Boca Research 54M user manual Appendix a FAQ, What is Ieee 802.11 standard?

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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