User manual ACTIONTEC 802CIG

[. . . ] 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card User Manual Introduction Congratulations for purchasing of the 54Mbps Wireless PC Card! 1 Your Actiontec 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card provides a single PC Card solution for connecting to Wireless-B (802. 11b) and WIreless-G (802. 11-g) networks. Whichever standard you encounter, your Actiontec 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card is ready to connect. All wireless communications can be protected by 64- or 128-bit Wired Equivalency Privacy (WEP) for the highest level of security. Product Features The following list summarizes the features of your Actiontec 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card: · Conforms to IEEE 802. 11g and 802. 11b standards. · High-speed wireless 54 Mbps throughput that is nearly 5 times faster than 802. 11b products. [. . . ] The Access Point can also be configured to allow data to be bridged from the wireless network to wired networks. To participate in a wireless network in Infrastructure mode, every station and Access Point must specify the same Network Name. In Infrastructure mode, all available channels are scanned for traffic. As a result, there is no need to specify a channel. Setting Up Encryption (Encryption Tab) The Encryption tab lets you enable encryption and specify encryption keys. 27 Actiontec 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card User Manual To enable encryption, click the down arrow at the right of the Encryption field, select either 64 bit or 128 bit and click the Apply button. After enabling an encryption method, specify encryption keys, as described in the following sections. Creating Encryption Keys Manually When you specify 64-bit or 128-bit encryption, the configuration utility selects Create Keys Manually and lets you enter keys as either 28 Chapter 3 Configuration alphanumeric or hexadecimal characters. When you click one of these buttons, the cursor appears next to Key 1. · For 64-bit encryption, type exactly 5 alphanumeric or 10 hexadecimal characters in each of the four key fields. · For 128-bit encryption, type exactly 13 alphanumeric or 26 hexadecimal characters. After you click Apply, the configuration utility uses asterisks to mask your keys. The Use WEP Key field lets you specify which of the four encryption keys you use to transmit data on your wireless network. You can change the default key by clicking on the down arrow at the right of this field, selecting the number of the key you want to use and clicking the Apply button. As long as the Access Point or station with which you are communicating has the same key in the same position, you can use any of the keys as the default. Creating Encryption Keys Using a Passphrase To create encryption keys using a passphrase, click Create Key with Passphrase and type a character string in the Passphrase field. As you type, the configuration utility displays asterisks to mask your passphrase and uses an algorithm to generate four keys used for encryption. Using a passphrase to generate the four keys makes it easy to set the same keys for all members of your wireless network. IBSS Channel Selection (IBSS Tab) When communicating in a peer-to-peer network, you can use the IBSS tab to specify a channel on which you prefer communications to take place. Just click on the channel in the IBSS Channel Selection field, then click the Apply button. The channel you select is not necessarily the channel on which peer-topeer communications will be established. If the IBSS network names (SSID) are the same for nodes in the peer-to-peer network, but have different preferred channels, a network can still be established. In this case, if it cannot find a network with the specified network name on the preferred channel, a station will scan other channels until it finds a peerto-peer network with the specified network name on which to communi- 29 Actiontec 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card User Manual cate. If you specified Access Point as the network type in the Configuration tab, selecting a channel in this tab has no effect until you change the Network Type to Peer-to-Peer. Selecting a Domain (Domain Tab) "Domain" refers to a territory where radio frequency transmissions must conform to the standards set by a single regulatory agency. For example, the frequencies and channels allowed for wireless data communications in the United States are set by the FCC. Every country sets its own standards, although in practice many countries may use the same standards. [. . . ] Actiontec Electronics warrants the media containing software against failure during the warranty period. The only updates that will be provided are at the sole discretion of Actiontec Electronics and will only be available for download at the Actiontec Web site, www. actiontec. com. Actiontec Electronics' sole obligation under this express warranty shall be, at Actiontec Electronics' option and expense, to refund the purchase price paid by Customer for any defective software product, or to replace any defective media with software which substantially conforms to applicable Actiontec Electronics published specifications. Customer assumes responsibility for the selection of the appropriate applications program and associated reference materials. [. . . ]