LG Electronics LNPAP100T manual

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    LG-Nortel ELO PCI100T (LNP AP100T) Wi r eless PCI Adapter User Guide[...]

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    LIM ITED W ARR ANTY LG-N ort e l warr ants t he Pro ducts , excl udi ng c onsu mable i tems to be f re e f rom de fecti ve desi gn at tributab le to LG-Norte l, defe ctive mate rial or faulty wo rkmansh ip and will confo rm to the Spec i ficati ons for twelve (12) m onths f r om t he d ate o f Cus tomer accept ance o f th e Prod uct. W ARRANT IES E[...]

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    COMPLIANCES Feder al C om m uni cati on Comm issi on I nt erferen ce St atem ent This equi pmen t has be en te sted and found to c om ply w ith the l im its for a C lass B digi tal devic e, pur su ant t o Part 15 o f the F CC R ules. The se li mi ts ar e desi gne d to provi de reaso nable pro tecti on a gains t harm f ul i nter f ere nce i n a r es[...]

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    Table of Contents Package Contents.............. .................. .................. ................ .............. .................. ............. ..... 1 Chapter 1: Introduction.................. ........... .............. ............ ................. ............ ........... ......... ..... 2 1.1 Overview of the product ...................[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 1 - Package Contents The following co ntents should be fou nd in your box: ¾ LG-Nortel 802.11g Turbo 108Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter (LNPAP100T) ¾ Quick Inst allation Guide ¾ Documentation CD, including: • Wireless Client Utility and Drivers • User Guide • Other Helpful Inform ation Note: If an[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 2 - Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Overview of the product The LG-Nortel 802.11g Turbo 108Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter (LNPAP100T) gives you the flexibility t o install your PC or Noteb ook PC in the most conven ient location available, w ithout the cost of running network cables. The adapter's aut o-[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 3 - 1.3 L ED S t atus 1.3.1 LNPAP100T Indication s LED Indicat ions S tatus Working S tatus S tatus Green Intermittently The adapter is in an el ectricity saving status or the adapter is already co nnected but i s not transmitti ng or receiving dat a. S tatus Green Light up The adapter is on wake up [...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 4 - Chapter 2: Installation Guide 2.1 H ardwar e Inst allati on 2.1.1 LNPAP100T Hardware Inst allation T o in stall the ad apter , follow these steps li sted below: 1. Turn off your desktop PC and disco nnect the power. 2. Open your P C case and locate a n available PCI slot on the motherboar d. Remo[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 5 - Figure 2-1 Wireless Cli ent Utility – Inst all Shield Wizar d 3. T o continue , click Next on the scre en, figure 2-2. Cli ck Cancel to end the Installati on. Figure 2-2 Wireles s Client Utility Inst allation Program[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 6 - 4. The Setup Wiz ard will ask you to cho ose a Setup type in fi gure 2-3. It is recommended that you select Inst all Client Utilities and Driver . Select In st all Driver Only to install dr iver only , select Make Driver Inst allation Diskette(s) to make the diskett e(s) as the installat ion driv[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 7 - Figure 2-5 Choose Dest ination Locat ion 7. The Setup Wizard will ask y ou to create a new folder nam e or select one fr om the Existing Fold ers list shown in figure 2-6. It is recommended that you keep the default value. C lick Next to con tinue the Installa tion. Cl ick Back to retu rn to the [...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 8 - Figure 2-6 Select a Program Folder 8. The Setu p Wizard will notify you of how t o proceed wi th the inst allation, shown in figure 2-7. Cl ick OK to continue the In stallatio n. Figure 2-7 In formatio n prompt 9. While files are copying, y ou will see a warn ing box. Please sel ect YES to contin[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 9 - Fig 2-8 Finish 10. Af ter the files have been successfull y copied, the screen in figure 2- 8 will appear . Click OK to reboot the system. Reboo ting is mandatory .[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 10 - Chapter 3: Configuration LNPAP100T can be configured by Wireless Client Utility. This chapter describes how to configure your Wireless Adapter for wireless connectivity on your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption features. After Installing the Adapter , the Ad[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 1 1 - Figure 3-1 Current S tatus The following t able describes th e items found on the Curren t S tatus screen. ¾ Profile Name - The na me of current selected configuration pr ofile. Set up the configuration name on the General tab o f Profile Manage ment . ¾ Link S tat us - Shows whe ther the sta[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 1 3 - 3.2.1 Add or Modify a Conf iguration Profile T o add a new co nfiguration profi le, click New on the Profile Manage ment tab. T o modify a configurati on profile, select the config uration from the Profile list and cli ck Modify . The Profile Manag ement dialog box will display a scre en simila[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 1 4 - None: No security (not re commended). Note : If the access poi nt that the wireless adapter is associating t o has WEP set to Optional and the client has WE P enabl ed, make sure that Al low Association to Mixed Cells is checked o n the Security T ab to allow association. T o complete WEP encry[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 1 5 - Figure 3-6 Define Shared Keys 3. Edit the Advanced tab ¾ Power Save Mode - • Maximum - Se lects ma ximu m mode to let the access point b uffer in coming messages for the wireless adapter . The adapter will detect the acce ss point if any messages are waiti ng periodically . • Norma l - In [...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 1 6 - ¾ 802.1 1 Authent ication Mode - Select which mod e the wireless ad apter uses to authenticate to an acces s point: • Au tomatic causes the adapt er to attempt auth entication usin g shared, but sw itches it to open authentication if shared fails. • Open System enables an adapter to att em[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 1 8 - 2. Click Re fresh to refresh the list at any time. 3. Highlight a network n ame and click Activate to conn ect an available network. If no configuration profile exist s for that network, the Profile Management wi ndow will open the General t ab. Fill in the Pr ofile name and cli ck OK to create[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 1 9 - Figure 3-1 1 Auto Profile Sele ction Manageme nt Dialog 3.3 Di agno stics The Diagnostics t ab of the Wireless Client Utility provi des buttons used to retrieve receiving and transmitting st atistics. The Diag nostics tab do es not require any confi gurat ion. The Diagnosti cs tab list s the fo[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 20 - Figure 3-12 Diagnostics tab 3.3.1 Check Driv e r Information The Adapter Information con tains general infor mation about the wireless netw ork adapter and the Networ k Driver Interface S pecification (NDIS) dri ver . Access the adapter information from th e Diagnostics t ab. ¾ Card Na me - The[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 2 1 - Figure 3-13 Advan ced S tatistics[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 2 2 - Appendi x A: Specifications Normal Interface LNPAP100T : 32-bit PCI S tandards IEEE802 .1 1b; IEEE802.1 1g Operating Sy stem Windows 98Se, Me, 2000, XP T ransmission Distance Indoor up t o 100m, out door up t o 300m (S tand ard transmissi on distance, It is limited to t he environment) . Indoor[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 2 3 - Appendi x B: Glossa ry ¾ 108M Super G TM WLAN T ransmission Techn ology - 108M Super G TM WLAN Transmissi on Technology employs m ultiple performance-en hancing techniques including p acket bursting, f ast frames, data compressi on, and dynamic turb o mode that combi ne to improv e the throu g[...]

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    LNPAP100T 108M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide - 2 4 - an intended receiv er (i.e. another wireless LAN endpoi nt), the DSSS sign al is recognized as t he only valid sign al, and interf erence is inheren tly rejected (ig nored). ¾ FHSS ( F requency H opping S prea d S pectrum) - FHSS continuo usly changes (hops) the carrier frequency of a conventi[...]

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    JAN/2008/ISSUE 1.0[...]