IBM HighRate WirelessLAN(PCI) Card User manual

IBM High Rate
Wireless LAN (PCI)
Card
Quick Installation Guide
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Safety: Read first
Before installing this product, read the Safety Information.
Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações de Segurança.
Pred instalací tohoto produktu si prectete prírucku bezpecnostních instrukcí.
Læs sikkerhedsforskrifterne, før du installerer dette produkt.
Ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen, lue turvaohjeet kohdasta Safety
Information.
Avant d’installer ce produit, lisez les consignes de sécurité.
Vor der Installation dieses Produkts die Sicherheitshinweise lesen.
Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere le Informazioni sulla Sicurezza.
Lees voordat u dit product installeert eerst de veiligheidsvoorschriften.
Les sikkerhetsinformasjonen (Safety Information) før du installerer dette
produktet.
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Contents
Safety: Read first ....................iii
Preface.......................vii
About this book.....................vii
Registering your option ..................vii
QuickInstallationGuide.................1-1
Product description ...................1-1
Installing the device drivers and software ...........1-2
Installing the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) Card ......1-2
Installing and removing the antenna .............1-3
Installing and removing the antenna .............1-4
Installing device drivers ..................1-5
Installing the device drivers for Windows 95 and Windows 98 ....1-5
Installing the device drivers for Windows Me...........1-9
Installing the device drivers in Windows NT with networking already
installed ......................1-11
Installing the device drivers in Windows 2000 ..........1-17
Setting up TCP-IP for Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me . . . 1-21
Setting up TCP-IP in Windows NT ..............1-23
Setting TCP-IP in Windows 2000...............1-26
Installing the IBM Wireless LAN Client Manager .........1-29
Using the IBM Wireless LAN Client Manager ..........1-31
Configuration....................1-31
Mode.......................1-32
SSID.......................1-33
TransmitRate....................1-34
Power Save Enabled ..................1-35
AdHoc Channel ...................1-35
Encryption.....................1-36
Encryption(WEP) ..................1-36
CreateKeywithPassphrase...............1-36
Create Key Manually .................1-37
LinkStatus......................1-39
State.......................1-39
Current channel ...................1-40
CurrentTxRate...................1-40
Throughput.....................1-40
Link Quality ....................1-40
Signal strength....................1-40
About ......................1-41
Adjusting the antenna orientation to get better performance ....1-41
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Appendix A. Product warranty and support information ......A-1
Warrantyinformation..................A-1
Warranty period ....................A-1
Service and support ...................A-1
WarrantyinformationontheWorldWideWeb.........A-1
Online technical support ................A-1
Telephone technical support ...............A-2
IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-06 8/2000 ......A-2
Part1-GeneralTerms.................A-3
Part 2 - Country-unique Terms ..............A-6
Appendix B. Notices ..................B-1
Trademarks......................B-2
Electronic emission notices .................B-2
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement ......B-2
Appendix C. Wireless Regulatory Information .........C-1
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Preface
About this book
This Quick Installation Guide contains instructions for installing and using the
IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) Card.
Todownload the translated user’sguide, please visit
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(Low Profile Enabled) - Publications.
3. Under File Details, click on the appropriate user guide link to view the
user guide in your language.
OR
1. On the left navigation bar of your Internet browser window, click Select a
Language under PC Support Home.
2. Select your language by clicking on the appropriate link.
3. From the pull-down menu under Browse the support site, select Options.
4. From the pull-down menu under Category, select Wireless LAN.
5. From the pull-down menu under Subcategory, select PCI.
6. From the pull-down menu under Option, select 22P6901.
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8. From the pull-down menu under Online publications by Category, select
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9. Under Online Publications - User Guides by date, click IBM High Rate
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user guide in your language.
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Quick Installation Guide
This section provides the product and software descriptions and the
installation and user’s guide.
Product description
The IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) Card is a standard PCI card that fits
into any standard PCI slot. It has one light-emitting diode (LED) indicator and
an external antenna. This PCI card is used to create a wireless network that
complies with the IEEE 802.11b standard on wireless LANs. It supports
data-transfer rates up to 11 Mbps. This PCI card is fully compatible with any
other wireless LAN system based on direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)
radio technology that complies with the IEEE 802.11b standard on wireless
LANs. The card supports the following wireless LAN features:
vAutomatic Transmit Rate select mechanism in the range of high, medium,
standard, and low
vFrequency channel selection (2.4 GHz)
vRoaming over multiple channels
vCard Power Management
vWired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption, based on the 64-bit and
128-bit WEP encryption algorithm as defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard on
wireless LANs
In addition to this manual, your package contains the following:
vIBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) Card
vThe IBM Driver and Utility CD
If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your reseller.
