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SMC Networks EZ Connect SMC2632W User Manual

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  • Page 1 EZ Connect ™ Wireless PC Card User Guide SMC2632W V1.0...

  • Page 2: Package Checklist

    Hello and welcome! The SMC™s EZ Connect Wireless PC Card is an 11 Mbps wireless network card that seamlessly integrates with existing Ethernet networks to support applications such as mobile users or temporary conferences. This solution offers fast, reliable wireless connectivity with considerable cost savings over wired LANs (which include long-term maintenance overhead for cabling).

  • Page 3: Installation

    2. Find an available Type II or Type III PCMCIA slot in your computer. 3. With the PC Card™s 68-pin connector facing the PCMCIA slot and the "EZ Connect Wireless PC Card" label facing up, slide the card completely into the PCMCIA slot as shown below.

  • Page 4: Driver Installation

    2. 10 of the PCMCIA specification are required. Please check the documents for your PCMCIA driver before installing the software driver for the SMC2632W. 5. Install the appropriate network driver for your operating system. Drivers can be found on the driver diskette. See "Driver Installation and Configuration".
  • Page 5 5. For Windows 2000, select the protocols you want to use and click "OK". 6. To communicate with SMC 11 Mbps wireless devices set the "Authentication Algorithmlc" to "Shared Key" Products from some other vendors use the setting "Open System". Use the...
  • Page 6 7. To set up an ad hoc wireless LAN (refer to page 17), set the "Channel" to the same radio channel as that used by the other wireless clients in your group. However, if you are connecting to a network via an access point (Infrastructure mode), then the card will automatically set to the same channel as that used by the access point.
  • Page 7 3. Windows NT will present a list of all its supported adapters. Click "Have Disk" to continue. 4. Windows NT will ask for the drive/path containing the SMC2632W Windows NT drivers. Insert the SMC2632W Driver Diskette into the floppy drive, and then type "A:\" Click "OK"...
  • Page 8 (Default: Disabled) Authentication Algorithm - Set this to the same as the other devices in your network. SMC devices use isShared Key.lr Devices from some other vendors use isOpen System.lO...

  • Page 9: Network Configuration And Planning

    9. Click ilCloself and the system will restart your computer. Network Configuration and Planning SMC™s EZ Connect Wireless solution supports a stand-alone wireless network configuration, as well as an integrated configuration with 10 Mbps Ethernet LANs.
  • Page 10 Infrastructure Wireless LAN The SMC2632W can also provide access to a wired LAN for wireless workstations. An integrated wired and wireless LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. A Basic Service Set (BSS) consists of a group of wireless PC users, and an access point that is directly connected to the wired LAN.

  • Page 11: Configuration And Diagnostic Utility

    Link Information Screen When you start the wireless LAN utility, the hardware information window for the SMC2632W is shown on the first folder of the utility windows as shown below. Click on the "Link Info" tab to monitor the network status of the wireless adapter, including the BSS ID, current channel, transmission rate used, throughput, link quality, and signal strength condition.
  • Page 12 PS Mode - Enable the Power Saving Mode to reduce power loading. (Default: Disabled) Channel - If you are setting up an ad hoc wireless LAN (see page 17), set the channel number to the same radio channel as that used by the other wireless clients in your group. However,...

  • Page 13: Troubleshooting

    • Try the card in another PCMCIA slot. If this also fails, test your computer with another SMC2632W wireless card that is known to operate correctly. • When operating under Windows NT, make sure a PCMCIA card and socket services driver is installed in your computer.
  • Page 14 • Make sure the access point which the station associated with is powered on. • Make sure your wireless station is configured with the same operating radio channel as the access point. • If you still can’t connect, change the access point and all the stations within the BSS to another radio channel.

  • Page 15: Specifications

    Functional Criteria Data Rate 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps Transmission Mode Half duplex Network Connection IEEE 802.11b - wireless Operating Range Up to 100 ft (30m) at 11 Mbps Up to 1500 ft (450m) at 5.5 Mbps and lower Interrupt...
  • Page 16 For Technical Support, call: From U.S.A. and Canada (8:30 AM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time) (800) SMC-4-YOU; (949) 707-2400; (949) 707-2460 (Fax) From Europe (8:00 AM - 5:30 PM UK Greenwich Mean Time) 44 (0) 1189 748740; 44 (0) 1189 748741 (Fax)

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