Manuel d'utilisation / d'entretien du produit WDT11 du fabricant Linksys
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Instant Wireless TM Series P C I Adapter User Guide Use this Guide to install the: WDT11.
COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2001 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant Wire l es s ™ i s a registered trade- mark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ar e registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names ar e the property of their respective pr oprietors.
Network PC Card and PCI Adapter T roub leshooting 55 Common Problems and Solutions 55 Frequentl y Asked Questions 56 Appendix 60 Specif ications for the PCI Adapter 60 En vironmental Information for t.
Instant Wireless TM Series Introduction Put the “mobile” back into mobile computing with the Linksys Instant W ireless ™ Netw ork PC Card and PCI Adapter! Whether y ou’ re at your desk or in t.
3 Instant Wireless TM Series Pac • One Instant W ireless TM PCI Adapter • One Setup CD-R OM with User Guide • One Quick Installation • P entium 90 or F aster • Minimum 16MB of RAM • PCI Local Bus 2.
PCI Adapter 1. Once you boot up your PC, W indo ws 98 will automaticall y identify the PCI Adapter and prompt you to install the necessary driv er . Insert the Setup Utility CD (included) into your CD-R OM dri ve and click the Ne xt button to proceed.
PCI Adapter 5. During the installation, W indo ws ma y ask you for y our W indo ws 98 CD- R OM. When prompted , place your W indo ws 98 CD-R OM in the CD-R OM driv e and click the Next button. If W indo ws does not f ind the f ile, enter C:windo wsoptionscabs in the drop do wn bo x that will appear .
PCI Adapter 3. At this point you will be returned to the Add New Hardw are W izard screen. Make sure that the correct folder is selected to install the driver . Click the Next button to continue. 4. This screen will appear when the installation is f inished.
PCI Adapter 3. Installation will begin and you will reach the screen sho wn belo w . Y ou will want to select the bo x that reads Wir ed to the netw ork since you are adding netw ork hardware.
PCI Adapter 8. On the next screen, make sure there is a check mark in the bo x beside Instant Wir eless - Netw ork PCI Card . Then, click the Next button to continue.
PCI Adapter 12.W indo ws NT ma y request further f iles at this point. T ype “ D:WPC11- WDT11Driv erWinNT” in the f ield pro vided and click the Continue button. If f iles are still requested , insert your Windo ws NT CD into your CD-R OM driv e and type “ D:i386 ” (where “D” represents y our CD-R OM driv e).
PCI Adapter 17. V erify that the cor rect infor mation is presented on this screen, w hich will appear next. T o make an y corrections, click the Back button. T o continue, click the Next button. 8. W indo ws NT has now completed installing the netw ork.
PCI Adapter 3. A list of adapters will appear on the next screen. Y ou will not want to select one of these, ho w ev er , as your installation disk ( Setup Utility CD ) has all of the appro- priate driv ers. Click the Ha v e Disk button to continue. 4 .
PCI Adapter 1. W indows 2000 will automaticall y identify the Netw ork PC Adapter , once it is connected to the PC, and prompt you to install the necessary driv er . Make sure that the Setup Utility CD (included) is inserted into your CD-R OM driv e and click the Next button on the F ound New Har d war e Wizard screen to proceed.
PCI Adapter 5. The Digital Signatur e Not F ound screen is a notif ication b y W indo ws 2000. Ho w ev er , this does not mean that there is a problem. Click the Ye s button to continue. 6. W indows will no w install the dri ver f iles. The installation is no w complete.
PCI Adapter 25 Instant Wireless TM Series 24 3. W indows will notify y ou that the dri ver has not passed W indo ws logo test- ing. Since this product has been tested to w ork with W indows XP , click the Continue An yw a y button. 4. W indows will tell y ou when it has f inished installation of the ne w driv er .
PCI Adapter 27 26 2. Select Channel from the list pro vided and select a V alue , from the drop do wn menu on the right, betw een 1 and 11. This Channel must be the same for all wireless devices on your netw ork. Click Netw ork T ype to continue or the OK button to f inish.
PCI Adapter 29 Instant Wireless TM Series 28 6. A preamb le is a signal used to synchronize the transmis- sion timing betw een tw o or more systems. A series of transmission pulses is sent before the data to indicate that "someone is about to transmit data".
PCI Adapter 31 Instant Wireless TM Series 30 The Resources and Pr operties screen allo ws you to mak e modif ications to your Netw ork PC Card , optimizing performance. Check with your other wireless PCs before making any changes and then follo w these steps when conf iguring the Resour ce and Properties Fields: 1.
PCI Adapter 33 Instant Wireless TM Series 32 4. The SSID depends on what Mode is selected. If the Mode is Infrastructur e , it should ha ve the same SSID name as the Access P oint. If the Mode is Ad-Hoc , all clients should share the same SSID name. 5.
PCI Adapter 35 Instant Wireless TM Series 34 8. Select P o w er Sa v e Mode and select either “ Enab led ” or “ Disab led ”. “Disabled” will allo w for uninter rupted data communication. Selecting “Enabled” allo ws y our note- book to enter “sleep” mode and could inter rupt data com- munication.
