FCC ID: PQP-WP210P-X Wireless LAN Card

Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Wireless LAN 11Mbps PC Card User Manual Version 1.2- August.2001 Wireless LAN 11 Mbps Copyright statement User manual No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, whether electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior writing of the publisher. Printed in Taiwan, August 2001 Page1 Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and , if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. to which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. FCC Caution: To assure continued compliance, (example-use only shielded interface cables when connecting to computer or peripheral devices). Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the users authority to operate this equipment. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the Following two conditions:(1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and

(2) this Device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause Undesired operation. Federal Communication Commission(FCC) Radiation Exposure Statment This equiment complies with FCC radiation exposure set forth for an uncontrolled environment .In order to avoid the possibility of exceeding the FCC radio frequency Exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20 cm(8 inches) during normal operation. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 2 R&TTE Compliance Statement This equipment complies with all the requirements of the DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF 9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity(R&TTE). The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As of April 8, 2000. Safety This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install and use it. However, special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment. All guidelines of this manual and of the computer manufacturer must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment. EU Countries Not intended for use The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France (with Frequency channel restrictions). Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. EU Countries Not intended for use None. Potential restrictive use France: Only channels 10,11,12,and13 Wireless LAN 11 Mbps 1. Contents Page 3 User manual 1. Contents ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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4. Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5 3. Wireless LAN Basics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6 Installation for Windows Platform --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

7 4.1 Installation Overview --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

8 4.2 Installation Procedure for Windows 95/98 ------------------------------------------------------------------

9 4.3 Uninstallation Procedure for Windows 95/98 --------------------------------------------------------------

1 4.4 Installation Procedure for Windows NT 4.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------

2 4.5 Uninstallation Procedure for Windows NT 4.0 ------------------------------------------------------------

3 4.6 Installation Procedure for Windows 2000/windows ME ------------------------------------------------

4 4.7 Uninstallation Procedure for Windows 2000/windows ME --------------------------------------------

5 5. Configuration Utility--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6 6. Troubleshooting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4 7. Technical specifications of Wireless LAN -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Wireless LAN 11 Mbps 2. Introduction Page 4 User manual Thank you for purchasing your Wireless LAN 11 Mbps PC Card. This manual will assist you the procedure for installation. The following items should be found in the package you have purchased:

Wireless LAN 11 Mbps PC Card Quick installation guide User manual Diskette or CD containing Wireless LAN Management utility and drivers The diskette or CD contains the drivers and the software configuration utility that is used for managing the Wireless LAN Card as well as establishing the wireless connection with your Local Area Network (LAN). NOTE : PLEASE CONTACT YOUR VENDER IF ANYTHING IS MISSING. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps 3. Wireless LAN Basics Page 5 User manual Wireless LAN (Local Area Networks) systems offer a number of greater excellences over a traditional wired system. Wireless LANs (WLANs) are easier to setup and manage, more flexible and often more cost effective than their wired equivalence. By using radio frequency (RF) technology, the need for wired connections is minimized while WLANs transmit and receive data over the air. Therefore, WLANs combine data connectivity and user mobility through simplified configuration, enabling movable LANs. Wireless LANs allow users to access shared information without looking for a place to plug in. They also enable network managers to set up or augment networks without installing or moving wires. Consequently, WLANs offer various excellences of productivity, convenience and cost advantages over traditional wired networks as the followings:

