Summary of PCI Adapter fxmicro
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X-micro wlan 11g pci adapter user manual.
Page 2: Contents
2 contents 1. Introduction 5 1.1 product feature ..........................................................................................5 1.2 system requirement ..................................................................................5 2. Getting start 5 2.1 led indicators..................
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3 this product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the r & t t e d i r e c t i v e 1 9 9 9 / 5 / e c . Product name: x-micro wlan 11g pci card m odel name : xwl-11gcag max. Out power country channels indoor outdoor spain 2400-2483.5 mhz 1-13 france 2400-...
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4 fcc information fcc radiation exposure statement this equipment complies with fcc radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. This transmitter must not be co-locate...
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5 1. Introduction 1.1 product feature ● compliance with ieee 802.11g and 802.11b standards ● highly efficient design mechanism to provide unbeatable performance ● achieving data rate up to 54mbps for 802.11g and 11mps for 802.11b with wide range coverage; high performance to deliver up to 108mbps ra...
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6 2.2 install the 108mbps wireless network pci adapter 2.2.1 utility installation 1. Before insert pci adapter into the pci slot of your computer, please install the utility program first. Make sure that the 108mbps wireless network pci adapter is not inserted into the pci slot. Note: all the snappe...
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7 3. Installshield wizard will automatically start. Please click “next” to continue..
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9 4. Please click “finish” 5. Please make sure turn off your computer and remove the power cord from your pc. Open the computer case and then please insert the wireless pci adapter into the empty pci slot of your computer system. Once the wireless pci adapter is installed, place the computer case ba...
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10 2. Please click “continue anyway”.
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11 3. Please click “finish” 4. To make sure if the installation is successful, you could check it through the device management..
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12 5. Once the installation is successful, a utility program icon will show on your desktop. To lunch the utility, just double click the icon. 3. Configuration 3.1 link information the default page is as below after you launch the utility program. Status: shows the bssid associated, which can be use...
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13 encryption: shows the current encryption mode used for wireless network. Txrate: shows the current data rate used for transmitting. Channel: shows the current channel for communication. Link quality: shows the link quality of the 54mbps wireless network pci adapter with the access point when oper...
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14 ●ad-hoc – to establish point-to-point wireless communication directly with other wireless client devices such as wireless network pci adapter. Adhoc band: there are two bands available for selection- 11b and 11g channel: the value of channel that ap will operate in. You can select the channel ran...
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15 encryption: 4 options are available: disable, enable, wpa and wpa-psk. Select enable or disable for wep data encryption feature. If one of the two options is selected, it is required to select the authentication mode from the next dropping list. If wpa is selected, configuration is enabled. Pleas...
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16 aut. Mode: there are three modes available to choose. Open authentication – the sender and receiver do not share secret key for communication. Instead, each party generates its own key-pairs and asks the other party to accept it. The key is regenerated when the connection is established every tim...
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17 3.4 site survey this page allows you to enable the site survey function to scan for the available wireless network (wireless clients and access points) and establish wireless communications with one. Available network – displays the wireless networks (wireless clients and access points) that are ...
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Page 19: 3.5 About Us
19 3.5 about us this page displays some information about the 54mpbs pci adapter utility, which includes the version numbers for driver, firmware and utility. When there is new version of software available for upgrade, you will be able to identify by version numbers. 4. Glossary access point: an in...
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20 authentication type: indication of an authentication algorithm which can be supported by the access point: 1. Open system: open system authentication is the simplest of the available authentication algorithms. Essentially it is a null authentication algorithm. Any station that requests authentica...
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21 both back off and wait a random amount of time before retrying. Dhcp: dynamic host configuration protocol, which is a protocol that lets network administrators manage and allocate internet protocol (ip) addresses in a network. Every computer has to have an ip address in order to communicate with ...
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22 gateway: a device that interconnects networks with different, incompatible communication protocols. Hex: hexadecimal, hex, consists of numbers from 0 – 9 and letters from a – f. Ieee: the institute of electrical and electronics engineers, which is the largest technical professional society that p...
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23 connection to an infrastructure network. Rts: request to send. An rs-232 signal sent from the transmitting station to the receiving station requesting permission to transmit. Rts threshold: transmitters contending for the medium may not be aware of each other. Rts/cts mechanism can solve this “hi...