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EZ Connect
Wireless Compact Flash Card
Allows PDAs and Laptops to easily connect to an
existing wireless network
Ultra-Compact Type II Form Factor
802.11b High Speed Wireless LAN connection
Supports both Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure Modes
Plug and Play Configuration - Easy to Install and
Simple to use
User Guide
SMC2642W / SMC2645W

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  • Page 1 EZ Connect Wireless Compact Flash Card Allows PDAs and Laptops to easily connect to an existing wireless network Ultra-Compact Type II Form Factor 802.11b High Speed Wireless LAN connection Supports both Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure Modes Plug and Play Configuration - Easy to Install and Simple to use User Guide SMC2642W / SMC2645W...
  • Page 2 EZ Connect Wireless CF Card User Guide The easy way to make all your network connections 38 Tesla Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: 1-800-SMC-4-YOU Part No. : 01-111340-006...
  • Page 3 All rights reserved. Printed in Taiwan. Trademarks SMC is a registered trademark; and EZ Connect and EZ Hub are trademarks of SMC Networks, Inc. Other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Limited Lifetime Warranty...
  • Page 4 Technical Support You can download and upgrade to the latest version of software from SMC’s web site, http://www.smc.com. For more technical information, please refer to the link listed below or contact SMC Technical Support Department at 1-800-SMC-4YOU. http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?action=tech_support_support_tools About This Manual This manual includes procedures for the setup of SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card under Windows CE 3.0 or later Pocket/Handheld PC and Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP for your Laptops.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction ................1 Features and Benefits .............. 1 Applications................2 Product Kit................3 System Requirement..............3 Chapter 2 Installing Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card ......4 Install the Setup Utility ............4 Install the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card ......6 Chapter 3 Using Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card.........

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction The SMC2642W EZ Connect™ 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card is a standard CF interface adapter integrated with wireless LAN technology. provides you an easy and fast way to access your wireless and wired network. The Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card, which utilizes the latest advancement of PC industry –...

  • Page 7: Applications

    1-2 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, file transfer and terminal emulation. 2. Difficult-to-wire environments Historical or old buildings, asbestos installations, and open area where wiring is difficult to deploy.

  • Page 8: Product Kit

    1-3 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. SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card Includes: l 1 SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card l 1 Driver/Utility CD ROM l This User Guide...

  • Page 9: Install The Setup Utility

    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. 2.
  • Page 10 4. Follow on-screen instructions to install the Setup Utility. Click Finish to complete the installation.
  • Page 11 2-2 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. You may either set the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card to obtain an IP address from your DHCP server, or to be assigned with a fixed IP address.

  • Page 12: Install The 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. 3-1 Using the Wireless LAN Utility Under Pocket PC The SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card is a ready-to-use device.
  • Page 13 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 firmware version of your Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card. Domain - The regulated operating frequency per country.
  • Page 14 Configuration The Configuration tab contains several fields where the current parameters of the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card can be viewed and changed. You will see current configuration information in terms of ESSID, Network Type, Power Saving Mode and Tx Rate. Upon modification of parameters for the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card, click the Apply button to make the changes take effect.
  • Page 15 Network Type To connect your wireless station to a local network infrastructure as described in Appendix A “ Network Configuration” on page 18, set the station operation mode to Infrastructure (with Access Point, default setting). In case you do not wish to connect to a network infrastructure, but prefer to setup a small wireless workgroup (without Access Point) also described on page 18, you can enable the Ad-Hoc (only compatible with the same series wireless PC Card) or 802.11 Ad-Hoc tick box.
  • Page 16 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. -11-...
  • Page 17 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.
  • Page 18 For 64-bit encryption: n 5 characters in the range of “A-Z”, “a-z” and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey, shown as above figure). n 10 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (e.g. 11AA22BB33). For 128-bit encryption: n 13 characters in the range of “A-Z”, “a-z” and “0-9”, preceded by the characters values (e.g.
  • Page 19 About The “About” tab shows driver and utility version of the SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card. -14-...

  • Page 20: Using The Wireless Lan Utility Under Handheld

    3-2 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. For more details please refer to 3-1 Using the Wireless LAN Utility Under Pocket PC.
  • Page 21 Configuration: This item allows you to modify the configuration 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 configuration, 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.
  • Page 22 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 field. For 64-Bits encryption the key values are 5 characters in the range of “A-Z”, “a-z”...
  • Page 23 About The About tab shows driver and utility version of the SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card. Caveat n Due to WinCE's nature of the first 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.

