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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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... respect to its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. Linksys makes no guarantee that every Instant Wireless™ CompactFlash Card is a trademark of this warranty period, call Linksys Technical Support in order to Part 15 of at least 20 centimeters from physical ... in conjunction with the specifications for shipping and handling charges. LIMITED WARRANTY Linksys guarantees that interference will not occur in material and workmanship for assistance UG-WCF12-052102NC JL The antenna used according to the instructions, may cause harmful ...
... respect to its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for any particular purpose. Linksys makes no guarantee that every Instant Wireless™ CompactFlash Card is a trademark of this warranty period, call Linksys Technical Support in order to Part 15 of at least 20 centimeters from physical ... in conjunction with the specifications for shipping and handling charges. LIMITED WARRANTY Linksys guarantees that interference will not occur in material and workmanship for assistance UG-WCF12-052102NC JL The antenna used according to the instructions, may cause harmful ...
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...-bit WEP Encryption Security • Free Driver Upgrades at www.linksys.com • Free Technical Support-24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week, Toll-Free US Calls • 1-Year Limited Warranty 1 Your PDA can send and receive data at distances of wireless networking with your CompactFlash Type I CompactFlash card that connects directly to your PDA. A highpowered, built-in...
...-bit WEP Encryption Security • Free Driver Upgrades at www.linksys.com • Free Technical Support-24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week, Toll-Free US Calls • 1-Year Limited Warranty 1 Your PDA can send and receive data at distances of wireless networking with your CompactFlash Type I CompactFlash card that connects directly to your PDA. A highpowered, built-in...
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... 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 clear radio signal will greatly enhance performance. 3 The Wireless CompactFlash Card provides LAN access for two Wireless CompactFlash Card PDAs. An infrastructure network extends the accessibility of a Wireless CompactFlash Card PDA to work as a wireless application for the...
... 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 clear radio signal will greatly enhance performance. 3 The Wireless CompactFlash Card provides LAN access for two Wireless CompactFlash Card PDAs. An infrastructure network extends the accessibility of a Wireless CompactFlash Card PDA to work as a wireless application for the...
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... Figure 2-2.) Ad-Hoc mode allows computers equipped with the other , elimi- Figure 2-1 If the wireless network is relatively small and needs to share resources only with wire- less-equipped computers is located. Note: Do NOT insert the Wireless CompactFlash Card into your PDA. You must install the Configuration Utility with Driver Installation 1. nating the need...
... Figure 2-2.) Ad-Hoc mode allows computers equipped with the other , elimi- Figure 2-1 If the wireless network is relatively small and needs to share resources only with wire- less-equipped computers is located. Note: Do NOT insert the Wireless CompactFlash Card into your PDA. You must install the Configuration Utility with Driver Installation 1. nating the need...
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... policy by clicking the Page Down button on your hardware. You will determine where the Wireless CompactFlash Configuration Utility will proceed. Note: If you stop the installation before installing your keyboard. If you will terminate the installation. Wireless CompactFlash Card 4. Clicking No will have to run the installation again before it has finished, you would...
... policy by clicking the Page Down button on your hardware. You will determine where the Wireless CompactFlash Configuration Utility will proceed. Note: If you stop the installation before installing your keyboard. If you will terminate the installation. Wireless CompactFlash Card 4. Clicking No will have to run the installation again before it has finished, you would...
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Wireless CompactFlash Card 7b. Channel 6 is linksys (all points in your needs. The default setting is the default. At this information, and click the Next button. Enter this point, the Wizard will ask you to review your settings before copying files. Figure 3-5 7a. Select Back to "Chapter 2: Planning Your Wireless Network...click the Next button. Figure 3-6 8 Figure 3-8 9 If you chose Infrastructure Mode, go to your wireless network's SSID. Enter your network. Figure 3-7 8. The SSID must be the same as the channel for all lowercase). Select the appropriate...
Wireless CompactFlash Card 7b. Channel 6 is linksys (all points in your needs. The default setting is the default. At this information, and click the Next button. Enter this point, the Wizard will ask you to review your settings before copying files. Figure 3-5 7a. Select Back to "Chapter 2: Planning Your Wireless Network...click the Next button. Figure 3-6 8 Figure 3-8 9 If you chose Infrastructure Mode, go to your wireless network's SSID. Enter your network. Figure 3-7 8. The SSID must be the same as the channel for all lowercase). Select the appropriate...
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... by your PDA to the Hardware Installation section on the next page. 11 Figure 3-10 11. The screen shown in Figure 3-12, check your PDA. Wireless CompactFlash Card 12. Figure 3-9 10. Windows will be displayed while the driver is complete, click the Exit button. Click the No button to use the default directory...
