Aironet Lan Adapter Bedienungsanleitung

Aironet Wireless Communications, Inc. • 3875 Embassy ParkwayAkron, Ohio 44333-8357www.aironet.com User’s Guide and TechnicalReference Manual Aironet

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Edit ParametersB-14Beacon PeriodThis parameter specifies the duration between beacon packets that are used by IEEE 802.11 systems to synchronize the “h

Appendix CC-1Tested To ComplyWith FCC StandardsFOR HOME OR OFFICE USEAppendix CManufacturers Federal Communication Commission Declaration of Conformit

Appendix CC-2Department of Communications—Canada Canadian Compliance StatementThis Class B Digital apparatus meets all the requirements of the Canadia

Appendix CC-3European Telecommunication Standards InstituteStatement of ComplianceInformation to UserThis equipment has been tested and found to compl

Appendix CC-4Declaration of ConformityAironet Model Number:PC4500Radio CE Type Certificate Number:Radio Type Approval Examiniation Number:BCL/EC/98-03

Appendix CC-5Declaration of ConformityAironet Model Number:PC4800Radio CE Type Certificate Number:Radio Type Approval Examiniation Number:Application

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Appendix DD-1Appendix DTechnical Support CommunicationsUse the following information to contact the Aironet Technical Support group:Telephone - (330)

About the User’s Guide and Technical Reference Manual vii About the User’s Guide and Technical Reference Manual This guide covers the installation, c

About the User’s Guide and Technical Reference Manual viii Appendix A – Specifications – provides radio and physical specifications. Appendix B –

About the User’s Guide and Technical Reference Manual ix Typographical Conventions When reading the User’s Guide and Technical Reference Manual, it i

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Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter 1-1 Section 1 Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter The Aironet 4000 Series

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter 1-2 Safety Information The FCC with its action in ET Docket 96-8 has adopted a safety standar

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter 1-3 Snap-On Antenna Always orient antenna such that it is at least 5 cm (2 inches) away from

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter 1-4 Other Devices in the Wireless Network Refer to the User’s Guide and Technical Reference m

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter 1-5 Radio Characteristics The PC Card operates in the 2.4 GHz license-free Industrial Scienti

Aironet Wireless Communications, Inc. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any means, elec-tronic or mechanical, for any purp

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter 1-6 Protocols Supported The Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter can be used in a variety

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter1-7Here are some operating and environmental conditions that need to be considered:• Data Rates

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter1-8Link TestThe link test tool is used to determine RF coverage. The test results help the inst

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter1-9TerminologyWhen configuring your system, and when reading this manual, keep in mind the follo

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter1-10Power Saving Protocol (PSP) and Non-Power Saving Protocol – The Power Saving Protocol allow

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter1-11System ConfigurationsThe Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter can be used in a variety o

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter1-12Figure 1.2 - Wireless InfrastructureIn a wireless infrastructure, an Aironet Access Point i

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter1-13Figure 1.3 - Wireless Infrastructure with Workstations Accessing a Wired LANA Micro-Cellula

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter1-14Figure 1.4 - Extended Infrastructure Using RepeatersAn Aironet Access Point can be configure

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter1-15Coverage OptionsThe system architecture options of the wireless station and Access Points p

i Table of Contents About the User’s Guide and Technical Reference Manual ... viiTypographical Conventions...

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter1-16Figure 1.6 - Heavy Overlap Coverage OptionBy arranging the Access Points so the overlap in

Welcome to the Aironet 4000 Series Wireless LAN Adapter1-17Figure 1.7 - Multiple Overlapping Systems Coverage OptionMultiple systems can operate in th

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Installing the Hardware2-1Section 2Installing the HardwareThis section describes the procedures for installing the Wireless LAN Adapter.Here’s what yo

Installing the Hardware2-2Before You StartFor the PC Card to be used with a computing device (desk-top personal computer, notebook, laptop computer, p

Installing the Hardware2-3Figure 2.1 - Overview of the 4000 Series PC CardAntenna ConnectorsThe PC Card has two female MicroMate antenna connec-tors o

Installing the Hardware2-4Standard AntennasThe Snap-On Diversity antenna comes with the PC4500 and PC4800 and attaches directly to the PC Card. Its sm

Installing the Hardware2-5Attaching the AntennaCAUTION:The Snap-On antenna should never be placed in contact with metal surfaces while in use.Attachin

Installing the Hardware2-6Detaching the AntennaCAUTION: The Snap-On antenna should never be placed in contact with metal surfaces while in use.Detachi

