Quanta Computer WF100-MSBU Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card User Manual WF 100 UserMan Jan
Quanta Computer Inc Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card WF 100 UserMan Jan
users manual
WF-100
CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card
User Manual
August 8, 2002 Revision 0.2
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Federal Communications Commission Statement
This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
This device ma y not cause harmful interference.
This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
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. If this equipment is not installed and used in accordance with the
manufacturer's instructions, it 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 during
the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more
of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment to 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.
The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure
compliance with FCC regulations. Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by
the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
Manufacturer's Disclaimer Statement
The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a
commitment on the part of the vendor. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied,
is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular purpose of this document.
The manufacturer reserves the right to make changes to the content of this document and/or the
products associated with it at any time without obligation to notify any person or organization of
such changes. In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or
consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use this product or documentation,
even if advised of the possibility of such damages. This document contains materials protected by
copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any
form, by any means or for any purpose without expressed written consent of its authors. Product
names appearing in this document are mentioned for identification purchases only. All trademarks,
product names or brand names appearing in this document are registered property of their
respective owners.
Printed in Taiwan
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1.
INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................................4
1.1 OVERVIEW.........................................................................................................................................................................4
1.2 FEATURES..........................................................................................................................................................................4
2.
WIRELESS LAN APPLICATION................................................................................................................................ 5
2.1 AD-HOC TOPOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................................5
2.2 INFRASTRUCTURE TOPOLOGY .......................................................................................................................................6
3.
INSTALLATION PROCEDURE FOR WINDOWS...................................................................................................7
3.1 INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS XP...............................................................................................................................7
3.2 INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 2000.......................................................................................................................... 11
3.3 INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS ME............................................................................................................................15
3.4 INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 98..............................................................................................................................19
3.4 UNINSTALLATION .........................................................................................................................................................24
4.
INSTALLATION PROCEDURE FOR POCKET PC ............................................................................................... 25
4.1 INSTALLATION FOR POCKET PC.................................................................................................................................25
4.2 UNINSTALLATION.........................................................................................................................................................28
5.
WIRELESS CLIENT MANAGEMENT UTILITY FOR WINDOWS .....................................................................29
5.1 STATUS ICON ..................................................................................................................................................................29
5.2 STATUS TAB...................................................................................................................................................................31
5.3 PROFILE TAB...................................................................................................................................................................37
5.4 ENCRYPTION TAB.......................................................................................................................................................... 39
5.5 SURVEY TAB...................................................................................................................................................................41
5.6 STATISTICS TAB.............................................................................................................................................................43
5.7 ABOUT TAB.................................................................................................................................................................... 45
6.
WIRELESS CLIENT MANAGEMENT UTILITY FOR POCKET PC.................................................................... 46
6.1 STATUS ICON ..................................................................................................................................................................46
6.2 STATUS TAB...................................................................................................................................................................48
6.3 PROFILE TAB...................................................................................................................................................................51
6.4 ENCRYPTION TAB.......................................................................................................................................................... 53
6.5 SURVEY TAB...................................................................................................................................................................55
6.6 STATISTICS TAB.............................................................................................................................................................57
6.7 ABOUT TAB.................................................................................................................................................................... 59
7.
HARDWARE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ........................................................................................................60
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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
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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.
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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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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.
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5. Wireless Client Management Utility For Windows
Wireless Client Management Utility (WCM ) provides the following window interfaces for
users to easily manage the wireless card.
l Status Icon A taskbar icon immediately shows the current connection status.
l Status Tab Show wireless information of the current connection.
l Profile Tab Allow users configure different wireless settings for each profile.
l Encryption Tab provide interface to add WEP keys to prevent unauthorized users
from accessing your wireless network.
l Survey Tab Provide a site-survey tool to list all the active access points and
ad-hoc stations that are within the range of your computer
l Statistics Tab Display statistical counters of data transmission and reception.
l About Tab Display software/firmware versions and frequency domain of the
card.
After installation, WCM will automatically run and show Status Icon on the taskbar. Users
may launch the utility window from start menu, control panel
, or just double-clicking Status
Icon.
Detailed descriptions of features are provided in the following sections.
5.1 Status Icon
Status Icon indicates the current connection status of the station. It can be one of the
following.
IconIcon IndicationIndication DescriptionDescription ColorColor
Excellent/Good Link Quality
The link quality of the current connection is
excellent/good.
Light
green
Fair Link Quality
The link quality of the current connection is
fair. Please move the station closer to the
Access Point
Yellow
Poor Link Quality
The link quality of the current connection is
poor. Please save your files if you are
transferring files and move the station
closer to
the Access Point.
One level
of Yellow
Not Linked The signal is lost for the preferred connection.