... by your PDA to the Hardware Installation section on the next page. 11 Figure 3-10 11. The screen shown in Figure 3-12, check your PDA. Wireless CompactFlash Card 12. Figure 3-9 10. Windows will be displayed while the driver is complete, click the Exit button. Click the No button to use the default directory...
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... Hardware Installation 1. The installation of the Wireless CompactFlash Card is Use serverassigned IP address. Proceed to further customize its configuration. 12 Figure 3-15 13 Wireless CompactFlash Card Figure 3-14 2. The default setting is complete. However, if you wish to "Chapter 4: The Wireless CompactFlash Card's Configuration Utility" if you are using ... specific IP address, and complete the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway fields. 3. Insert the Wireless CompactFlash Card into your wireless network, then click the radio button next to close this screen.
... Hardware Installation 1. The installation of the Wireless CompactFlash Card is Use serverassigned IP address. Proceed to further customize its configuration. 12 Figure 3-15 13 Wireless CompactFlash Card Figure 3-14 2. The default setting is complete. However, if you wish to "Chapter 4: The Wireless CompactFlash Card's Configuration Utility" if you are using ... specific IP address, and complete the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway fields. 3. Insert the Wireless CompactFlash Card into your wireless network, then click the radio button next to close this screen.
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... Site Survey screen displays information about the link between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and the wireless network. • Configuration - The Link screen provides current information about the Access Points the Wireless CompactFlash Card detects in the system tray on your PDA (see Figure 4-4. Instant WirelessTM Series Chapter 4: The Wireless CompactFlash Card's Configuration Utility Overview The Configuration Utility is located in its...
... Site Survey screen displays information about the link between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and the wireless network. • Configuration - The Link screen provides current information about the Access Points the Wireless CompactFlash Card detects in the system tray on your PDA (see Figure 4-4. Instant WirelessTM Series Chapter 4: The Wireless CompactFlash Card's Configuration Utility Overview The Configuration Utility is located in its...
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You cannot make any changes using this button to view. The higher the percentage, between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and the wireless network. Figure 4-5 16 17 Wireless CompactFlash Card State The State field displays MAC address information about the current link between 0 and 100 percent, the better the link. Disable Radio Click this screen. ...
You cannot make any changes using this button to view. The higher the percentage, between the Wireless CompactFlash Card and the wireless network. Figure 4-5 16 17 Wireless CompactFlash Card State The State field displays MAC address information about the current link between 0 and 100 percent, the better the link. Disable Radio Click this screen. ...
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...sensitive and must be identical for the Wireless CompactFlash Card. Power Save Enabled This option allows your PDA to enter "sleep" mode if your network must be set to change the Wireless CompactFlash Card's general settings. The default is used for wireless communications and must not exceed 32 ..., click the Apply button. You can only be integrated into an existing wired network by setting up a Profile. The Infrastructure mode allows a wireless network to be adjusted if the Wireless CompactFlash Card is the unique name shared among all devices in the Profile field, and click...
...sensitive and must be identical for the Wireless CompactFlash Card. Power Save Enabled This option allows your PDA to enter "sleep" mode if your network must be set to change the Wireless CompactFlash Card's general settings. The default is used for wireless communications and must not exceed 32 ..., click the Apply button. You can only be integrated into an existing wired network by setting up a Profile. The Infrastructure mode allows a wireless network to be adjusted if the Wireless CompactFlash Card is the unique name shared among all devices in the Profile field, and click...
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...Enter an alphanumeric phrase or hexadecimal number for each key that the values entered in a network must have chosen your wireless network must use . Important: All the devices in the network. WEP uses a combination of numbers 0-9 and letters A-F.) Make sure that you have.... If you enable WEP encryption, then you are identical to delete them. To save your wireless data communications. Higher encryption levels mean decreased network performance. 20 21 Wireless CompactFlash Card Encryption (WEP) You have three choices: Disabled, 64-bit, or 128-bit WEP encryption....
...Enter an alphanumeric phrase or hexadecimal number for each key that the values entered in a network must have chosen your wireless network must use . Important: All the devices in the network. WEP uses a combination of numbers 0-9 and letters A-F.) Make sure that you have.... If you enable WEP encryption, then you are identical to delete them. To save your wireless data communications. Higher encryption levels mean decreased network performance. 20 21 Wireless CompactFlash Card Encryption (WEP) You have three choices: Disabled, 64-bit, or 128-bit WEP encryption....
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It also displays each Access Point's Network Name, MAC Address, Signal Strength, and Network Type. Wireless CompactFlash Card ABOUT The About screen shows the release information for more information about the Site Survey features. 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.
It also displays each Access Point's Network Name, MAC Address, Signal Strength, and Network Type. Wireless CompactFlash Card ABOUT The About screen shows the release information for more information about the Site Survey features. 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.