User friendly WLAN systems enable LAN users accessing to real-time information anywhere in their organization. This mobility supports productivity and service opportunities that are not possibly offered by wired networks. Easy installation Fast and easy to install a WLAN system and the installation process eliminates the need to pull cable through walls and ceilings. Cost down While the initial money capital requirement of WLAN hardware might be greater than those of wired LAN hardware, the overall installation expenses and life-cycle costs will be significantly lower. WLANs offer the greatest Lang-term cost benefits when operating in dynamic environments that require frequent moves, adds and changes. Easy configuration Specific applications and installations can be met easily while configuring WLANs in various topologies. Configurations also can be altered easily and a small number of users can full infrastructure networks of thousands of users in the range form peer-to-peer networks that allow roaming over a broad area. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 6 4. Installation for Windows platform The Wireless LAN can easily be installed and used, unlike wired LAN, no need of bother to connect cables for keeping your computer to use network resources. This section will assist you to install WLAN Adapter successfully. First, You will install software (driver). Secondly, insert the Wireless LAN PC card, and finally you will set the network properties to accommodate resource sharing and select the type of wireless network that you wish to install. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps 4.1. Installation Overview Page 7 User manual You will fulfill the following steps in establishing your wireless network connection:

Install the Access Point (AP) firstly. AP is needed in case of Infrastructure network mode. Install the software using the Installation Diskette or CD. Install the Wireless LAN Card (WIRELESS LAN 11 Mbps PC Card). Install the network protocol(S) required to communicate on your network.

(Most likely you will need the TCP/IP protocol.) Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 8 4.2. Installation Procedure for Windows 95(OSR2) /98 NOTE : DO NOT INSERT THE PCMCIA CARD UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO. FAILURE OF WHICH MAY RESULT IN UNSUCCESSFUL INSTALLATION OF YOUR WLAN PC CARD. In order to install the WLAN PC Card successfully, please follow the procedures below step by step:

1.) Power on your computer and allow WINDOWS 95(OSR2) /98 to load fully. 2.) Make sure that there is no PCMCIA adapter inserted yet. 3.) Insert the given Installation CD in the CD-ROM and then click on the SETUP. 4.) Read and accept the license agreement. 8.) 9.) 5.) Choose the SSID. Default ESSID is default. You can change this later also using either the configuration utility or network configuration. Click on NEXT. 6.) Choose network type and click on NEXT. Default is INFRASTRUCTURE. 7.) Give the path of the destination folder. Click on BROWSE to set the path of your choice and then click NEXT. Setup will add program icon to the Program Folder. You can enter a new folder name, or select one from the existing Folder list. It takes a few seconds for copying the utility files and then click on Finish. Then insert WIRELESS LAN 11Mbps PC CARD into slot and restart PC. 10.) Restart the PC and Click on the Control Panel and then on PC Card. Check whether it has PCMCIA card in one of the sockets or not. If you find WIRELESS LAN 11Mbps in one of the sockets, it means the card is detected properly. 11.) Check for the WIRELESS LAN 11Mbps by right clicking on My Computer using the mouse. Choose the Device manager and then Network Adapters. If you find the YELLOW (?) sign on the adapter, it shows the installation is not successful. Choose the adapter and click on REMOVE. Restart your computer after uninstalling the driver to make the changes effective. And refer to manual. 12.)Right click on the Network NEIGHBORHOOD using the mouse. 13.) Choose PROPERTIES from the pop up menu. The network box appears and you see three main tables: CONFIGURATION, IDENTIFICATION and ACCESS CONTROL. 14.) Click on the CONFIGURATION tab and then click on the ADD button. Network Component Type box appears. Click on then PROTOCOL the click the ADD button. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps Page 9 User manual 15.) Network Protocols box appears. From the list of manufactures, click on MICROSOFT. From the list of network Protocols list, choose NetBEUI, then click OK. 16.) The NetBEUI protocol is now installed. After clicking on OK return back to Network Component Type box. 17.)Repeat the step 15 and 16 to add IPX/SPX protocol. 18.)Repeat the step 15 and 16 add TCP/IP protocol. 19.) Click on the TCP/IP option to set the IP address for your computer. You can choose STATIC or DHCP setting. If you use the static IP setup then enter the IP value, SUBNET masking, DNS, DOMAIN / WORKGROUP name, and GATEWAY Address values. After setting these parameter appropriately, click OK to return to Network Component Type and you can choose the FILE AND PRINTER SHARING options as well as the ACCESS to your computer like other users connected to that Network by setting the computer sharing options. Click on OK. 20.) Screen message DO YOU WANT TO RESTART YOUR COMPUTER will pop up. Choose YES. It will shut down your computer and will restart. IMPORTANT : RESTART YOUR COMPUTER TO MAKE THE CHANGES EFFECTIVE BEFORE YOU THE DRIVER. REINSTALL Wireless LAN 11 Mbps Page 10 User manual 4.3. Uninstallation Procedure for Windows 95(OSR2) /98 If you want to uninstall the PCMCIA PC card under Win 95 ( OSR2)/98, please follow the steps below:

1.) Click on the START at the left bottom of your screen. 2.) Choose the PROGRAMS. 3.) Click on the Wireless Lan and click on UNINSTALLER. 4.) Confirm message about removing the Wireless Lan and all of its components appear. Click on YES 5.) Uninstall Shield removes the software Wireless Lan successfully. 6.) Click on OK to finish the uninstallation procedure. IMPORTANT : RESTART YOUR COMPUTER TO MAKE THE CHANGES EFFECTIVBEFORE YOU REINSTALL THE DRIVER. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps Page 11 User manual 4.4. Installation Procedure for Windows NT4.0 In order to install the WLAN PC card successfully, please follow the procedures below step by step:

1.) Insert WIRELESS LAN 11Mbps PC CARD into PC card slot. 2.) Power on your computer Please make sure Windows NT networking is already installed. 3.) Insert the given INSTALLATION CD in the CD-ROM and then click on the SETUP. 4.) Read and accept the license agreement. 5.) Choose the SSID. Default ESSID is default. You can change this later also using the Configuration utility or network configuration. Click on NEXT. 6.) Choose network type and click on NEXT. Default is INFRASTRUCTURE. 7.) Give the path of the destination folder. To set the path of your choice click on BROWSE and then click NEXT. Setup will add program icon to the Program Folder. You can enter a new folder name or Select one from the existing Folder list. 9.) It takes a few seconds for copying the utility files and then click on Finish. 8.) 10.) Few seconds later Microsoft TCP/IP properties table pops up. Set INTERNAL PROTOCOL (TCP/IP), either choose obtain an IP address automatically or

set your own IP address. Then click OK. 11.) Restart your Computer. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 12 4.5. Uninstallation Procedure for Windows NT4.0 If you want to uninstall the PCMCIA PC card under Win NT4.0, please follow the steps below:

1.) Click on the START at the left bottom of your screen. 2.) Choose the PROGRAMS. 3.) Click on the Wireless Lan and click on UNINSTALLER. 4.) Confirm message about removing the Wireless Lan and all of its components appear. Click on YES 5.) Uninstall Shield removes the software Wireless Lan successfully. 6.) Click on OK to finish the uninstallation procedure. IMPORTANT : RESTART YOUR COMPUTER TO MAKE THE CHANGES FFECTIVEBEFORE YOU REINSTALL THE DRIVER. Proceed to section 5 for the explanation of the Configuration Utility. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 13 4.6. Installation Procedure for windows 2000 / Windows ME NOTE : DO NOT INSERT THE PC CARD UNTIL YOU ARE ASKED TO DO SO. FAILURE OF WHICH MAY RESULT IN UNSUCCESSFUL INSTALLATION OF YOUR WLAN PC CARD. In order to install the WLAN 11Mbps PC card successfully, please follow the procedures below step by step:

1.) Power on your computer and allow WINDOWS 2000 / ME to load fully. 2.) Make sure that there is no PC CARD inserted yet. 3.) 4.) Read and accept the license agreement. 5.) Choose the SSID. Default ESSID is default. You can change this later also using the configuration Insert the given INSTALLATION CD in the CD-ROM and then click on the SETUP. utility or network configuration. Click on NEXT. 6.) Choose network type and click on NEXT. Default is INFRASTRUCTURE. 7.) Give the path of the destination folder. To set the path of your choice click on BROWSE and then click NEXT. 8.) Setup will add program icon to the Program Folder. You can enter a new folder name, or choose one from the existing Folder list. It takes a few seconds for copying the utility files and then click on Finish. 9.) 10.) Then insert WIRELESS LAN 11 Mbps PC CARD into the slot, wizard will found new hardware WIRELESS LAN 11 Mbps PC CARD, click on NEXT. 11.) Choose DISPLAY A LIST OF THE KNOWN DRIVERS FOR THE DEVICE SO THAT I CAN CHOOSE A SPECIFIC DRIVER, then click on NEXT. 12.) Choose Hardware types NETWORK ADAPTERS, click on NEXT, then click WIRELESS LAN 11 Mbps PC CARD ADAPTER, click HAVE DISK then enter the path name D:\

(where D is the CD drive of your Notebook PC). It copies the driver files. 13.) Restart your computer 14.) Click Control panel System Hardware Device Manager, you will find WIRELESS LAN 11 Mbps PC CARD in NETWORK ADAPTERS. If you find the YELLOW (?) sign on the adapter, it shows the installation is not successful. Choose the adapter and click on REMOVE. Then reinstall from the step 3. 15.) If your WIRELESS LAN 11 Mbps PC CARD is installed properly, then right click on the MY NETWORK PLACE using the mouse, click PROPERTIES to set up local area connection. Own IP address. Then click OK. 16.) Restart your Computer. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 14 4.7. Uninstallation Procedure for Windows 2000/Windows ME If you want to uninstall the Wireless LAN 11Mbps PC Card under Win 2000, please follow the steps below:

1.) Click on the START at the left bottom of your screen. 2.) Choose the PROGRAMS. 3.) Click on the Wireless Lan and click on UNINSTALLER. 4.) Confirm message about removing the Wireless Lan and all of its components appear. Click on YES 5.) Uninstall Shield removes the software Wireless Lan successfully. 6.) Click on to OK finish the uninstallation procedure. IMPORTANT : RESTART YOUR COMPUTER TO MAKE THECHANGESEFFECTIVEBEFORE YOU REINSTALL THE DRIVER. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps 5. Configuration Utility Page 15 User manual Wireless LAN 11 Mbps Wireless LAN adapter uses its own management software. This application usually starts automatically and it provides all functions controlled by user. To start the Manager application, click on START, PROGRAMS and then, WIRELESS LAN 11 Mbps, WIRELESS LAN. A new icon should appear in your Icon tray. If the icon with a redxtells that Wireless LAN 11 Mbps NIC configuration is invalid or incompleted. It happens when driver is in Pseudo BSS mode, and the radio channel used for communication is defined incorrectly. Double clicking on that new icon will show you the screen as shown below. Figure 1 Icon tray with a new icon Figure 2 Management window with Status In this section, we will explain meanings and uses of various screen messages. Clicking or tapping sheets with a stylus to navigate; Clicking OK to minimize window and X to close the application. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps Link info Page 16 User manual State State is to display the current state of the driver. When the state is Associated, flow of operation in Infrastructure is normal, the PC is connected to access point, BSSID is shown in the form of hex digits and Network is available. When the state is Scanning, the node is searching for available access point and it can not detect the SSID for an access point within the range. An error message may be displayed here for some reason the driver failed to initialize. Rescan Rescan allows the driver to restart and begins its connection procedure. Different modes of the driver perform different connection procedure. Infrastructure Mode Non-stop scanning all available channels until it finds one or more Access Points that matches its SSID and then, it will authenticate and associate with the Access Point. Ad Hoc Mode It will scan for 5 seconds searching for an existing Ad Hoc network that uses the same SSID. While not found, it will start its own Ad Hoc network. Current Channel and Tx Rate Here displays the channel of the radio and transmit rate that are currently used for an active connection. If radio is Scanning, there is no particular meaning. Throughput Here displays the instantaneous wireless Receive and Transmit throughput in bytes per second. They are updated every two seconds. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 17 Link Quality bar graph This is active only when the node is in Infrastructure Mode. Here displays the quality of the link between the node and its Access Point. One of the following statuses will be indicated by the quality of the link over the bar graph:

