SMC Networks SMC2435W manual

11/22Mbps Wir eless Car dBus / PCI A dapters User Guide SMC2435W & SMC2402W V2.0[...]

The EZ Conn ect TURBO Cards are IEEE 802.11b - compli ant 11/22 Mbps auto-sensin g wireless network ad apters. They m eet the needs o f small busin ess and corporate users wh o require backwar ds compatibility with a 11 Mbps wireless conn ection to an existin g LAN. In additi on, they provi de ex ceptional scalability to 22 Mbps thr ough the use o [...]

Driver Installation Option #1 (Recommended) Window s 98/Me/2000/XP NOTE: In stallation processes su ch as these usually r equire the use o f your origin al, licensed copy o f Windows . Please have your Windows CD on hand BEFORE pr oceeding with the in stallation. This Installati on method m akes the pr ocess as simple and Plug-and- Play as possible[...]

Step 5: Y ou will be given the opti on to choose the locati on where the Confi guration U tility will be installed. I t is recommen ded to leave this at the d efault value . Click [Ne xt >] to continue . Step 6: Please set the selecti on to [Y es] and click [Finish] to r eboot the m achine . Then shut d own the computer , insert your EZ Connect [...]

Window s 98 - Driver Installation NOTE: In stallation processes su ch as these usually r equire the use o f your origin al, licensed copy o f Windows . Please have your Windows CD on hand BEFORE pr oceeding with the in stallation. Step 1: After you have inserted th e EZ Connect TURBO 11/22 Mbps Auto-Sen sing Wireless Car d in your machine , the OS [...]

English English Step 5: Once th e system has copied the SMC d rivers from the CD, it may th en request files from your ori ginal Wind ows disk. Please insert the Win dows CD at this time . Step 6: The system will copy th e files. Do NO T press [Can cel]. Step 7: Once all th e necessary files are copi ed from the Win dows disk, the d river install p[...]

English English Step 3: The system sh ould find the d rivers. Now cli ck the [Ne xt >] button to contin ue the installati on. The wizard will sh ow "SMC2402W 22Mbps Wireless PCI A dapter" if you purchased th e PCI Card or "SMC2435W 22Mbps Wireless Car dbus Adapter" if you pur chased the Cardbus A dapter . (Note: If th e syste[...]

Step 4: Y ou will then be pr ompted to enter the locati on of the driv-ers . This should be ?:Driver . (Note: The ? equ als the letter of your CD-ROM d rive. In m ost cases, this is D.) Then cli ck [OK]. Y ou can also click Br owse] and browse to th e location of th e drivers on th e CD for fur-ther verifi cation. Step 5: The system sh ould find t[...]

Window s XP - Driver Installation Step 1: After you have inserted th e EZ Connect TURBO Wireless Card in your m achine and turn ed it back on, the OS will automati cally rec-ognize the ad apter and prompt you f or the appropri ate drivers. Cli ck the [Ne xt >] button to begin the installati on. Step 2: Insert th e Driver CD and check th e [Inclu[...]

How Do I Kno w the Card is Installed? This section will h elp you verify that the adapter is in stalled properly . Click on th e icon for your OS to vi ew the directi ons: Note: Wind ows 98, Me , 2000 and XP are r egistered trad emarks of Micr osoft. Window s 98 - V erification Step 1: Righ t-click the M y Computer icon on your desktop an d click [[...]

Window s 2000 - V erification Step 1: Righ t-click the M y Computer icon on your desktop an d click [Pr operties]. Step 2: Then g o to the Har dware tab an d click [Device Man ager]. Open the [N etwork adapters] section. Y ou should see your EZ Connect TURBO Wir eless Adapter in this m enu. Righ t- click your ad apter and click [Pr operties]. Step [...]

Step 3: The Devi ce Status shows that "This devi ce is working properly". If th ere are an y error messag es displayed here , you will need to ri ght-click th e SMC adapter and cli ck [Uninstall]. Th en reboot the m achine and g o through the in stallation process again. Utility Installation NOTE: If you completed [Opti on #1] to install [...]

Contin ue to the Utility Confi guration secti on for docum entation on how to use th e utility application f or your adapter . Utility Configuration When th e utility program is runnin g, there will be a qui ck launch icon in th e lower right-han d corner of th e task bar . The i con will be GREEN if you have a good conn ection to a wireless n etwo[...]

Channel: If you are settin g up an Adhoc wir eless LAN, set the channel n umber to the same value on all wir eless clients . However , if you are conn ecting to a network vi a an AP , then the channel will be autom ati-cally set to the channel o f the AP . SSID: Input an SSID for th e wireless network to whi ch you want to connect. If you will be r[...]

About The f ollowing screen displays th e version inform ation. Tr oubleshooting Common Installation Problems Problem s are often caused by confli cts with other devi ces installed in the sam e computer , or softwar e that has been configured in correctly . If you encoun ter a problem with the EZ Conn ect TURBO 11/22 Mbps Auto-Sen sing Wireless A d[...]

Network Connection Pr oblems Ther e may be a network conn ection problem if th e LED on the card does n ot light, or if you cann ot access any network r esources from the computer . Check th e following item s before con tacting SMC T echnical Support. • Mak e sure the corr ect network card d river is installed for your operatin g system. If nece[...]

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