The PCI card is a standard PCI bus card that you can use to install the IBM
High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) Card into a computer.
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Installing the device drivers and software
Your computer must meet the following requirements to work with the IBM
High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) card:
vPCI specification compliant PCI slot
vMicrosoft
®
Windows
®
95, Windows 98, Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional, Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Windows NT operating
system (Service Pack 6 or higher)
vA minimum of 5 MB of free disk space for the driver and utility program
Installing the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) Card
To install the PCI card into your computer, carefully follow these steps:
1. Shut down your computer.
2. Disconnect the power cords from your computer and all external devices
that are connected to your computer.
3. Remove the top or side cover of your computer, according to the
instructions in the user’s guide that came with your computer.
4. Select an available PCI slot for the card, and remove the metal filler strip.
Keep the screw for mounting the card.
5. Make sure that you remove the antenna from the card, and gently insert
the connector of the PCI card into the slot.
6. Secure the card into place with the screw that you removed in step 4.
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7. Install the antenna, see “Installing and removing the antenna”on page 1-3
for more information.
8. Replace the computer cover according to the instructions in the user’s
guide that came with your computer.
9. Reconnect all the external devices and power cords to your computer.
10. Turn on your computer to complete the hardware installation.
Installing and removing the antenna
There are two types of antennas that could be used with this Wireless LAN
(PCI) Card:
vHelical antenna is for the IBM NetVista
™
X41 computer
vDipole antenna is for other IBM or non IBM computers
CAUTION:
Make sure the computer is off when you install or remove the antenna.
Installing or removing the antenna while the computer is on might cause
injury or might damage the PCI card. Never operate the High Rate Wireless
LAN (PCI) Card without the antenna installed.
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Installing and removing the antenna
1. Make sure that the computer is turned off.
2. Insert one end of the antenna into the antenna connector labeled ANT.
3. Install the antenna by threading it counterclockwise until it is firmly seated.
Do not overtighten.
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To remove the antenna, reverse the above procedure.
Installing device drivers
Make sure that you have completed hardware installation before you turn on
your computer and start installing the device drivers and software.
Installing the device drivers for Windows 95 and Windows 98
Use this procedure to install the device drivers:
1. Windows will automatically find the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI)
after the card has been physically installed.
2. Insert the IBM Driver & Utility CD in the CD-ROM drive.
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3. Click Next.
4. Choose ″Search for the best driver for your device”.
5. Click Next.
6. Select Specify a location.
7. Input the location of the driver. The location is the drive in which the CD
was inserted with a directory path of ″\Driver″. See example in figure
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below.
8. Windows will find the following file for device driver installation.
9. Click Next.
10. Enter any specific wireless network information in the utility page to
setup your wireless card.
11. Click OK when finished.
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Note: These settings can be changed at a later time, as described on page
1-31 through 1-35.
12. Windows will require the original Windows CD-ROM to complete driver
installation. Please remove the IBM Driver & Utility CD and insert the
Windows disc to complete installation.
Note:
Windows may have difficulty finding the appropriate files. If so, ensure
that the path to the CD-ROM drive is correct with a path of \WIN98 or
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\WIN95 dependent upon your operating system. Click OK.
13. Click Finish to complete the installation procedure.
14. Select Yes to restart your computer.
Installing the device drivers for Windows Me
To install the device drivers for Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me),
do the following:
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1. Windows will automatically find the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI)
after the card has been physically installed.
2. Insert the IBM Driver & Utility CD into the CD-ROM drive.
3. Select Automatic search for a better driver.
4. Click Next.
5. Enter any specific wireless network information in the utility page to set up
your wireless card.
6. Click OK.
Note: These settings can be changed at a later time, as described on page
1-31 through 1-35.
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7. Click Finish to complete the installation procedure.
8. Click Yes to restart your computer.
Installing the device drivers in Windows NT with networking
already installed
Use this procedure to install the device drivers in a computer running
Windows NT 4.0 with networking already installed:
1. Click Start →Settings →Control Panel.
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2. Double-click the Network icon.
Note: If Windows NT Networking is not installed on your computer, the
following window will be shown. Please consult your network
administrator for further information on installing Windows NT
Networking.
3. Click the Adapters tab.
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