  • Page 24: Windows 98/Me/Nt/2000/Xp

    Chapter 4 Installing the SMC2642W Wireless CF Card Under Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP This chapter describes the instructions that guide you through the proper installation of your SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card for the Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP operating systems. 4-1 System Requirements In order to use the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card, your computer must be equipped with the following: 1.
  • Page 25 NOTE 2: The PCMCIA slot allows “hot swap” of PCMCIA adapter. You may therefore insert or remove your SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card from the slot whenever you like even when the power of your computer is on (except for Windows NT since Windows NT does not support plug and play).
  • Page 26 4. Select “Search for the best driver for your device” and click Next. 5. Select the location where the corresponding driver is placed, then click Next. -21-...
  • Page 27 6. Windows will search for “SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card”. Click Next. 7. Windows 98 will prompt you for the Windows 98 Second Edition CD-ROM. Enter the path corresponding to the appropriate drives and click OK. -22-...
  • Page 28 8. Click Finish to complete the software installation. 9. Restart the computer. -23-...
  • Page 29 10. Open Control Panel/System/Device Manager, and check Network Adapters to see if any error icon appears. If there is no error icon, your SMC2642W is working well. -24-...

  • Page 30: Setting Up The Smc2642W 11Mbps Wireless Cf Card For Windows Nt 4.0

    4-3 Setting Up the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card for Windows NT 4.0 1. From the desktop, select Control Panel, double-click Network, go to the Adapters tab, and then click the Add button. 2. Windows NT will present a list of all of its supported adapters. Click Have Disk to continue.
  • Page 31 3. Windows NT will prompt for the drive/path containing the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card Windows NT drivers. Insert the Driver/Utility CD-ROM into the corresponding drive, and then type the location where it is placed. 4. Windows NT will attempt to locate an INF file in the specified path. If you have entered the path name correctly, Windows NT should copy the appropriate drivers to the Windows NT system.
  • Page 32 5. Restart the system. 6. To ensure whether the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card works fine or not, go to Control Panel, double-click on Devices, then verify whether the 11Mbps CF Card driver has started. -27-...

  • Page 33: Setting Up The Smc2642W 11Mbps Wireless Cf Card For Windows 2000

    4-4 Setting Up the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card for Windows 2000 1. If your PC has a compact flash slot type II, simply insert the Wireless Compact Flash Card into the CF slot. If there is no error icon, use the SMCCF-CVT CF to PCMCIA Converter as stated in No.
  • Page 34 4. Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device [recommended]” and click Next. 5. Select the location where the corresponding driver is placed, then click Next. -29-...
  • Page 35 6. Windows 2000 will find “SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card”. Now click Next. 7. Click Finish to complete the software installation. -30-...
  • Page 36 8. Open Control Panel/System/Device Manager, and check Network Adapters to see if any error icon appears. If not, your SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card is working well. -31-...

