SENAO AT53V214 User manual

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High-Speed Wireless
Cardbus Adapter
User’s Manual
Contents
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................2
1-1 PACKAGE CONTENTS.......................................................................................................................................3
1-2 PC CARD DESCRIPTION...................................................................................................................................3
1-3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................................................................4
Version: 1.1

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1-4 FEATURES AND BENEFITS...............................................................................................................................4
1-5 APPLICATIONS...................................................................................................................................................4
1-6 NETWORK CONFIGURATIONS.........................................................................................................................5
CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING DRIVERS & CLIENT UTILITY........................................................8
2-1 INSTALLATION FOR WINDOWS 98SE/ME/2000/XP....................................................................................8
2-2 CHECKINGAFTER INSTALLATION...............................................................................................................10
2-3 IEEE 802.11 WLAN NIC CLIENT UTILITY.............................................................................................11
2-4 UNINSTALLING DRIVER AND UTILITY........................................................................................................15
CHAPTER 3 CONNECTING TO A NETWORK.............................................................................15
3-1 CHECKING AND ADDING CLIENTFOR MICROSOFT NETWORKS..............................................................16
3-2 CHECKING AND ADDING NETBEUI.............................................................................................................16
3-3 CHECKING AND ADDING TCP/IP .................................................................................................................16
3-4 CHECKING AND ADDING FILE AND PRINTER SHARING FOR MICROSOFT...............................................17
NETWORKS.............................................................................................................................................................17
3-5 CHECKING AND ADDING COMPUTER NAME & WORKGROUP NAME.....................................................18
CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING...................................................................................................19
APPENDIX APRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS...................................................................................................22
APPENDIX B REGULATORY COMPLIANCE INFORMATION.......................................................................24
Chapter 1 Introduction
The Dual-Band Wireless A/G Cardbus Adapter operates seamlessly and simultaneouslyin both the
2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency spectrum supporting the 802.11b (2.4GHz, 11Mbps) and the newer,
faster 802.11a (5GHz, 54Mbps/108Mbps turbo mode) and 802.11g (2.4GHz, 54MHz) wireless

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standards. It’s the best way to add wireless capability to your existing wired network, or to add
bandwidth to your wirless installation.
To protect your wireless connectivity, the Dual-Band Wireless A/G Cardbus Adapter can encrypt all
wireless transmissions through 64/128/152-bit WEP data encryption. Dynamic Frequency
Selection (DFS) puts your network on the cleanest channel in your location. With the Dual-Band
Wireless Cardbus Adapter, you will experience the bes wireless connectivity nowadays.
1-1 Package Contents
The PC Card package contains the following items.
1. One PC Card
2. One Quick Installation Guide
3. One Installation CD
1-2 PC Card Description
The PC Card is a standard PC Card that fits into any PCMCIA Card Type II slot. The PC Card has a
LED
as shown in Figure 1-1.
Figure 1-1
1. Link LED
802.11 AdHoc mode–Blinking, no matter the wireless is connected or not
Infrastructure –Solid GREEN when the wireless is connected
Off –No wireless activity

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1-3 System Requirements
Installation of the PC Card requires:
◆Laptop PC containing :
–32-bit CardBus slot (or Desktop PC with PC Card-PCI adapter)
–32 MB memory or greater
–300 MHz processor or higher
◆Microsoft Windows 2000/Windows Millennium Edition/Windows 98
Second Edition/Windows XP/Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 6)
1-4 Features and Benefits
2.4GHz IEEE802.11b/g (draft) standard
and 5GHz IEEE802.11a standard
compliant
Fully interoperable with IEEE802.11a/b/g
(draft) compliant products.
Up to 54Mbps
and 108Mbps (turbo mode)
high-speed data rates Capable of handling heavy data payloads such as MPEG video streaming.
Up to 152
-
bit WEP Data Encryption with
TKIP
Powerful data security.
IEEE802.11x Client support (Optional) Enhances authentication and security.
Transmission Power Control (TPC)
support Offers flexibility to adjust RF output power.
Multi-country Roaming (802.11d) support
Automatically adjusts regulatory domain to
operate in different countries.
1-5 Applications
The wireless LAN productsare easy to install and highly efficient. The following list describes some
of the
many applications made possible through the power and flexibility of wireless LANs:
1.Difficult-to-wire environments
There are many situations where wires can not or not easily be laid. Historic buildings, older
buildings, open areas and across busy streets make the installation of LANs either impossible or
very expensive.
2. Temporary workgroups
Consider situations in parks, athletic arenas, exhibitions, disaster-recovery, temporary office and
construction sites where one wants a temporary WLAN established and removed.
3. The ability to access real-time informatios
Doctors/nurses, point-of-sale employees, and warehouse workers can access real-timeinformation
while
dealing with patients, serving customers and processing information.
4. Frequently changed environments
Show rooms, meeting rooms, retail stores, and manufacturing sites where frequently rearrange the

