SparkLAN Communications WPCR501 Wireless-N Notebook Adapter User Manual 11n Cardbus Manual v2 3 OK

SparkLAN Communications, Inc. Wireless-N Notebook Adapter 11n Cardbus Manual v2 3 OK

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Wireless Network Cardbus Adapter User’s Guide Version 2.3
User’s Guide 1Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 2 2. Wireless LAN Basics................................................................................................. 3 3. Installation for Windows platform .............................................................................. 4 3.1. Installation Overview.............................................................................................. 4 3.2. Install Procedure for Windows ............................................................................... 5 3.3 Uninstall Procedure................................................................................................. 9 4. Configuration Utility................................................................................................. 10 4.1 Link Information .................................................................................................... 11 4.2 AP List................................................................................................................... 12 4.3 Profile Setting........................................................................................................ 14 4.4 About..................................................................................................................... 18 5. Appendix................................................................................................................. 19 5.1 Use Wireless Zero configuration........................................................................... 19
User’s Guide 21. Introduction Thank you for purchasing your Wireless LAN Adapter. This User’s Guide will assist you with the installation procedure. The package you have received should contain the following items: • Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter • User’s Guide • Warranty Card Note: if anything is missing, please contact your vendor
User’s Guide 3 2. Wireless LAN Basics Wireless LAN (Local Area Networks) systems offer a great number of advantages over a traditional, wired system. Wireless LANs (WLANs) are more flexible, easier to setup and manage and often more cost effective than their wired equivalence. Using radio frequency (RF) technology, WLANs transmit and receive data over the air, minimizing the need for wired connections. Therefore, WLANs combine data connectivity with user mobility, and, through simplified configuration, enable movable LANs. With wireless LANs, users can access shared information without looking for a place to plug in and network managers can set up or augment networks without installing or moving wires. Wireless LANs offer the following productivity, convenience and cost advantages over traditional wired networks: • Mobility - Wireless LAN systems can provide LAN users with access to real-time information anywhere in their organization. This mobility supports productivity and service opportunities not possible with wired networks. • Installation Speed and Simplicity - Installing a wireless LAN system can be fast and easy and can eliminate the need to pull cable through walls and ceilings. • Installation Flexibility - Wireless technology allows the network to go where wires cannot go. • Reduced Cost-of-Ownership - While the initial investment required for wireless LAN hardware might be higher than the cost of wired LAN hardware, overall installation expenses and life-cycle costs will be significantly lower. Long-term cost benefits are greatest in dynamic environments requiring frequent moves, adds, and changes. • Scalability - Wireless LAN systems can be configured in a variety of topologies to meet the needs of specific applications and installations. Configurations are easily changed and range from peer-to-peer to full infrastructure networks, also allow roaming over a broad area.
User’s Guide 43. Installation for Windows platform The following section will assist you in installing wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter successfully. You will first install software (Utility) and then insert / attach the Wireless Cardbus LAN Adapter to your system, and finally set the network properties to accommodate resource sharing and select the type of wireless network that you wish to install. The Wireless LAN card can easily be installed and used, without bothering to connect cables for keeping your computer to use network resources. 3.1. Installation Overview Here are some steps you will perform in establishing your wireless network connection: z Install the Access Point at first. AP is needed in case of Infrastructure network mode. z Install the software using the Install CD. z Install the Wireless LAN Card. z Install the network protocol(s) required to communicate on your network. Most likely you will need the TCP/IP protocol.
User’s Guide 5 3.2. Install Procedure for Windows 1. Insert the given Install CD in the CD-ROM, and wait for the Autorun prompt. If Autorun does not work, please browse the CD content and double click the “ Autorun.exe ”. 2. Click WPCR-501. 3. Follow the instruction to finish the installation. Note: Do not insert the WLAN Adapter until you are asked to do so, failure of which may result in unsuccessful installation of your WLAN device.
User’s Guide 6After complete the procedure, insert your WLAN card into PCMCIA slot of your system, and then system will detect new hardware. Select “Install the software automatically (Recommended) ”, and then click Next to continue. After copy the file to your system, then the setup is finish. 4. Click the right button of mouse on My Computer Æ Manage Æ Device Manager. Check whether it has WLAN adapter in one of the sockets or not. If you find Wireless 11n CardBus Adapter in one of the sockets, it means the card is detected properly. If you cannot find this adapter on device manager, please click the Action Æ Scan for hardware changes to search again. If this adapter is shown with yellow exclamation mark, please remove it and click the Action Æ Scan for hardware changes to search this hardware again for proper hardware installation. 5. Click StartÆ SettingsÆ Network Connections or right click mouse on the My Network Places (Network Neighborhood) for TCP/IP setting.