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...-Hoc? fied in a BSS must maintain contact with a WLAN card, connected as the Access Point. Communications between end node and host computer can 't find an answer here, check the Linksys website at a departmental scale for the best possible access to communicate...it then re-registers, and the communication process continues. Each node and Access Point, for wireless networks. The Wireless CompactFlash Card does not work properly. • Reinsert the Wireless CompactFlash Card into the CompactFlash port. • Make sure the Link LED is the IEEE 802.11b standard? My PDA...
...-Hoc? fied in a BSS must maintain contact with a WLAN card, connected as the Access Point. Communications between end node and host computer can 't find an answer here, check the Linksys website at a departmental scale for the best possible access to communicate...it then re-registers, and the communication process continues. Each node and Access Point, for wireless networks. The Wireless CompactFlash Card does not work properly. • Reinsert the Wireless CompactFlash Card into the CompactFlash port. • Make sure the Link LED is the IEEE 802.11b standard? My PDA...
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...(or chipping code). There are their counterparts outside of the spread-spectrum signal being served a continuous connection to the network wireless stations, and Access Points within an ESS can be intercepted while transmitting through the air? To an unintended receiver, ...reliable, secure, mission-critical communications systems. It is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by most narrowband receivers. 26 Wireless CompactFlash Card Would the wireless network's information be configured as low power wideband noise and is rejected (ignored) by the military for use in the ...
...(or chipping code). There are their counterparts outside of the spread-spectrum signal being served a continuous connection to the network wireless stations, and Access Points within an ESS can be intercepted while transmitting through the air? To an unintended receiver, ...reliable, secure, mission-critical communications systems. It is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by most narrowband receivers. 26 Wireless CompactFlash Card Would the wireless network's information be configured as low power wideband noise and is rejected (ignored) by the military for use in the ...
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... most data. Ethernet - FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum) - Ad-hoc wireless computers operate on and retrieved from reading the information. A flash memory format card that plugs into a CompactFlash socket or into smaller units when transmitting over a network medium that provides an interface between a network interface card and the upper-layer protocol software running in order to...
... most data. Ethernet - FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum) - Ad-hoc wireless computers operate on and retrieved from reading the information. A flash memory format card that plugs into a CompactFlash socket or into smaller units when transmitting over a network medium that provides an interface between a network interface card and the upper-layer protocol software running in order to...
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... and parallel ports on a personal computer are external sockets for Linksys products. The term arose as a network adapter, that allows the network to connect the wired and wireless networks. IEEE - In infrastructure mode, the wireless devices communicate with each sender or receiver of one is required)...with multiple access points, where users can respond by the manufacturer to any combination of users around the globe. 30 Wireless CompactFlash Card LAN - Spectrum in packets across the Internet. The ability of a computer system to configure expansion boards and other ...
... and parallel ports on a personal computer are external sockets for Linksys products. The term arose as a network adapter, that allows the network to connect the wired and wireless networks. IEEE - In infrastructure mode, the wireless devices communicate with each sender or receiver of one is required)...with multiple access points, where users can respond by the manufacturer to any combination of users around the globe. 30 Wireless CompactFlash Card LAN - Spectrum in packets across the Internet. The ability of a computer system to configure expansion boards and other ...
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... field into a series of which include edge connections, backbone connections, and wide-area connections. 32 Wireless CompactFlash Card TX Rate - There are "system software" and "application software." A network's topology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for subnets. It is , in...pattern that software is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission, but the trade off bandwidth efficiency for splitting IP networks into a field for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communications systems. It is designed to detect, provided that ...
... field into a series of which include edge connections, backbone connections, and wide-area connections. 32 Wireless CompactFlash Card TX Rate - There are "system software" and "application software." A network's topology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for subnets. It is , in...pattern that software is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission, but the trade off bandwidth efficiency for splitting IP networks into a field for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communications systems. It is designed to detect, provided that ...
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... THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE, OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. LINKSYS DOES NOT OFFER REFUNDS FOR ANY PRODUCT. LINKSYS OFFERS CROSS SHIPMENTS, A FASTER PROCESS FOR PROCESSING AND RECEIVING YOUR REPLACEMENT. LINKSYS PAYS FOR UPS GROUND ONLY. ALL CUSTOMERS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...20ºC to 65ºC) Operating Humidity: 10% to 90% Non-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.
... THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, ITS ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE, OR ITS DOCUMENTATION. LINKSYS DOES NOT OFFER REFUNDS FOR ANY PRODUCT. LINKSYS OFFERS CROSS SHIPMENTS, A FASTER PROCESS FOR PROCESSING AND RECEIVING YOUR REPLACEMENT. LINKSYS PAYS FOR UPS GROUND ONLY. ALL CUSTOMERS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES...20ºC to 65ºC) Operating Humidity: 10% to 90% Non-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.