Alpha Networks WMP-A13V, User Manual

Page 1: ...WMP A13V 5GHz Wireless LAN mini PCI Card User s Manual First Edition May 2002 6WMPA13V 01...

Page 2: ...1 Introduction 1 1 Package Contents 1 1 System Requirements 1 2 Hardware Installation 1 2 2 Windows 2000 2 1 Driver Installation First time Install 2 1 Driver Installation Previous Driver Installed 2...

Page 3: ...figuration 4 8 Infrastructure Mode 4 9 Ad Hoc Mode 4 11 TCP IP Setup 4 13 5 Windows XP 5 1 Driver Installation First time Install 5 1 Driver Uninstallation 5 6 Device Configuration 5 10 Infrastructure...

Page 4: ...ify Connection 6 13 Driver Uninstallation 6 15 7 LinkMon 7 1 Installation 7 1 Features 7 5 8 RFSilent 8 1 System Requirements 8 1 Windows 98SE Environment 8 1 RFSilent Setup 8 2 Operation 8 2 9 Countr...

Page 5: ...List of Figures Figure 2 1 Infrastructure Mode 2 17 Figure 2 2 Ad Hoc Mode 2 18 Figure 8 1 RFSilent Icon 8 2 Figure 8 2 RFSilent Menu Selections 8 2...

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Page 7: ...List of Tables Table 8 1 RFSilent Menu Descriptions 8 3...

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Page 9: ...ode and with other STAs in ad hoc mode Instructions for installing or upgrading the diagnostic utility LinkMon are also included You should also read this before proceeding to install the Alphanetwork...

Page 10: ...ument is intended for Alphanetworks customers who wish to install and evaluate the Alphanetworks WMP A13V Station Reference Design in the supported Microsoft Windows environments Additional Resources...

Page 11: ...02 11a data rates 6 to 54 Mbps The host interface is compatible with the PC Card 7 1 standard You can find information regarding the Alphanetworks Station Reference Designs in the detailed Alphanetwor...

Page 12: ...e wall outlet for safety purposes 2 Remove the computer cover 3 Locate an unused PCI slot and refer to your PC s manual for instructions on how to remove the plate that covers the slot if applicable 4...

Page 13: ...PRELIMINARY Chapter Atheros Communications Inc Introduction 1 3 COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL 10 Turn on the computer...

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Page 15: ...First time Install Insert the Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card into a 32 bit CardBus slot and follow these steps to install the NDIS driver 1 Wait for the following dialog box to...

Page 16: ...e Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended and click Next 3 Insert the installation CD in your CD ROM drive Choose Specify a location under Optional search locations and click Next to co...

Page 17: ...ere the NDIS driver is located assuming D is the CD ROM drive the default folder is D ndis bin production ndis5 Click OK to continue 5 When you find the Alphanetworks driver installation file net5210b...

Page 18: ...oes not have a digital signature from Microsoft Therefore Windows 2000 shows a warning message Click Yes to proceed with driver installation 7 Click Finish to complete the driver installation See Sect...

Page 19: ...as a previous release of the Alphanetworks NDIS installed Windows does not prompt for the device driver when the WLAN Card is inserted Follow the steps below to update the NDIS driver 1 Start System P...

Page 20: ...2 Within Device Manager right click Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card under Network adapters device node and click Properties...

Page 21: ...rom the Driver tab Note the Driver Version that you are updating from You may need to verify this field again after driver update completes to make sure Release 1 3 driver has been updated correctly 4...

Page 22: ...hoose Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver and click Next to continue 6 Insert the Release 1 3 CD into your CD ROM drive Click Have Disk to contin...

Page 23: ...he NDIS driver is located assuming D is the CD ROM drive the default folder is D ndis bin production ndis5 Click OK to continue 8 Select Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card from the...

Page 24: ...9 Click Yes to continue when Windows displays the warning message...

Page 25: ...oceed with installation 11 The Alphanetworks NDIS evaluation driver currently does not have a digital signature from Microsoft Therefore Windows 2000 shows a warning message Click Yes to proceed with...

