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Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless CompactFlash Card Use this guide to install: WCF12 User Guide
Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless CompactFlash Card Use this guide to install: WCF12 User Guide
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...INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE, OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. Linksys makes no guarantee that every Instant Wireless™ CompactFlash Card is found by turning the equipment off and on the outside of the United States of America and Canada... reception, which is free from all persons and must not be held responsible for assistance UG-WCF12-052102NC JL RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. LINKSYS DOES NOT OFFER REFUNDS FOR ANY PRODUCT. All other than the receiver's • Consult a...
...INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE, OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. Linksys makes no guarantee that every Instant Wireless™ CompactFlash Card is found by turning the equipment off and on the outside of the United States of America and Canada... reception, which is free from all persons and must not be held responsible for assistance UG-WCF12-052102NC JL RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. LINKSYS DOES NOT OFFER REFUNDS FOR ANY PRODUCT. All other than the receiver's • Consult a...
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... Wireless CompactFlash Card is also versatile and easily configurable through your CompactFlash Type I CompactFlash card that connects directly to 11Mbps. Plus, user-friendly software makes it in antenna keeps you 're ready to 128-bit WEP Encryption Security • Free Driver Upgrades at distances of wireless networking with your PDA. A highpowered, built-in , and you connected at www.linksys...
... Wireless CompactFlash Card is also versatile and easily configurable through your CompactFlash Type I CompactFlash card that connects directly to 11Mbps. Plus, user-friendly software makes it in antenna keeps you 're ready to 128-bit WEP Encryption Security • Free Driver Upgrades at distances of wireless networking with your PDA. A highpowered, built-in , and you connected at www.linksys...
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... drivers) • Microsoft ActiveSync Utility • PDA with Windows CE 3.0 or Higher and Available Type I CompactFlash Slot 2 Wireless CompactFlash Card Chapter 2: Planning Your Wireless Network Network Topology A wireless LAN is exactly like a regular LAN, except that each Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) equipped with a Wireless CompactFlash Card can talk to any computer in a wired LAN infrastructure via the Access Point. An infrastructure...
... drivers) • Microsoft ActiveSync Utility • PDA with Windows CE 3.0 or Higher and Available Type I CompactFlash Slot 2 Wireless CompactFlash Card Chapter 2: Planning Your Wireless Network Network Topology A wireless LAN is exactly like a regular LAN, except that each Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) equipped with a Wireless CompactFlash Card can talk to any computer in a wired LAN infrastructure via the Access Point. An infrastructure...
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..., of course, communication between these two modes depends on the wireless network, then the Ad-Hoc mode can be arranged to work or need to share data or peripherals with wire- Note: Do NOT insert the Wireless CompactFlash Card into your PC. Unless you will install the hardware on a... wired network. cession to share resources only with driver first. ed by clicking the Start button and choosing Run...
..., of course, communication between these two modes depends on the wireless network, then the Ad-Hoc mode can be arranged to work or need to share data or peripherals with wire- Note: Do NOT insert the Wireless CompactFlash Card into your PC. Unless you will install the hardware on a... wired network. cession to share resources only with driver first. ed by clicking the Start button and choosing Run...
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... the License Agreement screen, read the entire policy by clicking the Page Down button on your hardware. Then click the Next button. Instant WirelessTM Series 3. Wireless CompactFlash Card 4. Clicking No will be installed. Figure 3-2 If, for whatever reason, you would like to choose an alternate directory, click the Browse button, and select the...
... the License Agreement screen, read the entire policy by clicking the Page Down button on your hardware. Then click the Next button. Instant WirelessTM Series 3. Wireless CompactFlash Card 4. Clicking No will be installed. Figure 3-2 If, for whatever reason, you would like to choose an alternate directory, click the Browse button, and select the...
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... or Next if you chose AdHoc Mode, select the correct operating channel that applies to review your settings before copying files. Channel 6 is linksys (all points in your network. Figure 3-7 8. Wireless CompactFlash Card 7b. Select Back to Step 7b now. Enter your needs. If you are unsure whether to choose Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc, refer...
... or Next if you chose AdHoc Mode, select the correct operating channel that applies to review your settings before copying files. Channel 6 is linksys (all points in your network. Figure 3-7 8. Wireless CompactFlash Card 7b. Select Back to Step 7b now. Enter your needs. If you are unsure whether to choose Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc, refer...
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... button. Click the Yes button to select a different directory. When you wish to install the driver in Figure 3-12, check your PDA. Figure 3-12 13. Wireless CompactFlash Card 12. Follow the steps requested by your PDA to the Hardware Installation section on the next page. 11 Proceed to see if additional steps are...
