Avaya Wireless PC Card User manual

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Table of Contents
1 About Wireless LAN
Kit Contents 1-1
Network Options 1-3
■Peer-to-Peer Workgroup 1-3
■Home Office Networking 1-4
■Enterprise Networking 1-6
PC Card Features 1-9
■PC Card Features 1-10
About the CD-ROM 1-11
Finding Information 1-12
2 Installation for Windows
Introduction 2-1
Insert your PC Card 2-3
Install Drivers 2-4
■Before You Start the Installation 2-4
■What You Need to Know 2-4
■Driver Installation for Windows 2-4
Set Windows Network Properties 2-6

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Wireless LAN Properties 2-8
■Configuration Profile 2-8
■Basic Settings 2-10
Finish the Installation 2-14
■After Restarting Your Computer 2-15
3 Working with Wireless LAN and Windows
Introduction 3-1
Use your PC Card 3-2
■Radio Antennae 3-2
■Remove the PC Card 3-2
■Maintenance of your PC Card 3-4
View Other Computers 3-5
Using the Client Manager 3-7
■View Wireless Link Quality 3-7
■View/Modify PC Card Settings 3-8
4 Advanced Settings
Introduction 4-1
Advanced Parameters Tab 4-2
Admin Parameters Tab 4-4
A Card Specifications
Physical Specifications A-1

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Electrical Characteristics A-2
Networking Characteristics A-3
Regulatory Information A-4
Radio Characteristics A-5
B Troubleshooting
■LED Activity B-1
■Can Not Connect To The Network B-4
■LEDs Work But Can’t Connect to Network B-5
C Installation for Windows CE
Introduction C-1
■Installing the Wireless LAN Driver C-3
■Using Wireless LAN with Windows CE C-4
■Modifying Configuration Parameters C-5
D Installation for Windows NT
Introduction D-1
Installing the Wireless LAN Driver D-3
■Overview D-3
■Start Installation D-3
■Enable PCMCIA Services D-4
■Enable Network Support D-5

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About Wireless LAN
Kit Contents
The PC Card kit includes the items as pictured in Figure 1-1:
a. One PC Card.
b. A transparent protective casing for storing your PC Card while not in use.
c. The Avaya Wireless PC Card Getting Started Guide
d. One Avaya Wireless LAN CD-ROM.
The Getting Started Guide is an abstract from the electronic User’s Guide
that is included on the CD-ROM.

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Figure 1-1 Kit Contents
NOTE:
In order to extend the life of the PC Card hardware it is advised to
store the card in the protective casing whenever carrying the
computer on travel without operating the device.

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Network Options
The PC Card Kit enables you to:
■Connect your computer to a Peer-to-Peer workgroup of wireless
computing devices (see Figure 1-2 on page 1-4).
■Connect your computer to a Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) network
that includes a Residential Gateway-I (see Figure 1-3 on page 1-5).
■Connect your computer to a Local Area Network (LAN) Infrastructure
that includes Avaya access points (see Figure 1-4 on page 1-6 and
Figure 1-5 on page 1-7).
■Expand the capabilities of your access points, to support wireless
devices that have been equipped with Avaya wireless LAN adapters.
Peer-to-Peer Workgroup
The Peer-to-Peer workgroup configuration enables you to quickly set up a
small wireless workgroup, where the workgroup participants can exchange
files using features like “File and Printer Sharing”as supported by Microsoft
Networking.

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Figure 1-2 Peer-to-Peer Wireless Workgroup
You can use this option to setup a temporary or ad-hoc network in
environments where no access points are available (for example in Small
Office/Home Office (SOHO) environments).
As long as the stations are within range of one another, this is the easiest
and least expensive way to set up a wireless network.
Home Office Networking
With the Avaya Residential Gateway-I, wireless access to the Internet or
other computers is at your fingertips.

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Figure 1-3 Connect to a Residential Gateway (RG)
All you need to do is connect the wireless computers to the Residential
Gateway-I, and you are ready to:
■Share files and printers, and
■Access the Internet via the built-in modem of the Residential Gateway-I.
Optionally the Residential Gateway-I allows you to connect your wireless
stations to previously installed wired computers and/or an external cable, an
xDSL or a ISDN modem.

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Enterprise Networking
Figure 1-4 Stand Alone Wireless LAN
With the Access Point-I and/or Access Point-II you can connect to a
corporate Local Area Network (LAN) infrastructure to have wireless access
to all network facilities.
LAN Infrastructures may either be:
■Stand-alone wireless LANs as pictured in Figure 1-4.
■Wireless network infrastructures connected to an existing Ethernet
network as pictured in Figure 1-5 on page 1-7.