Lancom AirLancer MC-54ag, Manual

Page 1: ...AirLancer MC 54ag AirLancer USB 54ag AirLancer PCI 54pro...

Page 2: ...explanations and documents for registration of the products you find in the appendix of this documentation if they were present at the time of printing Trademarks Windows Windows XP and Microsoft are...

Page 3: ...the connection to a base station at first This documentation was created by several members of our staff from a variety of departments in order to ensure you the best possible support when using your...

Page 4: ...rLancer PCI 54 Preface 4 EN Information symbols Very important instructions Failure to observe this may result in damage Important instruction that should be observed Additional information that may b...

Page 5: ...n of the AirLancer card 14 2 4 1 Putting the AirLancer MC 54ag into your PC 14 2 4 2 Putting the AirLancer USB 54ag into your USB interface 14 2 4 3 Installing the AirLancer PCI 54pro 14 3 The AirLanc...

Page 6: ...r MC 54 AirLancer USB 54 AirLancer PCI 54 Contents 6 EN 5 Extension of the LANCOM 3550 Wireless base station 29 6 Appendix 31 6 1 Technical data 31 6 2 Declaration of conformity 32 6 2 1 European Unio...

Page 7: ...ag Dual band PC card Cardbus according either to IEEE 802 11a up to 54 Mbps data tranfer rate in the 5 GHz band or to IEEE 802 11g up to 54 Mbps data transfer rate in 2 4 GHz backward compatible to IE...

Page 8: ...N security and the used encoding methods can be found in the LCOS reference manual Please inform yourself about the valid legal regulations for employ ment of encryption technology in the country you...

Page 9: ...ter to establish a connection to a new LANCOM access point the WEP128 encryption must be activated for the WLAN adapter and the standard 13 character WEP key entered Please notice that also the WLAN e...

Page 10: ...ance The switch between the radio standards can be made as desired automatically and enables at any time the fastest possible connection So for example the connection to a company net work with up to...

Page 11: ...nstallation in a desktop PC An exter nal antenna is part of the package contents AirLancer PCI 54pro with external antenna Plug in socket for PCI bus 2 1 3 AirLancer USB 54ag The AirLancer USB 54ag is...

Page 12: ...ro only AirLancer 54 MBit CD with drivers the Client Manager and electronical documentation If anything is missing please contact your retailer directly 2 3 Installation 2 3 1 Checking the system prec...

Page 13: ...a driver that supports all current AirLancer WLAN adapters is installed on your system A benefit of this is that switching bet ween an AirLancer USB 54ag and an AirLancer MC 54ag for example does not...

Page 14: ...our USB interface Plug the AirLancer USB 54ag while the pc is operating into the USB interface of your computer Windows operating systems install the required drivers for the AirLancer USB 54ag automa...

Page 15: ...nflicts could arise between the AGP graphic board and the PCI card Screw off the external antenna from the PCI card Carefully plug the AirLancer PCI 54pro into the free slot Make sure that the card is...

Page 16: ...itor to generate log files For the use of the Client Manager under Windows 98 SE the WMI Interface Windows Management Instrumentation is necessary The WMI Interface is included on the AirLancer driver...

Page 17: ...n the AirLancer Client Manager quickstart icon and select the desired function 3 2 Basic configuration The basic configuration will demonstrate you how to connect your AirLancer client adapter to your...

Page 18: ...you usually log in with e g a WLAN in your own office another at work and a third at home The AirLancer 54 soft ware automatically chooses the profile of an available network As a result it isn t nece...

Page 19: ...you want to access a base station access point or whether you want to establish ad hoc connections peer to peer group Ad hoc networks are only possible in the 2 4 GHz frequency band using IEEE 802 11g...

Page 20: ...OK Detaillierte Informationen zur WLAN Sicherheit und zu den verwen deten Verschl sselungsmethoden finden Sie im LCOS Referenzhand buch Complete the profile configuration with OK and activate the new...

Page 21: ...c networks are not avai lable with IEEE 802 11a in the 5 GHz band When using base stations you can scan open Wireless LANs within reach The available radio networks within reach are listed on the regi...

Page 22: ...nal strength the name of the selected profile and your own IP address Information about sent and received data can be found under Diagnostics under the Advanced Statistics tab there are statistics and...

Page 23: ...guration profiles even when you select other options However the ACU does still control the following settings when Zero Configuration is set Power settings Active Passive scanning where applicable Tr...

Page 24: ...4 devices encrypted access to a base sta tion the encryption for this base station must be set to WEP64 Wireless LAN interfaces with WEP128 always contain also WEP64 too At the same time WEP128 is dow...

Page 25: ...ess LAN devices of other manufacturers only accept hexadeci mal values as WEP keys or may generate even special characters from arbitrary passwords Therefore if may happen that that you cannot enter a...

Page 26: ...ove to another floor Since they are out of the office most time anyway their new workplaces are not wired anymore Instead a Wireless LAN access point enables to access the corporate Intranet services...

Page 27: ...in the AirLancer 54 software You have the possibility to store own profiles for different Wireless LANs in the AirLancer 54 software If you use your notebook both in the office and at home you could c...

Page 28: ...Novell networks only Information regarding configuration of base stations can be found in the documentation of your LANCOM Wireless base station and in the electronical documentation of your CD Acces...

Page 29: ...d radio cell for example with new radio standards Dual band opera tion of two radio cells It is possible to install a second radio cell for extension of the wireless network for parallel operation of...

Page 30: ...AirLancer MC 54ag onto your LANCOM 3550 Wireless ensure to turn off the base station by pulling the power supply cable out of the it Remove now carefully the blind slide in module of the external car...

Page 31: ...r up to 16 dBm with TPC Transmission Power Control 802 11a 17 dBm 802 11b 20 dBm 802 11g 19 dBm up to 16 dBm with TPC Transmission Power Control Range Up to 25m in closed areas up to 125m with direct...

Page 32: ...ropean Union CE This product corresponds to the requirements of the guide line about radio installations and telecommunication sending installations FTEG and to the guide line 1999 5 EG R TTE The CE d...