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Copyright 2004, Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty. Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission. 2 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor
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Disclaimer Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty. Ltd. makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, Mitsubishi Electric Australia reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes. Diamond Digital is a registered
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Chapter 2 Quick Start Chapter 2 - Installation System Requirements To begin using the A111 Wireless Card Adaptor, you must have the following minimum requirements: • Windows 2000 or XP • Standard PCMCIA Slot Type II • 128MB system memory or larger • 300MHz processor or higher Installation Procedures Important: Install the A111 WLAN Card utilities before inserting the A111 card into your computer. Follow these two easy steps before using the A111 card. 1. Install the A111 WLAN Card Utilities/Dr
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Chapter 2 - Installation Installing the A111 utilities and driver Installing the A111 utilities and driver Installing the A111 utilities and driver Installing the A111 utilities and driver Installing the A111 utilities and driver Follow these instructions to install the A111 card utilities and driver. Insert the support CD and an autorun menu will appear. If your autorun is disabled, double click SETUP.EXE in the root directory of the support CD. 1. Click Install A111 WL
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Chapter 2 Quick Start Chapter 2 - Installation 7. Carefully insert the A111 card into your 6. Windows XP users: When the program is launched for the first time (during Windows computer’s PC card slot. Windows will au- tomatically find and configure the WLAN restart), you will be asked which function to use. Choose the Diamond Digital WLAN card using the drivers installed in the previ- ous steps. utlities to access the functions listed in Chapter 3. Configuring the WLAN utility After installing t
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Chapter 2 - Installation 3. Use Site Survey if you don’t know the name 4. Encryption settings must also match those set in the access point. Ask your network of your access point(s). administrator about the settings if neces- sary. Click Apply to save your settings 6. You can also see the connection quality on 5. Check the Status page to see the the Connection page. Click OK to exit the Association State. It should show utility. “Connected - xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx”. A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 7 Chapt
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Chapter 2 Quick Start Chapter 2 - Installation Soft AP (Windows XP Only) Soft AP mode allows the A111 card to act as a virtual access point. The computer needs to be connected to a wired network using an Ethernet connection in order to provide network access to WLAN clients. 1. Select Soft AP Mode 2. Drag and drop a wired network connection next to the globe icon. 4. You can easily switch between Soft AP and 3. Enable ICS* and Firewall if desired. Refer to Station mode by right clicking the task
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Chapter 2 - Installation Soft AP Access Control and WDS Soft AP mode allows for Access Control and WDS configuration. Access Control The AP provides facilities to limit the wireless clients that associate with it and the data packets that can forward through it. Filters provide network security or improve performance by eliminating broadcast/multicast packets from the radio network. The Access Control List (ACL) contains MAC addresses for wireless clients allowed to associate with the AP. This p
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Chapter 2 Quick Start Chapter 2 - Installation IMPORTANT: Before setting up a WDS network, make sure all APs have the same Channel and WEP encryption settings. Enter a MAC Address on the Access Control Enter a MAC Address on the WDS page and page and select Accept or Reject or Disable. click Add, then select WDS enabled or uncheck to disable this function. Note: Both the Access Control and WDS functions require MAC addresses using 12 hexidecimal numbers. Soft AP Mode will also provide two extra
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Chapter 2 - Installation Reading the A111 Status Indicators The part of the A111 card that protrudes out of the PCMCIA socket consists of two LEDs that indicate the status of the A111 . LNK ACT LNK (Link) LED OFF: No power, error, or not connected to a wireless AP or Router. ON: Lights when connected to a wireless Access Point or Router. ACT (Activity) LED OFF: No wireless activity. Blink: Transmitting or receiving wireless data. A111 Wireless Card Adaptor 11 Chapter 2 Quick Start
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Chapter 3 Software Reference Chapter 3 - Reference 3. Software Reference Chapter Overview The A111 Card software includes several utilities: • A111 Control Center – Makes it easy to launch applications and activate network location settings. • Wireless Settings – Allows users to configure the A111 Card. Additional Reference • Windows XP Wireless Properties - Brief overview of the wireless settings provided in Windows XP. 12 A111 Wireless Card Adaptor
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Chapter 3 - Reference Windows XP Wireless Options The wireless option shown below is only available for Windows XP. The first time you run the Control Center utility, it will automatically show. Select one of the radio buttons to decide which interface to use with your WLAN Card. Only use XP wireless function – Only use “Windows XP” wireless network settings to configure the A111 card. Only use Diamond Digital utilities and disable XP wireless function – Only use “A111 Card utilities” to configu
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Chapter 3 Control Center Chapter 3 - Reference A111 Control Center Control Center is an application that makes it easy to launch applications and activate network location settings. Control Center starts automatically when the system boots. Whenever Control Center is running, you will see a Control Center icon displayed on the Windows taskbar. Starting the Control Center manually • Access the A111 Wireless LAN Card folder in the Programs area of the Windows Start menu. or • Double click the A111
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Chapter 3 - Reference Wireless Status Icons (on the taskbar) Excellent link quality and connected to Internet (Infrastructure) Good link quality and connected to Internet (Infrastructure) Fair link quality and connected to Internet (Infrastructure) Poor link quality and connected to Internet (Infrastructure) Not linked but connected to Internet (Infrastructure) Excellent link quality but not connected to Internet (Infrastructure) Good link quality but not connected to Internet (Infrastructure) F
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Chapter 3 Control Center Chapter 3 - Reference Taskbar Icon - Right Menu Right-clicking the taskbar icon shows the following menu items: • Wireless Settings – Launches Wireless Settings application. • Activate Configuration – Allows you to set which profile to use. • Mobile Manager – Launches Mobile Manager application. • Site Monitor – Launches the Site Monitor application. • Change Mode (Windows XP Only) - Configures your card in Station (STA) or Soft Access Point (Soft AP) mode. In STA mode,
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Chapter 3 - Reference Wireless Settings Utility Wireless Settings is an application that allows you to control your A111 card. Use Wireless Settings to view or modify the configuration settings and monitor the operational status of your card adaptor. Once Wireless Settings is launched, you can see the tabbed property sheet. This property sheet is composed of tabbed “pages”, each with its own group of feature-specific settings. Starting Wireless Settings • Open the Windows Control Panel, and the
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Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Chapter 3 - Reference Association State Displays the connection status as follows: Connected - The station is now associated with one wireless LAN device. When operating in Infrastructure mode, this field shows the MAC address of the Access Point with which you are communicating. When operating in Ad * Hoc mode, this field shows the virtual MAC address used by computers * participating in the Ad Hoc network. Scanning... - The station is now attempting to authenticate
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Chapter 3 - Reference Radio State Shows if the wireless radio is on or off. Radio On - When the wireless radio is turned on, the following icon appears in the upper left of the Settings property page. Radio Off - When the wireless radio is turned off, the following icon appears in the upper left of the Settings property page. Rescan – Force the radio to rescan all available channels. If your link quality or signal strength is poor, rescanning can be used to push the radio off a weak Access Point
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Chapter 3 Wireless Settings Chapter 3 - Reference Status - Connection Tab You can view the current link statistics about the A111 card. These statistics are updated once per second and are valid only if the A111 card exists. Scanning Frame Sent/Received Transmitted - The number of frames that were transmitted. Received - The number of frames that were received. Frame Error Transmitted - The number of frames that were not successfully transmitted. Received - The number of frames that were not suc
