Page 2 - A111 Wireless Card Adaptor
2 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Copyright 2004, Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty. Ltd. All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in aretrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or byany means, electronic, ...
Page 3 - Disclaimer
A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 3 Disclaimer Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty. Ltd. makes no representations orwarranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contentshereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability orfitness for any particular purpose. Further, Mitsubishi ...
Page 4 - Chapter 2 - Installation; System Requirements; Follow these two easy steps before using the A111 card.
4 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start System Requirements To begin using the A111 Wireless Card Adaptor, you must have thefollowing minimum requirements: • Windows 2000 or XP• Standard PCMCIA Slot Type II• 128MB system memory or larger• 300MHz processor or highe...
Page 5 - Installing the A111 utilities and driver; in the root directory of the support
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. ...
Page 6 - Configuring the WLAN utility
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...
Page 9 - Soft AP Access Control and WDS; Soft AP mode allows for Access Control and WDS configuration.; Access Control and WDS Settings
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...
Page 11 - Reading the A111 Status Indicators; No power, error, or not connected to a wireless AP or Router.
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...
Page 12 - Chapter 3 - Reference; Software Reference; Chapter Overview; Additional Reference; Windows XP Wireless Properties
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...
Page 13 - Windows XP Wireless Options; Only use XP wireless function –; Only use “Windows XP” wireless; Wireless Option
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 ...
Page 14 - Starting the Control Center manually; • Access the; A111 Wireless LAN Card; folder in the; Programs; area of the Windows Start menu.; Using the Control Center Taskbar; • Whether the A111 card is connected to the Internet (Blue:; Taskbar Icon and Status
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...
Page 16 - Taskbar Icon - Left Menu
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...
Page 17 - Connected; Wireless Settings Utility; Starting Wireless Settings; • Open the Windows
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...
Page 18 - See Chapter 5 - Glossary
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...
Page 19 - Activate Configuration; Rescan –; Save as Profile
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...
Page 20 - Status - Connection Tab; Transmitted - The number of frames that were transmitted.; Frame Error; Reflects the signal level related to the Access Point; Overall Connection Quality; This is derived from the current; Signal Strength; connection quality range between 0 and 100 percent.; Scanning
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...
Page 21 - Status - IP Config Tab; Button; IP Release; - Clicking this button will attempt to release the DHCP IP; IP Renew; - Clicking this button will attempt to renew the DHCP IP
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...
Page 22 - Network Type
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...
Page 23 - Click on Apply to save and activate the new configuration.; Channel
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 ...
Page 24 - Config - Encryption Tab; Wireless Network Key; Key Format
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...
Page 25 - Key Length; Two ways to assign WEP keys; When you click this button, the cursor; Default Key
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...
Page 26 - lower
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...
Page 27 - Survey - Site Survey Tab; Buttons
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...
Page 28 - About - Version Info Tab; This screen is an example only. Your version
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...
Page 29 - The; Link State; icon appears on the left side of the; Exit Wireless Settings; To exit Wireless Settings, you can click; OK; or; Cancel
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...
Page 30 - Ad Hoc
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...
Page 31 - Status; button to verify; tion State
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...
Page 34 - Chapter 4 - Troubleshooting
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...
Page 36 - A wireless network composed solely of stations within mutual; Basic Rate Set; This option allows you to specify the data transmission rate.; Broadband; units that may be used simultaneously, in the same volume of space,; Client
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...
Page 38 - DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
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 ...
Page 39 - Encryption; Firewall; Gateway; IEEE
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...
Page 41 - Infrastructure; IP Address
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...
Page 42 - Packet
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...
Page 43 - Preamble; Response to Broadcast SSID requests; Station; WECA (Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance)
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...
Page 45 - Service Contacts; Australian Service Contacts
Service Contacts If problems remain after checking this manual, please contact yourplace of purchase or contact: Australian Service Contacts Visit the Customer Support section of Mitsubishi Electric Australia’swebsite at: www.mitsubishielectric.com.au for details of your nearest Mitsubishi Electric ...
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