Gigabyte GN-WLMA101, User Manual

Page 1: ...GN WLMA101 IEEE 802 11a b g Dual band Wireless LAN Card User s Manual http www gigabyte com tw Rev 1 0 First Edition ...

Page 2: ... REQUIREMENTS 2 1 5 1 Supported Platform 2 1 5 2 Supported Operation System 2 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE WLAN CARD 3 2 1 INSTALLING THE DRIVER UTILITY APPLICABLE TO ANY SUPPORTED OS 3 CHAPTER 3 USING THE UTILITY 5 3 1 ASSOCIATION INFO 5 3 2 802 11a b SITE SURVEY 7 3 3 STATISTICS 8 3 4 CONFIGURATION 8 3 5 DRIVER INFO 14 CHAPTER 4 SPECIFICATIONS 15 ...

Page 3: ...uct is ideally suitable for being integrated into the personal mobile and handheld platform 1 2 Features Conforms to IEEE 802 11a 802 11b 802 11g specification Transmits data rate up to the maximum speed of 108Mbps Dynamically scales the data rate Automatic power management to reduce battery consumption Built in diversity antenna Seamless roaming between 802 11a 802 11b and 802 11g networks Suppor...

Page 4: ...owered on Link The Link LED lights up when the WLAN card has an active connection If the LED isn t on the card isn t interfacing with the network 1 5 System Requirements 1 5 1 Supported Platform IBM PC AT compatible computer 1 5 2 Supported Operation System Windows 98SE Me 2000 XP ...

Page 5: ...ng The Driver Utility Applicable to any supported OS Step 1 Please make sure that you don t plug your card yet Step 2 Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive the following window will pop up Step 3 Click Install Wireless LAN Driver Step 4 Click Next ...

Page 6: ...4 Step 5 Click Finish The wizard will install the driver Step 6 Click OK Step 7 Click Yes Step 8 Click Yes and then your installation is ok ...

Page 7: ...nning see Figure 3 1 The icon can tell you the received signal strength by four small green lights You can open it by double clicking on this icon Figure 3 1 The icon of the Configuration Monitor Utility 3 1 Association Info The Association Info tab shows you the current association information about the card s connection with a wireless network In the middle of the screen you can see transmit and...

Page 8: ... if WLAN card is communicating with an access point or peer to peer group MAC Address This card s physical address Channel Freq The current channel and center frequency used by the WLAN card Security The current security setting SSID Wireless network name BSSID Basic service set identification Type The current network type ...

Page 9: ... peer stations Other items reports the following information SSID Wireless network name BSSID Basic service set identification Mode 802 11a or 802 11b or 802 11g network Channel The current channel number used by the WLAN card Freq The center radio frequency occupies by the WLAN card Encryption Encrypt data or not Signal Strength It shows the received signal strength from the detected wireless dev...

Page 10: ...etting Profile Name You can save various wireless settings for different environments Network Mode This field allows you to select the mode from a list of supported network mode The modes displayed have two values Ad Hoc and Infrastructure Power Saving The card supports advanced power management to extend battery life a When set to off the card does not use the power saving mechanism b When set to...

Page 11: ...lick Advance button to enter the advance configuration screen see Figure 3 7 Wireless Mode Specifies 802 11a 5GHz 54Mbps 802 11a Turbo 5GHz 108Mbps or 802 11b 2 4GHz 11Mbps or 802 11g 2 4GHz 54Mbps operation The WLAN card will automatically select the optimal mode from these selected wireless modes Wireless mode When Starting Ad Hoc Network Specifies a band to establish an ad hoc network if no mat...

Page 12: ...ce must has the same encryption keys and be configured to use encryption in order to communicate with each other To configure your WEP encryption please click Use WEP for authentication and encryption and then the following window will pop up see Figure 3 8 To configure your encryption key please follow these steps 1 Select a Key Entry Method Hex or ASCII 2 Enter one unique encryption key and its ...

Page 13: ... to act as an intermediary between WLAN card and the network s RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service server The access point blocks all traffic from the card until the server has authenticated it Microsoft Windows XP supports 802 1X as part of the operation system To active this function please follow these steps 1 Click Use Dynamic Security 2 Click APPLY to save your new security sett...

Page 14: ...2 Figure 3 10 Wireless Network Connection Status 5 Click Authentication tab see Figure 3 11 Configure your 802 1X settings Figure 3 11 Authentication Screen 6 Click Wireless Networks tab see Figure 3 12 ...

Page 15: ...13 Figure 3 12 Wireless Networks Screen 7 Click Configure button then the following window will pop up see Figure 3 13 Figure 3 13 Wireless Networks Properties ...

Page 16: ...on WEP enabled and The key is provided for me automatically 9 Click OK twice to save these setting and exits the windows 3 5 Driver The Driver tab shows you the information of the card s driver Figure 3 14 Driver s information ...

Page 17: ...on Technology DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Modulation Techniques DBPSK DQPSK CCK Date Rates 11 5 5 2 1 Mbps auto fallback Typical Power Consumption Doze 25mA Receive 420mA Transmit 520mA Output Power 18dBm Nominal Temp Range Minimum Receive Sensitivity 85dBm 11 Mbps Antenna Internal antennas supporting diversity 802 11G BACKWARD COMPATIBLE TO 802 11B Frequency Bands 2412 2484 MHz subject t...

Page 18: ...Windows XP 64 128 152 bit WEP Quality of Service 802 11e draft supported DFS Dynamic Frequency Selection TPC Transmit Power Control Supported Roaming Seamless roaming among 802 11a b access points Management Utility Monitors the network situation 4 5 Mechanical Dimensions 120 x 54 x 13 mm Weight 41 g Packaging Packaging specially used by Gigabyte LED indicator Power and Link ...