  • Page 37: Setting Up The Smc2642W 11Mbps Wireless Cf Card For Windows Xp

    4-5 Setting Up the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card for Windows XP 1. If your PC has a compact flash slot type II, simply insert the Wireless Compact Flash Card into the CF slot. If not, use the SMCCF-CVT CF to PCMCIA Converter as stated in No.
  • Page 38 4. Insert the Driver/Utility CD-ROM into the appropriate drive. Specify the location where the driver is placed. Click on Next to install the driver. 5. The windows will find “SMC2642W Wireless CF Card” and start copying corresponding files into the system. Click Next to continue. -33-...
  • Page 39 6. Click Finish to complete the software installation. 7. Right click “My Computer” from Start, select Properties, go to the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button to see if any error icon appears next to the Network Adapters/SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card.
  • Page 40 8. After installing the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card, Windows XP will display a “Wireless Network Connection # ” message. Click on the message and the “Automatic Wireless Network Configuration will then appear and allows users to connect to a wireless infrastructure network (Access Point), shown as the below figure.
  • Page 41 You may click the Advanced button to make advanced configuration for the SMC2642W, shown as below. For more information on using the automatic wireless network configuration, please refer to Windows XP Help file. The SMC2642W WLAN Utility, which comes with the Wireless CF Card, however, provides you with more tools to configure the CF Card and monitor the wireless connection.
  • Page 42 Chapter 5 Using the SMC2642W Wireless CF Card Under Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP This chapter gives you detail installation procedures of the SMC2642W WLAN Configuration Utility for setting up the 11Mbps Wireless CF Card under Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP. 5-1 Installation of Wireless LAN Utility 1.
  • Page 43 5-2 Using the SMC2642W WLAN Configuration Utility The SMC2642W WLAN Configuration Utility enables you to make configuration changes and perform user-level diagnostics on your SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card in the Windows XP/2000/NT/98/ME operating system environments. The WLAN Utility consists of 5 items for you to monitor and configure the 11Mbps Wireless CF Card: Configuration, Loop Back, AP Browser, Site Survey and About.
  • Page 44 Profile The Profile field allows you to set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile. Click on the drop-down list of the Profile field to display the available profiles for your Wireless CF Card. You will always have at least one profile, named Default.
  • Page 45 Transmit Rate The SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card provides various data rate options for you to select. Data rates options include Fully Automatic, 2 Mb, Auto 1 or 2 Mb, 5.5 Mb, and 11 Mb. In most networking scenarios, you will see that the factory-set default “Fully Automatic”...
  • Page 46 To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the network, the WLAN Utility offers highly secure data encryption known as WEP, which makes your data transmission more secure. To activate the WEP Encryption, check the WEP Enabled check box. An Encryption window will then appear.
  • Page 47 Create Encryption Keys Manually You can also create encryption keys manually by clicking the Create Keys Manually check box. For 64bit encryption, you must enter exactly 10 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (e.g. 11AA22BB33) in each of the four key fields; for 128bit encryption, you need to enter exactly 26 hexadecimal digits in the range of “A-F”, “a-f”...
  • Page 48 Loop Back: The Loop Back tool helps you examine point-to-point data transmission quality between your 11Mbps Wireless CF Card and any workstation on the network. By entering the IP address of the remote station, set ping interval and packet size, you may know whether communication has been made successfully or not.
  • Page 49 AP Browser: By clicking the Rescan button, the AP Browser can display all the Access Points around the working environment. Besides showing the ESSID of each Access Point, it also displays BSSID, Channel, Signal, Quality and Supported Rates. To join any of the displayed Access Point, highlight the Access Point you desire to connect and then click the Join BSS or Join ESS button to join the group.
  • Page 50 About: The About item shows the versions of the Wireless LAN Utility, driver, firmware of the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless CF Card. The MAC address and frequency domain are also displayed. -45-...

  • Page 51: Appendix A Network Configuration

    Appendix A. Network Configuration The 11Mbps Wireless LAN products support the same network configuration options of the legacy Ethernet LANs as defined by IEEE 802 standard committee. The 11Mbps Wireless LAN products can be configured as: u Ad-Hoc for departmental or SOHO LANs u Infrastructure for enterprise LANs u LAN-Interconnection for point-to-point link as a campus backbone.
  • Page 52 u Infrastructure Fig An Example of Infrastructure Wireless LAN The 11Mbps Wireless LAN devices provide access to a wired LAN for wireless workstations. An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. A group of wireless LAN PC users and an Access Point construct a Basic Service Set (BSS).
  • Page 53 Fig The effective Transmission Range -48-...

  • Page 54: Appendix B Specifications

    Appendix B. Specifications Product SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card 11 for N. America, 14 Japan, 13 Europe (ETSI), Operating Channels 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) Fixed at 11Mbps: 495 ft Range...
  • Page 55 Product SMCCF-CVT CF to PCMCIA Converter Converts Type I/II Compact Flash Card to standard Main Function Type II PCMCIA Card. Voltage Automatic Voltage detection supports both 3.3V and 5.0V Compact Flash Cards. Host Interface Fully compatible with Type I/II Compact Flash Cards specification standards Power Consumption DC 3.3V or DC 5V from PCMCIA socket directly Supports...
  • Page 56 FOR TECHICAL SUPPORT, CALL. From U.S.A. and Canada (24 hours a Day, 7 days a week) (800) SMC-4-YOU; (949) 679-8000; (Fax) (949) 679-1481 From Europe (8:00 AM – 5:30 PM UK Greenwich Mean Time) 44 (0) 118 9748700; (Fax) 44 (0) 118 9748701 INTERNET E-mail addresses: techsupport@smc.com...

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