Atheros AR5001 User manual

AR5001 User Guide
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Contents
List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
About this Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Addition l Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
1Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
P ck ge Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
2Windows 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Driver Inst ll tion (First-Time Inst ll). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Driver Inst ll tion (Previous Driver Inst lled) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Driver Uninst ll tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Device Configur tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Selecting Encryption Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Infr structure Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26
Ad Hoc Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28
TCP/IP Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29

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3Windows 98 Second Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Driver Inst ll tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Driver Uninst ll tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Device Configur tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Selecting Encryption Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Infr structure Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Ad Hoc Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
TCP/IP Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
4Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Driver Inst ll tion (First-time Inst ll) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Driver Uninst ll tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Device Configur tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Selecting Encryption Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Infr structure Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Ad Hoc Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
TCP/IP Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Windows XP Wireless Network Configur tion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Infr structure Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Ad Hoc Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Connect to n Av il ble Wireless Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

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Preface
This user's guide provides the necess ry inform tion for first-time users to
successfully inst ll the Atheros Network Driver Interf ce Specific tion (NDIS)
driver, for the purpose of ev lu ting nd/or oper ting the Atheros AR5001
St tion Reference Design in Microsoft Windows environment. This guide
lso provides inform tion for users who wish to upgr de the Atheros NDIS
driver from previous rele ses.
This guide describes the steps required to inst ll NDIS drivers for the Atheros
AR5001 Wireless Network Ad pter in Windows 2000, Windows Millennium
Edition, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows XP, nd Windows NT 4.0.
This guide lso includes det iled instructions for configuring the PC C rd
device, or IEEE 802.11 st tion (STA), to inter ct with n ccess point (AP) in
infr structure mode nd with other STAs in d hoc mode. Instructions for
inst lling or upgr ding the di gnostic utility LinkMon re lso included. You
should lso re d this before proceeding to inst ll the Atheros AR5001 Wireless
Network Ad pter nd NDIS driver in the t rgeted oper ting system (OS)
environment.
About this Document
The document consists of the following ch pters nd ppendix:
Ch pter 1 Introduction—H rdw re, Softw re, nd System
Requirements needed to setup Atheros AR5001 St tion
Reference Design.
Ch pter 2 Windows 2000—Inst ll tion/Uninst ll tion Procedures nd
Device/Network Configur tions for Windows 2000.
Ch pter 3 Windows 98 Second Edition—Inst ll tion/Uninst ll tion
Procedures nd Device/Network Configur tions for
Windows 98 Second Edition.

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Audience
This document is intended for Atheros customers who wish to inst ll nd
ev lu te the Atheros AR5001 St tion Reference Design in the supported
Microsoft Windows environments.
Additional Resources
Atheros Reference Design h rdw re, softw re, nd document tion cont in
propriet ry inform tion of Atheros Communic tions, Inc., nd re provided
under license greement cont ining restrictions on use nd disclosure, nd
re lso protected by copyright l w. Reverse engineering of this h rdw re,
softw re, or document tion is prohibited.
Ch pter 4 Windows XP—Inst ll tion/Uninst ll tion Procedures nd
Device/Network Configur tions for Windows XP.

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Introduction
The Atheros AR5001 Wireless Network Ad pter is n IEEE 802.11 two-chip
solution reference design b sed on the Atheros AR5111 nd AR5311 chipset.
This reference design implements h lf-duplex, Orthogon l Frequency
Division Multiplexing (OFDM) b seb nd processor supporting ll IEEE
802.11 d t r tes (6 to 54 Mbps) nd 802.11b. It lso supports the Atheros
Turbo ModeTM supporting d t r tes up to 108 Mbps. The host interf ce is
comp tible with the PC C rd 7.1 st nd rd. You c n find inform tion
reg rding the Atheros St tion Reference Designs in the det iled AR5001 STA
802.11a Solution Description Reference Guide.
Package Contents
M ke sure the following m teri ls re v il ble before you begin:
■Atheros AR5001 Rele se V2.0 CD, or electronic equiv lent
■Atheros AR5001 Wireless Network Ad pter, AR5BCB-00012A, AR5BCB-
00013A, or Atheros customer st tion designs using AR5110A-ES/
AR5210A-ES or l ter

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System Requirements
■L ptop PC cont ining:
– 32-bit C rdBus slot (or Desktop PC with PC C rd-PCI d pter)
– 32 MB memory or gre ter
– 300 MHz processor or higher
■Microsoft Windows 2000/Windows Millennium Edition/Windows 98
Second Edition/Windows XP/Windows NT 4.0 (with Service P ck 6)

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Windows 2000
This ch pter describes the Windows 2000 driver inst ll tion.
Driver Installation (First-Time Install)
This section describes the first-time inst ll tion for the driver for Windows
2000. If you h ve previously inst lled driver, refer to the section “Driver
Inst ll tion (Previous Driver Inst lled)” on p ge 2-6.
Atheros recommends th t you remove ny existing Atheros drivers (NDIS,
DK, or TDI) on the PC system before inst lling the Version 1.0 rele se of the
NDIS driver. See Section “Driver Uninst ll tion” for the instructions on how
to remove previous driver rele ses.

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Insert the Atheros AR5001 Wireless Network Ad pter into 32-bit C rdBus
slot nd follow these steps to inst ll the NDIS driver:
1. W it for the following di log box to displ y.
2. Click Next to continue.
3. Choose “Se rch for suit ble driver for my device (recommended).”
4. Click Next.

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5. Insert the Rele se CD in your CD-ROM drive.
6. Choose Specify a location under “Option l se rch loc tions.”
7. Click Next to continue.
8. Browse to the loc tion where the NDIS driver is loc ted ( ssuming D is
the CD-ROM drive), the def ult folder is D:\ndis\bin\production\ndis5.
9. Click OK to continue.

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10. When you find the Atheros driver inst ll tion file (net5211.inf), click Next
to continue.
11. The Atheros NDIS ev lu tion driver currently does not h ve digit l
sign ture from Microsoft. Therefore, Windows 2000 shows w rning
mess ge. Click Yes to proceed with driver inst ll tion.

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12. Click Finish to complete the driver inst ll tion. See “Device
Configur tion” on p ge 2-17 for the device configur tion inform tion.

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Driver Installation (Previous Driver Installed)
If the system lre dy h s previous rele se of the Atheros NDIS inst lled,
Windows does not prompt for the device driver when the WLAN C rd is
inserted.
Follow the steps below to upd te the NDIS driver:
1. St rt System Properties from Control P nel. Under H rdw re t b, click
Device M n ger.

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2. Within Device M n ger, right-click “Atheros AR5001 Wireless Network
Ad pter” under “Network d pters” device node, nd click Properties.
3. Click Upd te Driver... from the Driver t b. Note the Driver Version th t
you re upd ting from. You m y need to verify this field g in fter driver
upd te completes to m ke sure the driver h s been upd ted correctly.

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4. Click Next to continue.
5. Choose “Displ y list of the known drivers for this device so th t I c n
choose specific driver.”
6. Click Next to continue.

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7. Insert the Rele se CD into your CD-ROM drive. Click H ve Disk... to
continue.
8. Click Browse to specify the loc tion where the NDIS driver is loc ted
( ssuming D is the CD-ROM drive), the def ult folder is
“D:\ndis\bin\production\ndis5”.
9. Click OK to continue.

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10. Select “Atheros AR5001 Wireless Network Ad pter” from the list.
11. Click Next to continue.
12. Click Yes to continue when Windows displ ys the w rning mess ge.