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2 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Copyright 2004, Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty . Ltd. All right s reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manu[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 3 Disclaimer Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty . Ltd. makes no represent ations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further , Mitsubishi Electric Australia reserves the right to rev[...]

4 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start System Requirements T o begin using the A1 1 1 Wireless Card Adaptor , you must have the following minimum requirements: • Windows 2000 or XP • S tandard PCMCIA Slot T ype II • 128MB system memory or larger • 300MHz processor or higher Inst allation Procedures Impor[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 5 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start 2. Click Next on the Welcome screen. 3. Click Next to use the default Destination Folder or click Browse to select another folder. 4. Click Next to place icons in the default pro- gram folder or type another folder name. 1 . Click Install A111 WLAN Card Utilities/Driver. 5.[...]

6 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start 7. Carefully insert the A1 1 1 card into your computer’s PC card slot. Windows will au- tomatically find and configure the WLAN card using the drivers installed in the previ- ous steps. 6. Windows XP users: When the program is launched for the first time (during Windows r[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 7 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start 6. Y ou can also see the connection quality on the Connection page. Click OK to exit the utility . 5 . Check the Status page to see the Association State . It should show “Connected - xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx”. 3. Use Site Survey if you don’t know the name of your access poi[...]

8 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start Sof t AP (Windows XP Only) Soft AP mode allows the A1 1 1 card to act as a virtual access point. The computer needs to be connected to a wired network using an Ethernet connection in order to provide network access to WLAN clients. 1. Select Soft AP Mode 3. Enable ICS * and[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 9 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start Soft AP Access Control and WDS Soft AP mode allows for Access Control and WDS configuration. Access Control The AP provides facilities to limit the wireless clients that associate with it and the data packets that can forward through it. Filters provide network security or [...]

10 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start Enter a MAC Address on the Access Control page and select Accept or Reject or Disable . Enter a MAC Address on the WDS page and click Add , then select WDS enabled or uncheck to disable this function. Sof t AP Mode will also provide two extra tabs on the S tatus pages - As[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 11 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start Reading the A111 Status Indicators The part of the A1 1 1 card that protrudes out of the PCMCIA socket consists of two LEDs that indicate the st atus of the A1 1 1 . LNK (Link) LED OFF: No power , error, or not connected to a wireless AP or Router . ON: Lights when connect[...]

12 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Software Reference 3. Sof tware Reference Chapter Overview The A1 1 1 Card software includes several utilities: • A1 1 1 Control Center – Makes it easy to launch applications and activate network location settings. • Wireless Settings – Allows users to configure the A1 1 1 Card. [...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 13 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Software Reference Windows XP Wireless Options The wireless option shown below is only available for Windows XP . The first time you run the Control Center utility , it will automatically show . Select one of the radio buttons to decide which interface to use with your WLAN Card. Only us[...]

14 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Control Center A1 1 1 Control Center Control Center is an application that makes it easy to launch applications and activate network location settings. Control Center starts automatically when the system boots. Whenever Control Center is running, you will see a Control Center icon displa[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 15 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Control Center Wireless Status Icons (on the taskbar) Excellent link quality and connected to Internet (Infrastructure) Good link quality and connected to Internet (Infrastructure) Fair link quality and connected to Internet (Infrastructure) Poor link quality and connected to Internet (I[...]

16 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Control Center Taskbar Icon - Left Menu Left-clicking the taskbar icon shows the following menu: • Wireless Radio On – Turns the wireless radio ON. • Wireless Radio Off – Turns the wireless radio OFF . • Search & Connect – View the properties of available Access Points wi[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 17 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Status - Status Tab Y ou can view the information about the A1 1 1 card from this menu. These fields are blank if the card does not exist. Y ou can turn OFF the A1 1 1 by clicking the Disable Radio button. Connected Radio Disabled Wireless Settings Utility Wireless Sett[...]

18 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Association State Displays the connection status as follows: Connected - The station is now associated with one wireless LAN device. When operating in Infrastructure mode, this field shows the MAC address of the Access Point with which you are communicating. When operat[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 19 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Activate Configuration Auto roaming is enabled by default and will automatically switch to stronger access points. Y ou can uncheck it if you have many access points and do not want to constantly switch to different networks. If you want to use a particular profile, you[...]

20 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Status - Connection Tab Y ou can view the current link statistics about the A1 1 1 card. These statistics are updated once per second and are valid only if the A1 1 1 card exists. Frame Sent/Received Transmitted - The number of frames that were transmitted. Received - T[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 21 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Status - IP Config Tab The IP Config tab shows all the current network configuration information for the A1 1 1 card. Use it to verify your network settings. IP Config will display all the current TCP/IP configuration values including the IP address, subnet mask, defaul[...]

22 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Config - Basic Tab Lets you change the A1 1 1 card configurations without rebooting your computer . Network Type Infrastructure – Select the Infrastructure mode to establish a connection with an Access Point. Y our computer is able to access wireless LAN and wired LAN[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 23 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Click on Apply to save and activate the new configuration. Channel Use the Channel field to select the radio channel for A1 1 1 card. In an infrastructure network, your A1 1 1 will automatically select the correct frequency channel required to communicate with an Access[...]