Page 26: ...12 Click Finish 13 Note that Driver Version should display 1 3 as the major revision number Click OK to continue...

Page 27: ...system 15 After system restarts the Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card now displays under Network adapters in the Device Manager Proceed to Section Device Configuration for device c...

Page 28: ...u wish to remove the newly installed driver from the system proceed to Step 4 The NDIS driver since Release 1 0 no longer leverages the Transport Driver Interface TDI protocol to provide the LinkMon p...

Page 29: ...go to the Start menu and choose Search For Files or Folders enter oem inf in the Search for files or folders named field and enter Alphanetworks in the Containing text field Click Search Now A few fi...

Page 30: ...4 To complete the uninstallation ar5210b sys should also be removed from the WINNT system32 drivers folder...

Page 31: ...Card to work in one of two modes either infrastructure mode which leverages an AP or ad hoc mode which consists of a group of stations participating in the WLAN In infrastructure mode the Wireless Ne...

Page 32: ...2 All stations communicate directly with other stations without an AP STA1 STA2 STA3 STA4 STA5 Figure 2 2 Ad Hoc Mode To configure the WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card 1 In the Device Manager r...

Page 33: ...roperty sheet has two pages General and Security The General page has the following fields Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are c...

Page 34: ...isables Alphanetworks turbo mode Locally Administered Address This field defines the locally administered MAC address LAA To enter a value in the address field the check box needs to be selected Typic...

Page 35: ...pulated Key Length This field defines the length for each encryption key As the Key Length is changed the number of available characters in the field is changed automatically If after a key is entered...

Page 36: ...tion names are case insensitive Network Name SSID This is the name of the IEEE 802 11a wireless network for example Alphanetworks 802 11a Wireless Network This field has a maximum limit of 32 characte...

Page 37: ...y the Power Saving and Security features can be disabled Currently shared key security is supported in ad hoc mode Future Alphanetworks software implementations will provide unique key support In ad h...

Page 38: ...ring the Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card through the Network Control Panel the TCP IP address for the network device must be configured 1 Open the Control Panel and click Network...

Page 39: ...t mask Assigning an IP address and Subnet mask allows stations to operate in infrastructure mode and to have Internet access Default gateway and DNS server information is also required IP configuratio...

Page 40: ...grams Accessories Command Prompt to open the DOS command prompt window Type ipconfig at the C prompt to determine if the TCP IP configuration has taken effect To test IP connectivity in ad hoc or infr...

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Page 42: ...uter right click My Computer and click Map Network Drive 8 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers use video streaming applications and all other network data transfers that are normall...

Page 43: ...Uninstallation on page 3 5 for the instructions on how to remove previous driver releases When the system no longer has the Alphanetworks NDIS driver installed insert the WMP A13V Wireless Network mi...

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Page 45: ...elect Specify a location Click Browse to locate the NDIS driver The default folder is E ndis bin production ndis5 assuming E is the CD ROM drive Click Next to continue 3 When the Alphanetworks driver...

Page 46: ...4 Click Finish to continue and restart the system to complete driver installation Refer to Section Device Configuration on page 3 7 for device configuration...

Page 47: ...driver from previous Alphanetworks driver releases 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the OS go to Start Search For Files or Folders and search for the INF file containing the Alphanetworks text string...

Page 48: ...m Properties window Select Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card from Device Manager and click Remove to uninstall the device 3 Click OK to confirm the removal of the device Restart th...

Page 49: ...he Windows Control Panel Similar to Windows 2000 the device can be set to work in one of two modes infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode Please refer to Section Device Configuration beginning on page 2 1...

Page 50: ...les Select one of the existing configuration profiles under the configuration list to modify or click New to add a new configuration profile Follow Section Infrastructure Mode on page 3 9 and Section...

Page 51: ...e to choose the values of each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive Network Na...

Page 52: ...iguring an Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card in ad hoc or IBSS mode See Section Ad Hoc Mode on page 2 23 for descriptions of ad hoc operation 1 Similar to the set up of AP Infrastr...

