Chapter 1 Introduction Features and Benets.............3 Applications................4 Product Kit................5 System Requirement...............5 Chapter 2 Installing Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card Install the Setup Utility.............6 Install the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card......8 Chapter 3 Using Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card Using the Wireless LAN Utility Under Pocket PC....9 Using the Wireless LAN Utility Under Handheld....16 Specications..............
Pocket/Handheld PC easier than ever before. With the ability to provide an 11Mbps connection, the SMC Wireless CF Card gives you the equivalent of a 10Mbps Ethernet connection to access corporate network or the Internet in a wireless environment. When...
Applications 11Mbps Wireless LAN products offer a fast, reliable, cost-effective solution for wireless client access to the network in applications like the following: 1. Remote access to corporate network information E-mail, le transfer and terminal emulation. 2. Difcult-to-wire environments Historical or old buildings, asbestos installations, and open area where wiring is difcult to deploy.
Product Kit SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card comes with the following items. Please go through each item below. If any listed item is not included or found damaged, please contact your local dealer. 11Mbps Wireless LAN Compact Flash Kit Includes: 1 x SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card 1 x Driver/Utility Diskette This User Guide...
Chapter 2 Installing SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card This chapter describes the installation of the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card driver for the CE 3.0 Handheld/ Pocket PC. 2-1 Install the Setup Utility 1. Establish a connection between host PC and PDA device by Microsoft Active Sync.
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4. Follow on-screen instructions to install the Setup Utility. Click Finish to complete the installation.
Install the SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card 1. Connect the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card to your PDA. The PDA will auto-detect the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card and automatically install the corresponding driver. 2. Assign an IP address to your Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card.
Chapter 3 Using SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card This chapter gives you assistance with detailed description of setting the 11Mbps Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card with the Wireless LAN Utility under Pocket/Handheld PC. Using the Wireless LAN Utility Under Pocket PC The SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card is a ready to use device.
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Status 3. The Status tab displays the current status of the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card. Adapter - Displays name of the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card. Firmware - Displays the rmware version of your Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card. Domain - The regulated operating frequency per country.
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Conguration The Conguration tab contains several elds where the current parameters of the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card can be viewed and changed. You will see current conguration information in terms of ESSID, Network Type, Power Saving Mode and Tx Rate. Upon modication of parameters for the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card, click the Apply button to make the changes take effect.
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Power Saving Mode The Power Saving Mode option is designed to conserve battery life of you computer. Selecting the “Enable” button activates the Power Save mode and your SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card will go into sleep mode to minimize power consumption.
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Link Similar to the TCP/IP Ping Command, this tool allows you to monitor point-to-point data transmission quality between two stations. By entering the IP address of another station and setting the timeout and packet size, you may check whether or not communication has been established successfully.
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Security To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the network, the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card offers highly secure data encryption, known as WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). If you desire to use WEP encryption to secure your data, please select the Enable check box and set the following values.
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For 128-bit encryption: - 13 characters in the range of “A-Z”, “a-z” and “0-9”, preceded by the characters values (e.g.MyKey12345678) - 26 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9”, preceded by the characters values (e.g. 12345678901234567890123456, shown as below) About The “About”...
Using the Wireless LAN Utility Under Handheld PC The usage of Wireless LAN Utility under Handheld PC is exactly the same with that under Pocket PC. The only difference is the window size. The following is brief description on the Wireless LAN Utility. 1.
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Conguration: This item allows you to modify the conguration parameters for the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card such as ESSID, Network Type, Channel, Power Saving mode, and Tx Rate. After making changes on the conguration, click on the Apply button to make the changes take affect. Link: Similar to Ping Command, this tool allows you to monitor point-to-point data transmission quality between two nodes.
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Security The encryption function enables you to encrypt and decrypt your wireless data, making your data more secure. To enable the WEP encryption, select the “Enable” check box, select the Key Length, either 64-bit or 128-bit, and enter the WEP Keys in the Key eld. For 64-Bits encryption the key values are 5 characters in the range of “A-Z”, “a-z”...
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About The About tab shows driver and utility version of the SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card. Caveat -Due to WinCE’s nature of the rst application at power-on resuming to that at power-off, if you are stuck at the utility program, you may use the PDA’s reset button to terminate it.
Product SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card Operating Channels 11 for N. America, 14 Japan, 13 Europe (ETSI), 2 Spain, 4 France Operating Frequency 2.412-2.462 GHz ( N. America) 2.412-2.484 GHz (Japan) 2.412-2.472 GHz (Europe ETSI) 2.457-2.462 GHz (Spain) 2.457-2.472 GHz (France) Range Fixed at 11Mbps: 495 ft 5.5Mbps: 595 ft...
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Information furnished by SMC Networks, Inc. (SMC) is believed to be accurate and reliable. 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.