SMC Networks SMCWTK-G manual

[...]

Copyr ight Information furnished b y SMC Netwo rks, Inc. (SMC) is believed to be accura te and relia ble. However , no responsibility is assu med by SMC for it s use, nor for an y infringements of p atent s or other rights of third parties which may result fr om it s use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or p ate n[...]

Compliances Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful in terference in a residential installation. This equ ipment generates, [...]

EC Conformance Declaration The following importer/man ufacturer is responsible for making this declaration: SMC Ne two rks -S pain, S. L. Edificio Conata II, Call e Fruc tuó s Gelab ert 6-8, 2o, 4a, 08970 - Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, S pain. This RF product complies with R&TTE Directive 99/5/EC. For the evaluation of the compliance with this[...]

Ireland Ic eland Wichtige Sicherheit shinweise (Germany) 1. Bitte lesen Sie diese Hinweise sorgfältig durch. 2. Heben Sie diese Anleitung für den späteren Gebrauch au f. 3. V or jedem Reinigen ist das Gerät vom S t romnetz zu trennen. V erwenden Sie keine Flüssig- oder Aerosolreiniger . Am besten eignet sich ein angefeuchtetes T uc h zur Reini[...]

1. Introduction 1.1 EZ Connect™ g 2.4GHz 802.11g Wireless Traveler’s Kit SMCWTK-G is anoth er innovative soluti on brought to you by SMC. It is th e industry’ s first compact All-in-One device that fits in a convenient easy-to-carry case. The new product offers 5 different modes: Access Point, Ethernet Bridge, Rep eater , Point-to-Point Bridg[...]

1.2 Features • IEEE 802.1 1 b, and 802.1 1g-Compliant • High Data Rat es at up t o 54 Mb ps • EZ Installa tion Wizard • Plug-and-Play , no drivers needed • USB powered, no power adapter is needed • All-in-one comp act device • Supports 5 dif ferent modes – Access Point, Ethernet Bridge, Repeater , Point-to-Point Bridging, and Point-[...]

possible, please retain the carton and original p acking materials in case there is a need to return the product. Please register this product and upgrade the product warranty at SMC’s We b site: http://www .smc.com[...]

2. Using the EZ Installation W izard The inst allatio n method ma kes the process as simple a s possible . 1. Connect the SMCWTK-G to a PC using the Cat-5 Ethernet Cable. 2. Plug in the 4V power supply or use the supplied USB cab le to plug into an available USB port on the PC. 3. Insert the EZ Installation Wizard and Documentation CD.[...]

4. Select “Install Utility”. 5. The Scan/Configuration Utility is now installed. Go to “S tart”, then “Programs”, select “SMC 802.1 1g Wireless T raveler ’s Kit”, an d then “SMC 802.1 1g Wireless T raveler ’s Kit Configurati on Utility” to start the SMCWTK-G Scan /Configuration Utility Program.[...]

6. The Scan/Configuratio n automatically scans for SMCWTK-G on the network.[...]

7. Highlight the SMCWTK-G that you would like to config ure and click “Configure”. If your PC has the same IP address su bnet range as the SMCWTK-G , then the login scree n will appear . Enter the username and password. The default IP address of the SMCWTK-G is 192.168.2.25. The username is “admin” and the pa ssword is “smcadmin”. Skip [...]

9. From Scan/Configuration Utility , select the SMCWTK-G that you wo uld like to configure and click “Configure”. Y ou will be a sked to ente r the username and p assword to configure the SMCWTK-G . By default, the username is “admin” and the password is “smcadmin”. Enter this information and click OK.[...]

10. The default mode of SMCWTK-G is Access Point (AP) mode. T o switch to Client, Repeater , Point-to-Point Bridging (P2P), or Point-to-Mu ltipoint Bridgin g (PMP) mode, go to the Mode Page and select the desired mode. Click A pply .[...]

1 1. Th en go to the Mode pa ge and click Setup. Configure the applicable properties for that mode, such as the SSID, Channel, and Security .[...]

12. The SMCWTK-G is now ready to use.[...]

3. Operating Modes 3.1 Introduction to Operatin g Modes 3.1.1 Traveler’s AP Mode The Access Point (AP) mode is by defa u lt the out-of-box operational mode. When the user resets the system to the de fault manufacturing settings, the operational mode also reverts to AP mode. In th e AP mode, the system functions as a standard AP, where wireless c [...]

