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S olutions for the Digital Life ™ U ser Manual 54 Mbps Wi r eless PC Car d Model #: 802CT G[...]
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i T able of C on ten ts 1 Introduction 1 P ackage Contents 1 Minimum System Requirements 1 F eatures 2 Getting to K now the PC Card 2 T echnical Suppor t 3 2 Setting Up the PC Card 5 3 Using the W ireless Configura tion Utility 11 Opening the Utilit y Window 11 Using the Wireless Configuration Utilit y 12 4 T roubleshooting and F A Qs 23 T roublesh[...]
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1 Intr oduc tion Th an k y o u fo r pu r c ha si n g th e A ctio n t e c 5 4 M b ps W ir e le ss PC C a r d. Th e P C C ar d pr o vid es a sin gle P C ca rd so lu tio n fo r c on ne cti ng t o v er sio n “b ” ( 11 M bp s 80 2.1 1 b ) an d v er sio n “ g” ( 5 4 Mb ps 80 2.1 1 g ) wi r el es s n et wo rks . Th is eas y-t o- us e p r od uct is[...]
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2 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 3 Chapter 1 Intr oduc tion F eatures s IE EE 80 2. 11 b an d 802 .11 g s ta nd ar ds co nf or mi ty s 11 an d 54 Mb ps wi r el es s n et wo rk c om pa ti bi lity s 64 -, 128 -, an d 25 6 - bi t WEP wir el es s sec urit y su ppo rt ( 2 56 -b it WE P su pp ort ed on ly wi th 25 6 -b it WE P co mpa ti[...]
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2 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 3 Chapter 1 Intr oduc tion T echnical Suppor t A cti o n t ec El ec tr o n ic s p ri de s i t se lf o n m a ki n g d u ra bl e, hi gh - q u a l it y , hi gh -p e r f o r - m a n c e p r od uc ts . I f y ou ne ed as si s t an c e, t he A c ti on t ec T e ch ni c al S up po rt De pa rtm e n t i s a v[...]
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5 Setting Up the PC Car d T h e in s tr uc ti on s t h at f o ll o w i n th i s c h a pt er pa ra ll el th e s t ep s c on ta in ed i n th e A cti o n t ec Co n n ec ti on 1- 2- 3 ® se tup u ti li ty , w h i c h p r o vid e s a vi su al , s t ep -b y- st e p g ui d e t o s et ti ng u p t he PC C a r d. I t i s r ec o m m e n d ed t h e us e r ru n[...]
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6 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 7 Chapter 2 Setting Up the PC Card 2. G et t he PC C ar d f r om th e Qu ic k St art Ki t, t he n c li c k N ex t . 3. Fi nd t he PCM CIA ( PC C ar d) slo t on th e c omp ut er . Thi s slo t is us ua ll y l oc at ed on t he le ft or righ t s id e o f th e c om pu te r . Cl ic k N ext .[...]
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6 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 7 Chapter 2 Setting Up the PC Card 4. I ns ert th e PC Ca r d in t he PCM CIA slo t. M ak e s ur e th e C ar d’ s la be l is f ac in g u p , an d th e go ld- pla te d en d is ins ert ed fi rs t. Cli ck Next . 5. C on nec ti on 1-2 -3 d et ect s th e PC C ar d.[...]
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8 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 9 Chapter 2 Setting Up the PC Card 6. Th e PC C ar d is d et ect ed. C li ck N ext . 7. Th e PC C ar d c onn ect s t o the c lo ses t a va il ab le wir el es s net wo rk. R ead th e on scr ee n i ns tru cti on s, t he n cl ic k N ext . ☞ N ote : I f m or e th an o ne ac ce ss po in t is n ea rb y[...]
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8 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 9 Chapter 2 Setting Up the PC Card 8. Cl ic k Finish , th en r ebo ot the c om pu t er . Th e PC C ar d is i ns ta lled , c onf igu re d, c on ne ct ed t o a wir ele ss n et w or k, an d r ea dy fo r us e.[...]
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11 U sing the W ireless C onfigur ation Utility T o m o n i t o r t he wi r e l e ss n et w o r k t o w h ic h t h e PC C a r d i s c o n n e ct ed , a s w e ll a s c he c k o r a d j u s t wi r e l e ss n et w o r k s et t i n gs , u s e th e W i r el es s C on fig ura ti on U t i l it y . T h i s u t il it y o f f e rs t he a b i li ty t o c h ec[...]
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12 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 13 Chapter 3 U sing the Wireless C onfiguration Utility Using the W ireless Configur ation Utilit y A ft er do ub le -cl ic ki ng on the W ir el es s Co nfi gu rati on i c on , th e “ A cti on t ec 54 Mb ps W ir el es s PC C ar d U ti li ty” win do w ap pea rs. Th er e a r e th re e t ab s at [...]
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12 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 13 Chapter 3 U sing the Wireless C onfiguration Utility Not connec ted to net work - I f thi s en try ap pea rs i n th e St at us t e xt bo x, t he PC C ar d is no t c onn ect ed t o t he sel ect ed wi r el es s n et w or k. Connecting to network - I f th is e nt ry ap pe ar s i n th e St at us te[...]