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Wireless LAN PC Card
Peer to Peer
Wireless LAN PC Card
Wireless LAN PC Card
Wireless LAN USB Adapter
workplace.
5. Small Office and Home Office (SOHO) networks
SOHOusers need a cost-effective, easy and quick installation of a small network.
6. Wireless extensions to Ethernet networks
Network managers in dynamic environments can minimize the overhead caused by moves,
extensions to
networks, and other changes with wireless LANs.
7. Wired LAN backup
Network managers implement wireless LANs to provide backup for mission-critical applications
running
on wired networks.
8. Training/Educational Facilities
Training sites at corporations and students at universities use wireless connectivity to ease access
to information, information exchanges, and learning.
1-6 Network Configurations
To better understand how the wireless LAN products work together to create a wireless network, it
might be helpful to depict a few of the possible wireless LAN PC card network configurations. The
wireless LAN
products can be configured as:
1. Ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) for departmental or SOHO LANs.
2. Infrastructure for enterprise LANs.
3. IP Sharing for 56K/ISDN TA/Cable/DSL Modem–Connect Internet and your SOHO network.
Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode
This is the simplest network configuration that several computers equipped with the PC Cards that
form a
wireless network whenever they are within range of one another (Figure 1-2). In ad-hoc mode,
each client, is peer-to-peer, would only have access to the resources of the other client and
requires no the access point. This is the easiest and least expensive way for the SOHO to set up a
wireless network.

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Wireless LAN USB Adapter
File server
Network Printer
Enternet
Wireless LAN PC Card Wireless LAN
Router/AP
Wireless LAN PC Card
Figure 1-2 A wireless Ad-hoc network
Infrastructure Mode
The infrastructure mode requires the use of an access point (AP). In this mode, all wireless
communications between two computers have to be via the AP no matter the AP is wired to
Ethernet network or stand-alone. If used in stand-alone, the AP can extend the range of
independent wireless LANs by acting a repeater, which effectively doubling the distance between
wireless stations as shown inFigure 1-3.
Figure 1-3
Extended-range independent WLAN using AP as repeater
If wired to an Ethernet network as shown inFigure 1-4, the AP serves as a bridge and provides the
link between the server and the wireless clients. The wireless clients can move freely throughout
the coverage area of the AP while remaining connected to the server. Since the ap is connected to
the wired network, each client would have access to server resources as well as to other clients.
Wireless LAN PC Card
Wireless LAN
Router/AP
L
L
Infrastructure
Wireless LAN PC Card
Wireless LAN USB Adapter

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Wireless LAN
PC Card
Wireless LAN
USB Adapter
Wireless LAN
Router/AP
56K/ISDN TA/
Cable/Xdsl Modem
Firewall
Internet
Wireless LAN
PC Card
Wireless LAN
PC Card
Wireless LAN
Router/AP
File server
Wireless LAN
Router/AP
Wireless LAN
USB Adapter
Wireless LAN
USB Adapter
Wireless LAN
PC Card
Wireless LAN
PC Card
Wireless LAN
PC Card
Figure 1-4 Single AP bridge
Access points have a finite range, on the order of 50 meters indoor and 100 meters outdoors. In a
very large facility such as an enterprise, a warehouse, or on a college campus, it will probably be
necessary to install more than one access point to cover an entire building or campus, as shown in
Figure 1-5. In this scenario, access points hand the client off from one to another in a way that is
invisible to the client, ensuring roken connectivity. Wireless clients can roam seamlessly between
different coverage areas and remain connected to the network.
Figure 1-5 Multiple-AP and roaming
Wireless Router and IP Sharing
In infrastructure mode, in addition to acting as a bridge between an Ethernet and wireless network,
the AP can be configured as a wireless router and IP sharing device for Internet access as shown
in Figure 1-6. You don’t have to buy an expensive router. Nor you have to buy several modems
and setup phone lines. Just share one AP, one Modem, single dial-up account, and one phone line,
dozens of network users can go surfing the Internet concurrently.
Figure 1-6 Wireless router and IP Sharing

