IBM IBM 802.11a/b/g Wireless CardBus Adapter, User Manual

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Page 4: ...n May 2003 Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2003 All rights reserved US Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract wi...

Page 5: ...ows XP Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 9 Uninstalling the Wireless CardBus Adapter 19 Uninstalling the IBM Client Utility 19 Appendix A LED information 23 Appendix B Specifications 25 Appendix C Troub...

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Page 7: ...CardBus Adapter Registering your option Thank you for purchasing this IBM product Please take a few moments to register your product and provide us with information that will help IBM to better serve...

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Page 9: ...802 11g in mid 2003 This may affect current 802 11g technology If the certification affects the operation of the CardBus Adapter IBM will upgrade it to ensure that you have the most current product a...

Page 10: ...system a window opens notifying you that the installation is complete 7 Click Finish 8 Locate an available Type II or Type III PCMCIA CardBus slot on your computer 9 Hold the CardBus Adapter so that i...

Page 11: ...vice Drivers Continue with Step 5 If the Welcome window does not open do the following a Click Start Run b Click Browse and navigate to your computer CD ROM drive then double click the SETUP EXE file...

Page 12: ...s CardBus Adapter in Windows NT The Windows NT installation consists of two procedures v Installing the Setup program v Installing the Windows NT driver Installing the setup program for Windows NT To...

Page 13: ...ck Next Setup installs the files to the destination that you specified After all of the files have been copied the following window opens 9 Click Finish 10 Continue with Installing the Windows NT 4 0...

Page 14: ...ouble click the Network icon The Network window displays 3 Click the Adapters tab The window will display adapters currently installed on your computer 6 802 11a b g Wireless CardBus Adapter User s Gu...

Page 15: ...w opens 6 Replace the drive letter shown with the path where the NDIS device driver is located on the Installation and User s Guide CD Specify D NDIS4 where D is the letter of your CD ROM drive The Se...

Page 16: ...ow opens as shown below 9 Assign an Internet Protocol IP address by selecting Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server or Specify an IP address If you select Specify an IP address type the IP address s...

Page 17: ...rd To enable hot swap do the following 1 Click Start Programs CardWizard for Windows NT 2 Select AR5001 0000 0000 network card 3 Click the Wizard box 4 Click Test 5 Click OK to begin test 6 Click OK 7...

Page 18: ...10 dB to excellent 20 dB quality If you hold your mouse pointer over the icon the transmit and receive rates display along with the name of the current configuration profile The IBM Client Utility ico...

Page 19: ...mation about your wireless network v The Profile Management tab lets you add edit remove and activate profiles v The Diagnostics tab is a read only screen that displays transmit and receive statistics...

Page 20: ...e the display is updated or refreshed You can specify a refresh time from one to 30 seconds v Data Display enables statistical data to be shown relatively or cumulatively Relative displays the change...

Page 21: ...hem you can activate them modify them to suit your requirements and delete them when you no longer need them Creating a new configuration profile To add a new configuration profile do the following 1...

Page 22: ...le To enable connection to any access point leave all three fields empty 4 Click the Security tab and the following screen is shown Click the appropriate selection v Encryption WEP Security Enables yo...

Page 23: ...urity using a shared key type at least one shared key value After typing a value click the radio button next to the appropriate shared key to select it as the default encryption key v Key Length Defin...

Page 24: ...OK The profile you created appears in the Profile Management tab The Details area of the tab shows the profile parameters that you selected 7 To create additional new profiles repeat steps 2 through 5...

Page 25: ...nect to an available network double click the network in the window If a configuration profile exists for that network the Profile Management window opens and displays the settings for the network tha...

Page 26: ...v Encryption errors v Duplicate frames received v Clear to Send CTS frames received v Authentication rejects the number of access point authentication failures received by the CardBus Adapter v Associ...

Page 27: ...ninstall the CardBus Adapter in Windows NT 4 0 do the following 1 Click Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click the Network icon to open the Network window 3 Click the Adapters tab 4 Click 11a b g...

Page 28: ...ate to the computer CD ROM drive double click the SETUP EXE file on the Installation and User s Guide CD and click OK The window shown above opens 6 Select Remove 7 Click Next to open the following wi...

Page 29: ...9 When the following window opens remove any discs from their drives and click Finish to complete the uninstall process Installation guide 21...

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Page 31: ...de to this mode might not be visible on the LEDs if the software assumes control of the LED blinking by writing to the PCI configuration register Alternate blink Alternate blink CardBus Adapter is loo...

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Page 33: ...twork WLAN Standard IEEE 802 11a IEEE802 11b and 802 11g compatible Architecture Infrastructure Ad Hoc 802 11b Roaming v 802 11a 802 11b 802 11g compliant for seamless roaming between access points v...

Page 34: ...Regulatory and Safety Safety UL C UL United States FCC Part 15 247 and 15 249 Canada Industry Canada RSS 210 Japan VCCI JATE Telec 26 802 11a b g Wireless CardBus Adapter User s Guide...

Page 35: ...oper driver Uninstall the driver restart the system and repeat the driver installation steps if necessary v Stations cannot associate in Ad Hoc mode Be sure the same service set identifier SSID is spe...

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Page 54: ...ber Country or Region Telephone Number Japan Consumer customers 0120 887 870 Business customers 0120 887 874 Venezuela 0 800 100 2011 Luxembourg 298 977 5063 Vietnam 848 8295 160 46 802 11a b g Wirele...

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Page 56: ...e determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures v Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna v Incre...

Page 57: ...tzanforderungen nach EN 55024 1998 und EN 55022 1998 Klasse B EN 55022 Hinweis Wird dieses Ger t in einer industriellen Umgebung betrieben wie in EN 55022 B festgetlegt dann kann es dabei eventuell ge...

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