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ConnectGear WE320 User Manual

Manual is about: Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter

Summary of WE320

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    W w i i r r e e l l e e s s s s l l a a n n c c a a r r d d b b u u s s a a d d a a p p t t e e r r user manual version: 3.0 (june, 2003).

  • Page 2: Copyright

    Copyright copyright  2002/2003 by this company. All rights 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, c...

  • Page 3: Interference Statement

    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 fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa...

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    Federal communications commission (fcc) rf exposure requirements sar compliance has been established in the laptop computer(s) configurations with pcmcia slot on the side near the center, as tested in the application for certification, and can be used in laptop computer(s) with substantially similar...

  • Page 5: Contents

    Contents 1 introduction ............................................................................. 1 1.1 f eatures .................................................................................................... 1 1.2 s pecifications ..............................................................

  • Page 6: 1 Introduction

    1 1 introduction thank you for purchasing the wireless lan cardbus adapter. This card features the latest innovation wireless technology. Ieee 802.1x which request wireless stations to pass the authorization by entering a unique user name and password designated by the authorization server before co...

  • Page 7: 1.3 Package

    2 • transmit power: 16dbm~18dbm • receive sensitivity: -83dbm (typical) • dimension: 7(h) x 113(w) x 54(d) • temperature: 32~131 ° f (0 ~55 ° c) • humidity: 0-95% (noncondensing) • certification: fcc, ce 1.3 package contents before you begin the installation, please check the items of your package. ...

  • Page 8: 2  Installation Procedure

    3 2 installation procedure 2.1 windows 98se/me/2000 before you proceed with the installation, please notice following descriptions. Note1: the following installation was operated under windows 2000. (procedures will be the same for windows 98se/me.) note2: if you have installed the wireless pc card ...

  • Page 9: 2.2 Windows

    4 3. Click "finish" to complete the installation. 4. When you complete the utility installation, a shortcut named “rtl8180“ will appear in the computer’s desktop and a new icon will display in the system tray at the bottom of the screen. Double click the shortcut or the icon and start using the wlan...

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    5 b. Using the utility of this adapter 1. Get into windows xp’s utility, click “advanced“ button. 2. On the “wireless networks“ tab in the “wireless network connection properties“ screen, clear the “use windows to configure my wireless network settings“ check box. If you want to enable the windows x...

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    6 note: if you don’t disable the xp’s utility, you can still see the link status and statistics during communication process from the adapter’s utility..

  • Page 12: 3 Configuration Utility

    7 3 configuration utility the configuration utility is a powerful application that helps you configure the wireless lan cardbus adapter and monitor the link status and the statistics during the communication process. This utility can be used to change the following configuration parameters when the ...

  • Page 13: 3.2 Configuration

    8 parameter description connect button click the button to connect to the selected network. Cancel button click the button to cancel the wireless network connection. 3.2 configuration this screen is for you to make advanced setting in order to connect to an available network or create a new wireless...

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    9 parameter description available wireless network(s) configure button if you are unable to conect to an existing wireless network, click the network name and then click this button. The “wireless netowrk properties“ will show up for you to configure the adapter and ensure the settings are correct. ...

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    10 parameter description network name(ssid) the ssid (up to 32 printable ascii characters) is the unique name identified in a wlan. The id prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located wlans. Only the wireless devices with the same ssid can interconnect. Wireless network key(wep) wep is an au...

  • Page 16: 3.3 Advanced

    11 parameter description wireless network key(wep) network key if the network is required for wired equivalent privacy (wep) key, type the key in the text box. The key should be 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters according to the wep mode designated by the network. Note: the hexadecimal characters incl...

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    12 parameter description ad hoc default channel select the number of the radio channel used for the ad hoc networking. The channel of all the wireless stations in the ad hoc network should be the same. The parameter is not active in the infrastructure operation mode. Note: the infrastructure operati...

  • Page 18: 3.4 Status

    13 parameter description preamble mode the preamble defines the length of the crc block for communication among the wireless stations. There are three mode including long, short and auto. High network traffic areas should use the shorter preamble type. If “auto“ mode is selected, the adapter will au...

  • Page 19: 3.5 Statistics

    14 3.5 statistics you can get the real time information about the packet transmission and receiving status during wireless communication from the screen. If you want to recount the statistics value, please click “reset“ button..

  • Page 20: 3.6 About

    15 3.6 about this screen displays the version and the designer of the utility..

  • Page 21: 4 Troubleshooting

    16 4 troubleshooting this chapter provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the adapter. 1. What is the ieee 802.11b standard？ the ieee 802.11b wireless lan standard subcommittee which formulates the standard for the industry. The objective is to ena...

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    17 8. What is aes? Aes (advanced encryption standard), a chip-based security, has been developed to ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information, wherever and however communicated or stored, while making more efficient use of hardware and/or software than previous e...

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    18 12. What is dsss？what is fhss？and what are their differences？ frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (fhss) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver. Properly synchronized, the net effect is to maintain a single logical channel. To an...