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Chapter 2 Installing Drivers & Client Utility
This chapter describes how to install the PC Card drivers and client utility under Windows
98/ME/2000/XP.
2-1 Installation for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP
This section describes the first-time installation for the driver installation under Windows
98SE/ME/2000. For a previously installed driver, we provides the InstallShield Wizard, which
includes an application for
upgrading the present driver and the Utility.
Installation Procedure:
1. Turn on your computer.
2. Be sure that there is no PCMCIA adapter inserted yet.
3. Insert theWireless LAN Installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. Then executing Setup.exe by
selecting filefrom the CD-ROM drive.
4. When the Setup.exe program starting, it will pop up an window as shown inFigure 2-1., click
on the
Next button to continue the installation.

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Figure 2-1
5. After finishing all installation steps, click Finishto complete the installation asFigure 2-2.
Figure 2-2
6. Insert the PC Card into the PCMCIA slot of your computer andwait for the Found New Hardware
Wizard dialog box to display.
7. During the installation, the driver and utility will both been installed into the system, so please
select
Install the software automatically (Recommended) as shown inFigure 2-3 and click Next to
search the driver installation file.

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Figure 2-3
8. Then the system will find the driver and start to install as shown inFigure 2-4.
Figure 2-4
9. The driver currently does not have a digital signature from Microsoft. Therefore, Windows
2000/XP will
show a warning message. Click Continue Anywayto proceed with driver installation as shown in
Figure 2-5.
Figure 2-5
10. Click Finishto complete the driver installation as shown inFigure 2-6.
Figure 2-6
2-2Checking after Installation
After installing the driver and utility, follow the steps below to check that the PC Card is
operating correctly.
1. Click theStart button, select Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. In theControl Panelwindow, double-click the System icon, then select theDevice Manager tab.
3. Double-click Network adapters, then select Wireless Network Adapter as shown inFigure 2-7.

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Figure 2-7
4. Right mouse and click theProperties button, then check the message. This device is working
properly is displayed for Device status as shown inFigure 2-8.
Figure 2-8
5. If you find the Yellow (?) sign on the adapter or the above message is not displayed, it
shows the installation is not successful or the wireless LAN PC Card is not operating
properly. Uninstall and re-install the driver, referring to Chapter 2-4Uninstalling Driver and
Utility.
2-3IEEE 802.11 WLAN NIC Client Utility
Use theWLAN NIC Client Utility to configure thedevice driver. Access the Utility by clicking the
Start button and choosing Programs > IEEE 802.11>ACU. The ACU tray icon is displayed in the
right side of the Toolbar. Launch the ACU by double-clicking the trayicon, or by right-clicking the
tray icon and selecting Launch Client Utility…

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WLAN Client Utility is used to display or change the PC Card information about Current
Status, Profile Management and Diagnostics. The client utility will be installed
automatically after installing the driver and utility. After finishing installing the driver and utility,
the client utility will automatically be executed and show a small icon at the right corner of
Taskbar whenever the PC Card is inserted into the PC Card slot of your computer. You can
click the taps on the top of the windows to select various screen messages as shown in
Figure 2-9.
Figure 2-9
The tool bar provides three functions of Action, Option and Help.
Action : the Disable Radio function is used to break down the wireless connection, you don’t
want to see icon shown in Taskbar, you can use Disable Tray Icon function to hide
the icon.
Option : you can useDisplay settings to change Signal Strength Display Units, Refreash
Interval and Data Disply settings.
Help : click About IEEE 802.11 Client Utility…function to get related information of the Client
Utility.
Except for tool bar’s function, the Utility also provides Current Status, Profile Management and
Diagnostics three main function page for configuration.
Below we explain the use and meanings of the various screen messages.
1. Current Stasus
In Current Status, it will provides user information of Profile Name, Network Type, Wireless Mode,
Current Channel, Link Status, Encryption and IP Address. If you click Advanced button, itwill pop
advanced status as shown inFigure 2-10, and in Advanced Status, it provide user information of
Country, Transmit Power Level, Network Name (SSID), Power Save Mode, Frequency, Transmit Rate
and Receive Rate.

