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Lucent Technologies July 1999
WaveLAN/IEEE Software for MS-Windows 95, 98, and NT version 4.00
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This file contains general information on the WaveLAN/IEEE PC Card,
and specific information for the MS-Windows 95, 98, and NT software.
For information on other software environments, see the respective
disks.
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Table of Contents:
I. Installation Notes for MS-Windows 95, 98, and NT
I.1. I/O Port conflicts under MS-Windows 95, 98, and NT
I.2. IRQ conflicts under MS-Windows 95, 98, and NT
II. Software versions
III. Change History
III.1. Software (drivers and utilities)
III.2. Firmware ("embedded software")
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I. Installation Notes for MS-Windows 95, 98, and NT
Please refer to the IEEE 802.11 WaveLAN User's Guide for the
description of the software installation. This section contains
additional information and corrections only.
I.1. I/O Port conflicts under MS-Windows 95, 98, and NT
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When your WaveLAN Card's installation completed successfully, but it
does not become operational (WaveMANAGER/CLIENT reports "WaveLAN card
not operational"), you are advised to try a different I/O Port value.
The Windows Resource Manager does not always detect a conflict.
This problem has been noticed under Windows 95 OSR 0, Windows 98,
and Windows NT 4.0.
I.2. IRQ conflicts under MS-Windows 95, 98, and NT
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When your WaveLAN Card's installation completed successfully, and
WaveMANAGER/CLIENT reports "Connected to Infrastructure Network" or
"Connected to Independent Network", but your station can not
communicate with the network, you are advised to try a different IRQ
(Interrupt) value.
The Windows Resource Manager does not always detect a conflict.
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II. Software versions
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The following software is provided on this diskette.
General information:
\README.TXT
\REPORT.TXT
NDIS 3.1 Miniport driver for Windows 95, 98 and NT, version 4.00
\CSH.DLL
\OEMSETUP.INF
\WV41INST.DLL
\WVLAN41.CNT
\WVLAN41.DLL
\WVLAN41.HLP
\WVLAN41.INF
\WVLAN41.SYS
\WVLAN41N.INF
\WVLANUIF.VXD
WaveMANAGER\CLIENT software, version 4.02
\WAVEMGR\_INST32I.EX_
\WAVEMGR\_ISDEL.EXE
\WAVEMGR\_SETUP.DLL
\WAVEMGR\_SYS1.CAB
\WAVEMGR\_USER1.CAB
\WAVEMGR\DATA.TAG
\WAVEMGR\DATA1.CAB
\WAVEMGR\LANG.DAT
\WAVEMGR\LAYOUT.BIN
\WAVEMGR\OS.DAT
\WAVEMGR\README.TXT
\WAVEMGR\SETUP.EXE
\WAVEMGR\SETUP.INI
\WAVEMGR\SETUP.INS
\WAVEMGR\SETUP.LID
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III. Change History
Version information of software and firmware can easily be displayed
via the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT panel Diagnose Card - Version Info.
Updates of the software and firmware are made available via our
WEB-site (www.wavelan.com) regularly.
III.1. Software (drivers and utilities)
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Following are the functional enhancements and major bug fixes
of this PC Card software:
Version 4.00 July 1999
* The software now supports Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP).
- The WEP function allows you to enable or disable
encryption of all data traffic, and to specify up to
four keys for encryption/decryption. One key will
be assigned as dedicated encrypt key.
- This function should only be anabled when you are
using WaveLAN SILVER cards; BRONZE or WHITE cards will
not support encryption in hardware.
- When enabling WEP, make sure your SILVER card has
firmware level 4.08 or higher. If neccessary, update
your cards with a firmware update utility (e.g. WSU10408)
- A total system with encryption also requires a
WavePOINT installation with a SILVER card and with
WEP enabled and with matching encryption keys.
This requires WavePOINT AP software level 4.0 or
higher.
* This software can be run on all previously released versions
of NIC's.
Version 3.00 March 1999
NOTE: THIS VERSION OF THE SOFTWARE REQUIRES THE STATION
FUNCTIONS FIRMWARE TO BE VERSION 3.00 (OR HIGHER).
It is not compatible with older versions.
* The software now also supports the WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo cards.
- This includes the configuration and reporting of the new
data rates.
Version 2.00 February 1999
* The user can now enable Card Power Management:
- This function should not be enabled until
Station Functions firmware (v2.00 or higher) and
WavePOINT-II Access Point software (v2.03 or higher)
that supports Card Power Management, is installed.
In case Card Power Management is nevertheless enabled before
this firmware is installed, the driver will not effectuate
Card Power Management, and the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT will
display a warning.
* The software now also supports the Bronze and Silver cards.
* WaveMANAGER/CLIENT version 1.30:
- The Link Test screen is now updated in case the Access Point
is reset to operate on another channel.
* NDIS Miniport Driver version 1.38:
- Ad-Hoc Demo Mode did not work under NT, when a local MAC
address was specified, with NetBEUI. This is now corrected.
- A user-configured MAC address is now automatically converted
to be a local MAC address in case it is entered differently.
Version 1.03 December 1998
* WaveMANAGER/CLIENT version 1.28:
- Site Monitor function has been added.
This function enables the WaveLAN station user to obtain
and display information about Access Points that are
within range, including real-time measured connection
quality information of the communication links.
