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MSI MS-6804 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Wireless 11b Mini PCI MS-6804 User’s Guide...
  • Page 2 FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 3 FCC Requirement This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC Rules. On the bottom of this equipment is a label that contains, among other information, the FCC registration Number, Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) and USOC jack type for this equipment.You must, upon request, provide this information to your telephone company.
  • Page 4 Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL. We take every care in the preparation of this document, but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents. Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice.
  • Page 5 Important Safety Precautions Always read and follow these basic safety precautions carefully when handling any piece of electronic component. Keep this User’s Manual for future reference. Keep this equipment away from humidity. Lay this equipment on a reliable flat surface before setting it up. The openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protects the equipment from overheating.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    2. Hardware installation ................8 3. Software installation ................9 3.1 Installing on Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP ..........9 4. MSI wireless network utility ..............13 4.1 In wireless network tab ................13 4.2 Encryption ..................... 18 4.3 In status tab ................... 19 4.4 In information tab ...................

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 1. introduction 1.1 What is Wireless 11b Mini PCI Wirelss 11b Mini PCI, compliant with IEEE802.11b, is a high-efficiency wireless adapter for wireless networking at home, in office or in public places. The data transfer rate can be auto-negotiated to 1, 2, 5.5Mbps or up to 11Mbps and is compatible with any existing IEEE802.

  • Page 8: How Wireless 11B Mini Pci Works

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 1.2 How Wireless 11b Mini PCI works Ad -h oc Netwo rki ng Mod e --- An Ad-hoc (or "spontaneous") network is a local area network or other small network, especially one with wireless or temporary plug-in connections, in which some of the network de- vices are part of the network only for the duration of a communications session.
  • Page 9 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide Infrastructure Networking Mode--- Infrastructure net- working differs from Ad-hoc networking is that it includes an Access Point. In an Infrastructure networking, the Access Point can manage the bandwidth to maximize bandwidth utilization. Additionally, the Access Point ena- bles users on a wireless LAN to access an existing wired network, allowing wireless users to take advantage of the wired networks resources, such as Internet, email, file...

  • Page 10: Specifications

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 1.3 Specifications Form Factor Mini-PCI Type IIIA Standard IEEE 802.11b Frequency Range 2.4GHz to 2.4835GHz, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Data Rate 11, 5.5, 2, 1 Mbps, Auto Fall-Back Operating Channels US & Canada:11 channels, Europe: 1 to 13 channels, France: 4 channels, Spain: 2 channels,...
  • Page 11 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide Power Consumption 436mA 283mA Standby 84mA Operating Temperature 0 to 55 Operating Humidity 0 to 95% (non-condensing) ® Operating system Windows 98SE/ME/2K/XP Dimensions (WxDxH) 59.71 X 51 X 1 mm Weight...

  • Page 12: System Requirements

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 1.4 System requirements Before Installing the Wireless 11b Mini PCI, your PC should meet the following: Laptop PC with mini PCI module or desktop PC with mini PCI module. Windows ® 98SE/ME/2000/XP operating system. Minimum 5M bytes free disk space for installing the driver and utilities.

  • Page 13: Layout

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 1.6 Layout External antenna connectors --- Connecting to external antennas for enhanced data transmis- sion and reception. The external antenna is well designed on the desktop computer or the laptop computer. Golden Finger...

  • Page 14: Hardware Installation

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 2. hardware installation The installation drawing below is suitable for most com- puters which provide mini PCI module. For more informa- tion about the mini PCI module, please refer to your com- puter manual. To install Wireless 11b Mini PCI in your system: 1.

  • Page 15: Software Installation

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 3. software installation This part provides the procedures to install drivers and the utilities. Each installation procedure comes with a drawing and instruction. Follow the instruction step by step to finish the installation. During the installation, Win- dows ®...
  • Page 16 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 2. Click Next to read the License Agreement. Check the radio box to agree and click Next to continue, or No to end the installation. Enter user’s information and then click Next. Click here Check here Click here Click here...
  • Page 17 4. InstallShield Wizard may ask you to restart your computer. Choose Yes to restart your computer. Click here 5. After restarting your PC, you will find an icon indicated MSI Wireless LAN on your taskbar. Just double-click on it for configuration. MSI Wireless LAN icon...
  • Page 18 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide Note...