3.1.2 Repeater Mode Repeater mode extends the range of a wireless net work. Repeater nodes re-transmit the signal of an AP or wireless router to effectively extend the range of that AP o r wire less router . Wirele ss clients ca n asso ciate w ith the re peate r. Figure2 shows the network with one repeater, and the repeater allowing wireless cl ien[...]

3.1.3 Point-to-Point (P2P) Mode Two SMCWTK-G devices, each in Point-to-Point (P2P) mode, can establish a wireless connection between two wired networks, as shown in Figure3 . The two SMCWTK-G devices operating in P2P mode do not allow client associations. To configure the SMCWTK-G deivces to estab lish a P2P w ireless bridge, plea se ensure the fol[...]

3.1.4 Point-to-Multipoint (PMP) Mode A SMCWTK-G de vice operat ing in Poin t-to-Mu ltipoint (PMP) mo de can wireless ly connect t wo or more wired networks, as shown in Figure4 . The root SMCWTK-G device (LAN 1) operat es in PMP mod e, and the other SM CWTK-G devices (LAN 2, LAN 3) must ope rate in P2P mode. When operating in PMP mo de, the SM CWTK[...]

3.1.5 Client Mode When set to Client mode, th e SMCWTK-G device will associate to an AP w ithin its range in Infrastructure mode, as show n in Figure 5 or join w ith another SMCW TK-G de vic e in C lie nt mo de in an A d-Hoc net work , as shown in Figure 6 . The Client be haves li ke a no rmal w ireless clie nt. Figure 5: Client in Infrastructure M[...]

4. Wireless Security Support The SMCWTK-G will support WEP encryption and WPA/PSK e ncryption as shown in Table1 . Table 1: Wireless Security Mode WEP WPA/PSK Comments Access Point Yes Yes In AP mode, the SMCWTK-G acts like a regular AP. Supports WE P and WPA/PSK . Repe ater Yes No (for The link between the Repeater and wireless clients will suppor[...]

5. Mode Selection The first step in using the SMCWTK-G is selecting the operating mode. The default operating mode is the AP mode . To vi ew the d evi ce’s web pag e, go to 192. 168. 2.2 5 (def aul t IP ad dres s of t he dev ice) in your web browser. The default username is “admin” and the password is “smcadmin.” To select a mode, click t[...]

6. AP Setup 6.1 Basic Setup To configure the AP, select AP from the Mo de page and click Setup. The following table shows the basic se tup op tions. Figure 8: AP Setup Page[...]

Table 2: AP Setup Field Description Mode Selects 802.11g/b mode: 802.11g only, 802.11b only, or Mixed SSID Wireless Network Name Association Wire less clien ts associatio n table SSI D Broa dcas t Enabl e/ disa ble t he SS ID br oadca st featu re. RF Channel Selects the channel Secur ity Selects the option to disable security or to use WEP or WPA s[...]

Figure 9: WEP Configura tion[...]

The following tables describe the security setup options in more detail. Table 3: WEP Setup Field Description WEP Length Selects the WEP key length Mode Selects the WEP key f ormat, ASCII or Hex Passphrase Passphrase used to generate th e WEP keys. Click the Gene rate butt on to gener at e the k eys . Key 1-4 WEP keys Default Tx ke y Selects the de[...]

Table 4: WPA Setup Field Description Authentication Selects Pre-Shared Key (PSK) only. Method Passphrase WPA key Group Re-Key Time Group Re-Key interval (seconds)[...]

6.3 Advanced Settings The Advanced Settings pa ge allows you to configure advanced Ra dio settings as well as extend the S MCWTK-G (AP mode) range by wireless ly link ing it to a SMCWTK-G (Re peater mode). Figure 11: Advanced Se ttings[...]

The following table describes the setup options in deta il. Table 5: AP Adva nced Settings Field Description Beacon Interval Beacon interval (in mi lliseconds) RTS Threshold RTS threshold (in bytes) DTIM Interva l DTIM interval Protection Mode Allows user to force 802.11g protection (RTS/CTS) mode off. Transmit Rate Selects the tran smit rate: Auto[...]

