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Link Status: 

Shows the BSSID to identify the wireless network. 

Channel: 

Shows the current communication channel. 

Network Type: 

Shows the current wireless mode used for wireless 

communication. 

TxRate: 

Shows the current data rate used for transmitting. 

Signal Strength

: Shows the wireless signal strength of the connection between 

the X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card with the Access Point. 

Link Quality

: Shows the link quality of the X-Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card with 

the Access Point when operating under Infrastructure mode.   
 
Click the [

Configuration

] button to bring up the configuration screen. 

 

3.2 General 

In the 

Configuration 

screen click the [

General

] tab to bring up the following page. 

 

 

 

Network type: 

There are two types available for selection 

Summary of Contents for XWL-11GPIG

Page 1: ...WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card User Manual...

Page 2: ...any 2400 2483 5 MHz 1 13 100 mW EIRP 100 mW EIRP Austria 2400 2483 5 MHz 1 13 100 mW EIRP 100 mW EIRP Belgium 2400 2483 5 MHz 1 13 100 mW EIRP 100 mW EIRP Switzerland 2400 2483 5 MHz 1 13 100 mW EIRP...

Page 3: ...ion reception which can be 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 Reorient or relocate the re...

Page 4: ...disclaims 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 purch...

Page 5: ...System Requirements 6 2 Getting Started 6 2 1 LED Indicators 6 2 2 Installation of the X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card 6 3 Configuration 11 3 1 Link Information 11 3 2 General 12 3 3 Encryption 13 3 4 Ad...

Page 6: ...used operating systems including Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP 1 2 System Requirements Windows 98 98SE Millennium Edition ME 2000 or XP operating system PC with Pentium III 600MHz system or above At least o...

Page 7: ...tion 1 Turn on your computer Insert the X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card in the cardbus slot of your PC The Find New Hardware Wizard will appear Click Cancel 2 Insert the X Micro WLAN 802 11g CD into the...

Page 8: ...8 3 The Install Shield Wizard will automatically start Click Next to continue...

Page 9: ...the next screen click Install Note in some configurations of Windows 2000 and XP a Microsoft Digital Signature warning may appear on your screen Click Yes or Continue anyway to continue the installat...

Page 10: ...g PCMCIA Card driver and utility will be installed on your PC After the install procedure is complete the following screen will appear Click Finish to exit the Wizard You can now proceed with the conf...

Page 11: ...e lower right corner of your screen Click the icon once to start the utility program 3 1 Link Information The X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card utility will start with the status tab SSID Service Set Ident...

Page 12: ...ws the wireless signal strength of the connection between the X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card with the Access Point Link Quality Shows the link quality of the X Micro WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card with the Access...

Page 13: ...que name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network The SSID must be identical for each client and node in the wireless network Desired Rate Select the data rate for data transmission Cl...

Page 14: ...and receiver share a common key for data transmission and the key is used for a longer period of time Auto depending on the way to establish a communication sender and receiver will automatically use...

Page 15: ...1g PCMCIA Card consumes a moderate level of power Preamble Type Select Auto Long or Short Preamble is a sequence of bits transmitted at 1Mbps that allows the PHY circuitry to reach steady state demodu...

Page 16: ...d access points that are within your signal range Rescan Start re scanning for available wireless networks New Add a new profile 3 6 About In the Utility screen click the About tab to bring up the fol...

Page 17: ...lish letters as numbers from 0 to 127 Authentication Type Indication of an authentication algorithm which can be supported by the Access Point 1 Open System Open System authentication is the simplest...

Page 18: ...ncorporates the lowest 2 layers of the OSI network protocol model Browser An application program that enables one to read the content and interact in the World Wide Web or Intranet BSS BSS stands for...

Page 19: ...manually DHCP enables the network administrators to assign the IP from a central location and each computer receives an IP address upon connection with the Ethernet cable everywhere on the network DS...

Page 20: ...ceeds that allowed by the network medium Fragmentation Threshold The Fragmentation Threshold defines the number of bytes used for the fragmentation boundary for directed messages The purpose of Fragme...

Page 21: ...s being made available worldwide MAC Address Media Access Control Address is a unique hex number assigned by the manufacturer to any Ethernet networking device such as a network adapter that allows th...

Page 22: ...onsideration That is it is expected to be used only in networks of like equipment that can all handle the optional mode Roaming A LAN mobile user moves around an ESS and enjoys a continuous connection...

Page 23: ...of the TCP IP program just as every other computer that you may send messages to or get information from also has a copy of TCP IP Throughput The amount of data transferred successfully from one poin...

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