 2nd side lobe < -50dBc TXP RangeALC on 0dB typical TX Carrier Suppression 25dB Min. Preamble Length Short/Long Multipath Fading Equalization w 80 ns rms at 11Mbps w 160 ns rms at 5.5Mbps w 280 ns rms at 1M or 2M bps

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