Figure 12: Access Filter Set tings[...]

The following table describes the setup options in deta il. Table 6: AP Access Filter Settings Field Description MAC filtering Enables/Disables MAC filtering mode Filter List Provides the option to allow or deny clients w ith MAC addresses listed Fil ter M AC Up t o 32 MA C addr ess es c an be li st ed, bu t onl y 16 c an be viewed/modified at a ti[...]

7. Repeater Setup 7.1 Basic Setup To configure the R epeater, select Repeater from the Mode page and click Setup. The following tab le show s the basic setup o ptions. To set up the Repeater, you must enter the MAC address of the AP or AP/Router you want to connect to the Repeater. Figure 13: Repeater Setup[...]

Table 7: R epeater Setup Field Description AP/ Rout er MA C MAC address of AP/Router that this Repeater is connected to. Addre ss Mode Selects 802.11g/b mode: 802.11g only, 802.11b only, or Mixed SSI D Broa dcas t Enabl e/ disa ble t he SS ID br oadca st featu re. Channel Selects the channel Secur ity Selects the option to disable security or to us[...]

Table 9: WPA Setup Field Description Authentication Selects Pre-Shared Key (PSK) or 802 .1x mode Method Passphrase WPA key Group Re-Key Time Group Re-Key interval (seconds) 7.3 Advanced Settings The Advanced Settings page allows you to configure advanced Radio settings. The following table describes th e setup options in detail. Table 10: Repeater [...]

Table 11: Repeater Access Filter Settings Field Description MAC filtering Enables/Disables MAC filtering mode Filter List Provides the option to allow or deny clients w ith MAC addresses list ed Filter MAC Up to 32 MAC addre sses can be listed, but only 16 can be viewed/modified at a time. This pulldown menu selects which group of 16 to view/modify[...]

8. Point-to-Point (P2P) Setup 8.1 Basic Setup To configure the P2P Bridge , select P2P from the Mode page and click Setup . The follow ing table show s the basic se tup o ptions. To set up the P2P bridge, you must enter the MAC address of the other P2P bridge you wa nt to connect to this P2P bridge. Figure 14: P 2P Setup[...]

8.2 Security Setup To en able s ecu rity , sel ect W EP fr om the set up pag e and c lic k Set up to enter t he keys. The following tables describe the se curity se tup option s in more d etail. Table 13: WEP Setup Field Description WEP Length Selects the WEP key length Mode Selects the WEP key f ormat, ASCII or Hex Passphrase Passphrase used to ge[...]

9. Point-to-Multip oint (PMP) Setup 9.1 Basic Setup To conf igur e th e PMP Bridge , sel ect PM P from the M ode pa ge and c lick Setu p. The following table shows the basic setup options To set up the PMP bridge , you must enter the MAC address(es) of the P2P bridge (s) you want to connect to this P MP bridge. Figure 15: PMP Setup[...]

Table 15: PMP Setup Field Description AP MAC Address MAC address(es) of the P2P bridges that are connected to this PMP bridge (1-6) Mode Selects 802.11g/b mode: 802.11g only, 802.11b only, or Mixed Channel Selects the channel Secur ity Selects the option to disable security or to use WEP security. If using WEP, click the Setup button to enter the k[...]

9.3 Advanced Settings The Advanced Settings page allows you to configure advanced Radio settings. The following ta ble describe s the setup op tions in de tail. Table 17: PMP Advanced Settings Field Description RTS Threshold RTS threshold (in bytes) DTIM Interva l DTIM interval Protection Mode Allows user to force 802.11g protection (RTS/CTS) mode [...]

10. Client Mode Setup 10.1 Basic Setup To configure the Client, select Client from the Mode page and click Setup. The follow ing table show s the basic se tup o ptions. Figure 16: Client Bridge Set up[...]

Table 18: Client Bridge Setup Field Description Station Mode Selects 802.11g/b mode: 802.11b only or 802.11g/b SSID Wireless Netw ork Name . You can e nter it dir ectly in thi s field or click the Site Survey button to sele ct from a list of available networks. Channel Selects t he channel (Ad-Hoc networ k only) Operation Mode Selects Ad-Hoc or Inf[...]

