User manual ENGENIUS EL-2511CD-

[. . . ] Wireless LAN Card User Guide Before operating the unit, please read this manual and retain it for future Wireless LAN Card Long Range Wireless LAN Card The user guide is fit for both Wireless LAN Card and Long Range Wireless LAN Card Contents 1. Introduction 1. 1 Package Contents 1. 2 PC Card Description 1. 3 System Requirements 1. 4 Features and Benefits 1. 5 Applications 1. 6 Network Configurations 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 2. Installing Driver and Utility 2. 1 Installation for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP 2. 2 Checking after Installation 2. 3 Wireless LAN Client Utility 2. 4 Uninstalling Driver and Utility 8 8 15 17 30 3. Connecting to a Network 3. 1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks 3. 2 Checking and Adding NetBEUI 3. 3 Checking and Adding TCP/IP 31 31 32 33 3. 4 Checking and Adding File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks 34 3. 5 Checking and Adding Computer Name and Workgroup Name 34 4. [. . . ] 21 Throughput (Bytes/sec) Tx: shows the outgoing (sent) data speed. Link Quality In infrastructure mode, this bar displays the transmission quality between a WLAN station (Access Point) and Wireless LAN PC Card. In Peer-to-Peer mode (Ad-Hoc), this bar displays the link quality between two Wireless LAN PC Cards. The higher bar is, the more powerful radio signal is received by the PC Card. Disable/Enable Radio This button is used like a switch that allows users to turn off the wireless radio by clicking this button and turn it on again. Rescan The radio will rescan all available channels by pressing this button. You can push this button to rescan the channels for better link quality when the link quality is poor. Configuration Make configuration changes by specifying the proper configuration parameters on this configuration tab as shown in Figure 2-3-7. Figure 2-3-7 22 Profile You can give a name for this field to a setting of configuration parameters, such as Network Name, Network Type, Transmit Rate, Encryption (WEP Security), etc. It makes much easier for users to change WLAN configuration settings who need to switch working places frequently. Suppose that a user has to work between the two different offices where there are different network settings. In this case, this user just needs to setup two profiles for the two offices and simply selects the proper profile when the user switches to the different office. Network Name For infrastructure mode, you need to type in the SSID of the access point to which your computer connects. For Ad-Hoc (peer-to-peer) mode, you need to type in the virtual SSID of the Ad-Hoc network to which your computer attaches. Network Type There are two types of network modes in this drop-down list as shown in Figure 2-3-8, Peer-to-Peer and Access Point (Infrastructure). Figure 2-3-8 23 Peer to Peer: If two or more stations exchange data directly without an access point, you need to select Peer-to-Peer mode. Each station in a Peer-to-Peer (Ad-Hoc) network must specify the same network name (SSID) and peer-to-peer channel. Access Point: If at least one access point involves in the communications in a group of stations, you need to select Infrastructure mode. Each station needs to specify the same network name (SSID) as the access point. Please refer to the section 1-6 for more details about peer-to-peer mode and Access Point (infrastructure) mode. Peer-to-Peer Channel This option is just for Peer-to-Peer (Ad-Hoc) mode. You need to specify a channel on which the communications are established. Each station in a Peer-to-Peer (Ad-Hoc) network must specify the same channel and network type (SSID). Power Save Mode Power Save function as shown in figure 2-3-9 . This function can conserve more battery energy and extend the battery life. [. . . ] Repeat the step 2 and 3 of Chapter 3-1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks. Select Identification tab or User Information tab to check the computer name, workgroup and computer description are entered. If you want to share data with other persons, make sure you have the same workgroup name. 34 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter describes the problems and corresponding solutions that may occur when installing a PC Card. Symptom Solution Verify that the PC Card is properly inserted into the PC Card slot. [. . . ]