Cisco Linksys WPC54A Wireless Network PC Card User Manual Part 1

Cisco-Linksys, LLC Wireless Network PC Card Part 1

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WPC54A 802.11a PC CardUser’s ManualDraft v. 1.0
2Table of Contents1. INTRODUCTION 41.1 SCOPE 41.2 OBJECTIVES 41.3 INTENDED AUDIENCE 41.4 FEATURES 41.5 PACKAGE CONTENTS 51.6 SYSTEM REOUIREMENTS 52 WINDOWS 2000 72.1 DRIVER INSTALLATION (FIRST-TIME INSTALL) 72.2 DRIVER INSTALLATION (PREVIOUS DRIVER INSTALLED) 132.3 DRIVER INSTALLATION (EXISTING DK DRIVER INSTALLED) 232.4 DRIVER UNINSTALLATION 302.5 DEVICE CONFIGURATION 342.5.1 Infrastructure Mode 382.5.2 Ad Hoc Mode 392.5.3 TCP/IP Setup 403 WINDOWS MILLENNIUM EDITION 443.1 DRIVER INSTALLATION 443.2 DRIVER UNINSTALLATION 473.3 DEVICE CONFIGURATION 493.3.1 Infrastructure Mode 503.3.2 Ad Hoc Mode 523.3.3 TCP/IP Configuration 544 WINDOWS 98 SECOND EDITION 564.1 DRIVER INSTALLATION 564.2 DRIVER UNINSTALLATION 594.3 DEVICE CONFIGURATION 624.3.1 Infrastructure Mode 634.3.2 Ad Hoc Mode 664.3.3 TCP/IP Setup 68
35 WINDOWS XP 705.1 DRIVER INSTALLATION (FIRST-TIME INSTALL) 705.2 DRIVER UNINSTALLATION 735.3 DEVICE CONFIGURATION 755.3.1 Infrastructure Mode 775.3.2 Ad Hoc Mode 785.3.3 TCP/IP Setup 805.4 WINDOWS XP WIRELESS LAN NETWORK CONFIGURATION 855.4.1 Infrastructure Mode 875.4.2 Ad hoc mode 895.4.3 Connect to an Available Wireless LAN Network 916 WINDOWS NT 4.0 976.1 DRIVER INSTALLATION AND TCP/IP SETUP 976.2 DEVICE CONFIGURATION 1026.2.1 Infrastructure Mode 1036.2.2 Ad Hoc Mode 1066.2.3 Verify Connection 1086.3 DRIVER UN-INSTALLATION 1107 LINKMON 1137.1 INSTALLATION 1137.2 FEATURES 1168 COUNTRY CODE SELECTOR 1239 TROUBLESHOOTING 125APPENDIX A -- CHANNEL AND DATA RATE SELECTION 126
41 Introduction1.1 ScopeThis user's guide provides the necessary information for first-time users to successfully install the802.11a Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) driver, for the purpose of evaluating and/oroperating the 802.11a Station in a Microsoft Windows environment. This guide also providesinformation for users who wish to upgrade the 802.11a NDIS driver from previous releases.1.2 ObjectivesThis guide describes the steps required to install NDIS drivers for the 802.11a Wireless LANNetwork Adapter in Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98 Second Edition,Windows XP, and Windows NT 4.0. This guide also includes detailed instructions for configuringthe PC Card device, or IEEE 802.11a station (STA) to interact with an access point (AP) ininfrastructure mode and with other STAs in ad hoc mode. Instructions for installing or upgradingthe diagnostic utility LinkMon are also included. You should also read this before proceeding toinstall the 802.11a Wireless LAN Network Adapter and NDIS driver in the targeted operatingsystem (OS) environment.1.3 Intended AudienceThis document is intended for 802.11a customers who wish to install and evaluate the 802.11aPC Card in the supported Microsoft Windows environments.1.4 FeaturesThe 802.11a Wireless LAN Network Adapter is an IEEE 802.11a two-chip solution referencedesign based on the 802.11a AR5110 and AR5210 chipset. This reference design implements ahalf-duplex, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) baseband processor supportingall IEEE 802.11a data rates (6 to 54 Mbps). It also supports the 802.11a Turbo ModeTM supportingdata rates up to 72 Mbps. The host interface is compliant with the PC Card 7. 1 standard.
51.5 Package ContentsMake sure the following materials are available before you begin: 802.11a CD, or electronic equivalent 802.11a Wireless LAN Network Adapter1.6 System Reguirements 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/WindowsXP/Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 6)
62 Windows 20002.1 Driver Installation (First-time Install)We recommend that you remove any existing 802.11a drivers on the PC system before installingthe new Version release of the NDIS driver. See Section 2.4 for the instructions on how to removeprevious driver releases.Insert the 802.11a Wireless LAN Network Adapter into a 32-bit CardBus Slot and follow thesesteps to install the NDIS driver:1. Wait for the following dialog box to display, and click Next to continue.
72. Choose "Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended)," and click Next.3. Insert the CD in your CD-ROM drive. Choose "Specify a location" under "Optionalsearch locations”, and click Next to continue.
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94. Browse to the location where the NDIS driver is located (assuming D: is the CD-ROMdrive), the default folder is D: \ndis\bin\production\ndis Click OK to continue.5. When you find the 802.11a driver installation file (net5210b.inf), click Next to continue.
106. The 802.11a NDIS evaluation driver currently does not have a digital signature fromMicrosoft. Therefore, Windows 2000 shows a warning message. Click Yes to proceedwith driver installation.7. Click Finish to complete the driver installation. See Section 2.5 for the deviceconfiguration.
112.2 Driver installation (Previous Driver Installed)If the system already has a previous release of the 802.11a NDIS installed, Windows does notprompt for the device driver when the WLAN Card is inserted. Follow the steps below to updateNDIS driver:1. Start System Properties from Control Panel. Under Hardware tab, click Device Manager.
122. Within Device Manager, right-click "802.11a Wireless LAN Network Adapter" under"Network adapters" device node, and click Properties.
133. Click "Update Driver..." from the Driver tab. Note the Driver Version that you are updatingfrom. You may need to verify this field again after driver update completes to make sure thedriver has been updated correctly.
144. Click Next to continue.
155. Choose "Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specificdriver," and click Next to continue.

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