User’s Guide 7 6. Click Properties from the pop up menu. Select the Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) and click Properties button.
User’s Guide 87. You can select either Obtain an IP address automatically or Use the following IP address setting. If your choice is the second one then entering the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway and DNS. After setting these parameters appropriately, click OK to make the changes work.
User’s Guide 93.3 Uninstall Procedure Step 1: If you want to uninstall the WLAN adapter, just simply click Start Æ Program Æ Wireless Network UtilityÆ Uninstall It shall uninstall all related programs. Step 2: Restart your Computer.
User’s Guide 10 4. Configuration Utility Wireless network adapter uses its own management software. All functions controlled by user are provided by this application. Usually this application starts automatically, or click icon from Start Menu to start the Utility application. A new icon - should appear in your Icon tray if your WLAN adapter is working properly. If the icon is in red color, it means that WLAN adapter is under poor signal or the connection is unavailable. User can navigate through “sheets” by clicking tabs; “X” button will minimize the window. To provide more link information, click “More…” button. Below description explains the usage of this utility.
User’s Guide 11 4.1 Link Information Connected To Network - - This field is used to display the current status of connection. There are two states of it. The first one is “Connected to Network“ means normal flow of operation in Infrastructure mode. The PC is connected to access point. Networking is available. The second one is “Scanning” means that the node is searching for available Access Point within effective range. This field will also display an error message for some reason if the driver fails to initial. ♦ Network Type Infrastructure Mode - The driver will scan all available channels continuously until it found one or more Access Points that match its SSID. At that point it will try and authenticate and associate with the Access Point. Peer to Peer Mode - The driver will scan for 5 seconds looking for an existing Ad Hoc network using the same SSID.
User’s Guide 12♦ Channel The current channel that be used for this WLAN adapter will be shown in this field. ♦ Encryption All encryption status will be shown in this field. ♦ Link Speed The current transmit rate will be shown in this field. ♦ Signal Strength The signal strength bar graph is only active when the node is in infrastructure mode. The bar graph displays normalized signal strength as reported by the radio, averaged over all frames over 100 bytes long that are received from the AP. ♦ Link Quality The Link Quality bar graph is only active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode. The bar graph displays the quality of the link between the node and Access Point. 4.2 WPS Function Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is a standard for easy and secure establishment of a wireless home network, created by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The goal of the WPS protocol is to simplify the process of connecting any home device to the wireless network. To secure your wireless network, you could push the “WPS” button under user interface as below: There are two ways to enable WPS connection: 1. PBC mode: Choose a Router in the list then click “PBC” button.
User’s Guide 13 2. PIN mode: Choose a Router in the list and check the PIN codes are the same between Router and Client then click “PIN” button. Note. To make sure the PIN codes are the same between Router and Client. Type the Client’s PIN Code into Router’s PIN Code setting then click PIN button to start WPS connection at Client side.
User’s Guide 14 4.3 AP List The Connections Tab shows current status of available APs within the network. User may select profile or ESSID from above list, click “Connect” to connect with the AP. Click “Refresh” to rescan the network, this utility with site survey function, it will detect and list all available APs within effective range. 4.4 Profile Setting Profile Setting allows user to create profiles for different network environments. Click “Add” button to create new profiles. “Edit” for editing current existed profiles. Click “Delete” button if you wish to delete profiles.
User’s Guide 15 ♦ Network Name The name of Profile, users can define it by themselves. ♦ Network Type This field allows you to select from a list of supported Network “Modes”. The modes displayed will have two values: “Peer to Peer” and “Access Point”. Peer to Peer - This is 802.11 peer-to-peer mode. In 802.11 Ad Hoc, only one wireless “cell” is supported for each different SSID. All communication is done from Client to Client without the use of an Access Point. 802.11 Ad Hoc networking uses the same SSID for establishing the wireless connection. Access Point - This mode of operation requires the presence of an 802.11 Access Point. All communication is done via the Access Point, which relays packets to other wireless Clients in the Basic Service Set as well as to nodes on a wired network such as Ethernet. ♦ Transmit Rate - The transmission rate at which client of AP transmits the data packets. You may set this to fixed 1Mbps, fixed 2 Mbps, fixed 5.5 Mbps or higher or Automatic for 802.11 AP. ♦ Authentication Mode - You may desire an additional measure of security on your WLAN which can be achieved by using WEP or WPA encryption.
