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X-Micro XWL-11GPIG User Manual

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Manual is about: WLAN 11g PCMCIA Card

Summary of XWL-11GPIG

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    Wlan 11g pcmcia card user manual.

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    This product is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the r&tte directive 1999/5/ec. Product name: x-micro wlan 11g pcmcia card model name : xwl-11gpig max. Out power country channels indoor outdoor spain 2400-2483.5 mhz 1-13 france 2400-2454 mhz 1-8 france 2...

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    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-located ...

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    Copyright copyright 2004 by x-micro technology corp., 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, optic...

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    5 contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................6 1.1 product features......................................................................................6 1.2 system requirements .......................................

  • Page 6: 1.1 Product Features

    6 1. Introduction 1.1 product features - compliance with ieee 802.11g and 802.11b standards. - highly efficient design mechanism to provide unbeatable performance. - achieving data rate up to 108mbps for 802.11g and 11mps for 802.11b with wide range coverage. - strong network security with wep and w...

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    7 although the screens may look different. 2.2.1 driver and utility installation 1. Turn on your computer. Insert the x-micro wlan 11g pcmcia card in the cardbus slot of your pc. The find new hardware wizard will appear. Click [cancel]. 2. Insert the x-micro wlan 802.11g cd into the cd-rom drive. Se...

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    8 3. The install shield wizard will automatically start. Click [next] to continue..

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    4. In the next screen click [install] note : in some configurations of windows 2000 and xp a microsoft digital signature warning may appear on your screen. Click [yes] or [continue anyway ] to continue the installation..

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    5. The x-micro wlan 11g pcmcia card driver and utility will be installed on your pc. After the install procedure is complete, the following screen will appear. Click [finish] to exit the wizard. You can now proceed with the configuration of the card.

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    3. Configuration double-click the x-micro wlan 11g pcmcia card icon that has been created on your desktop. A new histogram icon will appear in the system tray at the lower right corner of your screen. Click the icon once to start the utility program. >> 3.1 link information the x-micro wlan 11g pcmc...

  • Page 12: 3.2 General

    12 link status: shows the bssid to identify the wireless network. Channel: shows the current communication channel. Network type: shows the current wireless mode used for wireless communication. Txrate: shows the current data rate used for transmitting. Signal strength : shows the wireless signal st...

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    13 ●infrastructure station – to establish wireless communication with a lan and other wireless clients through the use of access points. ●ad-hoc – to establish point-to-point wireless communication directly with other wireless clients equipped with a wireless network adapter. Ssid: service set ident...

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    14 authenticication mode: select one of the following three available modes: ● open system – the sender and receiver do not share a confidential key for communication. Instead, each party generates its own set of keys and asks the other party to accept. The set is regenerated every time a connection...

  • Page 15: 3.5 Site Survey

    15 power saving: enabling this option offers the following 3 modes: ● continuous access mode (default) – the x-micro wlan 11g pcmcia card is constantly operating at full power. ● maximum power save – the x-micro wlan 11g pcmcia card consumes the least power and only operates when there is wireless n...

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    16 available networks: displays the wireless networks (wireless clients and access points) that are within your signal range. Rescan: start (re-)scanning for available wireless networks. New: add a new profile. 3.6 about in the utility screen click the [about] tab to bring up the following page. Thi...

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    4. Glossary access point an internet working device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. Ad-hoc an independent wireless lan network formed by a group of computers, each with a network adapter. Ap client one of the additional ap operating modes offered by a 54mbps access point, which...

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    18 bandwidth the transmission capacity of a device, which is calculated by how much data the device can transmit in a fixed amount of time expressed in bits per second (bps). Beacon a beacon is a packet broadcast by the access point to keep the network synchronized. Included in a beacon is informati...

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    19 csma/cd carrier sense multiple access/collision detection, which is a lan access method used in ethernet. When a device wants to gain access to the network, it checks to see if the network is quiet (senses the carrier). If it is not, it waits a random amount of time before retrying. If the networ...

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    20 ess stands for “extended service set”. More than one bss is configured to become extended service set. Lan mobile users can roam between different bsss in an ess. Essid the unique identifier that identifies the ess. In infrastructure association, the stations use the same essid as the ap’s to get...

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    21 technology and allied sciences for the benefit of humanity, the advancement of the profession. The ieee fosters the development of standards that often become national and international standards. Infrastructure an infrastructure network is a wireless network or other small network in which the w...

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    22 ppdu plcp protocol data unit preamble type during transmission, the psdu shall be appended to a plcp preamble and header to create the ppdu. Two different preambles and headers are defined as the mandatory supported long preamble and header which interoperates with the current 1 and 2 mbit/s dsss...

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    23 the mask is a binary pattern that is matched up with the ip address to turn part of the host id address field into a field for subnets. Tcp/ip transmission control protocol/ internet protocol. The basic communication language or protocol of the internet. It can also be used as a communications pr...

  • Page 24: Www.X-Micro.Com

    24 www.X-micro.Com.