  • Page 19: Msi Wireless Network Utility

    4.1 In wireless network tab If you are going to use the wireless network in Infrastruc- ture mode, please follow the steps: 1. Double click the MSI Wireless LAN icon on the task bar to launch the network configuration window. Double click the...
  • Page 20 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 3. All available networks will show in the Available Net- works list, and you can click Refresh button to refresh or search for the available networks. Click Configure to configure the existing networks. A l l a v a i l a b l e networks list Click here 4.
  • Page 21 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 5. You may also choose the networks you prefer from the Available Networks list and use the Move up/Move down to set the priority of your preferred networks. Preferred net- work list 6. Click OK, and you can use the wireless network in Infrastructure mode.
  • Page 22 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide If you are going to use the wireless network in Ad-hoc mode, please follow the steps: 1. Double click the MSI Wireless LAN icon on the task bar to launch the network configuration window. Double click the...
  • Page 23 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 3. Click Add to add a new network. Add a new network 4. As an administrator, you can change the network name (SSID) and network key which is encoded by 5/13 char- acters (10/26 hex-adecimal digital). E n t e r a n e t w o r k name(SSID) for this ad-hoc network...

  • Page 24: Encryption

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 5. Click OK to finish the Ad-hoc network for the first com- puter (administrator). 6. Any one who wants to use the Ad-hoc network should repeat step 1 to 3. In step 3, you will see the network set by the first computer (administrator);...

  • Page 25: In Status Tab

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 4.3 In status tab In Status tab, you can further configure the network settings. Click here Channel: Specify the operating radio frequency channel in “Ad-hoc” mode, which should be set to the same channel as the other points in the wireless network.
  • Page 26 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide SSID: Means Service Set Identifier, an unique name shared among all points in a wireless network. It must be identi- cal for all points in the network. Then the card will be able to connect to an access point with the same SSID. Status: It shows status information about the radio link.
  • Page 27 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide Changing the settings here is not recommended unless you are familiar with those advanced configurations. Fragmentation Threshold: You may set the length of the fragment in this field. Please note that each fragment should not be larger than the Fragmentation Threshold.

  • Page 28: In Information Tab

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 4.4 In information tab In Information tab, you can get some information about the manufacturer, hardware and software.

  • Page 29: Using Windows Xp As Access Point

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide ® 4.5 Using Windows XP as Access Point ® Windows XP provides a feature in the Control Panel to help to link two networks. 1. In the Control Panel, select Network Connections and the window below will appear. 2.
  • Page 30 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 3. Then go to Start -> Run. Enter cmd in the Open box, then click OK. A DOS prompt window appears. 4. Then type net bridge show adapter. 5. T h e n t y p e n e t s h b r i d g e s e t a d a p t e r X forcecompatmode=enable, where X is your ethernet identifier.
  • Page 31 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 7. Right click the MSI Wireless LAN icon in the right bottom of system bar, choose View Available Wire- less Network ---> Advanced. You will get Wireless Network Connection Properties window. Click Add to add a new wireless network connection.
  • Page 32 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 8. Enter a name for this new network in the Network name (SSID):, and put a check mark next to This is a computer-to-computer (Ad-hoc) network; wireless access point are not used. In this case, this compu- ter will function as an access point, while other com- puters can use this network name (which is “aaa”...

  • Page 33: Network Connection

    †Check Client for Microsoft Network is installed. †Check TCP/IP -> MSI NetDancer Wireless Network Adapter is installed. †Check File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks.

  • Page 34: Computer Identification

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 5.1 Computer Identification Please verify that each computer has a unique name and common workgroup name, if you had previously given your Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP computers names. 1. On your Desktop, right-click the icon My Network Places select Properties from the context menu.

  • Page 35: How To Install Tcp/Ip

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 4.Type the workgroup name which this computer will be- long to in the Workgroup box. All the computers on your network should have an identical Workgroup name. 5.The Computer Description box is optional. You may enter a description that helps to identify this computer on your network.
  • Page 36 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 3. If you do see the TCP/IP network as the following screen, plese select MSI NetDancer Wireless Network Adapter and click Add. Click here 4. Select Protocal, and click Add. Click here...