Page 53: ...ted in ad hoc mode Future Alphanetworks software implementations will provide unique key support 3 Click OK when the properties are set correctly The system needs to reboot in order for the changes to...

Page 54: ...and DNS Configuration information can also be required IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff For...

Page 55: ...rmine if the TCP IP configuration has taken effect To test IP connectivity in ad hoc or infrastructure mode use the ping ipaddress command When a TCP IP connection is established the LinkMon utility s...

Page 56: ...ck My Computer and click Map Network Drive Specify the path of a network shared folder 4 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers video streaming and all other network data transfers tha...

Page 57: ...DIS driver See Section Driver Uninstallation on page 4 5 for the instructions on how to remove previous driver releases When the system no longer has the Alphanetworks NDIS driver installed insert the...

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Page 59: ...click Next 3 Insert the Alphanetworks Software Release CD in your CD ROM drive Choose Specify a location and browse to the location where the NDIS driver is located The default folder is D ndis bin pr...

Page 60: ...4 When the Alphanetworks driver installation file NET5210B INF has been found click Next to continue 5 Click Finish to continue...

Page 61: ...edures for removing the Alphanetworks NDIS driver from the system Uninstallation is recommended for upgrading the NDIS driver from previous Alphanetworks driver releases 1 To remove the NDIS driver fr...

Page 62: ...2 When Alphanetworksnet5210b inf has been found delete it by right clicking the file and choose Delete...

Page 63: ...twork properties window Select Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card from the list and click Remove to uninstall the device 4 Click OK to confirm the removal of the device Restart the...

Page 64: ...ge 2 17 for more details on these network connection types To launch the configuration utility go to Control Panel and double click on the Alphanetworks NIC Configuration icon The configuration utilit...

Page 65: ...e to choose the values of each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive Network Na...

Page 66: ...network is confidential It is important to configure security to make sure only stations with appropriate keys can receive sensitive data The Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card and...

Page 67: ...hoose the values of each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive Network Name SSI...

Page 68: ...eboot in order for the changes to take effect Note that in ad hoc mode a station scans the air for an existing BSS If no BSS is found the station establishes a BSS for other stations to join When othe...

Page 69: ...DNS Configuration information can also be required IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff For a s...

Page 70: ...rmine if the TCP IP configuration has taken effect To test IP connectivity in ad hoc or infrastructure mode use the ping ipaddress command When a TCP IP connection is established the LinkMon utility s...

Page 71: ...ck My Computer and click Map Network Drive Specify the path of a network shared folder 4 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers video streaming and all other network data transfers tha...

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Page 73: ...Uninstallation on page 5 6 for the instructions on how to remove previous driver releases With no existing Alphanetworks NDIS driver installed insert the Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini...

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Page 75: ...rch for the best driver in these locations choose Include this location in the search and click Browse to find the location of the NDIS driver When the driver location has been identified click Next t...

Page 76: ...a digital signature from Microsoft Therefore Windows XP shows a warning message Click Continue Anyway to proceed with driver installation 4 Click Finish to complete driver installation and refer to S...

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Page 78: ...iver from the system Uninstallation is recommended for upgrading the NDIS driver from previous Alphanetworks driver releases 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the OS go to Device Manager right click Al...

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Page 80: ...and folder enter oem inf in the All or part of the file name field and enter Alphanetworks in the A word or phrase in the file field Enter C WINNT INF in the Look in field where C is the drive letter...

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Page 82: ...dows 2000 configuration of the Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card can be done through the Network Control Panel NCP in adapter properties You can set the Wireless Network mini PCI C...

Page 83: ...13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card Properties Select one of the configurations under the configuration click Modify or New and complete the steps in Section Infrastructure Mode on page 5 12 or Section...

Page 84: ...each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive for example Infrastructure Network...

Page 85: ...re supplied by the corporate IT staff Ad Hoc Mode This section defines the process of configuring an Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card in ad hoc or IBSS mode See Section Ad Hoc Mod...

