User manual ZYXEL PCMCIA

[. . . ] 11Mbps High Speed Wireless LAN PC Card Date of Issue: Jan. 16th, 2002 Technical Support The firmware version of the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card is displayed on the utility main window. Users could download and upgrade the most recent software version from the supplier's web site or refer to the selling contact for the latest software information. If you have difficulty resolving the problem while installing or using the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card, please contact the supplier for support. About This Manual 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card User's Manual is first published on January, 2002. [. . . ] Disconnect power to the PC Card slot (which will extend battery life for mobile computers) To stop using the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card, do the following steps: 1. Click once on the PC Card icon on the right side of the Windows task bar. 2. Select the option "Stop IEEE 802. 11 Wireless LAN/PC Card (5V)". 3. Wait a few seconds until the operating system displays a pop-up message to indicate you can safely remove the PC Card. Click OK and you may then take out the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card. -21- Configure the Wireless LAN PC Card 4 This chapter gives you assistance with detailed configuration for the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card under Windows XP/2000/NT/98/ME. 4-1 Install the WLAN Utility To install the WLAN Utility, follow these steps: Step 1: Insert the Product CD-ROM or floppy disk again. Step 2: Go to the utility folder and run setup. exe. Step 3: The InstallShield Wizard will show up and guide you through the rest of the setup process. Run the Setup Utility Choose Destination Location and click Next to continue -22- Select a program folder and click Next You may add a shortcut in the startup folder as desired Upon completion, go to Program Files and run the WLAN Utility and its icon will appear in the System Tray in the bottom right corner of your task bar. Clicking on the icon will open the configuration window. When you minimize the window, the system tray icon will be loaded in the System Tray again. The color behind the system tray icon indicates the link status: Blue indicates a good or excellent link. Yellow indicates a usable but weak link. Red indicates no or very poor link quality. When you minimize the window, the system tray icon will be loaded in the System Tray again. -23- 4-2 Use the WLAN Utility The WLAN Utility enables you to make configuration changes and perform user-level diagnostics on your 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card in the Windows XP/2000/NT/98/ME operating system environments. The WLAN Utility consists of window with 5 items for you to monitor and configure the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card: Configuration, Link Test, AP Browser, Site Survey and About. Configuration: The Configuration item allows you to modify the configuration parameters for the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card such as Profile, Network Type, Ad-Hoc Channel, Transmit Rate, ESSID, WEP, RTS/CTS, Fragment Threshold, and Power Save mode. Furthermore, you may monitor the current status of the Wireless LAN PC Card such as State, Current Channel, Current Tx Rate, Throughput, Link Quality and Signal Strength. -24- Profile The Profile field allows you to set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile. To create the profile, go to the Profile field, type a profile name and set the corresponding parameters. If one of the profiles is no longer used, you may remove it by clicking the Delete button. After changing parameters, save the profile and click the Apply button to take effect. You can have multiple profiles and modify the profile at any time. Alternatively, you may choose the profile by right clicking the system tray icon on the task bar, making the configuration more friendly and efficient. You may right click the WLAN system tray icon to choose the pre-set profiles Network Type There are 3 network types for the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card to operate. If you need to access company network or Internet via Access Point, select "Infrastructure". To set up a group of wireless stations for file and printer sharing, select "Pseudo AdHoc" or "802. 11 AdHoc" (without Access Point). If Pseudo Ad-Hoc (without access point) is selected, you need to set wireless stations with the same channel. For 802. 11 AdHoc, the same ESS ID -25- ESSID The ESS ID is the unique ID used by Access Points and stations to identify a wireless LAN. [. . . ] Link Quality: Based on the quality of the received signal of the Access Point beacon. are 5 states of link quality: 100%~80%: Excellent link. Signal Strength: Based on the received signal strength measurement of the baseband processor of the Beacon signal. Same as link quality, there are 5 states of signal strength: 100%~80%: Excellent signal strength. [. . . ]