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38 T esla Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (9 49) 679-8000 EZ Connect 2.4GHz 11 Mbps W ir eless Cardb us Adapter User Guide The easy w ay to m ake all your net work connections Apri l 2003 Revision N umber : F1.
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i C OMPLIANCES F ederal Communication Commission Interfer ence Statement This equipment has been tested and found t o comply wi th the limi ts for a C l ass B digital device , pursuant to Part 15 of the F CC Ru l es . These limits are designe d to provide r easonable protecti on ag ainst har mful interference in a residential installation.
C OMPL IANCES ii Industr y Canada - Class B This digital apparatus does not ex ceed the Class B l i mits fo r radio noise emissions from digi tal apparatus as set out in th e interference -causing equipment s tandard entitled “Digital Apparatus ,” ICES-003 of Industry Canada.
C OMPLIANCES iii Safety Compliance Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise ( Ger m any) 1. Bitte l es en Sie di ese Hinw eise sorgfäl t ig durc h. 2. He be n Sie d ies e Anl ei tun g für den sp ät eren Geb ra uch auf. 3. V or jedem R einigen ist das G erät v om Stromnetz zu trennen.
C OMPL IANCES iv 14. W enn folg ende Situationen auftreten ist das Gerät vom Stromnetz zu trennen und von ein er qualif izier ten Ser v iceste lle zu üb erp r üfe n: a. Netzkabel oder Netzsteck er sind besc hädigt. b . Flüssigk eit ist in das Gerä t eingedr ungen.
v T ABLE OF C ONTENTS EZ Connect™ Wireless Cardbus Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Applicatio ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
T ABLE OF C ONTENTS vi Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Adapter In stallati on Proble ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Network C onnection Problems . . . .
1 EZ C ONNECT ™ W IRELESS C ARDBUS A DAPTER SMC’ s EZ Connect Wireless Cardbus Adapter (SMC2635W) is an 11 Mbps wire less netw ork adapter that seamles sly integrates with existing Ether n et networks t o suppor t applicat ions such a s mobi le user s or temporary conf erenc es.
EZ C ONNECT ™ W IR ELESS C ARDBUS A DAPTE R 2 • Easy installation • W orking range up to 160 m (528 ft) at 11 Mbps, up to 350 m (1155 ft) at 1 Mbps ( indoo r com municatio n) • Direct Seque nc.
S YSTEM R EQUIR EMENTS 3 • T emporar y LANs for special pr ojects or pe ak time T rade shows , exhib itions, and con str u ction sit es that need t o setup for a short time period. Retailers , airline, and shipping companies who need add itional w orkstations for pe ak periods .
EZ C ONNECT ™ W IR ELESS C ARDBUS A DAPTE R 4 Package Checkl ist The EZ Con nect Wi reless Cardbu s Adapter pac kage includes: • 1 Wireless Cardbus Adapter (SMC2635W) • 1 SMC2635W EZ Installation Wizard & Documentation CD • This User Guide Pleas e regist er this p roduct a nd upg rade the pr oduc t war ranty a t www .
5 H ARDWARE D ESCRIPTION The EZ Connect Wireless Cardbus Adapter supports 1, 2, 5.5 and 11 Mbps half-duplex conn ections to Eth ernet n etworks . This c ard is fully complia nt wit h 2.4 GH z D SSS CSMA/ CA wir eles s networki ng as d efine d in IEEE 802.
6 H ARDWAR E I NSTALLATION Wa r n i n g : Netw ork cards are sensiti ve to static electricity . T o pr otect the card, al wa ys touch the metal c hassis of yo ur computer b efore handling the card. 1. T urn on your computer and bo ot your op erating system .
H ARD WARE I NSTA LLA TIO N 7 4. F o r W i n d o w s 98 SE / M e / 2000, PC M C I A card a n d s o c k et s e r v ices compliant with revis ion 2.10 of the PCMCIA spe cification are required. 5. Instal l the appropri ate netwo rk driv er for y our operati ng system.
8 D RIVER AND U TILITY I NSTALLATION The installation CD labeled “SMC2635W EZ Installation Wizard & Documen tation CD , ” that comes w i th the package contains all the softw are driv ers av ailable for the EZ Connect Wirele ss Cardbus Adap ter .
D RIVER AN D U TILITY I NSTA LLA TIO N 9 1. Inser t EZ Ins tallatio n Wizard CD into the CD -ROM driv e a nd click Install Driver/Utility when the installation screen appears . 2. Click Install Driver/Utility . 3. The Choo se Setup Languag e dialog box will now appear.
D RIVER AND U TILITY I NSTAL LATI ON 10 4. Select t h e appro p riate l anguage and click OK. 5. The auto-r un p rog ram will display the Inst allShield Wizard. 6. Select Easy and follow th e on-screen inst ructions to co mplete the installation. 7. Th e Coun tr y S elect d ialog box will appe ar.
D RIVER AN D U TILITY I NSTA LLA TIO N 11 9. Click Finish to c omplete the s etup . 10. The Configuration screen for the SMC2635W will now appear . Go to“Con figurat ion” on pag e 14 to continue.
12 U TILITY C ONFIGURATION T h e W i r e l e s s U t i l i t y in W i n d o w s, 9 8 SE , M e, 2 0 00 and XP Note that the screen shot s below were taken from Windows XP and will not look ex actly th e same in all oper ating systems . The function s , howev er, are the same .