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14 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 15 Chapter 3 U sing the Wireless C onfiguration Utility Signal - The q ua lity o r st r en gth o f th e wir ele ss si gna l; t hi s c an be Best , Good , N or mal , P oor , or Bad , in d es ce nd ing or de r o f q ua li ty . BSS ID - Th e un iq ue ID o f th e ac ce ss po int o r ba se s ta ti on .[...]
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14 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 15 Chapter 3 U sing the Wireless C onfiguration Utility New Connection - In thi s ta b , t he co nne cti on ’ s bas ic s et ti ng s ca n be m od if ied . The ta b ’ s op tio ns ar e a s fo llo ws : s I n th e Preferred SSID t e xt bo x, e nt er the n am e o f th e net wo rk (u p to 32 c ha rac[...]
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16 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 17 Chapter 3 U sing the Wireless C onfiguration Utility Adv anced - I n th is t ab , th e c onn ect io n ’ s ad van ce d se tti ng s ca n be m od if ie d. The ta b ’ s op tio ns ar e a s fo llo ws : s Th er e a r e tw o o pt io ns in t he Thr es ho ld sec ti on : “F ragm en t Th r es ho ld ,[...]
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16 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 17 Chapter 3 U sing the Wireless C onfiguration Utility Current Configuration Th is se cti on of the M ai n ta b co nta ins i nf or ma tio n a bo ut th e cu rr en t wir ele ss c onn ecti on, inc lu di ng SSID , BSS T y pe ( I nf ras truc tur e or A d H oc) , BSSID , Channel , an d Tx Rate (th e pr[...]
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18 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 19 Chapter 3 U sing the Wireless C onfiguration Utility Security S el e ct in g S ec ur it y i n t he W ir e l e ss U t il i ty wi n d o w d is p l a ys t he “ Se cu ri ty ” ta b . I n t hi s ta b , the P C C ar d’ s mod e of sec urit y ca n be c on fi gu re d. Priv acy Mode Se le ct th e se[...]
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18 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 19 Chapter 3 U sing the Wireless C onfiguration Utility Enable M ix ed Mode W he n Pr i va cy M ode is set t o N one o r WE P (a nd , if W EP is s el ec te d, the A uth ent ica tio n M od e is set to N o ne ), t he “E nab le M ix ed M od e” ch eck bo x ca n be ac ce ss ed. C li ck i n th e ap [...]
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20 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 21 Chapter 3 U sing the Wireless C onfiguration Utility 2. T ype th e ap pr op ria t e WE P k ey i n th e te xt bo x. 3. Se le ct an aut he nt ic at io n type fr om t he “ A uth en ti ca ti on ” l is t bo x ( Open Syst em , Shared K ey , o r A uto S w itch ). 4. I n t he “K ey F orm at ” s[...]
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20 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 21 Chapter 3 U sing the Wireless C onfiguration Utility P ersonal C er tificate - I f “ E AP - TL S ” was s el ect ed in t he P ro to c ol sec ti on , t he “P er so na l C ert if ic at e ” s ect ion is a cti v e. S el ect a per son al c erti fic at e fo r au th ent i- ca tin g t he PC C ar[...]
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22 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual About S el e ct in g A bo u t i n t he W ir e l e s s L AN U t il i ty wi nd o w di s p la ys t h e “ A bo u t ” ta b . Th is ta b di sp la ys t he v er sio n nu mb er s fo r th e PC Ca rd ’ s o pe rat ing sy st em , uti lity , dri v er , fir m wa r e, a nd EEP RO M .[...]
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23 T roubleshooting an d F A Q s Th is c ha pte r de scri bes so me c om mo n pr ob le ms t ha t m a y be e nc ou nt er ed wh en us ing th e PC C ar d, a nd wa ys to r eso lv e th e pr ob le ms . Al so in cl ud ed i s a l is t o f fr e- qu en tl y a sk ed qu es ti on s. T roubleshooting My comput er doesn ’t recognize the PC Card. Fi rst , ma ke [...]
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24 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 25 Chapter 6 T roubleshooting ☞ N ote : T o sh ar e f il es bet wee n th e t w o c omp ut er s, th ey m ust ha v e th e sa me W ork gr oup na me , and f il e/ fol der s ha rin g mu st be en abl ed. The PC Card is not connecting to the Internet in Infrastructure mode. Fi rst , ma ke s ur e th e P[...]
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24 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 25 Chapter 6 T roubleshooting My PC Card seems to be installed correctly and it says that it is getting a link, but I can ’t access the internet. What should I do? Fi rst , di sab le a n y ne tw ork ad apt er s in sta lle d o n y our c omp ut er . If th es e ad apt er s w er e in sta lled p rio [...]
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26 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual How do I mak e a HEX-based WEP key? 64-bit WEP - Co mpo se d o f 10 al ph an ume ric c har act er s ( 0- 9 , A -F ) . E xa mp le : 84 3A 29 A5 62 128-bit WEP - C omp ose d o f 26 al pha nu me ric c har act er s ( 0- 9 , A -F ). E xa mp le : 3C 29 F2 53 6B EF 32 76 D3 2E 36 4A 2C 256-bit WEP - Co m[...]