! Not Applicable

! Poor

! Fair

! Good

! Excellent Since link Quality is a measure of receives and transmits errors over the radio, the driver will start looking for a better Access Point when the Link Quality indication displays Poor. Signal Strength bar graph It is active only when the node is in Infrastructure Mode. Here displays normalized signal strength as reported by the radio, averaged over all frames over 100 bytes long that are received from the Access Point. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 18

Configuration Tab The Configuration Tab contains several different field areas where users can view or alter operating parameters of the driver. Any changes of the parameters made in this panel can be applied to the driver without restarting the PC. Figure 4 Management window with CONFIGURATION tab open Restore Defaults Clicking on Restore Defaults will restore each field in the panel to its default value. However, the

Apply Changes or OK button must be selected before the default values are saved to the driver and registry. Undo Changes Clicking on Undo Changes will revert all fields in the panel back to the original values that were presented previously while the Configuration Utility was opened from the Task Bar. Apply Changes It is active only when one of the fields has been altered. Clicking on the Apply Changes will apply the altered values to the driver and saves them to the registry for the next time PC restarts. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 19 Mode This field enables you to choose from a list of supported Network Modes. The modes shown will have three values, i.e. 802.11Ad Hoc, Ad Hoc and infrastructure.

! 802.11 Ad Hoc: The 802.11 peer-to-peer mode of operation. 802.11 Ad Hoc networking use the same SSID for establishing the wireless connection. In 802.11Ad Hoc, only one wireless cell is supported for each different SSID. All communication is performed from Client to Client without using an Access Point.

! Ad Hoc: Ad Hoc is a non-compliant mode that allows Prism2 cards (only Prism2) to talk with one another without the use of an AP (regardless any SSID). It is not standards compliant so that it would have the interpretability with non-Prism2 radios.

! Infrastructure: Here, all communication is performed via an Access Point that relay packets to other wireless Clients in the BSS and nodes on a wired network.

(E.g. Ethernet.) This mode of operation requires the presence of an 802.11 Access Point.

! TX Rate: This is the transmission rate where the data packets are transmitted by the client of an AP. You can set this to fixed 1 Mbps, fixed 2Mbps, fixed 5.5 Mbps or 11 Mbps.

! PS Mode Power Saving Mode. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps

ENCRYPTION Tab Page 20 User manual Figure 5 Management window with encryption tab open An additional security measurement may be desired on protecting your wireless network. This can be achieved by applying WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption. WEP encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio by using one of the Keys entered from this panel. An encrypted frame received can be accepted only when it decrypts correctly. This happens only when the receiver has the same WEP Key used by the transmitter. According to the WEP function selected, this panel allows the entry of four keys for 64-bit encryption and one set of 128-bit key. To be written to the driver and registry, each key must consists of six digits meaning from digit 0-9 and letters A-F that are recognized as valid entries. If entered wrongly, program will not write keys to a driver. On the other hand, a Pass-phrase can be entered (known as a seed) to randomly organize the four keys. This saves significant timing since the same keys must be entered into each node on the wireless network. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 21 Key 1 Key 4 The Keys can be entered manually in these four fields. It may be necessary if you prefer this node to match keys in a different vendors product. If they are organized by using a Pass-phrase, the Keys are displayed in these fields. Default Tx Key For 128 bit encryption, this Default Tx Key button will be invisible. Default Tx Key updates the driver with the four keys that are displayed in key 1 through key4. The keys are also written to the registry for permanent storage. Apply This Apply button updates the driver with the four keys displayed in Key1 through Key4. The keys are also written to the registry for permanent storage. This Apply button clears all the bytes in the four keys. It is useful when you wish to start over and apply manually entering. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps

ABOUT Tab Page 22 User manual Figure 6 Management window with ABOUT tab open About Tab tells the product version including the detail of Driver, Configuration Utility, and NIC Firmware version. Users must tell this version number when reporting their problems to technical support. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps 6. Troubleshooting Page 23 User manual To have the installation of Wireless LAN Card more users friendly, we suggest users following the installation procedures step by step as listed in the section 4 and section 5. If some problems occur when installing the WLAN Card OR you want to confirm if your card is installed properly, here are the procedures for checking the various components after you have installed the card. First part of Troubleshooting contains suggestions to users to check various properties of the card for the proper installation. In second section lists various problems that may occur during the installation as well as the possible solutions. It is recommended that users check the first part to identify the probable reason of unsuccessful installation. Procedure to Check the Various Properties of Card after Installation under Windows 95 (OSR2)/98:

If some problems occurred while installing the PC card OR your PC Card is not functioning, please check the followings:

I. Click on the CONTROL PANEL and then PC CARD. Check if it has WIRELESS 11Mbps PC CARD in one of the sockets. If it is in one of the sockets, the card is detected properly. If there is YELLOW sign question-

mark (?), the resources are conflicting. II. Right click on MY COMPUTER and then PROPERTIES. Choose the DEVICE MANAGER and click on the NETWORK ADAPTER. You will see WIRELESS 11Mbps PC CARD if it is installed successfully. If there is YELLOW sign (?), the resources are conflicting. Click on PCMCIA CARD and then PCMCIA CARD SERVICE, you will see the status of PCMCIA card. If there is yellow sign (?) either on adapter or PCMCIA card, please check the followings,

! Check if your Notebook supports 3.3V card.

! Check if your Notebook has a free IRQ. If not, make an IRQ free by assigning the same IRQ to some devices, for example COM 1, COM 2 con be assigned same IRQ values.

! Check if you have inserted the correct card and have installed the proper driver. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 24 Procedure to Check the Various Properties of Card after Installation under Windows NT4.0:

If some problems occurred while installing the PC card OR your PC Card is not functioning, please check the followings:

I. Check the WINDOWS NT DIAGNOSTICS. You should see whether there is conflict in the RESOURCE allocation or the I/O ADDRESS, IRQ allocations. If the IRQ or I/O addresses are already assigned to some other devices, you must change that value, i.e. I/O address needs 40h byte length. II. Click on the CONTROL PANEL and then, on the PC CARD, you will see WIRELESS 11Mbps PC CARD. Click on that will show you the CARD INFORMATION, DRIVER NAME and the DRIVER FILE. You must confirm the name of the driver and the driver file as cw10 and cw10.sys. If you do not find the names as listed before, there are some problems and the driver is not installed properly. Reinstall the driver. NOTE: Check the PnP BIOS setup menu and select NO in case of the Wireless LAN Card installation. Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 25 7. Technical specifications of Wireless LAN Hardware compatibility

- IBM-compatible computer with a PC Card Type Driver support

- Windows 95 OSR2

- Windows 98

- Windows 2000

- Windows ME

- Windows NT 4.0 and higher Standards supported

- IEEE 802.11 standard for Wireless LAN

- All major networking standards (including TCP/IP, IPX) Environmental Operating voltage:

- +5V, +3.3V DC 5%

- Nominal Temp Range: 17 dBm

- Extended Temp Range: 14 dBm min

- Transmit Power, 2.7v to 3v: 14 dBm min. Radio specifications Range:

- per cell indoors approx. 35-100 meters or more

- per cell outdoors up to 100-300 meters Frequency range:

- 2.4-2.4835 GHz, direct sequence spread spectrum Number of Channels:

- Europe: 13(3 non-overlapping)

- US: 11 (3 non-overlapping) Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual Page 26

- France: 4 (1 non-overlapping)

- Japan: 14 (4 non-overlapping) Antenna system:

Mobility:

- Internal patch antenna supporting diversity.

- Seamless roaming across cell boundaries with handover Specific features Supported bit rates:

- 11Mbps

- 5.5 Mbps

- 1 Mbps

- 2 Mbps Data encryption:

- 64/128 bit WEP Encryption Utility Software:

- Management utility software Page27