24 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Config - Encryption Tab Lets you configure the A1 1 1 card encryption settings. For data confidentiality in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.1 1 specifies a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm to offer transmission privacy similar to a wired network.WEP uses keys t[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 25 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Key Length For 64-bit encryption, each Key contains exactly 10 hex digits, or 5 ASCII characters. For 128-bit encryption, each Key contains exactly 26 hex digits, or 13 ASCII characters. Two ways to assign WEP keys 1. Manual Assignment - When you click this button, the [...]

26 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings 64/128-bit versus 40/104-bit Y ou may be confused about enabling WEP encryption, especially when using multiple wireless LAN products from different vendors. There are two levels of WEP Encryption: 64-bit and 128-bit. Firstly , 64-bit WEP and 40-bit WEP are the same enc[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 27 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Survey - Site Survey Tab Use the Site Survey tab to view statistics on the wireless networks available to the A1 1 1 Card. The Site Survey tab is read-only with no user configurable data fields. Use the Site Survey tab to view the following network parameters. • BSSID[...]

28 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings About - Version Info Tab Uses the V ersion Info tab to view program and A1 1 1 card version information. The program version information field includes the Copyright and utility version. The version information includes the NDIS version, driver name, and driver version.[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 29 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Link State The Link State icon appears on the left side of the WLAN Card Settings. Use the icon to view the current signal status. Exit Wireless Settings T o exit Wireless Settings, you can click OK or Cancel . This utility may be closed at any time and from any tab. If[...]

30 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Software Reference Ad Hoc The A1 1 1 card adaptor when set to Ad Hoc mode can connect to other wireless device(s) in a wireless network called an Ad Hoc network. T o connect the A1 1 1 card to another wireless device: 1 . Launch the Wireless Settings util- ity by double-clicking the Con-[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 31 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Software Reference 5 . Click the Status button to verify if the A1 1 1 card is connected to the device. If the connection is established, the Associa- tion State field shows “Con- nected - XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX ” 6 . Click the Connection tab to dis- play the connection strength and link [...]

32 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Properties Windows XP Wireless Properties 2 . Double-click Wireless Network Connection 1. Double-click t h e Network Connections icon in the Control Panel. 3. The General page will show status, duration, speed, and signal strength. Signal strength is represented by green bars wi[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 33 Chapter 3 - Reference Chapter 3 Wireless Properties 5. The Authentication page allows you to add security settings. Read Windows help for more information. 6. The Advanced page allows you to set fire- wall and sharing. Read Windows help for more information. Windows XP Wireless Properties (Cont.)[...]

Chapter 4 - T roubleshooting Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 34 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 4. T roubleshooting The following troubleshooting guides provide answers to some of the more common problems, which you may encounter while installing or using the A1 1 1 Wireless Card Adaptor . If you encounter difficulties that are not mentioned in this section, [...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 35 Chapter 4 - T roubleshooting Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Cannot connect to a Station (A111 Card) Follow the procedure below to configure your A1 1 1 card. a. V erify that the Network T ype is in Ad Hoc mode. b. V erify that the SSID of your A1 1 1 is set to the same SSID of the other station (or another WLAN card). c . V[...]

36 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary 5. Glossary Access Point (AP) A networking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. Access Points combined with a distributed system support the creation of multiple radio cells that enable roaming throughout a facility . Ad Hoc A wireless network composed sol[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 37 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary COFDM (for 802.11a or 802.11g) Signal power alone is not enough to maintain 802.1 1b-like distances in an 802.1 1a/g environment. T o compensate, a new physical-layer encoding technology was designed that departs from the traditional direct-sequence technology being deployed toda[...]

38 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) This protocol allows a computer (or many computers on your network) to be automatically assigned a single IP address from a DHCP server . DNS Server Address (Domain Name System) DNS allows Internet host computers to have a domain name an[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 39 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Encryption This provides wireless data transmissions with a level of security . This option allows you to specify a 64-bit or a 128-bit WEP key . A 64-bit encryption contains 10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII characters. A 128-bit encryption contains 26 hexadecimal digits or 13 AS[...]

40 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary IEEE 802.11 IEEE 802.xx is a set of specifications for LANs from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). Most wired networks conform to 802.3, the specification for CSMA/CD based Ethernet networks or 802.5, the specification for token ring networks. 802.1 1 d[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 41 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary IEEE 802.11b (11Mbits/sec) In 1997, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) adopted the 802.1 1 standard for wireless devices operating in the 2.4 GHz frequency band. This st andard includes provisions for three radio technologies: direct sequence spread spec[...]

42 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a defined geographical area. The benefits include the sharing of Internet access, files and equipment like printers and storage devices. Special network cabling (10 Base-T) is often used to connect the PCs[...]

A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 43 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Preamble Allows you to set the preamble mode for a network to Long, Short, or Auto. The default preamble mode is Long. Radio Frequency (RF) Terms: GHz, MHz, Hz The international unit for measuring frequency is Hertz (Hz), equivalent to the older unit of cycles per second. One Meg[...]

44 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) This is a group of computers and other devices connected wirelessly in a small area. A wireless network is referred to as LAN or WLAN. WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) Wi-Fi Protected Access (WP A) is an improved security system for 802.1 1. It is p[...]

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