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Figure 2-10
2. Profile Management
In Profile Management, it provides function to New, Modify, Remove or Activate an Profile settings as
shown inFigure 2-11. With default status, the profile will be empty and you have to click New button to
add an profile settings and if there exist Profile file, we can useModifybutton to change settings or use
Remove button to erase file or Activate button to activate another profile settings.
Figure 2-11
After click New button, it will pop Profile Management window including General, Security and Advanced
three configuration pages.
In General page : type the desirable profile name into the Profile Name field and the known SSID into
the Network field.
In Security page : the default value is Disable and we provide Pre-Shared Keys,LEAP and Externally
Managed 802.1x Keys for selection.
In Advanced page : you can set Power Save Mode, Network Type, 802.11 Preamble, Transmit Power
Level and Wireless Mode in this page.
In Profile Management, it also provides Available Networks…. for the user to get information
of available AP and Ad Hoc Networks as shown in Figure 2-12.

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Figure 2-12
3. Diagnostics
In Diagnostics, it provides statistics of Multicast Frames, Broadcast Frames. Unicast Frames
and Total Bytes for Transmit and Receive as shown in Figure 2-13.
Figure 2-13
In Advanced Statistics, it provides more advanced information for reference as shown in
Figure 2-14.
Figure 2-14
In Driver Information, it provides information of Card Name, MAC Address, Driver, Driver
Version and Driver Date as shown in Figure 2-15.

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Figure 2-15
2-4Uninstalling Driver and Utility
If the PC Card installation is unsuccessful for any reason, the best way to solve the
problem may be to completely uninstall the PC Card and its software and repeat the
installation procedure again.
1.Click theStart button, select Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2.In theControl Panelwindow, double-click the Add or Remove Programsicon, then select the
802.11 Wireless LAN item and remove the driver and utility as shown inFigure 2-16.
Figure 2-16
Select Remove in InstallShield Wizard and click Next to start to remove driver then click Finish to
complete driver and utility uninstallation as shown inFigure 2-17.
Figure 2-17
Chapter 3 Connecting to a Network
This chapter describes how to prepare for connection to network after install the PC Card drivers
and utility. The following is required for all computers if you want to connect to a network.
1. Check Clientfor Microsoft Networks is installed.
2. Check NetBEUI -> Wireless LAN PC Card installed.
3. Check TCP/IP -> Wireless LAN PC Card is installed.
4. Check file and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks.

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5. Check computer name and workgroup name.
3-1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks
The Client for Microsoft Networks enables you to connect to other Microsoft Windows computers
and servers and use the files and printers shared on them. If you works on Microsoft network
environment, you need to set up Client for Microsoft Networks.
After finishing installing the driver & utility and rebooting the computer as described in Chapter 2.
The computer will show a dialog box titled Enter Network Password dialog box. Enter your
password if it had been set or just click Cancel.
Click Start button, select Settings and then click Control Panel to open the Control Panel window.
In the Control Panel window, double-click the Network icon to open the Network dialog box.
Select Configuration tab to check Client for Microsoft Networks is installed as shown inFigure 3-1.
If no,
click the Add or Install button. Select Client and click the Add button.
Figure 3-1
Select Microsoft for Manufacturer and Client for Microsoft Networks for Network Client, and then
click
OK.
3-2 Checking and Adding NetBEUI
NetBEUI is a protocol you can use to connect to Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups, or LAN
Manager servers. If you work on Microsoft network environment, you need to set up NetBEUI
protocol.
Repeat the step 2 and 3 of Chapter 3-1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks.Select
Configuration tab to check NetBEUI -> Wireless LAN PC Card is installed. If no, click the Addor
Install button. Select Protocol and click the Add button.Select Microsoft for Manufacturer and
NetBEUI for Network Protocol, and then click OK.
3-3 Checking and Adding TCP/IP
TCP/IP is the protocol you use to connect to the Internet and wide-area networks. If you want to

