Intel WPC2011NA - Pro/wireless 2011 Pccard Wireless... Installation and operation manual

Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011
LAN PC Card
Product Reference Guide
July 2000

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Contents
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Chapter 1 Introduction.....................................................1
Chapter 2 About the Intel®PRO/Wireless
2011LAN Adapter..........................................3
2.1 MU Mode ......................................................4
2.2 11 Mbps Operation ........................................4
2.3 Mobile IP........................................................5
2.4 Power Management ........................................6
2.5 Card and Socket Services ................................6
2.6 Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN Adapter
LED Descriptions...................................................7
Chapter 3 Hardware Installation....................................9
3.1 Preparation ....................................................9
3.2 Installing the PC Card ...................................10
Chapter 4 Installing and Configuring the
Windows 95/98 Driver................................13
4.1 Installing the Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011
LAN Driver in Windows 95 ..................................13
4.2 Installing the Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011
LAN Driver in Windows 98 ..................................15
4.3 Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011
LAN Adapter Configuration for
Windows 95/98 .................................................17
Chapter 5 Installing and Configuring the
Windows NT Driver......................................19
5.1 New Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN
Adapter Installation.............................................20
5.2 Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN Adapter
Configuration for Windows NT ............................22

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Chapter 6 Installing and Configuring the
Driver in Windows 2000.............................23
6.1 Configuring the Intel®PRO/Wireless
2011 LAN Adapter for Windows 2000..................26
Chapter 7 Verifying the Firmware Version.................29
Appendix A Network Control Panel Applet (NCPA).. A-1
A.1 Installing NCPA .......................................... A-1
A.2 Using NCPA............................................... A-2
A.2.1 Mobile Unit Property Page .................. A-4
A.2.2 Power Property Page .......................... A-6
A.2.3 Mobile IP Property Page...................... A-7
A.2.4 Encryption Property Page.................... A-9
A.2.5 WLAN Adapter Property Page ........... A-12
Appendix B WLAN Adapter Specifications.................. B-1
Appendix C Troubleshooting .........................................C-1
C.1 Windows 95/98 Troubleshooting Tips ..........C-1
C.2 Windows NT 4.0 Troubleshooting................C-3
C.2.1 Useful Tool for Windows NT
Troubleshooting ......................................... C-4
C.2.2 Windows NT Errors............................ C-5
C.3 Windows 2000 Troubleshooting Tips............ C-7
Appendix D Customer Support......................................D-1
D.1 Intel Automated Customer Support ..............D-1
D.2 Software License Agreement........................D-3
D.3 Limited Lifetime Hardware Warranty ............D-5
Appendix E Regulatory Compliance................................E-1
Index............................................................................... Index-1

Wireless LAN Adapter Product Reference Guide 1
Chapter 1 Introduction
The Intel®Wireless LAN PC Card is a direct-sequence
(DS) product. The Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN is a
spread spectrum network operating between 2.4 and
2.5 GHz. Spread spectrum communication provides a
high-capacity network within large or small
environments. Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN products
provide a high-capacity network using multiple access
points within large or small environments.
•Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN bridging
architecture allows communication between wired
network devices and mobile devices.
•Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN supports the IEEE
802.11 specification. This open architecture allows
devices to communicate with wireless devices from
other manufacturers.
•Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN allows mobile
devices to roam throughout large facilities while
remaining connected to the LAN.
•Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN allows protocol
firmware upgrades while devices remain
operational.
•Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN antenna diversity
feature alternates between antennas with the best
reception, increasing overall performance.

Introduction
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Chapter 2 About the Intel®
PRO/Wireless 2011
LAN Adapter
The Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN adapter allows PC
Card equipped host systems to configure, connect to
and establish a wireless network.
Features Include:
•Low-power operation for battery-powered devices
with PC Card slots
•Standard NDIS (Network Driver Interface
Specification)
•Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0 and 2000
driver support
•Card and Socket Services support
•Plug and Play support
•Power management [Continuously Aware Mode
(CAM) and Power Save Polling (PSP)].

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2.1 MU Mode
In the Mobile Unit (MU) mode, the WLAN adapter
connects to an access point (AP) or another WLAN
installed system. MU mode allows the device to roam
freely between AP cells in the network. MUs appear as
network nodes to other devices.
2.2 11 Mbps Operation
The Intel®PRO/Wireless 2011 LAN adapter supports an
11 Mbps data rate. The adapter can default to a 5.5,
2 or 1 Mbps data rate when unable to establish an
11 Mbps association.
The following factors can dynamically alter the
data rate:
•signal strength between the AP and the MU
•the ratio of good transmitted packets to attempted
•transmitted packets fall below a threshold
•the MU finds a higher transmit rate with another AP
or it encounters an unspecified data rate.