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Instant Wireless TM Series Wireless PC Card User Guide Use this Guide to install: WPC54A.
COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant Wire l es s ™ i s a registered trade- mark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ar e registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names ar e the property of their respective pr oprietors.
T able of Contents Chapter 1: Intr oduction 1 The W ireless PC Card 1 F eatures 1 Package Contents 2 System Requirements 2 Chapter 2: Planning Y our Wir eless Networ k 3 Netw ork T opology 3 Roaming 3.
Wireless PC Card 1 Chapter 1: Introduction Put the “mobile” back into mobile computing! Whether you’ re at your desk or in the boardroom, the W ireless PC Card allo ws you to share printers, f iles, and other resources anyw here within your LAN infrastructure, increasing your pro- ductivity and k eeping you “in touch.
Wireless PC Card Instant Wireless TM Series 3 Chapter 2: Planning Y o u r Wireless Network A wireless LAN is exactly lik e a regular LAN, e xcept that each computer in the LAN uses a W ireless PC Card to connect to the netw ork through a wireless connection.
Wireless PC Card Instant Wireless TM Series 5 1. T o install your W ireless PC Card , click on the Setup button. 2. After y ou see Figure 3-2, click the Ne xt button to continue. Note: If you stop the installation before it has f inished , y ou will hav e to run the complete installation again before installation of your hardware.
Wireless PC Card Instant Wireless TM Series 7 5. When the screen sho wn in Figure 3-5 appears, the InstallShield W izard will ask you to choose a wireless mode.
Wireless PC Card 6. The Setup W izard will automatically select a channel for y our use in the Ad-Hoc Mode at this time. If you w ant to specify a channel, after you install the W ireless PC Card , refer to “Chapter 7:Conf iguration of the W ireless PC Card , “and use the WLAN Monitor .
Wireless PC Card Instant Wireless TM Series 8. The screen sho wn in Figure 3-9 will appear ne xt. The W izard will ask y ou to revie w y our settings before star ting to cop y f iles. Select Back to revie w or change any settings, or select Next if y ou are satisf ied with your settings.
12 Chapter 5: Installation of the Drivers and Configuration of the Wireless PC Card for Windows XP After installing the W ireless PC Card into your computer , you will install the netw ork driv er . 1. W indo ws XP will automatically detect the presence of the W ireless PC Card in your computer .
Wireless PC Card 4. W indo ws will tell you w hen it has f inished installation of the new dri ver . Click the Finish button. The Hard w ar e Installation is complete . 1. After installation of theW ireless PC Card , the W indo ws XP W ireless Zero Conf iguration icon will appear on your system tra y .
Wireless PC Card 17 Instant Wireless TM Series 16 3. If your Access Point has enab led WEP encr yption, the screen in Figure 5-7 will appear . Enter the WEP ke y in the Netw ork K ey .
19 Instant Wireless TM Series 18 Wireless PC Card 2. From the Conf iguration tab, select the WPC54A Wir eless Networ k Adapter from the list, and click the Add button.
21 Instant Wireless TM Series 4. Select Microsoft from the list of “Manufacturers” and TCP/IP from the list of “Netw ork Protocols. ” Click the OK button to close the Network windo w . Repeat steps 2 through 4 to install other protocols, such as NetBEUI or IPX/SPX.
Wireless PC Card 23 22 4. If you click on the Ne w or Edit button, the screen in Figure 7-5 will appear . Y ou can enter a name for a new prof ile and change any of the set- tings on this page. Under the Netw ork T ype , you ma y choose either Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc.
Instant Wireless TM Series 24 Wireless PC Card W ired Equiv alent Pri vac y (WEP) is an encr yption scheme used to protect wireless data communication. The Disab led setting prev ents the sharing of data with other computers on the WEP network. There are two w a ys to cre- ate WEP Encr yption keys.
Wireless PC Card 27 Instant Wireless TM Series 26 Appendix A: Troubleshooting This chapter pro vides solutions to problems usuall y occurring during the instal- lation and operation of the W ireless PC Card. Read the description belo w to solve y our problems.
Wireless PC Card 29 Instant Wireless TM Series 28 T o achiev e tr ue seamless connectivity , the wireless LAN must incor porate a number of different functions. Each node and Access P oint, for example, must al wa ys ackno wledge receipt of each message.
Wireless PC Card 31 Instant Wireless TM Series 30 Appendix B : Glossar y Ad-hoc Netw ork - An ad-hoc netw ork is a wireless netw ork or other small net- w ork in which some of the netw ork de vices are part of the network onl y for the duration of a communications session while in some close pro ximity to the rest of the netw ork.
Wireless PC Card 33 Instant Wireless TM Series 32 DSSS ( D irect- S equence S pread- S pectrum) - DSSS generates a redundant bit pat- tern for each bit to be transmitted. This bit patter n is called a chip (or chipping code). The longer the chip, the greater the probability that the original data can be reco vered.
Wireless PC Card 35 Instant Wireless TM Series 34 LAN - A local area netw ork (LAN) is a group of computers and associated devices that share a common communications line and typicall y share the resources of a single processor or server within a small geographic area (for example, within an of f ice building).
Wireless PC Card 37 Instant Wireless TM Series 36 Spr ead Spectrum - Spread Spectr um technology is a wideband radio frequenc y technique dev eloped by the military for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communications systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth ef f iciency for reliability , integrity , and security .
Wireless PC Card 39 Instant Wireless TM Series 38 Appendix D: Warrant y Information BE SURE T O HA VE Y OUR PR OOF OF PURCHASE AND A B ARCODE FR OM THE PR ODUCT’S P A CKA GING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNO T BE PR OCESSED WITHOUT PR OOF OF PURCHASE.
Instant Wireless TM Series 40 © Copyright 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reser ved. http://www .linksys.com Appendix E: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses belo w .
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