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The product described in this book is a licensed product of Lucent
Technologies Inc. --formerly the communications systems and
technology units of AT&T.
WaveLAN and WavePOINT are trademarks of Lucent Technologies.
IBM and AT are registered trademarks of International Business
Machines Corporation.
Microsoft, Windows 95, Windows NT, MS-Word, and MS-DOS are
registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Novell and Netware are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc.
Velcro is a registered trademark of Velcro, Inc.
Adobe, Acrobat is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Inc.
All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders.
September, 1996
It is the policy of Lucent Technologies to improve products as new
technology, components, software, and firmware become available.
Lucent Technologies, therefore, reserves the right to change
specifications without prior notice.
All features, functions, and operations described herein may not be
marketed by Lucent Technologies in all parts of the world. In some
instances, drawings are of equipment prototypes. Therefore, before
using this document, consult your Lucent Technologies
representative or Lucent Technologies office for information that is
applicable and current.
Copyright ©1996 Lucent Technologies
All Rights Reserved
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WaveLAN Technical Support
If you encounter problems when installing or using this
product, or would like information about our other
WaveLAN products, please contact your local Lucent
Technologies Sales Office or Authorized WaveLAN
Reseller.
In emergency, or when no local support is available, you
can reach us at the telephone numbers listed below.
If applicable, please complete the WaveLAN Driver
Problem Report form and Fax or E-Mail it to us. This
form is available on WaveLAN software diskette 1 as
WVLANPRF.TXT
You can find the most recent software and user
documentation for all WaveLAN products on our
Bulletin Board Service and World Wide Web Site.
Useful Numbers and Addresses
U.S.A.
The Netherlands
Voice
+1 800 ATT WAVE
+31 30 609 7554
Fax:
+1 513 445 5552
+31 30 609 7636
BBS Line 1
+1 612 638 8494
+31 30 603 9417
BBS Line 2
+1 612 638 7619
+31 30 609 7553
Email (Internet)
SUPPORT@WAVELAN.COM
FTP Server
FTP://FTP.WAVELAN.COM/PUB
World Wide Web
HTTP://WWW.WAVELAN.COM
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Radio Frequency Interference Statement
Canada:
This device complies with RSS-210 of Industry and Science Canada.
USA - Federal Communications Commission (FCC):
This device complies with Part 15 of FCC Rules.
Operation of this device is subject to the following two conditions:
This device may not cause harmful interference.
This device must accept any interference that may cause undesired
operation.
Information to User:
This device must be installed and used in strict accordance with the
manufacturer's instructions. However, there is no guarantee that
interference to radio communications will not occur in a particular
commercial installation. If this device does cause interference, which
can be determined by turning the host equipment off and on, the user
is encouraged to consult the instruction manual of the host
equipment or the local device supplier. In case the device does cause
harmful interference with an authorized radio service, the
user/operator shall promptly stop operating the device until harmful
interference has been eliminated.
Lucent Technologies is not responsible for any radio or television
interference caused by unauthorized modification of this device or
the substitution or attachment of connecting cables and equipment
other than specified by Lucent Technologies.
The correction of interference caused by such unauthorized
modification, substitution or attachment will be the responsibility of
the user.
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Table of Contents
i
Table of Contents
Preface
About This Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
Who Should Use This Manual . . . . . . . . . . .v
Chapter 1
Getting Started
About WaveLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Typical Network Configurations . . . . . . . 1-1
Other WaveLAN Products . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
WaveLAN Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Network Interface Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Optional Boot ROM Feature Kit. . . . . . . . 1-4
Preparing for Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Chapter 2
Installing the WaveLAN Card
Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Setting the Hardware Configuration
Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Installing the Card in your Computer . . . . . . . . 2-4
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Chapter 3
Installing the Software
Software Installation Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1
Installing under Windows 95/NT . . . . . . 3-1
Installing under MS-DOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Installation Procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2
Create a Utilities Diskette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Install theNetwork operating Software . . 3-2
Create a WAVELAN.INI file . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Frequency Selection (2.4 GHz) . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Chapter 4
Troubleshooting
Radio-frequency Network Characteristics. . . . .4-1
Optimizing Network Performance. . . . . . 4-2
Arranging Network Stations . . . . . . . . . . .4-2
Problem Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
The Point-to-Point Diagnostics Utilities. .4-4
Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Chapter 5
The Point-to-Point Diagnostics Utility
About Point-to-Point Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . .5-1
Running Point-to-Point Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Selecting the Local WaveLAN Card. . . . . 5-2
Selecting a Link Test Partner . . . . . . . . . . .5-2
Changing Local Identifiers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Selecting a Test Partner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-5
The Measurement Data Display. . . . . . . . 5-6
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Logging the Measurement Data. . . . . . . . 5-7
Command Line Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Chapter 6
The Frequency Select Utility
About the Frequency Select Utility . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Running the Frequency Select Utility . . . . . . . . 6-3
Select a New Frequency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Command line parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Appendix A
WaveLAN Specifications
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-1
Environment Definitions: . . . . . . . . . . . . .A-2
Appendix B
Driver Installation Examples
NetWare Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
DOS/ODI Workstation Driver . . . . . . . . B-1
NDIS Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
LAN Manager Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Appendix C
Changing the Default IRQ
SETIRQ Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C-1
Index
Index1
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WaveLAN/ISA Card User’s Guide
Preface
0
About This Manual
0
This manual explains how to install and use the
WaveLAN Network Interface Card in an Industry
Standard Architecture (ISA or PC/AT) based personal
computer, running in a Novell NetWare or Network
Driver Interface Standard (NDIS) compatible network
environment.