Page 86: ...oc network must have the same rate setting Locally Administered Address This field defines the locally administered MAC address LAA To enter a value in the address field the check box needs to be sele...

Page 87: ...prevents the scenario of several stations trying to form a BSS at the same time which can result in multiple singular BSSs being established rather than a single BSS with multiple stations TCP IP Set...

Page 88: ...ay and DNS Configuration information can also be required IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff F...

Page 89: ...if the TCP IP configuration has taken effect To test IP connectivity in ad hoc or infrastructure mode use the ping IP address command When a TCP IP connection is established the LinkMon utility see C...

Page 90: ...4 To map the drive on another machine to your computer from the Start menu choose My Computer and right click to select Map Network Drive...

Page 91: ...folder and specify the shared folder information Click Finish to map the drive 6 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers video streaming and all other network data transfers that are n...

Page 92: ...l Right click the Local Area Network Connection icon pertinent to Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card click Enable to enable the device first and then click Properties On the Wireles...

Page 93: ...hat you can disable automatic wireless network configuration and revert back to using Alphanetworks NCP configuration settings by clearing the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings che...

Page 94: ...to an existing Access Point infrastructure network 1 Click the network name under Available networks in the Wireless Networks tab and click Configure You can update the list of available networks tha...

Page 95: ...ective of the network name You may choose to enter the WEP key by clearing this check box and manually entering the network key and key length Note that the key format must be hexadecimal digits and t...

Page 96: ...Ad hoc mode To connect to an existing computer to computer ad hoc network 1 Click the ad hoc network name under Available networks in the Wireless Networks tab and click Configure...

Page 97: ...efault Encryption key from the current Alphanetworks NCP configuration profile irrespective of the network name You may choose to enter the shared key by clearing this check box and enter the key and...

Page 98: ...hoc networks only option should be selected There should be no network active from the preferred list and the Automatically connect to non preferred networks check box should be cleared Connect to an...

Page 99: ...s network that you want to connect to If a network key is required and is automatically provided for you then leave Network key blank If the network key is not automatically provided for you then type...

Page 100: ...le to make a connection to the wireless network that you selected or need to configure additional wireless network connection settings click Advanced in Connect to Wireless Network and the Wireless Ne...

Page 101: ...work Properties and the wireless network key settings if needed If the network connection that you are configuring is an ad hoc network then select This is a computer to computer ad hoc network wirele...

Page 102: ...king Move up or Move down You can change the wireless network connection settings of a preferred network by selecting the wireless network clicking Properties and then changing the settings as needed...

Page 103: ...in the preferred networks list but you know it is available and you want to automatically connect to it then click Advanced in the Wireless Networks tab and select the Automatically connect to non pr...

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Page 105: ...e loaded then you can purchase it from SystemSoft Corporation www systemsoft com or you can download a 14 day evaluation copy from ftp www systemsoft com pub Wn51tren exe Note that CardWizard requires...

Page 106: ...2 Click OK to continue 3 Windows NT 4 0 Network Properties windows displays Click Add to continue...

Page 107: ...4 Click Have Disk 5 Manually enter the location of where the Alphanetworks NDIS 4 0 driver is located For example D NDIS BIN PRODUCTION NDIS4 Click OK to continue...

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Page 109: ...6 Make sure Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card is selected Click OK to continue 7 Set Map Registers QoS and Transmit Power Control to default values and click OK...

Page 110: ...red IP configuration information DHCP or assigned IP address Gateway and DNS server IP addresses is usually obtained from the corporate IT staff For a simple demonstration the station is assigned a st...

Page 111: ...Alphanetworks NIC Configuration Control Panel applet provided by Alphanetworks Similar to Windows 2000 the device can be set to work in one of two modes either infrastructure mode or ad hoc mode See...

Page 112: ...WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card in infrastructure mode Refer to Section Device Configuration beginning on page 2 17 for detailed descriptions of each option in the Network Configuration Settin...

Page 113: ...mit of 32 characters If this field is left blank the STA will connect to the AP with the best signal strength Network Connection AP Infrastructure Power Saving This field allows the configuration of p...

