IC Intracom 524810 manual

W IR E LES S 1 50N P C I C ARD US E R MANU AL MODE L 5 2 48 1 0 INT -524810-UM-01 10-01[...]

2 Than k yo u for pu rchasi ng the INTE LL INET NET WORK SOL UTIONS ™ Wirele ss 1 50 N PCI C ard , Model 52 48 1 0. This comp act high-speed ad ap ter al low s you t o connect y our de sktop comput er t o wirel ess networks s o you can tra nsf er or receiv e d igital i mages , videos a nd MP3 les fa ste r than e v er , connecting t o the wire [...]

3 SAFETY & COMPLIANCE ST A TEMENTS F C C P ar t 1 5 This eq uip ment h as bee n tes ted an d foun d to comply w ith the li mits f or a Class B digi tal de vice , pursu ant t o P ar t 1 5 of F eder al Commu nication s Commiss ion (F CC ) Ru les. Th ese lim its are d esign ed to pro vide reason able pr ot ection aga ins t harmful in ter fe rence [...]

4 and t elecommu nicatio n termin al equ ipme nt an d the mu tual r ecognition o f thei r conformity (R & T TE) . The R & TTE directiv e re peals a nd repl aces Dire ctive 98/ 1 3/ EE C ( T elecommu nication s T ermin al E qui pmen t and Sa te llit e Earth Station E qui pmen t ) as o f April 8, 200 0. Safet y This eq uip ment i s desig ned [...]

5 CONTENTS T ABLE OF CONTENTS section page 1 HARDW ARE .........................................................................................................................6 1 . 1 Card Compo nen ts ..........................................................................................................6 1 .2 Install ing the C ard .............[...]

6 HARD W ARE 1 HARD WARE 1 . 1 Card Compone nts • Screw the i nclud ed ant enn a ont o the re verse SMA connector a f te r the card ha s been in stal led on the compu ter ( see below ). I t ’ s recommend ed that t he an ten na be posi tioned a t a 9 0 ˚ angl e to the card i niti ally f or wha t is typically the be st rad io recept ion, a djus [...]

7 DRI VER INST ALL A TIO N 2 DRIVER INST ALLA TION On ce t h e Wirel ess 1 50 N PCI Ca rd is in stall ed and the comp ute r is turned b ack on , the W elcome t o the F oun d New Har dwar e Wizard scr een will d ispl a y . Cli ck “Cancel” and pr oceed with the d river i nstal la tion procedu re belo w . 1. I n s e rt th e includ ed se tup CD a n[...]

8 DRI VER INST ALL A TIO N 3. It’ s r eco mm en de d th at b o th th e d ri v e r a nd u ti l ity be i ns ta l le d f ro m th e S e tu p T y pe screen i f the card is bei ng ins talle d on this compu ter f or the rst ti me . Select “Instal l driv er on ly” if you pr ef er . Click “Next ”to contin ue . 4. On t h e s e co nd S e t u p T [...]

9 DRI VER INST ALL A TIO N 5. When t he R e ad y to I n st al l th e P r og ra m scr e en d is pl a ys , cl i ck “In s ta ll . ” I f a n ot he r F ound Ne w Hardw are s creen d ispla ys inst ead , w ait a mom ent f or the progr am to u pdat e , then conti nue . After yo u click “Insta ll, ” wait for t he progra m to run . 6. W hen t he n[...]

10 DRI VER INST ALL A TIO N Once ins talla tion is comple te , the wirel ess congura tion uti lity disp la ys on the com pu te r de skto p a nd a s a n INTEL LINET i con in the s yst ems tra y . Mouse- ov er the icon to l earn the card sta tus . T o congure y ou r wirel ess connection , right - click on the icon to di spla y the popup men u. [...]

11 CONFIGUR A TION 3 CONFIGURA TION Once the driv er is i nstal led, i t will a ut omati cally tr y to con nect to an y unencr yp ted wirel ess access poin t. If y ou wa nt t o connect to a sp ecic wireless a ccess point, or if the a cc ess poi nt y ou w ant t o connect to u ses en cr yption , yo u need to cong ure the Wire less 1 50 N PCI C [...]

12 CONFIGUR A TION 3. 1 . 1 INTELLINET Con gurati on Utilit y All util ity screens pr esen t a menu o f functio n option s — Pro le, Ne twork, et c. — across th e top . The Ne twork screens f eat ure a se tu p windo w below t he menu section , which e xpa nds in d epth a ut oma tically t o accommoda te in forma tion tha t corresponds t o [...]

