User manual ACTIONTEC 802CIG

[. . . ] 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card User Manual Introduction Congratulations for purchasing of the 54Mbps Wireless PC Card! 1 Your Actiontec 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card provides a single PC Card solution for connecting to Wireless-B (802. 11b) and WIreless-G (802. 11-g) networks. Whichever standard you encounter, your Actiontec 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card is ready to connect. Just insert it into a CardBus slot and run the included Setup Wizard. All wireless communications can be protected by 64- or 128-bit Wired Equivalency Privacy (WEP) for the highest level of security. Product Features The following list summarizes the features of your Actiontec 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card: · Conforms to IEEE 802. 11g and 802. 11b standards. [. . . ] Then click the Apply button to create your encryption keys. After you click Apply, the configuration utility uses asterisks to mask your keys. The Use WEP Key field lets you specify which of the four encryption keys you use to transmit data on your wireless network. You can change the default key by clicking on the down arrow at the right of this field, selecting the number of the key you want to use and clicking the Apply button. As long as the Access Point or station with which you are communicating has the same key in the same position, you can use any of the keys as the default. Creating Encryption Keys Using a Passphrase To create encryption keys using a passphrase, click Create Key with Passphrase and type a character string in the Passphrase field. As you type, the configuration utility displays asterisks to mask your passphrase and uses an algorithm to generate four keys used for encryption. Using a passphrase to generate the four keys makes it easy to set the same keys for all members of your wireless network. IBSS Channel Selection (IBSS Tab) When communicating in a peer-to-peer network, you can use the IBSS tab to specify a channel on which you prefer communications to take place. Just click on the channel in the IBSS Channel Selection field, then click the Apply button. The channel you select is not necessarily the channel on which peer-topeer communications will be established. If the IBSS network names (SSID) are the same for nodes in the peer-to-peer network, but have different preferred channels, a network can still be established. In this case, if it cannot find a network with the specified network name on the preferred channel, a station will scan other channels until it finds a peerto-peer network with the specified network name on which to communi- 29 Actiontec 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card User Manual cate. If you specified Access Point as the network type in the Configuration tab, selecting a channel in this tab has no effect until you change the Network Type to Peer-to-Peer. Selecting a Domain (Domain Tab) "Domain" refers to a territory where radio frequency transmissions must conform to the standards set by a single regulatory agency. For example, the frequencies and channels allowed for wireless data communications in the United States are set by the FCC. Every country sets its own standards, although in practice many countries may use the same standards. The IEEE 802. 11d standard provides a way for a wireless network adapter to detect the domain in which it is located and conform its transmissions to the standards set by the controlling regulatory agency. 30 Chapter 3 Configuration 802. 11d Support The Domain tab lets you specify one of three levels of 802. 11d support. If you specify None, you must choose the county in the Countries/Domains field that corresponds to your location. Your 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card operates according to the standards set by the appropriate regulatory agency. Note: If you specify Peer-to-Peer as the network type, you must specify None. If you select Strict, your 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card will only communicate with Access Points that provide 802. 11d support. In this case, the 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card scans all communications channels for an Access Point which provides information on the channels, frequencies, and power levels permitted in your location. Once it finds such an Access Point, the 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card conforms its operations to these standards. [. . . ] Actiontec Electronics warrants the media containing software against failure during the warranty period. The only updates that will be provided are at the sole discretion of Actiontec Electronics and will only be available for download at the Actiontec Web site, www. actiontec. com. Actiontec Electronics' sole obligation under this express warranty shall be, at Actiontec Electronics' option and expense, to refund the purchase price paid by Customer for any defective software product, or to replace any defective media with software which substantially conforms to applicable Actiontec Electronics published specifications. Customer assumes responsibility for the selection of the appropriate applications program and associated reference materials. [. . . ]