User manual BUFFALO WLI-PCI-G54

[. . . ] ® 54Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Adapter-g User Manual WLI-PCI-G54 ® 4030 W. Suite 120 Austin, Texas 78759 Tel: 800-456-9799 Fax: 512-794-8606 Technical Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Toll-Free: 866-752-6210 email: info@buffalotech. com WWW. BUFFALOTECH. COM/WIRELESS 54 Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Adapter-g Windows XP Installation & Configuration 1. Installing the Wireless Desktop PCI Adapter: a. With the computer powered down and the cover removed to expose the inside of the system, insert the 54Mbps PCI Desktop Adapter into an available PCI slot. The card should fit firmly into the slot and should be screwed into the chassis. [. . . ] Select Automatically or Manually from the menu to change the method affiliated with the profile. If you select Manually from the IP menu, the IP Configuration dialog box will open when you click the Okay button. · WEP--Displays whether WEP encryption is currently used by the profile you are editing. Select Yes or No from the menu to change whether WEP encryption is used with the profile. If you select Yes from the WEP menu, the WEP Configuration dialog box will open when you click the Okay button. · Okay--Click the Okay button to save your changes and return to the Profiles page. · Cancel--Click the Cancel button to return to the Profiles page without saving your changes. Signal Strength is based on the peak signal level the wireless adapter receives from the wireless device to which it is connected. Signal Quality is a signal-to-noise ratio, which is a measurement comparing strength of the signal with the background noise on the wireless network. Edit Profile Dialog Box Select Profiles»Edit to open this dialog box. This page includes the following components: · Profile Name--Displays the current name of the profile you are editing. · Network Type--Displays the current network mode of the profile you are editing. Select Infrastructure or Ad-hoc from the menu to change the network type of the profile. Select Infrastructure if your network consists of both wired and wireless devices that communicate through a central device, such as an access point. Select Adhoc if your network consists of only wireless devices that communicate with each other directly. · SSID--Displays the current SSID of the profile you are editing. Enter any changes to your SSID in this field. The SSID is the unique network name that functions as an identifier for your wireless devices. All wireless devices on a network must use identical SSIDs to successfully associate with other devices on the network. myssid is an example of a valid SSID. IP Configuration Dialog Box Use this dialog box to manually set your Internet Protocol (IP) specifications. This page includes the following components: · IP Address--Enter the IP address of your network. · Okay--Click the Okay button to save your specifications and return to the previous dialog box, either the New Profile dialog box or the Edit Profile dialog box. 15 16 · Cancel--Click the Cancel button to return to the previous dialog box, either the New Profile dialog box or the Edit Profile dialog box, without saving your specifications. Signal Strength is based on the peak signal level the wireless adapter receives from the wireless device to which it is connected. Signal Quality is a signal-to-noise ratio, which is a measurement comparing strength of the signal with the background noise on the wireless network. WEP Key--Enter your WEP key. Your WEP key is the shared encryption key that is required before a device can access your network. The following table displays the appropriate length of the WEP key, which is based on the WEP Type and Key Format values. [. . . ] WEP--Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security measure available for WLANs to help them be as secure as wired LANs. WEP provides security by encrypting data so it is protected as it is transmitted over radio waves. To read encrypted files you must have access to the password, or key, that decrypts the files. WEP key--A WEP key is a decryption key, or password, that is required to access any WEP-encrypted data. To effectively enable WEP encryption, you must enter your WEP key. Wi-Fi--Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) refers to any wireless networking equipment that adheres to 802. 11 standards. Wireless Notebook Adapter--A wireless notebook adapter is a 32-bit wireless connection device that fits in the PC card slot of a notebook computer. Wireless Zero Configuration Service--Windows XP offers the Wireless Zero Configuration Service to support 802. 11b and 802. 11g wireless networking. This service automatically polls the area for available wireless access points. [. . . ]