Installing the Hardware2-7Installing the Wireless LAN Adapter Before you begin, examine the PC Card. One end is a dual row 68-pin PC Card connector. T

ii ODI Driver Installation ... 3-11General Information... 3-12Driver Keyw

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Installing the Software3-1Section 3Installing the SoftwareThe PC Card is supplied with PACKET, NDIS2, NDIS3 and ODI drivers allowing operation under D

Installing the Software3-2The driver disk shipped with the Wireless LAN Adapter is organized as follows:Table 3.1 - Driver Disk StructureREADME.TXT Co

Installing the Software3-3NDIS3 (PC4500) Directory containing NDIS3 driver filesPC4500.INF WIN95/98 install filePC4500.SYS NDIS3 driverPC4500.DLL NDIS3

Installing the Software3-4Windows 95 or Windows 98 NDIS3 InstallationTo complete the installation of the PC Card under Windows 95 or Windows 98, make

Installing the Software3-5Choosing the adapter from the Network Icon and selecting Properties will allow the setting of additional parameters. See Dri

Installing the Software3-6Windows NT NDIS3 InstallationTo complete the installation of the PC Card using Windows NT, verify PCMCIA card and socket ser

Installing the Software3-713. Select OK.14. Select Close.15. Add all other related network information if applicable (IP address, DHCP, DNS, GATEWAY).

Installing the Software3-8Windows for Workgroups NDIS2 Installation1. Power on your computer and start Windows for Workgroups.2. Go to the Network pro

Installing the Software3-9DOS NDIS2 InstallationThe Aironet Wireless LAN Adapter can be installed in a NetBIOS compliant DOS environment such as Micro

iii Edit Parameters ...B-5System Parameters ...B-6Netw

Installing the Software3-104. Modify the CONFIG.SYS file. After the line containing: Device=PROTMAN.DOS, add Device=[drive:] [path] AWC2N45C.DOS.5. To

Installing the Software3-11DOS Packet Driver InstallationThe installation of this driver includes creating or editing a configuration file (AWCPKT.INI).

Installing the Software3-124. If you would like to modify the PC Card system parame-ters, edit the AWCPKT.INI file. For a list of parameters which can

Installing the Software3-13ODI Driver InstallationThe PC Card can be installed in an ODI compliant DOS environment such as Novell NetWare.Table 3.4 -

Installing the Software3-14General Information• AWCPKT.INI file must have a section header of [AWCPKT].• PROTOCOL.INI file can have any section header,

Installing the Software3-15NOTE: PROTOCOL.INI does not support some of the white space characters in a quoted string. If a string begins with an alpha

Installing the Software3-16Driver Keywords and SettingsThe default PC Card configuration is set to: • Constant Awake Mode• Infrastructure Mode – This a

Installing the Software3-17The following tables contain keywords and parameter set-tings common to both the NDIS2 PROTOCOL.INI, ODI NET.CFG, and the P

Installing the Software3-18Network performance can be optimized with the following variables.Table 3.6 - Advanced Network KeywordsKeywords Value Descr

Installing the Software3-19Additional system performance adjustments can be made with the following group of variables.Table 3.7 - Fragmentation Keywo

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Installing the Software3-20The Wireless LAN Adapter power management can be adjusted with the following group of variables.Table 3.8 - Power Managemen

Installing the Software3-21Table 3.8 - Power Management Keywords (Continued)Keywords Value DescriptionFASTLISTENTIME 0 – 0xFFFF Determines how often t

Installing the Software3-22Additional system performance adjustments can be made with the following group of variables.Table 3.9 - Scanning KeywordsKe

Installing the Software3-23Additional system performance adjustments can be made with the following parameters.Table 3.10 - Infrastructure KeywordsKey

Installing the Software3-24Table 3.10 - Infrastructure Keywords (Continued)Keywords Value DescriptionSPECIFIEDAPTO 0 – 0xFFFF Optional – time in Kµsec

Installing the Software3-25Ad hoc system operation is accomplished with the following group of variables.Table 3.11 - Ad Hoc KeywordsKeywords Value De

Installing the Software3-26The following is a list of keywords that will control the host system hardware resources the Aironet 4000 Series Wire-less

Installing the Software3-27Table 3.12 - PC Card KeywordsKeywords Value DescriptionPORTBASE 0 – 0xFFFF Optional – specifies the starting address for a b

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Utilities4-1Section 4UtilitiesThis section describes procedures for using utilities and updating firmware depending on the operating system used. See A

iv List of Figures Figure 1.1 - Ad Hoc Wireless LAN ... 1-11 Figure 1.2 - Wireless Infrastructure...

