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Wireless LAN PCMCIA Card 

 

 

 

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Tx Rate: 

Shows the Data Transfer Rate. There are 1 Mbps, 2M bps, 5.5 Mbps, 11 

Mbps, and auto mode. If you select 

“auto mode”

, the device will choose the most 

suitable rate automatically. 

 

Power Mgmt Mode: 

Shows the Power Management mode. There are two optional 

selections for this mode. 

 

Ø 

Active –

 Adapter will always set in active mode. 

 

Ø 

Power Save

 

 Adapter will enter power saving mode when it is idle. 

 

Signal Strength: 

This bar shows the signal strength level. The higher the blue bar, the 

more radio signal been received by the Wireless PCMCIA Card. This indicator helps to 
find the most comfortable antenna/workstation position for quality network operation. 

 

Link Quality: 

The measured Signal Strength level gives the overall Link Quality and 

Connection Status. 

 

MAC Address: 

The MAC Address of the Wireless PCMCIA Card. Unique 48-bit, hard-

coded Media Access Control address known as the station identifier. 

 

3.2  “Statistics” 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Data Field: 

Shows the total amounts of data packets that have been 

successfully/unsuccessfully transmitted or received by the adapter. 

 

Management Field: 

Shows the total amounts of management packets been 

successfully/unsuccessfully transmitted or received by the adapter. 

 

Rejected Packets Field: 

Shows the total amounts of rejected packets that have been 

transmitted or received by the adapter. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for PCMCIA Card

Page 1: ...W Wi ir re el le es ss s L LA AN N P PC CM MC CI IA A C Ca ar rd d User Manual Version 1 1 Aug 2002...

Page 2: ...laims any warranties merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed as is Should the programs prove defective following their purchase...

Page 3: ...uipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help FCC Caution This equipment must be installed...

Page 4: ...ver special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore...

Page 5: ...1 Introduction 6 Chapter 2 Installation Procedure 7 Chapter 3 Configuring Utility 10 3 1 Status 10 3 2 Statistic 11 3 3 Site Survey 12 3 4 Encryption 12 3 5 Advanced 13 3 6 Version 13 Chapter 4 Techni...

Page 6: ...ne Wireless PCMCIA Card One CD Based Software Including Wireless PCMCIA Card driver utility and user manual One Quick Guide If any of the above items is missing contact your supplier as soon as possib...

Page 7: ...turn to page 9 Note2 If you have installed the Wireless PCMCIA Card driver utility before please uninstall the old version first Note3 Be sure not to insert the Wireless PCMCIA Card before the instal...

Page 8: ...start the computer now Then insert the Wireless PCMCIA Card in your computer Please wait for 2 3 minutes for the system to find the device Note When you complete the installation the Configuration Mon...

Page 9: ...em will find the device and search for its driver Please select the Driver Utility Drivers WinXP folder C Please wait for 2 3 minutes the system will restart the computer after it finishes the install...

Page 10: ...lication 3 1 Status Click Change to set up the necessary parameters and click Submit after the configuration has been changed u Operation mode Shows the following network modes Infrastructure This ope...

Page 11: ...is indicator helps to find the most comfortable antenna workstation position for quality network operation u Link Quality The measured Signal Strength level gives the overall Link Quality and Connecti...

Page 12: ...4 Encryption Additional security can be achieved by using the WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption WEP encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using one of the keys entered from this panel...

Page 13: ...d Long Preamble The Short Preamble option improves throughput performance u Fragmentation Threshold The size at which packets will be fragmented Choose a setting within a range of 256 to 2346 bytes u...

Page 14: ...00M l LED Indicator Link l Power consumption 3 3V DC 500mA Tx 230mA RX l Operating Temperature 0 to 55 l Storage Temperature 20 to 70 l Operating Humidity 0 to 70 Non Condensing l Storage Humidity 0 t...

Page 15: ...astructure An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database or wirel...

Page 16: ...o can recover the original data without the need for retransmission To an unintended receiver DSSS appears as low power wideband noise and is rejected ignored by most narrowband receivers What is Spre...

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