Empty
Data Frame Errors – Check
WEP Settings
The encryption is enabled but the key of the
station doesn’t match the key of the sender.
Or the encryption is disabled but what in the
sender is enabled. Please check WEP key
settings.
A key
with a red
“X”
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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.
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5.2 Status Tab
The Status tab of the utility window provides information of the wireless connection on the
current profile. Figure 1 shows the screen layout of the Status tab.
Profile Name
Show the engaged profile name. Users may change the profile for different connection.
SSID
Short for Service Set Identifier, a unique identifier referred to as a Network Name of a
wireless network.
State
Display the current link state of the station.
l MAC address of the access point — if connected, this column displays the MAC
address (BSSID) of the access point in Access Point Mode .
l Scanning -- the station is searching for available access point of specified SSID in
Access Point Mode. If disconnected, this column is always in this state.
l Associated
– the station is currently communicating with another station in the
Peer-to-Peer Mode.
l Not Associated – the station cannot detect any available station with the specified
SSID in the Peer-to-Peer Mode.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 sen
der 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.
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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 di
sabled 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.
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5.3 Profile Tab
The Profile tab provides users to configure a profile of wireless connection in preference.
Totally up to 9 different profiles can be added in the system. All settings in the Profile tab are
alterable. After filling the profile name and other settings, users may click Apply or OK button
to save the profile. Figure 2 shows the screen layout of the profile tab.
Profile Name
Give a name to the profile.
SSID
Short for Service Set Identifier, a 32-character unique identifier referred to as a Network
Name of a wireless network. The default value is “ANY”. This allows your wireless client to
automatically associate to any access point within the range of the station.
Mode
Select the wireless network mode. It can be Access Point or Peer-to-Peer Mode. The
default setting is Access Point.
Transmission Rate
The transmission rate tells the speed of the transmission. It can be 1Mbps, 2Mbps, Auto 1 or
2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 11Mbps , or Fully Automatic. It is Fully Automatic by default.
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Channel
Select the transmission channel in Peer-to-Peer mode.
Power Saving Mode
Choice of the power saving. The power saving mode can reduce power usage by temporarily
disconnecting wireless connections when the connection is idle. The default setting is disabled.
RTS Threshold
Give the threshold of RTS. The RTS mechanism provides a solution to prevent data collisions.
But enabling RTS Threshold may cause redundant network overhead that could negatively
affect the throughput performance. When setting Enable, users may adjust the value from 0 to
3000.
Frag. Threshold
Give the threshold of Fragmentation. The fragmentation mechanism is for improving the
efficiency when high traffic flows along in the wireless network. If the device often transmits
large files in wireless network, users can enable the Fragmentation Threshold and the
mechanism will split the packet to send. When setting Enable , users may adjust the value from
256 to 2346.
Restore Defaults
Press this button to restore all settings by default into the current profile.
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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)
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- 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.
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5.5 Survey Tab
The Survey tab supports a Site-Survey tool to discover all active wireless devices within the
radio range of the station. For any discovered device, users may press Connect button or
double click it to make the station immediately connect to. And the system will simultaneously
change the profile to “Default” and update the content of the profile tab to match such
device’s settings. Users may also press Rescan button to scan again and update the survey
result anytime. The Survey tab contains some columns as below.
Number of Discoveries
Show the total number of wireless LAN devices discovered by the current scan.
Indicate the discovered device to which the station is currently connecting.
Indicate the discovered devices to which the station is not currently connecting.
SSID
Short for Service Set Identifier, a unique identifier referred to as a Network Name of a
wireless network.
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BSSID
Short for Basic Service Set Identifier
, during the infrastructure mode, it represents the
MAC address of the access point.
Mode
Show the discovered device is an access point (AP) or a peer-to-peer (p2p) station.
WEP
Show whether the discovered device is WEP enabled.
Signal Level
Display the signal strength level of the discovered device.
Channel
Display the current communication channel used by the discovered device.
Connect
Users may press this button to make the station immediately connect to the selected device.
And the system will simultaneously change the profile to “Default” and update the content of
the profile tab to match such device’s settings.
Rescan
Press this button to scan again.
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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
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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.
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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.
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6. Wireless Client Management Utility for Pocket PC
Wireless Client Management Utility (WCM ) provides the following window interfaces for
users to easily manage the wireless card.
l Status Icon A taskbar icon immediately shows the current connection status.
l Status Tab Show wireless information of the current connection.
l Profile Tab Allow users configure different wireless settings for each profile.
l Encryption Tab provide interface to add WEP keys to prevent unauthorized users
from accessing your wireless network.
l Survey Tab Provide a site-survey tool to list all the active access points and
ad-hoc stations that are within the range of your computer
l Statistics Tab Display statistical counters of data transmission and reception.
l About Tab Display software/firmware versions and frequency domain of the
card.