T HE W IR ELESS U TILITY IN W IND OWS , 98, M E , 2000 AND XP 13 Double-clicking the quick launch icon will open the EZ Connect Wireless Cardbus Adapter Utility prog ram, providing quick access to the adapter settings.
U TILITY C ONFIGURATIO N 14 Configura tion When you star t the Wireless Cardbus A dapter utility , the Configuratio n screen for the SMC2635W is sho wn as in the figure below . Select Profile – Y ou can speci fy a pr ofile name for a specific config urati on of pa ramet ers .
T HE W IR ELESS U TILITY IN W IND OWS , 98, M E , 2000 AND XP 15 Channel – If y ou are setti ng up a n ad hoc wirele ss LAN (See “ Netw ork T opolog ies” on pa g e 21.), set th e channel n umber to the same ra dio channel as that use d by the ot her wir eles s clients in your g rou p .
U TILITY C ONFIGURATIO N 16 the Ke y T ype is set to Hex, the secur ity keys are four 10 digit keys for the 64-bit WEP settin g and four 26-digit keys for the 128-bit WE P setting (th e hexadecimal digits can be 0~9 & A~F , e .g ., D7 0A 9C 7F E5) .
T HE W IR ELESS U TILITY IN W IND OWS , 98, M E , 2000 AND XP 17 Link information The Link i nfor mation screen displays infor mation o n the c ur rent wireless network that you are conn ected to . Asssociated B S S ID – The M AC address o f the access point to which the Cardbus is conne cted in an in frastr uc ture ne twork.
U TILITY C ONFIGURATIO N 18 Tx Fragments – Th e number of tr ansmitte d fragm ents . Link Quality – Sho w s the relativ e lin k quality (e.g ., lack of frame errors) of the wireless co nnecti on to the a ccess point. Signal Str ength – Shows th e relati ve strength of the wireless connect ion to the acces s point.
T HE W IR ELESS U TILITY IN W IND OWS , 98, M E , 2000 AND XP 19 IP Address — Inte rnet address of the co mputer . IP Netmask — A 32-bit netmask w hich shows how an In tern et address is to be divided i nto ne twor k , sub net a nd host par ts . Host Name — T he computer ’ s name on the netwo rk.
U TILITY C ONFIGURATIO N 20 Channel — The radi o c hannel on whi ch the acce ss point ope rates . See “Link infor mation” on p age 17 for details. • Encr yption — T his shows if WEP h as been en abled. If th ere is a key icon in the column, th e encr yption function is enabled.
21 N ETWORK C ONFIGURATION AND P LANNING SMC’ s EZ Conn ect Wir eless S olution s uppo rt s a stan d-alone wirele ss netwo rk configuration, as w e ll as an integrated configuration with 10/100 Mbps E the rne t LAN s .
N ETWORK C ONFIG URATION AND P LANNING 22 Infrastruct ure Wireless L AN An SMC access po int can also provid e wireless w orkstations with acc ess to a wired LAN .
S ETTING THE C OMMU NICATION D OM AIN 23 Setting th e Communication Domain Stationa ry Wirele ss PCs The Basic Ser vice Set ( B SS) is the comm unication do main for each access point.
24 T ROUBLESHOOTING Check the follow ing troubles hootin g items befor e contacting SMC T echnica l Su ppor t. Adapter Ins tallation Problems If your compu ter c anno t find the E Z Conn ect W ire les.
N ETWORK C ONNECTIO N P ROB LE MS 25 Netwo rk Conne ction Problems If the Link LED on th e PC Card does no t light, o r if y ou cannot acce ss any netw ork resource s from the com p uter , che ck the follo wing: • Make s ure the correct softw are driv er is installed for your ope rating system.
T RO UB LE S H OO TI N G 26 SMC Networks 802.11b Wirele ss Product Maximum Distance Table Important Notice Maxim um distance s posted bel ow a re actual t ested distanc e threshold s.
27 S PECIFICATIONS General Specifi catio ns Funct ional Crit eria Data Rate 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps T ransmi ssion M ode Half dup lex Network Co nnection IEEE 802.
S PECIFICATIO NS 28 Standards Confor mance Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b Environmental T e mperature Operating: 0 to 50 °C (32 to 122 °F) Storage: 0 to 70 °C (32 to 158 °F) Humidity 5 to 40% (non.
29 T ERMINOLOGY The following is a list o f ter minolog y that is used in this doc ument. Acc ess Poi nt – An i nter networking device that seamle ssly conn ects w ired and wi reless netw orks . Ad Ho c – An ad hoc wireless LAN i s a group of com puters , each w i th LAN adap ters, conn ected as an inde pend ent w ireles s LAN .
T ERMINO LO G Y 30 F rag mentation Thr eshold – In the 802.11 Stan dard, the MA C Layer may fragme nt and reassemb le directed MSDUs or MMPDUs . The fragmentat ion and de fragmentation mec hanisms allow for fra g ment re-trans mission. Infrastr ucture – An integ rated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastr uc ture network.
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38 T esla Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (9 49) 679-8000 SMC2635W Pa rt Number : 150000021200E Revision Number E0 42003-R01 F 1.0 FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT , CALL: Fr om U.
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