13 CONFIGUR A TION encr yption . N OT E : When the a cc ess poi nt s uppor ts WPS a nd the WPS i con appea rs, y ou won ’t see the k e y icon her e ev en through th e access poin t uses encr yption . • The sign al str ength o f the access poin t as a pe rcentage ( 1 00% = full s tren gth ) . • The sign al str ength o f the access poin t as a [...]

14 CONFIGUR A TION Re scan — Click t o rescan f or access poin ts. Add t o Prole — T o store a s pecic access poin t in the P role Li st ( see Section 3 . 1 .3: Ad d an A cces s P oi n t t o P ro l e ) so t ha t y ou ca n l i nk t o it d i re ctl y wi th ou t en t e rin g the au then tication k ey ag ain , select the AP , then click[...]

15 CONFIGUR A TION won ’t work. Check th e “Show P assw ord” bo x to d ispl a y the k e y yo u ent er . The auth ent ication type will be s elected a ut omat ically b y the a ccess point : Don ’t change i t. How e ve r , if y ou ’ re conn ecting t o an AP usin g 802. 1 x authen ticatio n, you ne ed to sel ect “8 02. 1 x ” and en te r [...]

16 CONFIGUR A TION T o enter t he inf ormation f or an a cc ess poi nt ma nual ly , go to the P role men u ( see Section 3.2 : Pro le Manag emen t ) an d click “ Add . ” The scre en will e xpand as ne eded , ini tiall y dis pla ying t he Sys tem Con g screen . Prole Name — E very prole need s a uniq ue nam e. SSI D — En t er [...]

17 CONFIGUR A TION Pream ble — Select the p ream ble for A d Hoc mode her e. Op tions ar e “ Aut o” a nd “Long. ” Auto ” is s ugges ted t o let t he util ity decide the op tima l pream ble . Channel — Select the rad io chann el for Ad Hoc mod e. Po we r Sav e Mode — Sele ct “CAM ” ( Cons tant ly Aw ak e mode, wh ich main tain s [...]

18 CONFIGUR A TION Encr yptio n — Select the e ncr yptio n t ype o f the de vice y ou wa nt t o connect to . W hen yo u’ re add ing a pro le from an e xisting a ccess point or wi reless de vice, this will be s electe d aut oma tically : Don ’t chan ge it. WP A Pre shared K ey — E n ter th e k e y here . If e ncr yption i sn ’t en abled[...]

19 CONFIGUR A TION The E A P F ast au thentication t ype also displa ys a sub- menu for setting additional para met ers specic to this op tion . If y ou need t o use pr ot ected a uthen tication cr eden tials , select “Use pro te cted au then tication cred enti al” and click “Import ” to load th e .pa c creden tial l e. T o remo v e a[...]

20 CONFIGUR A TION 3. 1 . 2 Usi ng the Windows Zero Conguration Utilit y Windo ws XP , V is ta and 7 ha v e a bui lt-in wir eless ne t w ork c ongu ratio n util ity c all ed Windo ws Zer o Congura tion (W Z C ) , which y ou can use a s an op tion for congu ring yo ur wir eless ne t work pa rame te rs. 1 . Right-click the INTE LLI NET co[...]

21 CONFIGUR A TION 4. Click “ Ne t work Conn ections . ” 5. R igh t-click “ Wireless Ne t work Conn ection ” (it m ay h a ve a n umbe r as a sufx if you ha v e more th an one wir eless ne twork c ard , so be s ure t o select thi s Wireless 1 50 N PCI C ard ) , then s elect “ View A vail able Wir eless Ne t work s. ”[...]

22 CONFIGUR A TION 6. A ll wir eless access poin ts in pr oxi mity will be d ispl a yed . If th e access point y ou wa nt t o use is n ’t sho wn, try movin g yo ur comput er closer t o the AP , or click “ R efres h network lis t ” to res can access points . Select th e access point y ou w an t to us e if it’ s sh own , then click “Con nec[...]

23 CONFIGUR A TION 3. 2 Prole Ma nagement If y ou need t o connect to d if fe ren t wirele ss APs at di f fere nt ti mes — such a s when yo u’ re at a cy bercafe o r usin g a publ ic wir eless service — you can sto re the connection para met ers ( encr ypti on, security , pa ssphra se , et c. ) as a pr o le f or e v er y acce ss po i n [...]