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connect
to Internet, you need to set up TCP/IP protocol.
Repeat the step 2 and 3 of Chapter 3-1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks.Select
Configuration tab to check TCP/IP -> Wireless LAN PC Card is installed. If no, click the Addor
Install button. Select Protocol and click the Add button.Select Microsoft for Manufacturer and
TCP/IP for Network Protocol, and then click OK.
If yes, double-click TCP/IP -> Wireless LAN PC Card to open TCP/IP properties as shown inFigure
3-2. Due to different network applications there are many different settings here. You can select
either Obtain
an IP address automatically or Specify an IP address. If you use the Specify and IP address, then
you need to enter an IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway IP address, and DNS Server IP address
for connecting to Internet.
Figure 3-2
3-4 Checking and Adding File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft
Networks
File and printer sharing for Microsoft networks gives you the ability to share your files or printers
with Windows NT and Windows for Workgroups computers. If you want to share your files or
printers with Microsoft networks, you need to set up this service.
Repeat the step 2 and 3 of Chapter 3-1 Checking and Adding Client for Microsoft Networks.Select
Configuration tab to check File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks is installed. If no, click
the File and Printer Sharing button.
In the File and Print Sharing window, select what you need, and click OK. File and printer sharing
for Microsoft Networks, and then click OK.

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3-5 Checking and Adding Computer Name & Workgroup Name
Windows uses the computer name and workgroup name to identify your computer on the network.
Please enter an unique name for your computer, the workgroup it will appear in, and a short
description of the computer.
In Windows 98SE/ME, Repeat the step 2 and3 of Chapter 3-1 Checking and Adding Client for
Microsoft Networks.Select Identification tab or User Information tab to check the computer name,
workgroup and computer description are entered. If no, enter a computer name, a workgroup
name and then click OK. The description field may be left blank. If you want to share data with
other persons, make sure you have the same workgroup name.
In Windows 2000/XP, fromStart > Settings > Control Panel and click System, select Computer
Name page as shown inFigure 3-3.
Figure 3-3
Then click Change…button to rename the computer or join a domain or a Workgroup as shown in
Figure 3-4.
Figure 3-4

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Chapter 4 Troubleshooting
This chapter describes the problems and corresponding solutions that may occur when installing a
PC Card.
Symptom Solution
Windows does not
detect the PC Card when
installed.
Verify that the PC Card is properly
inserted into the PC Card slot.
Check whether the computer has a
Plug and Play BIOS.
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP might not
detect the PC Card if a previous
installation of the PC Card was
cancelled before it was finished.
Remove the previous driver, and redo
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Driver fails to load A resource conflict could exist.
For Windows 98/ME/2000, use the
Device Manager to resolve resource
conflicts.
Select System from theControl
Panel, then click on theDevice
Manager tab.
Device conflict on a
Windows system
A device conflict under Windows
98/ME/2000 may be related to
the PC Card.
For Windows 98/ME/2000, use the
Computer properties to identify the
used I/O port addresses and IRQ
values.
If there is a device conflict, select
alternative settings for I/O Base
Address or IRQ values. If you know
which device
is conflicting with the PC Card, you
have the option of changing that
device’s I/O
address or IRQ instead of changing the
PC Card.
No resource conflicts
were detected, but the
wireless station does
not attach to the
network
Verify that theSSID of the PC Card
matches that of the access point. Use
the Network Configuration Properties
Application in theControl Panel to
modify theSSID.
Verify that theNetwork Mode of the
PC Card is configured correctly.
Nonfunctioning card LED
The PC Card is not powered on. The
cause may be:
No Driver loaded or installed.
Card –Driver mismatch which
prevented the driver from loading.
Device conflict which prevented the
driver from loading.
Actions:
Verify that a driver has been installed.
Determine if there is a conflict with
another device.