User manual SMC 2004USB-CABLE

[. . . ] The SMC EZ Connect USB cable provides a quick and easy solution to network up to 17 USB computers via your USB ports without having to add any network interface cards. The SMC EZ Connect USB cable is suitable for small offices, home offices, mobile users and network gamers. Package Contents: Product Features: USB specification revision 1. 1 compliant USB host to host communication, Single cable solution for network communication, construct USB Network up to 17 PCs Resources sharing such as Printers, CD-ROMs, Modems, Scanners, etc. Support TCP/IP, NetBEUI, IPX/SPX protocols Standard Windows Explorer user interface Data transfer rate: Up to 5M bits/sec English 1 x SMC EZ Connect USB Cable System Requirements: English IBM PC 486DX4-100 MHz or higher or compatible system Available USB port 1 x 3M USB cable Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows CE or Windows ME Important things to check before you start the installation: 1 x Quick Installation Guide 1 ­ Your computer's USB port is functioning properly 2 ­ Do not connect the SMC EZ Connect USB cable to any computer before you have installed the software. 1 x SMC CDRom. [. . . ] Now you can see all the computers in your network in Network Neighborhood and you can share programs, files and other peripheral devices through the standard Windows interfaces, e. g. Windows Explorer and Network Neighborhood. Step 2 Start sharing files and Printers: Click the Start menu, point to Programs\Windows Explorer. Expand the desktop and select the drive, folder, file or printer you want to share. Select Shared As and enter the Shared Name to be recognized by other computers. Note: Other people will only be able to share files that you select to be shared. Until you have chosen these files, other users will not be able to see any files or folders on your PC. The quickest way to set this up to to allow other users to share your entire hard drive rather than selecting individual folders. Step 3 Access Internet through Ethernet -TCP/IP Setup: With the SMC EZ Connect USB Cable, you can access the Internet through an Ethernet network. We need to construct a USB LAN and an Ethernet LAN environment, as the diagram shows below: Computer B Computer C English e. For example, choose Full to give the complete access right to this resource or Read-Only to give others the read-only right to the resource. Click Apply and then OK. Laptop English Router Internet USB/USB Network Bridge cable www Ethernet-LAN USB-LAN Network Construction -Computer A: Conects Computer B with EZ Connect USB Cable. -Computer B: The Bridge Computer which connects Computer A through EZ Connect USB cable and connects Computer C with an Ethernet Adapter. -Computer C: One PC of the Ethernet LAN, connects Computer B with an Ethernet Adapter and can access the Internet directly. Step 4 Installing the SMC EZ connect USB Bridge Driver: The bridge computer is the main computer in the network. There can only be one Bridge computer in the network, It is very important when you are installing the software to only install the Bridge drivers on one of the computers. The InstallShield Wizard will pop-up a Question Window as shown below. TCP/IP Setup on Computer A When all installation processes are completed, you have to specify an IP address , Subnet Mask and Gateway on Computer A: 1. In Configuration tab, select TCP/IP -> SMC EZ Connect USB Bridge Adapter, then click Properties. In IP Address tab, please choose "Specify an IP Adress", and fill in the IP address and Subnet Mask value properly. These information should be from your MIS people and make sure this IP Address which is not in use of your Ethernet, or it will cause a network failure. This IP Address of Gateway should be the same with the other Computers in the Ethernet. After you install this Bridge Driver on Computer B, there will be one more protocol: SMC EZ Connect USB Bridge Adapter in the Network Configuration. This is a routing protocol, you can use it to bridge between an USB LAN and an Ethernet LAN. 4. When complete all these TCP/IP setup processes, you have to restart your computer again. After that, the Computer A can use the EZ Connect USB Cable to connect Computer B to access the resources of Ethernet (File , CD-ROM, and Scanner sharing) and execute all the functions on Internet (WWW, Email, FTP, Telnet, Gopher. . . [. . . ] This has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B computing device in accordance with the specifications in Part 15 of FCC Rules. These specifications are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a residential installation. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this device does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by plugging the device in and out, the user can try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. English English · Increase the separation between the device and receiver. [. . . ]