SMC Networks SMC2662W-AR manual

EZ Connect ™ Wir eless USB A dapter User Guide SMC2662W-AR V 1.0[...]

EZ Connect Wireless USB adapter Manual The 11 Mbps wir eless USB adapter is an easy to use , cost-effective , high-speed an d secure wireless n etworking devi ce for the network ed SOHO environm ent. It allows users to shar e network resour ces and provi des instan t access to the intern et. Usin g this adapter in conjuncti on with SMC’s EZ Conne[...]

DRIVER INST ALLA TION Select the d river you need for your system an d refer to this guid e for th e installation an d configurati on procedur e. An y new or updated d rivers can be downloaded fr om SMC’s Web site at http://www ..smc .com. WINDOWS 98/ME INST ALLA TION 1. Wind ows 98/Me will automati cally detect the n ew hardwar e and prompt you [...]

English English 4. Set the "Chann el" to the same r adio channel as that used by the oth er wireless clien ts in your group. However , if you are conn ecting to a network vi a an access point, the adapter will autom atically set the chann el to be the same as that used by the A ccess Poin t. 5. For mor e secure data tr ansmission, set th [...]

8. Set the "RT S Threshold" to th e same as that used by other devi ces in your network. (The d efault is 2347 which m eans "Disabled") 9. Set the "SSID" i dentifi er to the same as that used by th e ad hoc work gr oup or access point you want to conn ect to. (SMC2652W Access poin t default: WLAN) If you will be roamin[...]

12. Select the "Confi gurati on" tab and click "A dd" to install th e network pr otocols you want to use , such as IPX/SP X, NetBEUI or T CP/IP . If you install T CP/IP , be sure to set th e appropri ate Gateway , DNS Server , and Domain f or your network. If you in stall an IPX/SPX compatible pr otocol, then you also need to in[...]

English English 4. Finish the d river installation. 5. If you want to ad d more pr otocols after installation, g o to contr ol panel and d ouble click on "Network an d Dial-up Connecti ons" and d ouble click "Local Area Conn ection X", click "Pr operties". 6. Select the "Gen eral" tab and cli ck "install[...]

English English Quick-Launch Icon After the utility pr ogram is running, it will have a "Qui ck Launch" icon in th e lower right han d corner of th e task bar . Double clickin g the i con in the Quick Laun ch bar will open the EZ Connect Wir eless USB U tility program, pr oviding qui ck access to all settings of th e adapter . This config[...]

English English PS Mode Enable th e Power Savin g Mode f or redu cing power loading. (Def ault: Disabled) Note : The "Chann el" can only be set when the "Operatin g Model" is "802.11 A d-Hoc". The Statistics screen The Statisti cs screen displays "Data Fram es" and "Man agemen t Frames". Site Surve [...]

English English Create with P assphrase Security keys f or WEP encryption ar e gener ated from your P assphrase strin g, so you must use the same passphr ase on all the other stati ons in your network. Manual Entry "Man ual Entry" allows th e user to manu ally enter key elem ents. ( 2 H exad ecimal digits in each block) Default K ey ID Ch[...]

English English NETWORK CONFIGURA TION AND PLANNING SMC’s EZ Connect Wir eless Solution supports a stand-alon e wireless network confi guration, as well as an in tegrated configur ation with 10 Mbps Ethern et LANs. The SMC2662W-AR U SB adapter can be configur ed as: • Ad h oc for departm ental or SOHO LANs • Infrastru cture for en terprise LA[...]

English English Setting the Communication Domain Stationary Wireless PCs The Basi c Service Set (BSS) is the comm unication d omain for each SMC2652W access point. For wir eless PCs that do not n eed to support roamin g, set the dom ain iden tifier (SSID) for th e wireless card to th e BSS ID of the access poin t you want to connect to. Check with [...]

NETWORK CONNECTION PROBLEMS If the LED’s on th e USB adapter ar e not lit, or if you can’t access any n etwork resources fr om the computer . Check the f ollowing: • Mak e sure the corr ect software d river is installed. T ry rein stalling the d river . • Mak e sure the computer an d other network d evices are receivin g power . • The acc[...]

COMPLIANCES FCC Class B Certification This devi ce complies with P art 15 of the FCC Rules . Operation is subject to the f ollowing conditi ons: 1. This devi ce may not cause harmful in terference . 2. This devi ce must accept any in terference r eceived, inclu ding interfer ence that may cause un desired oper ation. W arning! This equipmen t has b[...]

SPECIFICA TIONS Functional Criteria Data Rate 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps T ransmissi on Mode Half d uplex Network Conn ection IEEE 802.11b wireless Operatin g Range Max distan ce of 11Mbps: 180m (590ft) Max distan ce of 5.5Mbps: 300m (984ft) Max distan ce of 2Mbps: 450m (1476ft) Max distan ce of 1Mbps: 550m (1800ft) Radio Signal Sign al Type Direct Sequen [...]

Copyright Inform ation furnished by SMC N etworks, Inc . (SMC) is believed to be accurate an d reliable . However , no r esponsibility is assumed by SMC for its use , nor f or any infring ements o f patents or other righ ts of third parti es which may r esult from its use . No licen se is gran ted by implication or oth erwise under an y patent or p[...]