Allied Telesis AT-WCP200G - Manuals

7 Table of Contents Regulatory Notes and Statements .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 Wireless LAN, Health and Authorization For Use ...........................................

9 Preface This user’s guide contains instructions on how to use and install an Allied Telesyn AT-WCP200G Wireless PCI Adapter.

Preface 10 How This Guide is Organized This guide contains the following sections: Introduction, describes the AT-WCP200G adapter. Unpacking and Setup, helps you get started with the basic installation of the AT-WCP200G adapter. Hardware Installation, describes the LEDs of the adapter. Software Inst...

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide 11 Document Conventions This guide uses several conventions that you should become familiar with before you begin to install the product. Note Notes provide additional information. Warning Warnings inform you that performing or omitting a specific action may result in bodily ...

Preface 12 Where to Find Related Guides The Allied Telesyn web site at www.alliedtelesyn.com offers you an easy way to access the most recent documentation, software updates, and technical information for all of our products. The documents provided on our web site are available as PDF files.

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide 13 Contacting Allied Telesyn This section provides Allied Telesyn contact information for technical support as well as sales or corporate information. Online Support You can request technical support online by accessing the Allied Telesyn Knowledge Base from the following web...

15 Allied Telesyn AT-WCP200G PCI Adapter Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this IEEE 802.11g AT-WCP200G Wireless PCI Adapter. This manual helps to get familiar with the AT-WCP200G adapter. This manual contains detailed instructions in operation of this product. Please keep this manual...

16 Unpacking and Setup This section provides unpacking and setup information for the AT-WCP200G adapter. Unpacking Open the box of the AT-WCP200G adapter and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items: ❑ One AT-WCP200G PCI Adapter ❑ One CD-ROM ❑ This user’s guide If any item is ...

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide 17 Hardware Installation LED LNK/ACT (Link/Activity) The LNK LED is green when the AT-WCP200G adapter is connected to a network successfully. Otherwise the LNK LED blinks continuously while the AT-WCP200G adapter is scanning the wireless devices or transmitting data. Checking...

18 Software Installation Installing the AT-WCP200G Driver For Windows 98/ME/2000/XP 1. Verify that the AT-WCP200G adapter is securely inserted into the PCI slot and the WIRELESS LAN CD is in the CD-ROM drive. The operating system will detect the AT-WCP200G adapter and the following window will appea...

20 The following screen will be displayed. The AT-WCP200G drivers are not Microsoft WHQL certified, therefore the below message will appear. This is a generic Windows message indicating that the inserted device has not completed the WHQL certification tests. 4. Select Continued Anyway.

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide 21 The following screen is displayed. 5. Select Finish to complete the AT-WCP200G driver Installation. The AT-WCP200 driver is now installed.

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide 23 2. Select Install Software. The menu below is displayed. 3. Select AT-WCP200G Wireless PCI Adapter. The following InstallShield Wizard screen is displayed. After the InstallShield Wizard is done preparing the installation, the following screen is displayed.

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide 27 9. Select Finish to complete installation. The WIRELESS LAN utility is now installed. 10. When the WIRELESS LAN utility is launched, an icon is placed in the System Tray, as shown below. To open the utility, right-click the icon and select Open. Wireless Utility Setting Wi...

28 Status Tab The Status tab shows the status of the AT-WCP200G adapter. It shows where the device is connected, Network mode, Channel, Transmit Rate, and Encryption Mode. The other dialog box shows the Data Transmitted and Data Received. The two signal lines show the Signal Strength and the Link Qu...

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide 29 Configuration Tab The Configuration tab allows you to configure Network and Security. Under Network you can configure: ❑ Network Mode Set Network Mode to “Infrastructure” when connecting to an access point or set to “Ad-Hoc” if you have several stations and want to set the...

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide 31 Note After all the settings are completed, select Apply to save the setting. Advanced Tab The Advanced tab allows you to control the AT-WCP200G adapter to adjust with wireless devices in certain environment. ❑ Transmit Rate You can choose one of the transmission rates as f...

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide 33 Profile Tab The Profile tab allows you to set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile. Type a name in the Profile Name field to create a profile, select Save and then Apply when a profile is done. You can select Delete if the profile is no longe...

34 Network Tab The Network tab shows all the wireless devices around your AT-WCP200G adapter. The information of the wireless devices includes SSID, MAC Address, Channels, Signal, WEP type, and Network Mode. You can select the Rescan button to find the new wireless devices, and double-click the devi...

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide 35 Statistic Tab The Statistic tab shows the real-time transmit and receive packets of the PCI adapter.

36 About Tab The About tab shows the Device Name, Regulatory Domain, Driver Version, Firmware Version, MAC Address, and Utility Version.

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide 37 Technical Specifications General Radio Technology IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) IEEE 802.11g Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) Interface PCI Type II specification 32bit data bus Data Transfer Rate 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 4...

AT-WCP200G User’s Guide 39 Regulatory Domains This appendix lists the IEEE 802.11g channels supported by the world’s regulatory domains. Channel Identifier 802.11b Frequency Regulatory Domains FCC (North America) ETSI (Europe) France Israel MKK (Japan) 1 2412 X X X 2 2417 X X X 3 2422 X X X X 4 2427...