User’s Guide 16 This panel allows to entry for 64/128-bit encryption according to WEP function select. To be written to the driver and registry, such as Hexadecimal format, each key must consist of hex digits, which means that only digit 0-9 and letters A-F are valid entries. If entered format is incorrect, the utility will not accept it. WPA PSK is one advanced security for wireless network. There are 2 types algorithm could be supported – one is TKIP, and the other is AES. To use WPA PSK, enter a password in the WPA Shared Key field between 8 and 63 characters long. WPA is advance WPA security that require Radius server using EAP–TLS or PEAP for user authentication. WPA 2 PSK is the enhanced version of WPA PSK, it eliminate TKIP security with enhanced AES security to 128bits encryption. To use this WPA2 PSK, enter the password in the WPA2 shared key field between 8 and 63 characters long. WPA 2 is advanced WPA security with Radius server that using EAP-TLS or PEAP for user authentication.
User’s Guide 17 To enable IP Setting function, please select enable. Please define if the current Profile IP setting will be assign by a DHCP Server or just assign by a fixed IP that is determinate by the Network Administrator.
User’s Guide 18 When the DHCP Status is Enable, the TCP/IP information will be assigned by a DHCP Server. Or otherwise please fill up with the correspondence data of the IP settings. 4.4 About “About” tab shows the product version including the detail of Driver, Application and firmware versions. Users must use this version number when reporting their problems to technical support.
User’s Guide 195. Appendix 5.1 Use Wireless Zero configuration Windows XP: Check and make sure that the Wireless Zero Configuration service is running. Click Start Æ Settings Æ Control Panel Æ Administrative Tools Æ Services Then click the AP you want to connect.
User’s Guide 20FCC User manual: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures: - Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. - Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. - Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. - Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. IMPORTANT NOTE: Radiation Exposure Statement: This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. End users must follow the specific operating instructions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. To maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, please follow operation instruction as documented in this manual. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. SAR compliance has been established in typical laptop computer(s) with CardBus slot, and product could be used in typical laptop computer with CardBus slot. Other application like handheld PC or similar device has not been verified and may not compliance with related RF exposure rule and such use shall be prohibited. The availability of some specific channels and/or operational frequency bands are country dependent and are firmware programmed at the factory to match the intended destination. The firmware setting is not accessible by the end user.
User’s Guide 21Europe – EU Declaration of Conformity This device complies with the essential requirements of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC. The following test methods have been applied in order to prove presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC: - EN 60950-1: 2001 Safety of Information Technology Equipment - EN50392 : (2004-01) - Generic standard to demonstrate the compliance of electronic and electrical apparatus with the basic restrictions related to human exposure to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz - 300 GHz) - EN 300 328 V1.7.1: (2006-10) - Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); Wideband Transmission systems; Data transmission equipment operating in the 2,4 GHz ISM band and using spread spectrum modulation techniques; Harmonized EN covering essential requirements under article 3.2 of the R&TTE Directive - EN 301 489-1 V1.6.1: (2005-09) Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio Spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 1: Common technical requirements - EN 301 489-17 V1.2.1 (2002-08) - Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM); ElectroMagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standard for radio equipment and services; Part 17: Specific conditions for 2,4 GHz wideband transmission systems and 5 GHz high performance RLAN equipment This device is a 2.4 GHz wideband transmission system (transceiver), intended for use in all EU member