Boca Research Wireless LAN CardBus Card 54M - Manual (Page 39)

54M Wireless LAN CardBus Card User’s Manual
Appendix A – FAQ
1. What is IEEE 802.11 standard?
The IEEE 802.11 is a wireless LAN industry standard, and the objective
of IEEE 802.11 is to make sure that different manufactures’ wireless
LAN devices can communicate to each other.
2. What is WEP?
As described in the IEEE 802.11 standard, WEP (Wired Equivalent
Privacy) is a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key
algorithm.
3. Windows cannot recognize the CardBus Wireless LAN Card.
Please make sure that the LAN Card is inserted into the CardBus slot of
your notebook properly (check this when the notebook is powered off).
Please check if PC Card support is installed. Double-click the PC Card
icon on Control Panel. If PC Card support is not activated, you should
activate it now.
4. In Infrastructure mode, my notebook cannot communicate with the
others notebooks on the network.
First, make sure that the SSID is same as the others notebook.
Check if the WEP is enabled on the Access Point, if it is, set your
Adapter’s WEP the same as the Access Point.
Also check the Access Point’s Authentication Type and Preamble Type
and match those settings.
5. In ad-hoc mode, my notebook cannot communicate with the others
notebooks on the network.
Make sure the SSID and the Channel number are the same as other
wireless stations.
Check if WEP settings are the same in all wireless stations.
Check the Network Properties, make sure proper protocol is installed
and File and Printer Sharing is enabled.
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