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Instant Wireless ® Series Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter Use this guide to install: WMP55AG User Guide ...
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COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. Copyright © 2003 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant Wireless, Linksys, and the Linksys logo ar e register ed trademarks of Linksys Group, Inc. Micr osoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are r egistered trade- marks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and b ...
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T able of Contents C hapter 1: Introduction 1 The Dual-Band W ireless A+G PCI Adapter 1 F eatures 1 Chapter 2: Planning Y our Wir eless Network 2 Netw ork T opolo gy 2 Ad-Hoc versus Infrastructure Mode 2 Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 4 The Dual-Band W ireless A+G PCI Adapter’ s LEDs 4 Chapter 4: Installation an ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter Chapter 1: Introduction The Linksys Dual-Band W ireless A+G PCI Adapter installs in most desktops and lets you put y our computer almost an yw here in the building, without the cost and hassle of running network cab les. No w y ou don’ t hav e to drill holes in your w alls and climb through the attic or cellar t ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter Instant Wireless ® Series If the wireless netw ork is relati vel y small and needs to share resources onl y 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 direc ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 5 Instant Wireless ® Series 4 Chapter 3: Getting to Know the Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter LED Indicators LINK Gr een . The LINK LED lights up w hen there is a wireless netw ork connection. It will flash when there is acti vity . PWR Gr een . The PWR LED lights up when the Adapter is po w- ered on. The Dual- ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 7 Instant Wireless ® Series 6 2. W indows will notify y ou that the driver has not passed W indows Lo go test- ing. This is normal, and it has been verif ied that the Adapter does work with W indo ws XP . Click the Continue An ywa y button. 3. After W indo ws has f inished installing the dri ver , click the Finis ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 3. If WEP is enabled , the screen in Figure 4-8 will appear . Enter the WEP key of y our wireless net- w ork in the Networ k key f ield , and re-enter it in the Conf irm networ k key f ield. Then click Connect , and go to Step 4. 4. The screen in F igure 4-9 will appear if your con- nection is activ e. F or more i ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 11 Instant Wireless ® Series 10 2. T o install the Adapter, click the Install button on the W elcome screen. 3. After reading the W ar ranty P olicy , shown in F igure 5-2, click the Next but- ton if you agree, or click the Cancel button to end the installation. 4. Next you will choose y our type of wireless netw ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 13 Instant Wireless ® Series 12 6. If you chose Infr astructure Mode , go to Step 7 no w . If you chose Ad-Hoc Mode , the Ad-Hoc Mode Setting screen, sho wn in Figure 5-5, will appear . The channel you choose should match the channel set on the other de vices in your wireless netw ork. Select the channel you plan ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 15 Instant Wireless ® Series 14 1. T ur n off y our desktop PC. 2. Open your PC’ s case, and locate an a vailab le PCI slot on the motherboard. Check with your computer’ s manuf acturer if you need instructions. 3. Slide the Adapter into the PCI slot, as sho wn in Figure 5-8. Mak e sure that all of its pins a ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter The Link Inf ormation screen displays the Adapter’ s signal strength and link quality information. Click the More inf ormation button for fur ther infor mation about your wireless connection (see F igure 6-4). Ad-Hoc Mode or Infrastructur e Mode - The screen indicates whether the Adapter is cur rently w orking i ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 19 Instant Wireless ® Series 18 The Site Survey screen displa ys a list of infrastructure and ad-hoc networks a vailab le for connection. SSID - The SSID of the wireless netw ork. T ype - The type of wireless connection. A means 802.11a, and B means 802.11b . G indicates 54g. Signal - The quality of signal streng ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 21 Instant Wireless ® Series In the WEP Level drop-do wn box, select the lev el of WEP encryption used by the wireless netw ork: 64-bit / 10 hex. characters , 128-bit / 26 hex. charac- ters , or 152-bit / 32 he x. characters (152-bit WEP is only a vailable for 802.11a netw orking). If the wireless netw ork uses a ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 23 Instant Wireless ® Series Import - Click the Import button to impor t a prof ile that has been sa ved in another location. Select the appropriate f ile, and click the Open button. Export - Select the prof ile you want to sa ve in a different location, and click the Export button. Select the appropriate folder ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 25 Instant Wireless ® Series 24 4. The Networ k Mode screen sho ws a choice of tw o netw ork modes. Click the Infrastructur e Mode radio button if you w ant your wireless computers to communicate with computers on your wired netw ork via an access point. Click the Ad-Hoc Mode radio button if you w ant multiple wi ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter P assphrase - Instead of manuall y entering WEP k eys, y ou can enter a Passphrase, so a WEP key is automaticall y generated if you chose 64-bit / 10 hex. characters or 128-bit / 26 hex. characters WEP encr yption. The passphrase is case-sensitiv e and should not be longer than 16 alphanumeric characters. This pas ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 29 Appendix A: T roubleshooting This chapter pro vides solutions to problems that ma y occur during the installa- tion and operation of the Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter . Read the descriptions belo w to solve your prob lems. If you can’ t f ind an answ er here, check the Linksys w ebsite at www .linksys.co ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 31 Instant Wireless ® Series 30 What is Spread Spectrum? Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique de vel- oped by the military for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communica- tions systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth ef f icienc y for reliability , integrity , and sec ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 33 Instant Wireless ® Series 32 on startup. These instr uctions search for the operating system, load it and pass control to it. CTS ( C lear T o S end) - An RS-232 signal sent from the receiving station to the transmitting station that indicates it is ready to accept data. Default Gatew a y - The router used to ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 35 Instant Wireless ® Series 34 The IEEE fosters the dev elopment of standards that often become national and international standards. The organization publishes a number of journals, has many local chapters, and se veral lar ge societies in special areas, such as the IEEE Computer Society . Infrastructur e Netwo ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 37 Instant Wireless ® Series 36 PCI ( P eripheral C omponent I nterconnect) - A peripheral bus commonly used in PCs, Macintoshes and w orkstations. It was designed primaril y by Intel and f irst appeared on PCs in late 1993. PCI pro vides a high-speed data path betw een the CPU and peripheral devices (video, disk ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter WEP ( W ired E quiv alent P riv acy) - A data privac y mechanism based on a 64- bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11b standard. WINIPCFG - Conf iguration utility based on the W in32 API for quer ying, def ining and managing IP addresses within a netw ork. A commonly used util- ity under Windo ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter Dimensions 5.79" x 0.79" x 4.72" (147 mm x 20 mm x 120 mm) Unit Weight 3.6 oz. (0.1 kg) Certifications FCC, CE, IC-03 Operating T emp 32° F to 131° F (0° C to 55° C) Storage T emp -4° F to 185° F (-20° C to 85° C) Operating Humidity 10% to 85%, Non-Condensing Storage Humidity 5% to 90%, Non- ...
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Dual-Band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter 43 Instant Wireless ® Series 42 Appendix E: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of the Dual-Band W ireless A+G PCI Adapter , contact Linksys T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T echnical Support 800-32 ...
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