11. Status Page The status page reports relevan t status information for the device, for both the Eth ernet and wireless interfaces. Figure 17: Status Page[...]

12. Admin Page The admin page lets you upgrade the device’s firmware or change the password. Figure 18: Admin Page 12.1 Firmware Upgrade To upgrade the firmware, click the Brow se button and select the image file. C lick Apply to upgrade. 12.2 Update Password To change the password, enter the new password in the New Password and Reconfirm Passwor[...]

12.4 Reset to Default Setting To re boot, chec k th e reset to de fault radi o an d cli ck Appl y.[...]

13. LAN Page The LAN page lets you set the device’s IP address. The device can be configured to use an automatic (DHCP) address or a fixed IP a ddress. The default IP address is 192.168.2.25. When the device is in Client mod e, the LAN page also provides the MAC cloning op tion. It is important that befor e you configure the SMCWTK-G device ( reg[...]

Figure 19: LAN Page[...]

14. Scan/Configuration Utility 14.1 Configuration Utilit y The Configuration utilit y is a discov ery tool f or an SMCWTK -G. This utili ty is ava ilable in t he EZ Installati on Wizard CD that came with th e SMCWTK-G package. Use the Confi guration ut ility to find and condfigu re a SMCWTK-G. Figure 20: Configuration Utility[...]

15. Telnet Management 15.1 Telnet Step-by-Step Step 1: From th e remo te host, go to Co mmand Pro mpt, enter th e Telne t comman d and the IP address o f the SMCW TK-G device you wa nt to access (The default IP addr ess is 192.168. 2.25) Step2: At the prom pt, ent er the user name a nd pass w ord (The defau lt user name i s “admin” and password[...]

Step3 : Enter the necess ary command s to complete yo ur desired task s. Type “help” for HELP. Below is the “Comma nd Reference Ta ble” for eac h command and its associate d task. Table 19: Command Reference Table Type Command Format Example Get all Get all Get ssid Get ssid Get channel Get channel Get security Get security Get defaultkey G[...]

Get site Get site Set ssid Set ssid MYSMC_AP0 (SSID: “MYSMC_AP0”) Set Channel Set channel 12 (Channel: 12) Set Security Set Security 0 (0 is for Disable) Set defaultkey Set defaultkey 1 (Defau lt WEP Key: 1) Set wepkey Set wepkey 1 123 4567890 ( Wepkey1: 123456 7890) Set wpakey Set wpakey smcis good! ( Wepkey: “smcisgood!”) Set comm and Set[...]

Product S pecifications St andard • 802.1 1g/ 802.1 1b Ethernet interface • RJ45 for 100BaseT w ith auto-crossover MDI/MDI-X Data Rate • 802.1 1g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24 , 36, 48, 54Mbp s • 802.1 1b:1, 2, 5.5, 1 1Mbp s Modulation T ype • 64 QAM(54Mbp s,48Mbps) • 16 QAM(36Mbp s,24Mbps) • QPSK(18Mbps,12Mbp s) • BPSK(9Mbps,6M bps) • CCK (1[...]

Operating Freque ncy • 2.41 2-2. 462G Hz (N. Am eric a) • 2.41 2-2. 484G Hz (J apan) • 2.412-2.472GHz (Europe ETSI) Secu rity • 64-bit/128-b it Wired Equivale nt Privacy (WEP) • WP A-PSK • Disable SSID Broad cast • MAC Addres s Filt erin g Management and Configuration • W eb-based and Windows-based Utility Operation Mode • Access [...]

• Industr y Canada • C-tick Size • 2.5” x 3.375” x 0.75” Weight • 0.14 lbs (not including power adaptor and cables)[...]

F OR TE CHNICAL SUPPORT , CALL: Fr om U.S.A. and C anada (2 4 hours a da y , 7 day s a w eek ) (800) SMC -4- Y OU; Phn: (94 9) 67 9-8000; F ax: (94 9) 6 7 9-1481 Fr om Europe : C ontact det ails c an be found on www .smc-eur ope. com or www .smc.c om INTERNET E -mail addre sse s: t echsupport@smc. com europe an. techsupport@smc-eur ope . com Driver[...]