Who Should Use This
Manual
0
The manual is intended to be used by network
administrators and others involved in planning,
installing and operating a WaveLAN network.
The manual assumes you have a working knowledge of
basic PC operations and are familiar with network driver
installation procedures.
Overview of the Manual
0
Chapter 1, “Getting Started”
Introduces you to WaveLAN networking concepts and
describes the system components. Lists the installation
steps and what you should consider before you begin.
Chapter 2, “Installing the WaveLAN Card”
Tells how to set up and install the WaveLAN Network
Interface Card in a personal computer, and how to
connect and position the antenna.
Chapter 3, “Installing the Software”
Describes how to install the WaveLAN software and set
WaveLAN parameters in the network driver
configuration files.
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Chapter 4, “Troubleshooting”
Describes the characteristics of radio-frequency
operation and how to optimize network performance.
Introduces the diagnostic utilities.
Chapter 5, “The Point-to-Point Diagnostics Utility”
Describes how you can use the Point-to-point
Diagnostics utility to optimize antenna placement and
verify proper operation of the WaveLAN card and
antenna.
Chapter 6, “The Frequency Select Utility”
Describes how you can use the WaveLAN Frequecny
Select Utility to verify the operating frequency of a
WaveLAN 915 MHz or 2.4 GHz card, and to change the
operating frequency of 2.4 GHz cards.
Appendices: A, “WaveLAN Specifications”
B, “Driver Installation Examples”
C, “Changing the Default IRQ”
Further Information
0
Special Installation Bulletins for installing
WaveLAN/ISA under Windows 95 or Windows NT are
provided on software diskette 2 that came with your ISA
Card. To view or print these Bulletin of your choice, copy
the files (
WIN95ISA.EXE
or
WINNTISA.EXE
from the
DOCS
directory to a local hard-disk drive. In your Filemanager
or Windows Explorer, double-click the file of your choice
to extract the document to MS-Word 6.0 format.
Note: Before installing the WaveLAN card, be sure to look at
the README.TXT file on the WaveLAN software
diskette, which contains information not available when
this User's Guide was printed.
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Getting Started
WaveLAN/ISA User’s Guide
Chapter 1
Getting Started
About WaveLAN 1-1
Typical Network Configurations 1-1
Other WaveLAN Products 1-2
WaveLAN Components 1-3
Network Interface Card 1-4
Optional Boot ROM Feature Kit 1-4
Preparing for Installation 1-6
1. Install the WaveLAN Card in a PC 1-6
2. Install the software 1-6
3. Test the Communications Path (optional) 1-7
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About WaveLAN
-1
WaveLAN/ISA User’s Guide
1
Getting Started
1
About WaveLAN
1
WaveLAN provides cable-free departmental local area
networking for personal computers. This gives you the
flexibility to relocate people and equipment, or to add
more stations to your network, without the planning
effort and cost of re-cabling.
Using radio communications technology, WaveLAN is
ideally suited to workgroup or departmental networks,
to extending wired networks into difficult to wire areas,
or to setting up temporary ad-hoc networks in special
situations.
Typical Network
Configurations
1
The WaveLAN Network Interface Card (NIC) and driver
software have been developed for use with common
industry-standard networking systems such as Novell
NetWare, LAN Manager and Windows for Workgroups.
Typical configurations include:
●
Standalone WaveLAN network including one or
more servers.
●
Physically separated WaveLAN networks (for
example: on different floors of the same building)
connected via a wired backbone.
●
Wired network with WavePOINT access point,
allowing wireless connection into the wired network
from one or more WaveLAN stations (see Figure 1-1
on page 1-2).
●
A wireless bridge connecting two wired LANs
(overcoming physical obstacles to a wired
connection).