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27 Specifications General Model Number 80 2C T G (5 4 Mbp s W ir ele ss PC C ar d) Standards IE EE 80 2. 11 b/ g (W ir el es s) Certification FC C CE (a va il ab le f or p r od uc ts pu r ch ase d in E ur op e) F requency Band 2. 4 - 2.4 835 GH z Interface T ype II 32 - bi t Ca rd Bus Data Rate 802.11b : u p to 11 M b ps 802.11g : up to 54 M bp s D[...]
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28 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual LED Indicators P ow er , A cti vity En vironmental Operating T emperature 0 º C t o 55 º C (32 º F t o 13 1 º F ) Stor age T emperatur e -2 0 º C to 70 º C ( -4 º F to 15 8 º F) Operating Humidity 0% t o 70% ( no n-c on de nsi ng) Stor age Humidity 5% t o 95% ( no n-c on de nsi ng) ☞ N o[...]
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29 Glossar y Acc ess P oint A d evi c e th at a llo ws wi r el es s c li ent s to c onn ect to on e a no th er . A n ac ce ss po in t ca n al so act as a bri dge be twe en wi r el es s c li ent s an d a “wi r ed ” ne tw or k, s uc h as an E th ern et net wo rk. W ir ele ss c li ent s ca n be mo v ed an yw he re with in t he c ov e r - ag e ar e[...]
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30 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 31 Glossary Ethernet Network A s ta nd ar d wir ed net wo rki ng co nfi gur at io n us in g ca ble s an d h ub s. F irewall A m et ho d p r ev ent ing us er s ou tsi de t he ne tw ork fr om ac c es si ng a nd /o r dam ag- in g fi le s o r c omp ut er s on th e ne tw or k. Gatewa y A c ent ral d ev[...]
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30 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 31 Glossary PPP oE (P oint-T o-P oint Protocol ov er Ethernet)/ PPP oA (P oint-T o-P oint Protocol ov er A TM) M et ho ds of sec ur e d at a tra nsm iss ion . Router A c ent ral d evic e th at man age s th e da ta tr af fi c of the ne tw or k. Subnet Mask A s et of fou r nu mb er s c on fig ur ed [...]
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33 Notic es Regulatory C ompliance Notices Class B Equipment Th is eq uip me nt ha s be en t est ed a nd fo un d to c omp ly wi th th e li mit s fo r a Cla ss B di gita l devi ce , pu rs uan t t o P art 15 o f t he FC C R ul es . The se l im it s ar e de si gne d to pr o vid e re aso nab le p ro t ect ion a gai nst h arm ful in te rf er en ce in a [...]
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34 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 34 2. Th is d evic e m us t a c ce pt a n y in t er fe re nc e r ec ei v ed , inc lu di ng in te rf er en ce th at ma y c au se un wan ted o pe rati on. ☞ N ote : T o c omp ly wi th FCC R F e xp os ur e c om pl ia nc e r eq uir e- me nts , th e an t en na us ed f or th is tr an sm itt er mu st b[...]
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35 Li mi ted W arrant y Har dware : A cti on t ec E le ctr on ics , I nc. , wa rran ts t o th e e nd us er (“ C ust om er ”) th at th is h ar dw ar e p r od uc t wil l be f r ee fr om d efe cts in w ork man shi p a nd ma te ria ls , un der n or ma l u se and s ervi c e, f or tw el v e ( 12 ) mo nth s fr om the d at e of pu r ch ase fr om A cti [...]
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36 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual TH IS A CT ION TE C EL ECT R ONI CS PR OD UC T MA Y IN CL UD E OR B E B UN DL ED WI TH TH IR D- P AR TY SO FTW ARE , THE U SE OF WH IC H IS GO VER NE D BY A SE P AR A TE E ND -U SE R LI CE NS E A GR EE ME NT . TH IS A CT ION TE C EL ECT R ONI CS W ARR ANT Y DOE S NO T AP PL Y T O SU CH TH IRD - P [...]
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36 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual 37 Limited W arran ty NE IT HE R AS SU ME S NO R A UT HO RI ZE S AN Y O THE R P ER SO N T O AS SU ME FOR IT A NY O TH ER LIA BIL IT Y IN CO NNE CT IO N WI TH THE SA LE, IN ST ALL A TIO N, MA IN TE N ANC E OR U SE OF I TS PR ODU CT S. A C T I O N T EC E L E C T R O N I CS S H A L L N O T B E L I A [...]
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38 Action tec 54 Mbps W ireless PC Card User Manual Gov er ning Law : Thi s Lim it ed W arr an ty s ha ll be g ov ern ed b y th e la ws o f th e St at e of Ca lif orn ia , U .S .A. , e x cl udi ng it s c on fl ict s o f la w s an d pri nc ipl es, a nd ex c lu din g th e U ni ted N ati on s Co n v ent io n on Co ntra cts fo r th e In te rna ti on al[...]