Linksys WMP11 manual

Instant Wireless ® Series Wireless-B PCI Adapter Use this guide to install: WMP11 User Guide[...]

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Wireless-B PCI Adapter T able of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1 The W ireless-B PCI Adapter 1 F eatures 1 Chapter 2: Planning Y our Wir eless Network 2 Netw ork T opology 2 Ad-Hoc versus Infrastructure Mode 2 Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless-B PCI Adapter 4 The W ireless-B PCI Adapter’ s P or t and LEDs 4 Chapter 4: Hardwar e and Drive[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter Instant Wireless ® Series Chapter 1: Introduction Connect your desktop computer to a wireless netw ork with the Linksys W ireless-B PCI Adapter . This card installs in an expansion slot of most desk- top computers, and comes with a Setup W izard that walks y ou through conf ig- uring the adapter to your wireless netw ork set[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter If the wireless netw ork is relativel y small and needs to share resources only with the other computers on the wireless netw ork, then the ad-hoc mode can be used. (See Figure 2-2.) Ad-hoc mode allo ws computers equipped with wire- less transmitters and receiv ers to communicate directly with each other , elimi- nating the n[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 5 Instant Wireless ® Series 4 Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Wireless-B PCI Adapter The port to connect the W ireless PCI Adapter’ s Antenna and lights displa ying the Adapter’ s activity are sho wn in Figure 3-1. P ort Antenna The Antenna port is where you will connect the Adapter’ s external antenna. LED Indicators P[...]

Instant Wireless ® Series 6 Wireless-B PCI Adapter 7 2. W indo ws will notify you that the dri ver has not passed W indows Lo go test- ing (See Figure 4-4.) Click the Contin ue Anyw a y button. Figure 4-3 5. Attach the exter nal antenna to the Adapter’ s antenna por t, as sho wn in Figure 4-2. 6. P ow er on your desktop PC. 1. W indo ws XP will [...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 9 1. After installing the Adapter , the W indows XP W ireless Zero Conf iguration icon will appear in your comput- er’ s system tray (see F igure 4-7). Double-click the icon. 2. The screen that appears will sho w any a vailab le wireless network. Select the netw ork you w ant. If this netw ork has WEP encryption enabled , g[...]

11 Instant Wireless ® Series 10 Wireless-B PCI Adapter Chapter 5: Software Installation and Configuration for Windows 98SE, Me , and 2000 The W ireless-B PCI Adapter Setup W izard will guide you through the installa- tion procedure for W indo ws 98SE, Me, and 2000. The Setup W izard will install the WLAN Monitor and Device Dri ver , as well as con[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 13 Instant Wireless ® Series 12 3. The Setup W izard will ask you to choose a wireless mode, as sho wn in Figure 5-3. Click the Infr astructur e Mode radio button if you want y our wireless computers to netw ork with computers on your wired netw ork using a wireless access point. Click the Ad-Hoc Mode radio button if you w a[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 15 Instant Wireless ® Series 14 6. After the f iles ha ve been successfull y copied , the screen in Figure 5-6 will appear . Click the Finish button. Pr oceed to “Chapter 6: Hard war e Installation for Windo ws 98SE, Me, and 2000. ” Figure 5-6 4. If y ou chose Infrastructur e Mode , go to Step 5 no w . If you chose Ad-Ho[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 17 Instant Wireless ® Series 16 5. Attach the exter nal antenna to the Adapter’ s antenna por t, as sho wn in Figure 6-2. 5. P ow er on your desktop PC. After the Adapter has been ph ysicall y connected to your computer , W indo ws will detect the new hardw are. W indows will be gin installing the driver f iles in your ope[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter The Link Information screen (F igure 7-3) shows y ou the settings of your cur- rent connection. TCP/IP Setting IP Addr ess - The IP Address of the Adapter . Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask of the Adapter . Default Gatew a y - The Def ault Gate wa y address of the Adapter . DNS - The DNS address of the Adapter . DHCP - The statu[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter Connect - T o connect to one of the netw orks on the list, select the wireless net- w ork , and click the Connect button to connect. If the wireless network has WEP encryption enabled , you will see the screen sho wn in Figure 7-5. In the WEP drop-do wn box, select the type of WEP encr yption used by the wireless netw ork: 64[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter • Import - Click the Impor t button to import a prof ile that has been sav ed in another location. Select the appropriate f ile, and click the Open button. • Export - Select the prof ile you w ant to sav e in a different location, and click the Export button. Direct W indows to the appropriate folder , and click the OK bu[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 25 Instant Wireless ® Series 1. On the Pr of iles screen, sho wn in Figure 7-6, click the Ne w button to create a new prof ile. 2. When the Cr eate connection pr o- f ile screen appears (Figure 7-9), enter a name for the new prof ile. Click OK to sa ve the prof ile name or click Cancel to return to the previous screen. 3. Th[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 27 Instant Wireless ® Series 26 6. The Security Settings screen (Figure 7-13) will appear . Enable or disab le W ired Equiv alent Priv acy (WEP) encryption for your wireless netw ork. If you enab le WEP , enter a P assphrase or WEP key . Click the Next button to continue or the Back button to return to the previous screen. W[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 29 Instant Wireless ® Series 28 Appendix A: T roubleshooting This chapter pro vides solutions to problems that ma y occur during the installa- tion and operation of the W ireless-B PCI Adapter . Read the descriptions belo w to solve y our problems. If you can’ t f ind an answ er here, check the Linksys w ebsite at www .lin[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 31 Instant Wireless ® Series 30 As the user mo ves on, the end node’ s RF transmitter regularly checks the sys- tem to determine whether it is in touch with the original access point or whether it should seek a new one. When a node no longer receiv es acknowledgment from its original access point, it undertakes a new searc[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 33 Instant Wireless ® Series ture of scrambling. On the softw are side, WLAN of fers the encr yption function (WEP) to enhance security and access control. Can Instant Wireless products support printer sharing? Instant W ireless products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore, Instant W ireless products can w o[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 35 Instant Wireless ® Series 34 LAN. In infrastructure mode, the wireless de vices communicate with each other and to a wired netw ork by f irst going through an access point. An infra- structure wireless network connected to a wired netw ork is refer red to as a Basic Service Set (BSS). A set of two or more BSS in a single [...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 37 Instant Wireless ® Series 36 cient deliv er y o ver the netw ork. UDP is known as a “connection-less” protocol due to NO T requiring the receiver of a pack et to retur n an ackno wledgment of receipt to the sender of the packet (as opposed to TCP). WEP ( W ired E quiv alent P riv acy) - A data priv acy mechanism based[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter Dimensions 4.80" x 4.76" x 0.75" (122 mm x 121 mm x 19 mm) Unit Weight 3.88 oz. (0.11 kg) Po w e r 3.3 or 5V DC Certifications FCC Class B , IC-03 Operating T emp. 32ºF to 131ºF (0ºC to 55ºC) Storage T emp. -4ºF to 158ºF (-20ºC to 70ºC) Operating Humidity 0% to 90%, Non-Condensing Storage Humidity 0% to[...]

Wireless-B PCI Adapter 41 Instant Wireless ® Series 40 Appendix E: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of the W ireless-B PCI Adapter, con- tact Linksys T echnical Support at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses belo w . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T echnical Support 800-326-7114 RMA (Return Mer[...]

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