PCI Adapter 37 Instant Wireless TM Series 36 12. The TX Rate setting should remain Fully A uto as set by default. Changing this to a different transfer rate will lock in that rate and ma y result in dropped connections. Y ou may choose betw een 1, 2, 5.
PCI Adapter 39 Instant Wireless TM Series 38 4. On the Pr operties screen, click the Conf igure button to conf ig- ure your card. 5. The next screen that y ou will see will be the General tab . This will giv e you information on the status of the Netw ork PC Card.
PCI Adapter 3. Highlight Protocol and click the Add button. 4. Select Micr osoft from the list of “Manufacturers” and TCP/IP from the list of “Netw ork Protocols” and click the OK button. 5. At this point, y ou must restar t y our computer . Installation is complete.
PCI Adapter 3. The W elcome screen appears next. After reading this screen, click the Ne xt button to continue. 4. The next screen that appears will be the W arranty P olicy . Read the entire policy b y pressing the P age Do wn button on y our keyboard.
PCI Adapter 45 Instant Wireless TM Series 44 Unlike wired netw orks, wireless netw orks ha ve tw o dif ferent modes in which they ma y be set up: Infrastructur e and Ad-Hoc . Choosing betw een these tw o modes depends on whether or not the wireless netw ork needs to share data or peripherals with a wired netw ork or not.
PCI Adapter 47 Instant Wireless TM Series 46 3. The follo wing screen will appear , indicating that all of the appropriate f iles are being copied onto your dri ve. Click the Cancel button if y ou need to stop the installation for any reason. 4. Once W indo ws has f inished copying the necessary f iles, the follo wing screen will appear .
PCI Adapter 49 Instant Wireless TM Series 48 2. The follo wing screen should appear . Y ou will be prompted to enter an SSID value in the bo x pro vided. All SSID v alues on your wireless netw ork must match. If you are unsure, use the default v alue of “linksys”.
PCI Adapter 51 Instant Wireless TM Series 50 After you start up the utility from the Program F older as specif ied in the previous section, you will see the W ireless LAN Conf iguration Utility screen. This utility is divided into four parts: Link Inf o , Conf iguration , Encryption , and About .
PCI Adapter 53 Instant Wireless TM Series 52 ENCR YPTION The 40-bit or 128-bit WEP keys can be generated from a user-def ined passphrase or entered manuall y . An acronym for W ired E qui valent P r iva cy , WEP is an encryption scheme used to protect your wireless data communications.
PCI Adapter 55 Instant Wireless TM Series 54 Troubleshooting This chapter pro vides solutions to problems usuall y occurring during the instal- lation and operation of the Netw ork PC Card. Read the description belo w to solve y our problems. If y ou can’ t f ind an answ er here, check the Linksys w eb- site at www .
PCI Adapter What is Roaming? Roaming is the ability of a portable computer user to communicate continu- ously w hile mo ving freel y throughout an area g reater than that co v ered by a sin- gle Access P oint.
PCI Adapter 59 Instant Wireless TM Series What is ISM band? The FCC and their counter parts outside of the U .S. hav e set aside bandwidth for unlicensed use in the ISM (Industrial, Scientif ic and Medical) band. Spectrum in the vicinity of 2.4 GHz, in par ticular , is being made a vailab le w orldwide.
PCI Adapter 61 Instant Wireless TM Series Appendix Standards: PC97/98/99 SUPPOR T PCI Local Bus 2.1 compliant PC Card-16 bit Standard Specif ication Card T ype: 32-bit PCI Dimensions: 6” x 4.75” x .75” (152mm x 121mm x 19mm) Unit W eight: 3 oz. (0.
PCI Adapter 63 62 Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses belo w . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T ech Suppor t 866-242-8558 RMA Issues 949-261-1288 F ax 949-261-8868 Email support@linksys.
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Si vous n'avez pas encore acheté Linksys WDT11 c'est un bon moment pour vous familiariser avec les données de base sur le produit. Consulter d'abord les pages initiales du manuel d'utilisation, que vous trouverez ci-dessus. Vous devriez y trouver les données techniques les plus importants du Linksys WDT11 - de cette manière, vous pouvez vérifier si l'équipement répond à vos besoins. Explorant les pages suivantes du manuel d'utilisation Linksys WDT11, vous apprendrez toutes les caractéristiques du produit et des informations sur son fonctionnement. Les informations sur le Linksys WDT11 va certainement vous aider à prendre une décision concernant l'achat.
Dans une situation où vous avez déjà le Linksys WDT11, mais vous avez pas encore lu le manuel d'utilisation, vous devez le faire pour les raisons décrites ci-dessus,. Vous saurez alors si vous avez correctement utilisé les fonctions disponibles, et si vous avez commis des erreurs qui peuvent réduire la durée de vie du Linksys WDT11.
Cependant, l'un des rôles les plus importants pour l'utilisateur joués par les manuels d'utilisateur est d'aider à résoudre les problèmes concernant le Linksys WDT11. Presque toujours, vous y trouverez Troubleshooting, soit les pannes et les défaillances les plus fréquentes de l'apparei Linksys WDT11 ainsi que les instructions sur la façon de les résoudre. Même si vous ne parvenez pas à résoudre le problème, le manuel d‘utilisation va vous montrer le chemin d'une nouvelle procédure – le contact avec le centre de service à la clientèle ou le service le plus proche.
