Z Com XI-300 A WIRELESS LAN CARD User Manual 2

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Hardware Installation for XI-300
To install XI-300 wireless LAN PCMCIA adapter, please follow these steps:
Step1: Insert the PCMCIA Adapter
1. Find an available Type II or Type III PCMCIA slot in your computer.
2. With the PCMCIA adapter’s 68-pin connector facing the PCMCIA slot and
its “XI-300 / PCMCIA” label facing up, slide the PCMCIA adapter
completely into the PCMCIA slot.
Fig Insert the XI-300 into Notebook
NOTE: The PCMCIA slot allows “hot swap” of PCMCIA
adapter. You may therefore insert or remove your XI-300
/ PCMCIA adapter from the slot anytime, even when the
power of your computer is on.
Step2: Setup PCMCIA Driver
Please check your PCMCIA driver to install LANEscape XI-300.
Then, continue the installation steps - “Software Installation”.
Setup LANEscape XI-300 for Windows 95 / 98
1.
2.
3.
Insert the XI-300 PCMCIA adapter into a standard type II PCMCIA slot in your
notebook.
Windows 95/98 will automatically detect the new hardware and will prompt you
to install the driver needed.
Select “Search for the best driver for your device”.
4.
Select the location of driver from ”Floppy disk devices”, insert the diskette
labeled “LANEscape XI-300 Driver & Utility Diskette” into any 3 1/2 floppy
drive in your computer and then click Next.
5. Windows 95/98 found “LANEscape XI-300 PCMCIA Adapter”, then click Next.
and Set parameters for XI-300
7.Click Finish to complete the hardware installation.
8.
Restart the computer.
9.
Open the Control Panel folder, double-click System and Adapters to see if
there is any error message appears. If no, that means your XI-300 works well.
Fig. Check if XI-300 works properly.
Setup LANEscape XI-300 for Windows NT 3.51/4.0
1.
Login as Administrator.
2.
From the desktop, select Control Panel, double-click Network, go to the
Interface Card tab, and then click the Add button.
3.
Windows NT will present a list of all its supported adapters. Select
OTHERS, or click Have Disk to continue.
4.
Windows NT will ask for the drive/path containing the LANEscape XI-300
Windows NT drivers. Insert the XI-300 Driver and Utility diskette into the
floppy drive, and then type A:\
5.
Windows NT will attempt to locate an INF file in the specified path. If you
have entered the path name correctly, Windows NT should copy the
appropriate drivers to the Windows NT system. You need to recognize the
selection.
6.
A “LANEscape/XI-300 Wireless LAN Adapter Setup” dialog box will
show up. Please select the “Default Channel” ”Network Type” ”RTS
Threshold” and “ESSID” manually. Your XI-300 adapter will thereafter
work on this configuration under Windows NT. Press OK to continue.
7.
At this point, the drivers would have been properly copied and the
installation would proceed to the next step --- “Network Setup”.
8.
Restart the system.
9.
To ensure whether the XI-300 adapter works fine or not, go to Control Panel
and Double-click Devices to check device.
Install Wireless LAN Utility for Windows 95/98
1. Insert LANEscape XI-300 Driver & Utility Diskette into floppy drive, and then
execute A:\WLU\setup.exe
Fig. Step1 of Wireless LAN Utility setup.
Fig. Step2 of Wireless LAN Utility setup.
Fig. Step3 of Wireless LAN Utility setup.
Fig. Step4 of Wireless LAN Utility setup.
Fig. Step5 of Wireless LAN Utility setup.
Navigating The LANEscape Utility
To set up your wireless network environment, please follow these steps:
Step : Configure the adapter - Select “Network Configuration” in the main menu
screen and follow the instructions.
A. Main Menu
A LANEscape wireless LAN adapter hardware information window will show
on the top of the screen (Fig 5.2) while Main Menu screen is displayed. In this
window, you will see current adapter configuration information, that is, the MAC
address, firmware version, frequency domain, BSS joined, current channel and
ESS ID of the adapter that you installed in your notebook.
The Main Menu screen shows all main functions of the LANEscape Utility:

 [Network Configuration] - LANEscape Utility provides a screen for you to
configure parameters of the LANEscape wireless LAN adapter for your
wireless network environment. upgrading the firmware in the wireless
adapter.

 [Exit] - End the execution of LANEscape Utility.
1. Click Start, point to Programs and run WLA Utility.
2. Main menu appears.
B.Network Configuration Screen
The Network Configuration screen allows you to check and modify current
configuration of the LANEscape wireless LAN adapter. The user-configurable
parameters are divided into several groups: ESSID, Network Type, RTS
Threshold, Frag Threshold Use WEP, Power Save and Transmission Rate..
Fig. Network Configuration
B-1. ESS ID PARAMETERS
ESS ID:
Input a digit ESS ID while the roaming feature is enabled (“ANY”
is default setting). The ESS ID is the wireless network ID, which
allows the XI-300 to join the Access Points set as of the same ESS
ID.
B-2. NETWORK TYPE PARAMETERS
Station Operation Mode:
Set the station operation mode to Ad-Hoc
(without Access Point) or Infrastructure (with
Access Point, default setting).
If you are using the XI-300 only for communication between PCs, choose
Ad-Hoc. If you are using XI-300 to join the local area network infrastruce
through Access Point, choose Infrastructure.
Ad-Hoc Default Channel: Select the channel number as your operating radio
channel. Please note that the Ad-hoc network
operates successfully only when all the XI-300s or
other Network Interface Cards in the Ad-hoc
network are set as in the same channel.
NOTE: If you have Lucent 11MB Access Point, You can use XI-300 to connect.
B-3. RTS Threshold
If you aren’t concerned with the “Hidden Node Problem”, please select the
“Disable” item
B-4. Use WEP
If you require high security in transmission, please select the “Enable” item
and set encryption key.
B-5. Power Save
If you always let your XI-300 work in wireless LAN long time , you may
select the “Enable” item to make power management.
B-6. Transmit Rate
If you need your XI-300 to transmit in long distance or bad environment,
you may adjust transmit rate to make the better performance.
NOTE: Because Zcom still test and modify this version, some parameter Zcom
only provide demo and don’t support customer to use. If customers
want to get advance information and complete version, please contact
Zcom sales Dept. or go to URL: www.zcom.com.tw.


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