This function requires NDIS Miniport driver version 1.32
(or higher), and Station Functions firmware version 1.18
(or higher).
The new WaveMANAGER/CLIENT can work with older driver and
firmware, but then it will not make the Site Monitor
function available.
Note that this function can cause normal data messages sent
to this station to be lost.
- WaveMANAGER/CLIENT incorrectly reported a Hardware/Firmware
mismatch with Station Functions firmware version 1.16.
WaveMANAGER/CLIENT version 1.28 corrects this error.
* NDIS Miniport Driver version 1.32:
- Provides support for the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT Site Monitor
function.
Version 1.02 November 1998
* WaveMANAGER/CLIENT version 1.26 and
NDIS Miniport driver version 1.30:
- Problem is resolved that caused the Link Test to fail on
some cards.
Version 1.01 August 1998
* NDIS Miniport Driver version 1.28:
- Functions now under MS Windows NT 4.0.
- Boot problem in certain machines has been fixed.
- Reliability of Firmware Download has been improved.
* All drivers now support the Ad-Hoc Demo Mode of operation.
This is a non IEEE mode for an Independent Network (i.e. a
MAC-layer peer-to-peer network without an Access Point), that
is not interoperable with other vendors IEEE 802.11 products.
When this mode is selected, communication takes place in the
factory-installed default channel of the card.
* WaveMANAGER/CLIENT version 1.26:
- User can now add text to log entries.
- If the name of the AP is not available, its MAC address
is given in the Status screen, rather than "unknown".
- Protection is added to avoid that two utilities can
connect to the driver simultaneously.
III.2. Firmware ("embedded software")
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Following are the functional enhancements and major bug fixes
of the PC Card firmware ("embedded software") that is delivered
on the card or through updates via our WEB-site:
* Station Functions firmware (Variant 1)
Version 4.08 July 1999
- The firmware now also supports the Wired Equivalent Privacy
(WEP) functionality.
- Improved start-of-day scanning for AP's.
NB1: The 4.08 level firmware executes in a different fashion than
previous levels. This means that once you have updated your
(SILVER) cards to this level, you CANNOT DOWNGRADE to a
previous firmware version.
NB2: Though the 4.08 firmware is primarily targetted at SILVER
WaveLAN cards, it will also function at all other WaveLAN
card types (WHITE, BRONZE, BRONZE-Turbo, Fixed-Wireless).
Version 3.00 March 1999
NOTE: THIS VERSION OF THE FIRMWARE REQUIRES THE HOST SOFTWARE
(DRIVER) TO BE VERSION 3.00 (OR HIGHER).
It is not compatible with older versions.
- The firmware now also supports the WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo cards.
This includes:
- The support for, and configuration of the higher data rates.
- An Enhanced Data Rate Control algorithm, with automatic
fallback and upgrade across all available data rates.
- Automatic adaptation to the data rates supported by the
associated Access Point.
- Multicast filtering has been added. Only the multicast frames,
of which the address is specified by (one of) the protocol
stack(s), are passed to the host.
(Previously, all multicast frames were passed.)
Version 2.00 March 1999
- The firmware provides Card Power Management.
This feature is best suited for environments that use small hand-
held devices, palmtops (e.g. WinCE devices) or small notebook
computers running less performance intensive applications. In environments using desk top or full notebook computers, which typically run more network intensive applications, the performance impact of Card Power Management might outweigh the improvement in actual battery live.
Version 1.28 February 1999
- The firmware now also supports the Bronze and Silver cards.
- The "promiscuous mode", that supports LAN Analyzer type
applications, has been corrected.
- Although in a busy environment it is still possible that
a Station occasionally roams unnecessarily to another AP,
the likeliness of this is reduced significantly.
- A problem that certain Beacon Intervals combined with certain
DTIM Periods caused the firmware to halt, has been corrected.
- The Site Monitor function could cause the station to roam to
an AP of a different network. This has been corrected in
version 1.28.
Version 1.18 December 1998
- Provides support for the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT Site Monitor
function.
- Fallback data rate was not used on Link Test Responses. Version
1.18 corrects this error.
- Fallback data rate was not being used on data re-transmissions,
as it was intended (instead the fallback rate was being used
on the next frame). Version 1.18 corrects this error.
- The Defer and Carrier Detect Thresholds were not set according
to the AP Density configuration parameter. Version 1.18
corrects this error.
Version 1.16 November 1998
- In some cases (depending on individual card and/or computer
hardware type) the WaveLAN/IEEE PC Card in a station, with
Station Functions firmware 1.14, does not associate with the
Access Point, and therefore does not establish the network
connection. Version 1.16 corrects this error.
Version 1.14 October 1998
- Solves problems, that under certain (heavy load) conditions
may result in data duplication or corruption, and can result
in loss of network connection.
- Solves problem that caused the auto rate fallback mechanism
to fail. When configured for "2 Mbit/s auto fallback", the
card now falls back to 1 Mbit/s if the situation requires so.
- Errors in the Link Test messages have been corrected. These
errors did not affect normal use of the WaveMANAGER/CLIENT
LinkTest feature, but they were visible in the information
display of this feature.
- The RTS/CTS Duration field is corrected which results in
slightly more efficient use of the medium.
- Some problems with tallies are resolved. (Other problems with
tallies remain and are known.)
- A problem whereby the Link Test quality suddenly drops
unrealistically low is resolved.
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