24 CONFIGUR A TION 3.2 . 1 Add a P role T o add a new pr ole , go to the P role s creen , then click “ Add” ( as shown a bov e ). En t er de tails abo ut the a ccess point, a s described pr ev iousl y in Section 3. 1 . 1 .3. 3.2 .2 Edit an E xisting Pr ole If y o u ’ v e a d de d a p ro l e b e f or e a n d w a n t t o ch an ge[...]

25 CONFIGUR A TION 2. Click “ Adv anced” to d ispl a y the Ad va nced Settings s creen . Wirele ss mode — Cl ick to di spla y the wireless ope ration m ode of th e card. En able T x Burst — Check thi s bo x to accelera te th e data tra nsmi t rat e . N OT E : It ma y no t work with al l wirel ess access poin ts and wir eless de vices . En a[...]

26 CONFIGUR A TION • Non -Ser ving Cha nnel Mea sur emen ts Lim it: When y ou ’ re connecting t o a CC X -c omp atibl e access poin t, check this bo x to enabl e meas urem ents o f unu sed rad io chann els in or der to i mpro v e wire less connectivi ty . Af t er yo u nish th e setting s, click “ Apply” so the y tak e e f fect. 3. 4 V ie[...]

27 CONFIGUR A TION 1 . Right-click the congura tion ut il i ty i con a nd cl ic k “La u nc h Cong Util ity . ” 2. Click “ WMM ” to dis pla y the screen . N OT E: In the WMM Set up Sta tus pa nel , the curren t WMM settings ar e disp la y ed. WM M En able — Che ck this bo x to e nabl e the functio n. Cl ick “ Apply” af ter y ou c[...]

28 CONFIGUR A TION ne t work se tup r elat iv ely si mple . If y ou ha v e a WPS- enabled wi reless a ccess point and y ou w ant t o estab lish a s ecure conne ction to it, y ou do n ’t need t o congur e the de vice and se t up d ata encryption b y y ourself : All you n eed to d o is go to th e WPS se tup scre en, cli ck an on-screen optio n, [...]

29 CONFIGUR A TION Y ou can also se t “Cong Mode ” to “Reg istra r . ” In thi s mode , this card wi ll wa it for oth er WPS- enabled a ccess points t o send WP S pairin g requ ests . Agai n, re fe r to ea ch de vice ’ s user ma nua l to und erstand h ow to s end WPS r eques ts. 4. Before y ou beg in to es tabli sh the wir eless connect[...]

30 CONFIGUR A TION 3.6.2 WPS Setup : PIN 1 . Right-click the congura tion ut il i ty i con a nd cl ic k “La u nc h Cong Util ity . ” 2. Click “ WPS” to di spla y the scre en. 3. The PIN code of y ou r Wireless 1 50N PCI Card i s an 8 - dig it nu mber locat ed a t the upp er - right o f the congu ration u tili ty . Make a n ot e of [...]

31 CONFIGUR A TION 3. 7 Radio On/O f f Y ou c an s witch th e wirel ess radio tr ansceiv er on and off by us ing the u tili ty , so you don ’t n eed to ph ysically r emo v e the card to d isabl e the wir eless ne t work fun ction. 1 . F rom whiche ver section y ou ’ re currentl y view ing in th e util ity , you ’ ll s ee the Ra dio O n/Of f i[...]

32 S o f t AP 4 S o f t AP In add ition t o ser vi ng as a wir eless clien t of o ther wi reless a ccess points , the Wirele ss 1 5 0N PCI Ca rd can act as a wi reless se r vice prov ider . By swi tchi ng the card’ s opera ting mode t o AP , other comp ut ers and wir eless de vices can connect to y our comp ute r wirele ssly an d ev en s hare th [...]

33 S o f t AP If y our compu ter h as ano ther n etwork card connected t o the In te rnet, se lect it from the “Name ” drop- down men u and click “En able ICS . ” If you r comput er do es n’ t ha ve ano ther ne twork c ard w ith In terne t connection , click “Not enab le ICS. ” The Cong (Ba sic Congu ration ) screen f or the AP [...]

34 S o f t AP Count r y Region Code — Se le ct th e co u n try cod e of t he cou n try o r re gi on y o u ’ re in . Option s are 0 - 7 , which will a f fect the a v ail able wi reless cha nnel s you can u se : 0: F CC (U .S . , Can ada an d othe r countries us ing F CC ra dio commu nicatio n standards ) 1 : ETS I (E ur ope ) 2 : Spai n 3 : F ra[...]