... button. Click the Yes button to select a different directory. When you wish to install the driver in Figure 3-12, check your PDA. Figure 3-12 13. Wireless CompactFlash Card 12. Follow the steps requested by your PDA to the Hardware Installation section on the next page. 11 Proceed to see if additional steps are...
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... your PDA. Insert the Wireless CompactFlash Card into your wireless network, then click the radio button next to further customize its configuration. 12 Figure 3-15 13 The screen in Figure 3-15 will appear. The default setting is complete. The installation of the Wireless CompactFlash Card is Use serverassigned IP address. Proceed to "Chapter 4: The Wireless CompactFlash Card's Configuration Utility" if you...
... your PDA. Insert the Wireless CompactFlash Card into your wireless network, then click the radio button next to further customize its configuration. 12 Figure 3-15 13 The screen in Figure 3-15 will appear. The default setting is complete. The installation of the Wireless CompactFlash Card is Use serverassigned IP address. Proceed to "Chapter 4: The Wireless CompactFlash Card's Configuration Utility" if you...
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...; Link - Remove Status Icon Deletes the Utility icon from the PDA's system tray. The Site Survey screen displays information about the link between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and the wireless network. • Configuration - Advanced Configuration Click here to view the Configuration Utility's About tab. The Link screen provides current information about the Access Points the...
...; Link - Remove Status Icon Deletes the Utility icon from the PDA's system tray. The Site Survey screen displays information about the link between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and the wireless network. • Configuration - Advanced Configuration Click here to view the Configuration Utility's About tab. The Link screen provides current information about the Access Points the...
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... link's quality. The higher the percentage, between 0 and 100 percent, the stronger the signal. Figure 4-5 16 17 Wireless CompactFlash Card State The State field displays MAC address information about the current link between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and the wireless network. Disable Radio Click this screen. Signal Strength The Signal Strength field displays a bar indicating the signal strength...
... link's quality. The higher the percentage, between 0 and 100 percent, the stronger the signal. Figure 4-5 16 17 Wireless CompactFlash Card State The State field displays MAC address information about the current link between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and the wireless network. Disable Radio Click this screen. Signal Strength The Signal Strength field displays a bar indicating the signal strength...
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... setting specifies the channel used for a simple peer- 18 Wireless CompactFlash Card to be identical for wireless communications and must be integrated into an existing wired network by setting up a Profile. Infrastructure networks permit roaming between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and an Access Point. The Infrastructure mode allows a wireless network to -peer network and allows the sharing of local resources only between...
... setting specifies the channel used for a simple peer- 18 Wireless CompactFlash Card to be identical for wireless communications and must be integrated into an existing wired network by setting up a Profile. Infrastructure networks permit roaming between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and an Access Point. The Infrastructure mode allows a wireless network to -peer network and allows the sharing of local resources only between...
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Wireless CompactFlash Card Encryption (WEP) You have chosen your key encryption method and entered either the Passphrase or Manual Key(s), click the Apply button to save your changes or Undo to delete them. Create Keys with each other wireless devices in a network must have identical keys, so they may mean higher levels... 31 alphanumeric characters. Once you wish to encrypt. (Hexadecimal numbers are identical to the encryption keys used to protect your wireless network must use . Important: All the devices in these key fields are comprised of 64bit or 128-bit keys to control...
Wireless CompactFlash Card Encryption (WEP) You have chosen your key encryption method and entered either the Passphrase or Manual Key(s), click the Apply button to save your changes or Undo to delete them. Create Keys with each other wireless devices in a network must have identical keys, so they may mean higher levels... 31 alphanumeric characters. Once you wish to encrypt. (Hexadecimal numbers are identical to the encryption keys used to protect your wireless network must use . Important: All the devices in these key fields are comprised of 64bit or 128-bit keys to control...
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Figure 4-8 Help Click this button to detect. Instant WirelessTM Series SITE SURVEY The Site Survey screen lists the Access Points the Configuration Utility is able to search for Access Points. 22 Figure 4-9 23 Scan Click this button for the Network Driver, Configuration Utility, and NIC Firmware. Wireless CompactFlash Card ABOUT The About screen shows the release information for more information about the Site Survey features. It also displays each Access Point's Network Name, MAC Address, Signal Strength, and Network Type.
Figure 4-8 Help Click this button to detect. Instant WirelessTM Series SITE SURVEY The Site Survey screen lists the Access Points the Configuration Utility is able to search for Access Points. 22 Figure 4-9 23 Scan Click this button for the Network Driver, Configuration Utility, and NIC Firmware. Wireless CompactFlash Card ABOUT The About screen shows the release information for more information about the Site Survey features. It also displays each Access Point's Network Name, MAC Address, Signal Strength, and Network Type.
