SpeedStream Wireless PCI Adapter User’s Manual

Appendix A – FAQ

1.What is the 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.My desktop PC cannot recognize the Wireless Network PCI Adapter.

￿￿Check that the Adapter is inserted into the PCI slot of your desktop PC properly (check this when the PC is powered off).

￿￿Also make sure that the PCI controller is enabled in the BIOS of your desktop PC.

￿￿Try installing the card in a different PCI slot.

4.In Infrastructure mode, my desktop PC cannot communicate with the other PCs on the network.

￿￿First, make sure that the SSID is the same as the others PCs.

￿￿Check if WEP is enabled on the Access Point, if it is, set your Adapter’s WEP setting the same as that of the Access Point.

￿￿Also check the Access Point’s Authentication Type and Preamble Type to ensure those settings match.

5.In ad-hoc mode, my desktop PC cannot communicate with the others PCs on the network.

￿￿Make sure the SSID and the Channel settings are the same as the other wireless stations.

￿￿Check if WEP settings are the same on all wireless stations.

￿￿Check the Network Properties, make sure proper protocol is installed and File and Printer Sharing is enabled.

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Siemens SS1024 user manual Appendix a FAQ, What is the Ieee 802.11 standard?