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A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 5 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start 2. Click Next on the Welcome screen. 3. Click Next to use the default Destination Folder or click Browse to select another folder. 4. Click Next to place icons in the default pro- gram folder or type another folder name. 1. ...

6 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start 7. Carefully insert the A111 card into your computer’s PC card slot. Windows will au-tomatically find and configure the WLANcard using the drivers installed in the previ-ous steps. 6. Windows XP users: When the program is la...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 9 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start Soft AP Access Control and WDS Soft AP mode allows for Access Control and WDS configuration. Access Control The AP provides facilities to limit the wireless clients that associate with it andthe data packets that can forward...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 11 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start Reading the A111 Status Indicators The part of the A111 card that protrudes out of the PCMCIA socketconsists of two LEDs that indicate the status of the A111 . LNK (Link) LED OFF: No power, error, or not connected to a wire...

12 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Software Reference 3. Software Reference Chapter Overview The A111 Card software includes several utilities: • A111 Control Center – Makes it easy to launch applications and activate network location settings. • Wireless Settings – Allows...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 13 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Software Reference Windows XP Wireless Options The wireless option shown below is only available for Windows XP.The first time you run the Control Center utility, it will automaticallyshow. Select one of the radio buttons to decide which ...

14 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Control Center A111 Control Center Control Center is an application that makes it easy to launchapplications and activate network location settings. Control Centerstarts automatically when the system boots. Whenever Control Centeris runni...

16 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Control Center Taskbar Icon - Left Menu Left-clicking the taskbar icon showsthe following menu: • Wireless Radio On – Turns the wireless radio ON. • Wireless Radio Off – Turns the wireless radio OFF. • Search & Connect – View the prop...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 17 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Status - Status Tab You can view the information about the A111 card from this menu.These fields are blank if the card does not exist. You can turn OFF theA111 by clicking the Disable Radio button. Connected Radio Disabl...

18 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Association State Displays the connection status as follows: Connected - The station is now associated with one wireless LAN device. When operating in Infrastructure mode, this field shows the MAC address ofthe Access Po...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 19 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Activate Configuration Auto roaming is enabled by default and will automatically switch tostronger access points. You can uncheck it if you have many accesspoints and do not want to constantly switch to different network...

20 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Status - Connection Tab You can view the current link statistics about the A111 card. Thesestatistics are updated once per second and are valid only if the A111card exists. Frame Sent/Received Transmitted - The number of...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 21 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Status - IP Config Tab The IP Config tab shows all the current network configuration informationfor the A111 card. Use it to verify your network settings. IP Config will display all the current TCP/IP configuration value...

22 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Config - Basic Tab Lets you change the A111 card configurations without rebooting yourcomputer. Network Type Infrastructure – Select the Infrastructure mode to establish a connection with an Access Point. Your computer i...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 23 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Click on Apply to save and activate the new configuration. Channel Use the Channel field to select the radio channel for A111 card. In an infrastructure network, your A111 will automatically select the correct frequency ...

24 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Config - Encryption Tab Lets you configure the A111 card encryption settings. For dataconfidentiality in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.11 specifies a WiredEquivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm to offer transmission priva...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 25 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Key Length For 64-bit encryption, each Key contains exactly 10 hex digits, or 5ASCII characters. For 128-bit encryption, each Key contains exactly 26hex digits, or 13 ASCII characters. Two ways to assign WEP keys 1. Manu...

26 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings 64/128-bit versus 40/104-bit You may be confused about enabling WEP encryption, especiallywhen using multiple wireless LAN products from different vendors.There are two levels of WEP Encryption: 64-bit and 128-bit. First...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 27 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Survey - Site Survey Tab Use the Site Survey tab to view statistics on the wireless networksavailable to the A111 Card. The Site Survey tab is read-only with nouser configurable data fields. Use the Site Survey tab to vi...

28 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings About - Version Info Tab Uses the Version Info tab to view program and A111 card versioninformation. The program version information field includes the Copyrightand utility version. The version information includes the N...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 29 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Link State The Link State icon appears on the left side of the WLAN Card Settings. Use the icon to view thecurrent signal status. Exit Wireless Settings To exit Wireless Settings, you can click OK or Cancel . This utilit...

30 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Software Reference Ad Hoc The A111 card adaptor when set to Ad Hoc mode can connect to otherwireless device(s) in a wireless network called an Ad Hoc network. Toconnect the A111 card to another wireless device: 1. Launch the Wireless Sett...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 31 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Software Reference 5. Click the Status button to verify if the A111 card is connectedto the device. If the connectionis established, the Associa- tion State field shows “Con- nected - XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX ” 6. Click the Connection tab to dis...

Chapter 4 - Troubleshooting Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 34 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 4. Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting guides provide answers to some of themore common problems, which you may encounter while installing orusing the A111 Wireless Card Adaptor. If you encounter difficulti...

36 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary 5. Glossary Access Point (AP) A networking device that seamlessly connects wired and wirelessnetworks. Access Points combined with a distributed system supportthe creation of multiple radio cells that enable roaming throughout a f...

38 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) This protocol allows a computer (or many computers on your network) tobe automatically assigned a single IP address from a DHCP server. DNS Server Address (Domain Name System) DNS allows ...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 39 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Encryption This provides wireless data transmissions with a level of security. This option allows you to specify a 64-bit or a 128-bit WEP key. A 64-bit encryption contains 10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII characters. A 128-bit en...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 41 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary IEEE 802.11b (11Mbits/sec) In 1997, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) adopted the 802.11 standard for wireless devices operating in the 2.4 GHz frequency band. This standard includes provisions for three...

42 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a defined geographical area. The benefits include the sharing of Internet access, files and equipment like printers and storage devices. Special network ca...

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 43 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Preamble Allows you to set the preamble mode for a network to Long, Short, or Auto.The default preamble mode is Long. Radio Frequency (RF) Terms: GHz, MHz, Hz The international unit for measuring frequency is Hertz (Hz), equivalen...

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