Page 114: ...twork is confidential It is important to configure security to make sure only stations with appropriate keys can receive sensitive data The Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card and ND...

Page 115: ...each field in the configuration window Configuration Name This field identifies the configuration This name must be unique Configuration names are case insensitive For example Ad Hoc Network Name SSI...

Page 116: ...es but it is not typically a requirement since the duration of the ad hoc network tends to be limited Currently only shared key security is supported in ad hoc mode Future Alphanetworks software imple...

Page 117: ...y result in multiple singular BSSs being established rather than a single BSS with multiple stations Verify Connection You may use LinkMon utility to monitor the operating status of Alphanetworks WMP...

Page 118: ...k My Computer and click Map Network Drive 3 Specify the path of a network shared folder 4 After mapping the drive you can perform file transfers video streaming and all other network data transfers th...

Page 119: ...nstallation This section provides uninstallation procedures for removing the Alphanetworks NDIS driver from the system 1 To remove the NDIS driver from the system go to Control Panel and open Network...

Page 120: ...2 Under the Adapters tab choose Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card and click Remove 3 Click OK to confirm the removal of the Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card...

Page 121: ...phanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI Card is no longer listed under the Adapters tab Click Close to continue 5 Restart the system to complete the un installation of Alphanetworks NDIS 4 0 dr...

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Page 123: ...on Copy this file from the CD to a local drive for execution Since Windows 98 SE does not have native support for WMI which is required to make LinkMon work correctly an upgrade from Microsoft is need...

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Page 125: ...3 Click Next to continue 4 Click I accept this agreement and then click Next to continue...

Page 126: ...o continue 6 The installer now installs files to the SYSTEM directory 7 The system must be rebooted for the WMI installation files to become effective When the system completes the rebooting process l...

Page 127: ...ation about the program and its operations Under the Frame Statistics tab is statistical information showing the number of frames being sent and received retry count on frames sent frame checksum erro...

Page 128: ...Under the Transmit Retries tab is detailed transmit retry statistical information for transmitted frames...

Page 129: ...ion tab is detailed BSS information including SSID BSSID association status operating channel frequency and information about scanned APs Under the Driver tab is statistical data pertaining to NDIS dr...

Page 130: ...nloading and reloading and network interface card NIC reset Note that driver unload option is not available in Windows Me Windows 98SE and Windows NT 4 0 NIC reset is also not available in Windows NT...

Page 131: ...lected from the beginning of driver load Relative mode displays differences in the statistical data since the last update Under the Log File tab the logging function can be enabled to log to a file th...

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Page 133: ...s NT 4 0 RFSilent communicates through the Input and Output Control IOCTL mechanism If you are using Windows 98SE WMI does not come pre installed and you must install it prior to using RFSilent Refer...

Page 134: ...The RFSilent application is a Windows based application that once enabled appears as an icon RF in the right hand corner of your Windows taskbar see Figure 8 1 You can automatically launch RFSilent at...

Page 135: ...ignal Use this selection to disable Alphanetworks STA Reference Design Enable RF Signal Use this selection to enable Alphanetworks STA Reference Design About Displays copyright version information and...

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Page 137: ...code is changed the NDIS driver scans only the legal frequency channels allowed in those countries The country code selection utility is provided as part of the NDIS driver package to allow users to s...

Page 138: ...2 Click Yes to continue 3 The country selection takes effect immediately You can use LinkMon to verify the country that you selected by looking at the Regulatory Domain field in the Station tab...

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Page 140: ...installed Re insert the CardBus card into the slot A beep should be heard if the adapter is properly inserted Go to Device Manager and make sure the Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireless Network mini PCI C...

Page 141: ...orrectly configured 5 ARCCSEL Country Code Selector shows the following error message No configurable Alphanetworks network cards were found in this system Make sure the Alphanetworks WMP A13V Wireles...

Page 142: ...outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly app...

Page 143: ...obtaining a separate FCC authorization 11End Product Labeling This transmitter module is authorized only for use in device where the antenna may be installed such that 20 cm may be maintained between...