After installation, WCM will automatically run and show Status Icon on the taskbar. Users
may launch the utility window from start menu, System tab in Settings, or just
double-clicking Status Icon.
Detailed descriptions of features are provided in the following sections.
6.1 Status Icon
Status Icon indicates the current connection status of the station. It can be one of the
following.
IconIcon IndicationIndication DescriptionDescription ColorColor
Excellent/Good Link Quality
The link quality of the current connection is
excellent/good.
Light
green
Fair Link Quality
The link quality of the current connection is
fair. Please move the station closer to the
Access Point
Yellow
Poor Link Quality
The link quality of the current connection is
poor. Please save your files if you are
transferring files and move the station
closer to
the Access Point.
One level
of Yellow
Not Linked The signal is lost for the preferred connection.
Empty
Data Frame Errors – Check
WEP Settings
The encryption is enabled but the key of the
station doesn’t match the key of the sender.
Please check WEP key settings. Or the
encrypti
on is disabled but what in the sender is
enabled. Please check WEP key settings.
A key
with a red
“X”
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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.
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6.2 Status Tab
The Status tab of the utility window provides information of the wireless connection on the
current profile. Figure 1 shows the screen layout of the Status tab.
Profile Name
Show the engaged profile name. Users may change the profile for different connection.
SSID
Short for Service Set Identifier, a unique identifier referred to as a Network Name of a
wireless network.
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.
State
Display the current link state of the station.
l MAC address of the access point — if connected, this column displays the MAC
address (BSSID) of the access point in Access Point Mode .
l Scanning -- the station is searching for available access point of specified SSID in
Access Point Mode . If disconnected, this column is always in this state.
l Associated
– the station is currently communicating with another station in the
Peer-to-Peer Mode.
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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.
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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.
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6.3 Profile Tab
The Profile tab provides users to configure a profile of wireless connection in preference.
Totally up to 9 different profiles can be added in the system. All settings in the Profile tab are
alterable. After filling the profile name and other settings, users may click Apply or OK button
to save the profile. Figure 2 shows the screen layout of the profile tab.
Profile Name
Give a name to the profile.
SSID
Short for Service Set Identifier, a 32-character unique identifier referred to as a Network
Name of a wireless network. The default value is “ANY”. This allows your wireless client to
automatically associate to any access point within the range of the station.
Mode
Select the wireless network mode. It can be Access Point or Peer-to-Peer Mode. The
default setting is Access Point.
Tx Rate
The transmission rate tells the speed of the transmission. It can be 1Mbps, 2Mbps, Auto 1 or
2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 11Mbps , or Fully Automatic. It is Fully Automatic by default.
Channel
Select the transmission channel in Peer-to-Peer mode.
Power Save
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Choice of the power saving. The power saving mode can reduce power usage by temporarily
disconnecting wireless connections when the connection is idle. The default setting is disabled.
Restore Defaults
Press this button to restore all settings by default into the current profile.
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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.
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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.
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6.5 Survey Tab
The Survey tab supports a Site-Survey tool to discover all active wireless devices within the
radio range of the station. For any discovered device, users may press Connect button or
double click it to make the station immediately connect to. And the system will simultaneously
change the profile to “Default” and update the content of the profile tab to match such
device’s settings. Users may also press Rescan button to scan again and update the survey
result anytime. The Survey tab contains some columns as below.
Discoveries
Show the total number of wireless LAN devices discovered by the current scan.
Indicate the discovered device to which the station is currently connecting.
Indicate the discovered devices to which the station is not currently connecting.
SSID
Short for Service Set Identifier, a unique identifier referred to as a Network Name of a
wireless network.
BSSID
Short for Basic Service Set Identifier
, during the infrastructure mode, it represents the
MAC address of the access point.
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Mode
Show the discovered device is an access point (AP) or a peer-to-peer (p2p) station.
WEP
Show whether the discovered device is WEP enabled.
Signal Level
Display the signal strength level of the discovered device.
Channel
Display the current communication channel used by the discovered device.
Connect
Users may press this button to make the station immediately connect to the selected device.
And the system will simultaneously change the profile to “Default” and update the content of
the profile tab to match such device’s settings.
Rescan
Press this button to scan again.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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7. Hardware Technical Specification
Standard Compliance
IEEE 802.11b standard and WECA interoperability certified FCC part 15sec.15.
247/USA
CE/ETSI 300.328300.826/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 Standardrelease 2.0
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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
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Data Rate Modulation
11M bps CCK
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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
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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 RangeALC 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