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BENQ Corporation i Wir eless LAN PC Car d A WL-100 User Man ual V ersion 1.1 J une 2002[...]
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BENQ Corporation ii Notice I Cop yright Statement This manual cannot be r eproduced in an y form or by an y means or used to make an y derivativ e such as translation, transfor mation, or adaptation without the prior written permission of BenQ Corporation. BenQ Corporation r eser v es the right to chan ge this manual and th e specifications to impr[...]
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BENQ Corporation iii Notice II FCC Warning The A WL-100 compiles with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following tw o conditions. (1) This device ma y not cause harmful interfer ence . (2) This device must accept an y interfer en ce receiv ed, including interfer ence that ma y cause undesir ed operation. Note: The AWL-100 has b[...]
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BENQ Corporation iv Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s Wir e less LAN PC Car d ...........................................i Chapter 1. Intr oduction ......................................... 1 1-1 Pr oduct Kit .............................................................. 2 1-2 System Requir ements ........................................... 2 1-3 Mechan[...]
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BENQ Corporation 1 Chapter 1. Introduction Thank y ou for pur chasing a BENQ A WL 100 Wir eless LAN PC Card. The A WL100 Wir eless LAN PC Card lets y ou connect to y our netw ork and the Internet without needing to be tether ed to a fix ed location by a ph ysical cable , while still getting the same data transfer rates as with traditiona l Ethernet[...]
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BENQ Corporation 2 1-1 Pr oduct Kit Befor e installation, mak e sure th at y ou ha v e the follo wing items: A WL100 Wir eless LAN PC Card Software CD containing user manual and utility Quick Star t Guide Wa r r a n t y c a r d 1-2 System Requir ements Befor e using your A WL100, please check that y ou ha ve the f ol[...]
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BENQ Corporation 3 Chapter 2. Inst allation 2.1 Driver Inst allation Inser t A WL100 PCMCIA Adapter into y our PC , and then Windows will show the dialog – Add Ne w Hardwar e Wizard . Select Sear ch for the best driv er for y our de vice . (Recommended). and pr ess Next button.[...]
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BENQ Corporation 4 Select Specify a location and br owse the BenQ Wir eless LAN CD to find A WL100. F or example , if your CD-R OM ha s a driv e D and you want to install the English v ersion of driv er , the location is D:A WL100English. Windows has found A WL100 PCMCIA Ada pter . Press Ne xt button.[...]
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BENQ Corporation 5 Please wait while coping files. Pr ess Finish . Pr ess Ye s and restart your computer .[...]
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BENQ Corporation 6 Chapter 3. A WL100 Wireless Settings Y ou can launch A WL100 Wirel ess Settings utility by clicking the icon or fr om Contr ol Panel.[...]
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BENQ Corporation 8 3.1 S t atus Status The curr ent state of the driver is displa yed in this scr een. If the state r ev eals “Associated,“ it means that the normal flow of operation is in Infrastructur e mode . This shows that the PC is alr eady conne cted to access point and BSSID is also shown in the f orm of hex digits. At the same time , t[...]
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BENQ Corporation 9 Curr ent Tx Rate This field shows the curr ent transmit ra te , which is being used for an activ e connection. Curr ent Channel This field shows the cur r ent radio channe l, which is being used for an activ e connection. Thr oughput The instantaneous wir e less Receiv e and T ran smit thr oughput are displa y ed in bytes per sec[...]
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BENQ Corporation 10 3.2 Configuration Defaults : It r estor es each field in the panel to its default value by pr essing this button. Howe ver , befor e the default values are sa v ed or loaded to the driv er and r egistr y , the Apply button or OK button must be pr essed. Apply : Only when one of the fields has been modified does this button becom[...]
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BENQ Corporation 11 Netw ork Name This field shows the netw ork name or called SSID , which your A WL100 will be associated with. If “ANY” is t he name show ed, it means an y netw ork name could be associated with. Netw ork T ype Y ou can select from a list of supporting network types in this field. The netw ork types displa y ed will ha ve tw [...]
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BENQ Corporation 12 3.3 Encryption According to WEP function select, this page allows the entry of four ke ys for 64-bit and 128-bit encryption. Each key must consis t of hex digits to be written to the driver and registry. This means that only digit number 0-9 and letters A-F are valid entries. Therefore, if entered incorrect ly, the program will [...]
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BENQ Corporation 13 3.4 Site Survey Rescan This button will scan all a vailable Access Po ints in y our neighborhood and then list their SSID , channel, BSSID , signal, WEP state and network type, r e spectiv ely . Jo in Select the SSID y ou want to be associated with, and then press this J oin button to join this netw ork.[...]
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BENQ Corporation 14 3.5 About Y ou ma y learn the pr oduct version including the detail of Netw ork Driver , Configuration Utility , and NIC firmwar e v ers ion fr om this “About” tab. When users wish to r epor t their pr oblems to our techni cal suppor t, they must ha v e this version numb er .[...]
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BENQ Corporation 15 Chapter 4. T rouble Shooting Question 1 What should the users do when the signal icon Cable Disconnected a ppeared right after pr essing the ReScan or Disab le Radio button under P eer -to-P eer (Ad-hoc) mode? Answ er 1 Please r emov e the BenQ A WL100 PC Car d fr om the PCMCIA slot and r e-insert the device again, and then it w[...]