  • Page 37: Configuring A Dynamic Ip Address

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 5. Select Microsort, then scroll down to select TCP/IP. Click Have Disk to install TCP/IP from a spicified drive (for Windows ® 98SE/ME) or click OK (for Windows ® 2000/XP). Please prepare a copy of the Windows ®...
  • Page 38 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 2. Double-click Network icon. 3. Select TCP/IP and then click Properties. Click here...

  • Page 39: Configuring A Static Ip Address

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 4. When the TCP/IP Properties window appears, choose IP Address tab and check Obtain an IP Address Automatically. Check here 5. When the Network properties window comes back up, click OK. Then click Yes to reboot the computer. 5.4 Configuring a static IP address 1.
  • Page 40 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 2. Double-click Network icon. 3. Select TCP/IP and then click Properties. Click here...
  • Page 41 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 4. When the TCP/IP Properties window appears, choose IP Address tab and select Specify an IP Address. Check here Enter static IP address 5. Enter an IP address into the empty field. Suggested IP Range is 172.16.0.2 to 172.16.0.254, and suggested Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0 Then click OK.

  • Page 42: Checking Tcp/Ip Address

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 5.5 Checking TCP/IP address ® For Windows 98SE/ME: 1. Go to Start -> Run. 2. Enter command in the Open box. Click OK. Enter command here 3. A DOS prompt window appears. 4. Enter winipcfg and press Enter. 5.
  • Page 43 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 6. Click on More Info to display additional IP information. For Windows ® 2000/XP: 1. Go to Start -> Run. 2. Enter cmd in the Open box. Click OK. 3. A DOS prompt window appears. 4.

  • Page 44: Checking The Connection By Pinging

    2. Enter command in the Open box. Click OK. 3. A DOS prompt window appears. 4. Type ping www.msi.com.tw (or any URL address), which is the the IP address of the Gateway in this case , and press Enter key.

  • Page 45: Sharing Files

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 5.7 Sharing files You may now open and save files on other computers once your computers are connected together on a network. You will also be able to specify particular folders or disk drives to “share” and even password to protect them.
  • Page 46 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 4. Check the box next to I want to be able to give oth- ers acccess to my files. 5. Then click OK on the File and Print Sharing dialog box. Check here 6. Click OK on the Network dialog box. ®...
  • Page 47 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 11. Select Share As: to set the parameters for sharing this particular disk drive or folder. 12. The Share Name: box is used to identify the disk drive or folder you are sharing to other computers on the network, which can be helpful as more resources on your network for others.
  • Page 48 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 15. Passwords: allow you to apply a level of security to your shared disk drives and folders. Any other com- puter (user) will be asked to enter the password you designate here before accessing the disk drive or folder.

  • Page 49: Troubleshooting

    Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 6. troubleshooting This part describes the problems and corresponding so- lutions of driver installation. To check if the wireless network adapter drivers are loaded properly: 1. Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel. 2.
  • Page 50 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide 3. Click the Device Manager Tab. 4. Click the “+” symbol in front of Network Adapters. 5. Highlight MSI NetDancer Wireless Network Adapter. 6. Click Properties. 7. Check under Device Status to see if the card is work-...

  • Page 51: Technical Support

    Alternatively, please try the following help resources for further guidance. Visit the MSI website for FAQ, technical guide, driver and software updates, and other information: http:// www.msi.com.tw/...
  • Page 52 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide Index Access Point 1 Ad-hoc 3 Antenna 4 ASCII 18 Available Networks 14 Bridge Connections 23 CCK 4 channel 4 command 36 Computer Identification 28 Country 21 DBPSK 4 Device Manager 44 Device Status 44 DOS 24 DQPSK 4 DSSS 4...
  • Page 53 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide File and Print Sharing 39 File and printer sharing 27 Fragmentation Threshold 21 Gateway 36 golden finger, 8 hex-adecimal digital 14 IEEE802.11b 1 information 22 Infrastructure 1 InstallShield Wizard 11 interference 8 Internet 2 Key format 18 Key index 18 Key length 18...
  • Page 54 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide MSI Wireless LAN 11 network key 13 Power LED 7 Power save 21 Preamble Type 21 Preferred network list 15 priority 15 Protocol 4 Radio 19 Range 4 RTS/CTS Threshold 21 Service Set Identifier 20...
  • Page 55 Wireless 11b Mini PCI User’s Guide Windows 1 winipcfg 36 Wireless Network Connection 23 Wireless Network Connection Properties 25...

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