Utilities4-2The link test tool helps determine the RF network coverage. The results of the link test will help eliminate low RF signal level areas tha

Utilities4-38. Start a telnet session on the mobile station to the Aironet Access Point. Depending on the system in use, the telnet application may ha

Utilities4-4Using Windows 95 or Windows 98 to Perform a Link TestYou may use either:• Telnet• The link test or site survey commands in WinDGS• Linksco

Utilities4-5Link Test Command in WinDGSWinDGS may be used to assess the performance of RF links. TCP/IP protocol must be installed to run this link te

Utilities4-62. Once the parameters have been entered, click on the Start button at the bottom of the dialog box to start the link test. When the link

Utilities4-7Signal strength is displayed along the vertical axis of the graphical display. Signal quality is displayed along the horizontal axis. The

Utilities4-8Loading New Firmware VersionsThe firmware is contained in the card’s flash memory. Flash memory allows for easy updating of the firmware as n

Utilities4-9Loading Firmware for Windows 3.11 and DOSThe FLSH3545.COM program is used to load new firmware to systems operating under DOS and Windows 3

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Error Messages and Trouble Shooting5-1Section 5Error Messages and Trouble ShootingThe Wireless LAN Adapter provides LED messages and error codes. This

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Error Messages and Trouble Shooting5-2Table 5.1 – Green LED Operating MessagesTable 5.2 – Amber LED Operating MessagesGreen LED ConditionOff No power

Error Messages and Trouble Shooting5-3If Your Radio Fails to Establish Contact• Change your location or the location of the antenna by a few feet and

Error Messages and Trouble Shooting5-4

PC Card SpecificationsA-1Appendix APC Card SpecificationsLAN Drivers SupportedTable A.1 – Supported DriversProtocol Operating SystemODI DOS based drive

PC Card SpecificationsA-2Radio SpecificationsTable A.2 – Radio SpecificationsItem Specification DescriptionRadio Type Direct Sequence 2.4 GHz ISM BandOpe

PC Card SpecificationsA-3Power RequirementsTable A.3 – Power RequirementsPhysical SpecificationsTable A.4 – Physical CharacteristicsSpecification ValueO

PC Card SpecificationsA-4Mechanical DescriptionFigure A.1 – Mechanical OutlineRF CONN. (2).196 LED LOC'N (2) J1 and J2 provided for diversity

Using the WinDGS UtilityB-1Appendix BUsing the WinDGS UtilityWinDGS is used to perform user level diagnostics on your Aironet Wireless LAN Adapter Car

Commands MenuB-2Load New FirmwareSee Section 4 – Utilities for more information on loading and upgrading firmware versions.Edit PropertiesWinDGS allows

Commands MenuB-3Link TestSee Section 4 – Utilities for information on using link test.Site SurveySee Section 4 – Utilities for information on using si

v List of Tables Table 3.1 - Driver Disk Structure... 3-2 Table 3.2 - Minimum PROTOCOL.INI Driver Settings .. 3-8 Tab

Commands MenuB-4Options MenuThe Options Menu includes:• Preferences• Screen Update Timer• Save Properties OptionsPreferences The WinDGS Preferences al

Edit ParametersB-5Save Properties Options Use Save Properties Options to select the default opera-tions for saving the current adapter configuration. C

Edit ParametersB-6System ParametersSystem parameters include:• Name• SSID• Network Type (Infrastructure or Ad Hoc)• Constant Awake Mode (CAM)• Power S

Edit ParametersB-7Network type (Ad Hoc Mode)This mode is used to set up a small, temporary network between two or more computers. For example, you mig

Edit ParametersB-8Maximum Power Save ModeMaximum Power Save Mode (Max PSP Mode) can only be used in conjunction with PS or Fast PSP Modes.This mode al

Edit ParametersB-9Network ParametersUser modifiable parameters are limited to the choice of MAC Address:• Factory MAC Address: This is the default MAC

Edit ParametersB-10• Data Retries: This parameter defines the number of times a packet will be re-sent if the initial transmission is unsuccessful. If

Edit ParametersB-11Advanced (Infrastructure)The following parameters are contained in both the Infra-structure and Ad Hoc Modes:• Antenna Mode• Specifi

Edit ParametersB-12• Left Antenna Only (J2): Choose this option if the antenna you are using is connected to the left hand antenna port and you are no

Edit ParametersB-13RTS Retry LimitThis parameter controls the number of times the PC Card will re-send the RTS packet if it does not receive a CTS fro