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About WaveLAN
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Figure 1-1
1
Wireless access to wired network
Other WaveLAN
Products
1
The WaveLAN family of wireless networking products
also includes:
●
WavePOINT - a wireless access point, facilitating
wireless cell extensions to wired LANs, and
backbone connections between wireless cells.
●
WaveLAN/PCMCIA - a WaveLAN NIC for
notebook and notepad computers and other
PCMCIA-equipped devices, enabling mobile
communications in WaveLAN networks.
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WaveLAN Components
1
The WaveLAN/ISA adapter kit contains the basic set of
components required to install WaveLAN in a personal
computer:
●
WaveLAN Network Interface Card.
●
Omni-directional Antenna Module.
●
WaveLAN software.
●
User's guide (this book).
The WaveLAN card is available with or without a built-
in encryption feature.
Figure 1-2
1
WaveLAN/ISA Kit
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Network Interface
Card
1
The Network Interface Card (NIC) is a printed circuit
board which acts as the interface between your personal
computer and the rest of the network. The NIC is
installed in a card slot inside the computer. It contains a
radio-frequency modem in addition to the circuitry
needed to process the signals exchanged between your
computer and other stations on the network. The NIC
also contains a socket for the optional Remote Boot ROM
feature.
Antenna Module
1
The Omni-directional Antenna module uses a coaxial
cable to attach to the NIC. The antenna module is
accompanied by a mounting bracket which you can use
to fix the antenna to a wall or let it stand upright on a
horizontal surface (e.g. PC base, desktop or filing
cabinet).
WaveLAN Software
1
The WaveLAN software consists of a number of drivers
and utilities, to enable you to install your WaveLAN
Card in various network environments:
●
Miniport Driver and
‘INF
’ file to install the card in a
Windows 95 or Windows NT environment.
●
Network drivers and support files that enable you to
use your WaveLAN NIC in a ODI- or NDIS-
compatible environment.
●
Diagnostic utilities allowing you to position
workstations and antennas for best performance, and
to monitor and diagnose your network.
●
Utilities for frequency selection and other
configuration options.
Optional Boot ROM
Feature Kit
1
A Remote Boot ROM for NetWare, that allows a network
station to boot from the server, can be installed on the
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card. For availability, contact your WaveLAN vendor or
local Lucent Technologies office.
New Features
1
The "half-size" ISA card is available in 915 MHz and
2.4 GHz versions. New features are:
●
Auto-connect - the ability to automatically connect to
a WavePOINT access point. This provides
relocatability without the need to reconfigure, for
terminals in environments where WavePOINTs are
present.
●
Frequency select (2.4 GHz cards) - ability to set the
WaveLAN card's frequency to any 2.4 GHz channel
(subject to national regulatory availability). This
enables more efficient management of the on-
premises radio spectrum usage and better protection
against interference.
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Preparing for Installation
WaveLAN/ISA User’s Guide 1-6
Preparing for Installation
1
What You Need
1
To install a WaveLAN network station, you must have
the following:
●
A (half-size) PC/AT or ISA compatible personal
computer with a free card slot.
●
MS-DOS version 5.0 or higher.
●
One of the following network operating
environments:
●
Windows 95 or Windows NT (workgroups)
●
Novell NetWare versions 2.1x or higher, 3.1x,
version 4.xx or Personal NetWare.
●
Any network operating system supporting the
NDIS-2 standard. Examples include: LAN
Manager, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups.
●
The basic WaveLAN component set, described
earlier.
●
An appropriate tool for removing the cover of your
computer.
Installation Steps
1
1. Install the WaveLAN Card in a PC
1
Install the optional Boot ROM on the WaveLAN
Network Interface Card if required, set the configuration
switches and install the card in a personal computer.
Connect the antenna. This step is described in Chapter 2,
“Installing the WaveLAN Card”.
2. Install the software
1
Install the WaveLAN software, and the Network
Operating software if not already installed.Set network
configuration parameters and optionally the card's
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operating frequency. The procedure is described in
Chapter 3, “Installing the Software” with references to
the appropriate appendices.
3. Test the Communications Path (optional)
1
When you have installed at least two WaveLAN cards,
or if a WavePOINT access point is installed, you can run
the Point-to-point Diagnostics utility to check out your
WaveLAN installation. Using the Point-to-point
Diagnostics utility is described in Chapter 5, “The Point-
to-Point Diagnostics Utility”.
Before you begin
1
Use the MS-DOS
Diskcopy
command to create a working
copy of your WaveLAN diskette. Use your working copy
in all card configuration and driver installation
procedures. Store the original in a safe place.
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