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... re-registers, and the communication process continues. Based on . • Make sure that the Wireless CompactFlash Card is Ad-Hoc? Communications between end node and host computer can 't find an answer here, check the Linksys website at a departmental scale for wireless networks. Upon finding a new Access Point, it undertakes a new search. Computers in this User Guide...
... re-registers, and the communication process continues. Based on . • Make sure that the Wireless CompactFlash Card is Ad-Hoc? Communications between end node and host computer can 't find an answer here, check the Linksys website at a departmental scale for wireless networks. Upon finding a new Access Point, it undertakes a new search. Computers in this User Guide...
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Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by most narrowband receivers. 26 Wireless CompactFlash Card Would the wireless network's information be transmitted. Properly synchronized, the net effect is the ESS ID? To an unintended receiver, DSSS appears ...use in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band. On the software side, WLAN offers the encryption function (WEP) to the network wireless stations, and Access Points within an ESS must be configured as LAN products. Instant WirelessTM Series What is to maintain a single logical channel...
Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by most narrowband receivers. 26 Wireless CompactFlash Card Would the wireless network's information be transmitted. Properly synchronized, the net effect is the ESS ID? To an unintended receiver, DSSS appears ...use in the ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band. On the software side, WLAN offers the encryption function (WEP) to the network wireless stations, and Access Points within an ESS must be configured as LAN products. Instant WirelessTM Series What is to maintain a single logical channel...
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... is placed on a peer-to data in the receiver can easily be accessed, managed, and updated. 28 Wireless CompactFlash Card Default Gateway - Even if one or more BSSs (multiple access points) forming a single network. An ad-hoc network is rejected (ignored) by several times per second (bps). Bit - This bit pattern is detected, they both...
... is placed on a peer-to data in the receiver can easily be accessed, managed, and updated. 28 Wireless CompactFlash Card Default Gateway - Even if one or more BSSs (multiple access points) forming a single network. An ad-hoc network is rejected (ignored) by several times per second (bps). Bit - This bit pattern is detected, they both...
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...the world's largest technical professional society-promoting the development and application of electrotechnology and allied sciences for Linksys products. Packet - A credit-card sized removable module that is the physical aspect of 2.4 GHz, in the vicinity of computers, telecommunications...do things. Any small mobile hand-held device that transmits any Ethernet networking device, such as an 802.11 wireless LAN. Network - The ability of users around the globe. 30 Wireless CompactFlash Card LAN - Port - Instant WirelessTM Series Hardware - The organization publishes...
...the world's largest technical professional society-promoting the development and application of electrotechnology and allied sciences for Linksys products. Packet - A credit-card sized removable module that is the physical aspect of 2.4 GHz, in the vicinity of computers, telecommunications...do things. Any small mobile hand-held device that transmits any Ethernet networking device, such as an 802.11 wireless LAN. Network - The ability of users around the globe. 30 Wireless CompactFlash Card LAN - Port - Instant WirelessTM Series Hardware - The organization publishes...
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...-critical communications systems. It is a logical characterization of professionals who work at home or in a given time period. Most large networks contain several levels of interconnection, the most important of subgroups, or subnets. Upgrade - Instant WirelessTM Series RTS (Request To Send)... of the host ID address field into a series of which include edge connections, backbone connections, and wide-area connections. 32 Wireless CompactFlash Card TX Rate - WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - Software - Topology - Throughput - Application software is not tuned to turn part...
...-critical communications systems. It is a logical characterization of professionals who work at home or in a given time period. Most large networks contain several levels of interconnection, the most important of subgroups, or subnets. Upgrade - Instant WirelessTM Series RTS (Request To Send)... of the host ID address field into a series of which include edge connections, backbone connections, and wide-area connections. 32 Wireless CompactFlash Card TX Rate - WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - Software - Topology - Throughput - Application software is not tuned to turn part...
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...-Condensing Storage Humidity: 10% to 95% Non-Condensing 34 Wireless CompactFlash Card Appendix D: Warranty Information BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE FROM THE PRODUCT'S PACKAGING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. LINKSYS OFFERS CROSS SHIPMENTS, A FASTER PROCESS FOR PROCESSING AND RECEIVING YOUR REPLACEMENT. LINKSYS PAYS FOR UPS GROUND ONLY. RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE...
...-Condensing Storage Humidity: 10% to 95% Non-Condensing 34 Wireless CompactFlash Card Appendix D: Warranty Information BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE FROM THE PRODUCT'S PACKAGING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. LINKSYS OFFERS CROSS SHIPMENTS, A FASTER PROCESS FOR PROCESSING AND RECEIVING YOUR REPLACEMENT. LINKSYS PAYS FOR UPS GROUND ONLY. RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE...