SonicWALL Wireless Card, User Manual

Page 1: ...COMPREHENSIVE INTERNET SECURITY SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Card UUUUUUUUUUser s Guide...

Page 2: ...ents One wireless card One installation CD One Quick Start Installation Guide document System Requirements The following are the minimum system requirements in order to use the SonicWALL Long Range Du...

Page 3: ...cess to information information exchanges and learning Wireless extensions to Ethernet networks Network managers in dynamic environments can min imize the overhead caused by moves extensions to networ...

Page 4: ...where you need a temporary WLAN established and re moved Deployment Scenarios This section provides deployment scenarios to help you understand how wireless LAN products work together to create a wir...

Page 5: ...eater to effectively double the distance between wireless stations The figure below illustrates a network in infrastructure mode Installing the Drivers and SonicWALL Client Utility This section descri...

Page 6: ...Card drivers 1 Insert the CD ROM that was provided to you in this package The setup should run automatically If the setup does not run automatically then you must manually select the Setup exe file fr...

Page 7: ...e Install Wizard will then allow you to select a Program Folder Select one from the list or click on the Next button to use the default program folder 5 The Install Wizard will then inform you that it...

Page 8: ...Page 7 6 The Install Wizard will then begin to copy the files to your computer as the image depicts below 7 Click on the Finish button The first part of the installation is complete...

Page 9: ...lect the Install the software automatically Recommended radio button and then click on the Next button to continue If you are using Windows XP you will see a message regarding Windows Logo Testing cli...

Page 10: ...rt Programs SonicWALL Client Utility SonicWALL Client Utility The SonicWALL Client Utility icon will appear in the system tray each time your computer is restarted Right click on the SonicWALL Client...

Page 11: ...Current Channel Specifies the current channel that the SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wire less Card is connected to or scanning on Link Status The link can be either connected or disconnected to an A...

Page 12: ...this window and return to the Current Status tab Profile Management The second tab displays the Profile Management The Profile Management tab allows you to configure several different user defined po...

Page 13: ...s the Security tab Here you can specify and configure the security method that is used by your network There are five types of security methods available WPA EAP WiFi Protected Access Extensible Authe...

Page 14: ...drop down list The two options available are TLS and PEAP Before you enable WPA EAP type TLS or PEAP authentication your network devices must meet the following requirements You must have a valid Win...

Page 15: ...Select PEAP from the drop down list and then click on the Configure button You will then see the following window Provide the following information for user authentication Server Properties select a s...

Page 16: ...hes that of the Access Point This approach offers the simplicity of the WEP key but uses stronger TKIP encryption If your network uses WPA PSK select that radio button and then click on the Configure...

Page 17: ...e following window Provide the following information for the key entry Hexadecimal 0 9 A F select this radio button if you would like to use hexadecimal characters as the Pre shared Key ASCII Text all...

Page 18: ...rning Setting this to any other value except for 100 will decrease range of your SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Card Wireless Mode Setting The wireless mode settings allow you to specify whic...

Page 19: ...ace a check in this box if you would like to user the available frequencies Click on the OK button to continue Ad Hoc Configuration Provide the following information to configure an ad hoc configurati...

Page 20: ...ess mode information You can create a new profile by highlighting the wireless network you want to create a profile for and clicking on the Activate button The Signal Strength column displays signal s...

Page 21: ...ation The Driver Information tab contains general information about the network interface card the wireless network adapter and the network driver interface specification NDIS driver The Driver Inform...

Page 22: ...n provides a step by step procedure to uninstall your SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Card software Warning To avoid potential conflicts during the uninstallation of the drivers we recommend y...

Page 23: ...will begin removing the SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Network Adapter drivers and SonicWALL Client Utility program from your system 4 You have completed the uninstallation If you plan on re installin...

Page 24: ...resolve any resource conflicts A device conflict under Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP may be related to the SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Card For Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP use the computer propertie...

Page 25: ...m loading Device conflict which prevented the driver from loading Actions Verify that a driver is installed for the SonicWALL Long Range Dual Band Wireless Card Determine if a conflict exists with ano...

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