User manual SMC 2835W

[. . . ] EZ Connect g 2. 4 GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Adapter User Guide The easy way to make all your network connections 38 Tesla Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 679-8000 August 2004 R03 F1. 0. 0. 2 Copyright Information furnished by SMC Networks, Inc. However, no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SMC. SMC reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice. [. . . ] Please select the country in which you are using the adapter. Note: This domain configuration applies only to users outside of the FCC regulatory domain. If you are using this adapter in the United States and Canada, please skip this step. This window will then appear indicating that the driver has been installed on your system. Your adapter is now ready for use. 9 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Network cards are sensitive to static electricity. To protect the card, avoid touching its electrical components, and touch the ground often to equalize the static charges, before handling the card. With the adapter's 68-pin connector facing the CardBus slot, and the "EZ Connect g" label facing up, slide the card completely into the slot as shown below. Note: Please install the driver and utility software first, before you insert the adapter into the laptop. 10 SMC2835W 2. 4GHZ 54MBPS WIRELESS ADAPTER UTILITY To communicate with other SMC 802. 11g or 802. 11b devices, you need to configure the SMC2835W adapter first. Double-click the SMC2835W 2. 4GHz 54Mbps Wireless CardBus Adapter Utility icon on the desktop to launch the configuration utility, or you can access it from the Start menu. Note that the screen shots were taken from Windows XP and will not look exactly the same in all operating systems. The Wireless Adapter Utility program includes the following five tabs: Configuration ­ Allows you to set parameters for the wireless adapter. Site Survey ­ Scans/shows all wireless devices within the adapter's signal range. Version Information ­ Shows the driver and utility version information. 11 SMC2835W 2. 4GHz 54Mbps Wireless Adapter Utility At the bottom of the screen, there are three boxes that can be selected: · · · Radio On/Radio Off ­ This allows you to turn on/off the transmission/reception of the adapter. Exit ­ This closes the Configuration Utility dialog box. Configuration Go to the Configuration tab to set parameters for the SMC2835W adapter. Select Profile ­ You can specify a profile name for a specific configuration of parameters. Save ­ To save a new profile after configuring the settings, click Save. Delete ­ To delete a profile, select the profile from the drop-down menu in the Select Profile field, then click Delete. 12 Configuration Common Network Name ­ Input an SSID for the wireless network to which you want to connect. Operating Mode ­ Set the adapter's operating mode to 802. 11 AdHoc for a network environment that does not have an access point, or to Infrastructure for connections with an access point. (See "Network Topologies" on page 27 for more information. ) Transmit Rate ­ Indicates the data transmission rate. Power Save Mode ­ To use this funtion, select the Enabled or Disabled in the Power Save Mode drop-down menu, then click the Apply Change button. 13 SMC2835W 2. 4GHz 54Mbps Wireless Adapter Utility Security The Security ON/Security OFF button indicates whether the security function has been enabled or disabled. 14 Configuration Click the Security ON/Security OFF button to enable the security function. Authentication Type ­ WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) are implemented in the SMC2835W adapter to prevent unauthorized access. Key Type ­ Select 64-bit encryption, 64-bit encryption (ASCII), 128-bit encryption, or 128-bit encryption (ASCII). Use Passphrase ­ Check this box to auto-generate keys for encryption. First, check this box, then enter a string of characters into the space. Encryption keys will be generated automatically. 15 SMC2835W 2. 4GHz 54Mbps Wireless Adapter Utility When Key Type is set to 128-bit, only one key will be generated. [. . . ] Each wireless PC in this BSS can talk to any computer in its wireless group via a radio link, or access other computers or network resources in the wired LAN infrastructure via the access point. The infrastructure configuration not only extends the accessibility of wireless PCs to the wired LAN, but also extends the effective wireless transmission range for wireless PCs by passing their signal through one or more access points. A wireless infrastructure can be used for access to a central database, or for connection between mobile workers, as shown in the following figure. Wired LAN Extension to Wireless Adapters File Server Desktop PC Switch Notebook with Wireless PC Card Adapter Access Point PC with Wireless PC I Adapter 28 Setting the Communication Domain Setting the Communication Domain Stationary Wireless PCs The Basic Service Set (BSS) is the communication domain for each access point. For wireless PCs that do not need to support roaming, set the domain identifier (SSID) for the wireless card to the SSID of the access point to which you want to connect. [. . . ]