35 S o f t AP depen din g on the au then tication type y ou select. I f you s elect “Not Use , ” data will n ot be en cr ypt ed and peop le with some n etworking kno wledge a nd the proper t ools wil l be able t o rea d the da ta you tr ansf er . WP A Pre- sha red K e y — Only cli ents wi th the same p re- sha red k e y y ou ent er he re will[...]

36 S o f t AP T o sav e chang es, click “OK” ; click “Cancel” to d iscard th e changes . 4 .3 Access Co ntrol If y ou ’ re no t goin g to open y ou r comput er and wi reless res ources t o the pub lic, y ou can use the MA C addr ess lt ering fun ction to en force y our a cc ess contr ol policy so onl y wirele ss clients w ith the MA C [...]

37 S o f t AP 4 . 4 Con nection T a ble T o view a lis t of al l wirel ess clien ts connecte d to thi s access point, cl ick “ MA C T able. ” MAC Address — Dis p la ys t he MA C a d d re ss o f th i s wi r el es s cl ie n t. AID — Thi s is t he s e ria l n um b er o f th is wi re l es s c on n ect io n . Po we r Sav ing Mode — Di s pl a y[...]

38 S o f t AP 4 .6 Statistics T o view de tail ed inf ormation a bout ho w yo ur soft wa re access poin t work s, click “Statis tics” to d ispl a y the e v ent log . Re set Coun ters — C lick to r ese t all coun ters t o zer o. INTELLINET Wireless Utility INTELLINET Wireless Utility[...]

39 S o f t AP 4 . 7 A bout The “ About” screen lis ts ve rsion nu mbers and o ther i nforma tion abo ut the card . INTELLINET Wireless Utility INTELLINET Wireless Utility MAC www .intellinet-network.com[...]

40 TROUBLE SHOOT ING 5 TR OUBLESHOO TING If yo u encount er an y problems when y ou ’ re usi ng the Wireless 1 50 N PCI Card , don ’t pan ic! Be fore y ou call y our p lace of p urcha se for he lp , check th is troub leshoo ting table : The solutio n to y our pro blem could be v ery simple , all owin g you t o solv e the proble m yo urself! Pro[...]

41 FA Q Problem : The net work is s low — dif cul t y when transferring large les. P ossible Solutions : 1. Mov e close r to the a ccess point. 2. Enabl e “ Wireless P rot ection ” in the A dv anced section . 3. D isa ble “T x Burst” in the Adv an ced section. 4. Enabl e “ WM M” in the WMM section if y ou need t o use m ulti med[...]

42 FA Q • CSM A /CA pl us Ackno wledge P rot ocol • Multi- Chan nel Ro amin g • Aut omati c Rat e Selection • RTS/ CT S F ea ture • F ragm enta tion • Pow er Man ageme nt What is A d Hoc ? An Ad Hoc in tegra te d wirele ss L AN is a group o f comput ers, ea ch with a wir eless L AN card. Conn ected as a n inde penden t wir eless L AN, i[...]

43 FA Q noise a nd is re jected ( ignor ed ) b y most n arrowb and receiv ers . What is Spread Spectrum ? Sprea d Spectrum t echnology is a w ideba nd rad io freque ncy t echniq ue de v eloped b y the mil itar y for u se in re liab le, s ecure , miss ion- critical communi cation s yst ems . It is de signed t o trad e of f ba ndwidt h ef ciency f[...]

44 SPEC IFICA TIONS 7 SPECIFICA TIONS Stand ards • IEE E 802. 1 1 b ( 1 1 Mbps Wire less L AN) • IEE E 802. 1 1 g ( 54 Mbps Wireless LAN) • IEE E 802. 1 1 n ( 1 50 Mbps Wir eless L AN ) • IEE E 802. 1 1 e (Wireless Mul timed ia Ex te nsion s ( WME) ) Gener al • Bus type : 32 -bit PC I card • Chip set : Rali nk R T30 60 • F req uenc y [...]

45 SPEC IFICA TIONS System Requirements • Desktop PC with P entium 300 MHz - compa tible p rocessor or high er • Window s 200 0/ XP /20 03/ Vista and Wind ows 7 • A va ilab le 32 -bit PC I slot Package Contents • Wireless 1 50N PCI Card • 1 ant enn a • Quick ins tall gu ide • Setu p CD with u ser man ual[...]

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