Gigabyte GN-WLMA101 Manual de usuario

GN-WLMA101

IEEE 802.11a/b/g Dual-band Wireless LAN Card

User’s Manual

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw

Rev. 1.0 First Edition

Contents

CHAPTER 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1

1-1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................1

1-2. FEATURES .................................................................................................................1

1-3. PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS/PACKAGING.............................................................................1

1-4. LED INDICATING LIGHT...............................................................................................2

1-5. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................2

1-5-1. Supported Platform.........................................................................................................2

1-5-2. Supported Operation System........................................................................................2

CHAPTER 2. INSTALLING THE WLAN CARD 3

2-1. INSTALLING THE DRIVER & UTILITY (APPLICABLE TO ANY SUPPORTED OS) .....................3

CHAPTER 3. USING THE UTILITY 5

3-1. ASSOCIATION INFO ....................................................................................................5

3-2. 802.11a/b SITE SURVEY….…………...……………….………...…………………………7

3-3. STATISTICS……..…...………………………………………………...……………………8

3-4. CONFIGURATION........................................................................................................8

3-5. DRIVER INFO…...…………………………………………………………………………14

CHAPTER 4. SPECIFICATIONS 15

Chapter 1. Product Overview

1-1. Introduction

This 802.11a/b/g Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) card is composed of the MAC,

Baseband, and radio components, CARDBUS interface, and two built-in antennas. It

operates in 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency bands, providing fast (up to 108Mbps) and

secure (support AES, 802.1x & WEP) connections to 802.11a and 802.11b and 802.11g

networks from a single card.

This product features the compact size, low power consumption, and power management

functions, and provides a high-speed wireless data communication. Therefore, this

product is ideally suitable for being integrated into the personal mobile and handheld

platform.

1-2. Features

 Conforms to IEEE 802.11a/802.11b/802.11g specification.

 Transmits data rate up to the maximum speed of 108Mbps.

 Dynamically scales the data rate.

 Automatic power management to reduce battery consumption.

 Built-in diversity antenna.

 Seamless roaming between 802.11a , 802.11b and 802.11g networks.

 Supports AES (Advance Encryption System), enterprise-class 802.1x security and

multiple levels of WEP encryption (64-bit /128-bit/152-bit).

 Driver supports Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP.

1-3. Physical Dimensions/Packaging

Dimensions: 120 mm * 54mm * 5mm

This WLAN card conforms to the PC card Type II standard. There are two LED-indicating

lights to indicate power/Link status.

1-4. LED Indicating Light

Power: The Power LED lights up when the WLAN card is powered on.

Link: The Link LED lights up when the WLAN card has an active connection. If the

LED isn’t on, the card isn’t interfacing with the network.

1-5. System Requirements

1-5-1. Supported Platform

IBM PC/AT compatible computer

1-5-2. Supported Operation System

Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP

Chapter 2. Installing the WLAN Card

2-1. Installing The Driver & Utility (Applicable to any supported OS)

Step 1: Please make sure that you don’t plug your card yet.

Step 2: Insert our setup CD into your CDROM drive, the following window will pop up.

Step 3: Click “Install Wireless LAN Driver”.

Step 4: Click “Next”.

Step 5: Click “Finish”. The wizard will install the driver.

Step 6: Click “OK”.

Step 7: Click “Yes”.

Step 8:Click “Yes”, and then your installation is ok.

Chapter 3. Using The Utility

The Configuration & Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the

card and monitor the statistics of the communication link. Unlike the standard method of

configuring the card via the operating system utilities (e.g. Control Panel), this application

permits the dynamic modification of the configuration parameters while the card is

operating. It also offers some more configuration options. It appears as an icon on the

Windows system tray whenever the card is running (see Figure 3-1). The icon can tell you

the received signal strength by four small green lights. You can open it by double-clicking

on this icon.

Figure 3-1. The icon of the Configuration & Monitor Utility

3-1. Association Info

The “Association Info” tab shows you the current association information about the card’s

connection with a wireless network. In the middle of the screen, you can see transmit and

received signal strength for this card.

Figure 3-2. Current link status of the wireless LAN card

If you want to turn off the card’s radio, click the radio icon at the bottom of the screen, Fig

3-3 shows the result. Just click it again to turn on the radio. In order to exit, click the “X”

button at the bottom of the screen.

Figure 3-3. Turn off the card’s radio

Other items reports the following information:

Association State: The field shows you if WLAN card is communicating with an access

point or peer-to peer group.

MAC Address: This card’s physical address.

Channel [Freq]: The current channel and center frequency used by the WLAN card.

Security: The current security setting.

SSID: Wireless network name.

BSSID: Basic service set identification.

Type: The current network type.

3-2. 802.11a/b/g Site Survey

The “802.11a/b/g Site Survey” tab shows you the list of reachable access points and/or

peer-to-peer stations. In Fig 3.4, the card one four 802.11a and two 802.11b and one

802.11g wireless devices.

Figure 3-4. Reachable access points and/or peer-to-peer stations

Other items reports the following information:

SSID: Wireless network name.

BSSID: Basic service set identification.

Mode: 802.11a or 802.11b or 802.11g network.

Channel: The current channel number used by the WLAN card.

Freq: The center radio frequency occupies by the WLAN card.

Encryption: Encrypt data or not

Signal Strength: It shows the received signal strength from the detected wireless device.

Refresh List: Rescan the available network and then refresh the result.

3-3. Statistics

The “Statistics” tab shows you the number of packets sent and received by the card.

Figure 3-5. The statistic number of packets sent and received by the card

3-4. Configuration

The “Configuration” Tab contains several fields where operating parameters of the driver

can be viewed or changed. Just click “APPLY” button, changes to any of the parameters

in this panel can be applied to the driver without the need to reset the WLAN card. If you

want to restore the default value, click “Default” button.

3-4-1. Basic setting:

Profile Name: You can save various wireless settings for different environments.

Network Mode: This field allows you to select the mode from a list of supported network

mode. The modes displayed have two values: “Ad Hoc” and “Infrastructure”.

Power Saving: The card supports advanced power management to extend battery life.

a. When set to “off ”: the card does not use the power saving mechanism.

b. When set to “Normal ”: the card enters into sleep status when it is inactive and only

wakes up periodically to receive some messages from the access point.

c. When set to “Maximum ”: This case is similar to “Normal ”, but it draws less battery

power as a result of less wake up frequently. This also leads to slower response to

network request.

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