states and EFTA countries, except in France and Italy where restrictive use applies. In Italy the end-user should apply for a license at the national spectrum authorities in order to obtain authorization to use the device for setting up outdoor radio links and/or for supplying public access to telecommunications and/or network services. This device may not be used for setting up outdoor radio links in France and in some areas the RF output power may be limited to 10 mW EIRP in the frequency range of 2454 – 2483.5 MHz. For detailed information the end-user should contact the national spectrum authority in France. Česky [Czech] [Jméno výrobce] tímto prohlašuje, že tento [typ zařízení] je ve shodě se základními požadavky a dalšími příslušnými ustanoveními směrnice 1999/5/ES. Dansk [Danish] Undertegnede [fabrikantens navn] erklærer herved, at følgende udstyr [udstyrets typebetegnelse] overholder de væsentlige krav og øvrige relevante krav i direktiv 1999/5/EF. Deutsch [German] Hiermit erklärt [Name des Herstellers], dass sich das Gerät [Gerätetyp] in Übereinstimmung mit den grundlegenden Anforderungen und den übrigen einschlägigen Bestimmungen der Richtlinie 1999/5/EG befindet. Eesti [Estonian] Käesolevaga kinnitab [tootja nimi = name of manufacturer] seadme [seadme tüüp = type of equipment] vastavust direktiivi 1999/5/EÜ põhinõuetele ja nimetatud direktiivist tulenevatele teistele asjakohastele sätetele. English Hereby, [name of manufacturer], declares that this [type of equipment] is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. Español Por medio de la presente [nombre del fabricante] declara que el [clase de equipo]
User’s Guide 22[Spanish] cumple con los requisitos esenciales y cualesquiera otras disposiciones aplicables o exigibles de la Directiva 1999/5/CE. Ελληνική [Greek] ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΑ [name of manufacturer] ΔΗΛΩΝΕΙ ΟΤΙ [type of equipment] ΣΥΜΜΟΡΦΩΝΕΤΑΙ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΣ ΟΥΣΙΩΔΕΙΣ ΑΠΑΙΤΗΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΙΣ ΛΟΙΠΕΣ ΣΧΕΤΙΚΕΣ ΔΙΑΤΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΔΗΓΙΑΣ 1999/5/ΕΚ. Français [French] Par la présente [nom du fabricant] déclare que l'appareil [type d'appareil] est conforme aux exigences essentielles et aux autres dispositions pertinentes de la directive 1999/5/CE. Italiano [Italian] Con la presente [nome del costruttore] dichiara che questo [tipo di apparecchio] è conforme ai requisiti essenziali ed alle altre disposizioni pertinenti stabilite dalla direttiva 1999/5/CE. Latviski [Latvian] Ar šo [name of manufacturer / izgatavotāja nosaukums] deklarē, ka [type of equipment / iekārtas tips] atbilst Direktīvas 1999/5/EK būtiskajām prasībām un citiem ar to saistītajiem noteikumiem. Lietuvių [Lithuanian] Šiuo [manufacturer name] deklaruoja, kad šis [equipment type] atitinka esminius reikalavimus ir kitas 1999/5/EB Direktyvos nuostatas. Nederlands [Dutch] Hierbij verklaart [naam van de fabrikant] dat het toestel [type van toestel] in overeenstemming is met de essentiële eisen en de andere relevante bepalingen van richtlijn 1999/5/EG. Malti [Maltese] Hawnhekk, [isem tal-manifattur], jiddikjara li dan [il-mudel tal-prodott] jikkonforma mal-ħtiġijiet essenzjali u ma provvedimenti oħrajn relevanti li hemm fid-Dirrettiva 1999/5/EC.Magyar [Hungarian] Alulírott, [gyártó neve] nyilatkozom, hogy a [... típus] megfelel a vonatkozó alapvetõ követelményeknek és az 1999/5/EC irányelv egyéb elõírásainak. Polski [Polish] Niniejszym [nazwa producenta] oświadcza, że [nazwa wyrobu] jest zgodny z zasadniczymi wymogami oraz pozostałymi stosownymi postanowieniami Dyrektywy 1999/5/EC. Português [Portuguese] [Nome do fabricante] declara que este [tipo de equipamento] está conforme com os requisitos essenciais e outras disposições da Directiva 1999/5/CE. Slovensko [Slovenian] [Ime proizvajalca] izjavlja, da je ta [tip opreme] v skladu z bistvenimi zahtevami in ostalimi relevantnimi določili direktive 1999/5/ES. Slovensky [Slovak] [Meno výrobcu] týmto vyhlasuje, že [typ zariadenia] spĺňa základné požiadavky a všetky príslušné ustanovenia Smernice 1999/5/ES. Suomi [Finnish] [Valmistaja = manufacturer] vakuuttaa täten että [type of equipment = laitteen tyyppimerkintä] tyyppinen laite on direktiivin 1999/5/EY oleellisten vaatimusten ja sitä koskevien direktiivin muiden ehtojen mukainen. Svenska [Swedish] Härmed intygar [företag] att denna [utrustningstyp] står I överensstämmelse med de väsentliga egenskapskrav och övriga relevanta bestämmelser som framgår av direktiv 1999/5/EG.

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