SMC Networks SMCWUSBS-N manual

EZ Connect TM N Draf t 1 1n Wireless USB2.0 Adapter SMCWUSBS-N[...]

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20 Mason Ir vine, CA 926 18 Phone: ( 949) 679- 8000 Wi reless USB Adapter User Guide The eas y wa y to make all your networ k c onnect ions Octobe r 2007 Pub. # 149 1000406 00E E102007 -EK-R0 1[...]

Information furnished by SMC Networks, Inc. (S MC) is believed to be accurate and reliable. However , no responsibility is a ssumed by SMC for its use, nor f or any infringements of patents or other rights of thir d parties which may result from it s use. No license is granted by i mplication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SMC. S[...]

v Limited Warranty Limited Warranty St atement: SMC Networ ks, Inc. (“SMC ”) warrants its products t o be free from defects in workmanship and mate rials, under normal use and service, for the applicable warranty term. A ll SMC produc ts carry a standard 9 0-day limited w arranty from the date of purchase from SMC or its Authorized Reseller . S[...]

vi NOT BE LIA BLE UNDER THIS W ARRANTY IF ITS TES TING AND EXAMINA TIO N DISCLOSE THE ALLEGED DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT DOES NOT EXIST OR WAS CAUSED BY CUSTOMER’S OR ANY THIRD P ERSON’S MISUSE, NEGLECT , IMPROPE R INST ALLA TION OR TESTING , UNAUTHORI ZED A TTEMPTS TO RE P AIR, OR ANY OTHER CAUSE BEYOND THE RANGE OF THE INTENDED US E, OR BY ACCIDEN[...]

i Compliances Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested a nd found to comply with the limits for a Clas s B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Ru les. These limits are d esigned to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfer en ce in a residential installat ion. This equipment gene[...]

ii Australia/New Zealand AS/N ZS 4771 Japan VCCI Class B Taiwan DGT (NCC) 根據交通部低功 率管理辦法規 定： 第十二條 　經型式認證 合格之低功率 射頻電機，非 經許可，公司、 商號或使用者 均不得擅 自變更頻率、加 大功率或變更 原設計之特性 及功能。 第十四條 　低功率射頻[...]

iii Council recommendation 1999/ 519/EC of 12 J uly 1999, limitations of e xposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz) Czech Danish German Hiermit erklärt SMC Networks, dass sich dieses Wireless LAN Gerat in Übereinstimmung mit den grundlegenden Anforderungen und den anderen relevanten Vorschriften der Richtlinie 199[...]

iv Icelandic Norwegian Hér m eð lýsir S MC Networks yfir því að Radio LAN devi ce er í samræmi vi ð grunnkröfur og aðrar kröfur, se m gerðar eru í tilskipu n 1999/5/E C. SMC Networks erk lær er he rved at utst yre t Radio LA N device er i sa msvar med de g runnle gg ende krav o g øvri g e releva nte krav i direktiv 1999/5/EF.[...]

v Count ries of O peratio n & Condi tions of U se in EC / EFT A member st ates SMC Contact for this device in Europe is: SMC Network s Europe, Edificio Conata II, Calle Fructuos Gela bert 6-8, 2, 4a, 08970 - Sant Joan Despi, Barcelona, S pain English This device is a 2.4 GHz wireless LAN transceiver , intended for indoor home and office use in [...]

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v About This Gui de Purp o se This guide det ails the hardware features of the wireless USB adapter , including its physical and perfor mance-related characteristics , and how to install the dev ice and use its configuration software. Audience This guide is for PC users with a working knowledge of computers. Y ou should be familiar with Windows ope[...]

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vii Contents Chap ter 1: In tr oduc ti on 1-1 Feat ures 1-1 Syste m Requ ir emen ts 1-2 Packag e Check list 1-2 Hardware Description 1-2 LED In dica tor s 1-3 WPS Button 1-3 Chapter 2: Driver a nd Utility Installati on 2-1 Chap te r 3: Co nf igur at ion 3-1 Access ing th e EZ Conn ect Wirel ess Ut ility 3-1 Wireles s Utility C onfigur ation 3-2 Pro[...]

viii Conten ts About 5- 10 Help 5- 11 Appendix A: T roublesho oting A-1 USB Adapter Instal lation Probl ems A-1 Network Connec tion Pro blems A-1 Unins talli ng the Utility A-2 Appendi x B: Speci fications B-1[...]

1-1 Chapter 1: Int roduction The SMCW USBS-N is a W i-Fi (IEEE 802 .1 1 b/g/n) Wi reless USB Ad apter that enables wireless co nnect ivity for yo ur PC. The device provide s a Wi-Fi cl ient solution fo r PCs using a USB 2.0 interfa ce. The USB ad apte r also include s a comp reh ens ive co nf igur ation, sit e sur vey , and prof il e mana geme nt u[...]

Introduction 1-2 System Requirements Bef ore you in st all the E Z Conn ect Wire le ss USB A dap ter , check you r syst em meet s the follow ing requ irements: • 2.4 GH z 802.11 n (draf t 2.0) or 802.1 1b/g wir eless net work. • Micro soft W indows 200 0, XP or Vis ta. • A Not ebook or deskto p comput er with : - 300MH z CPU or ab ove. - Avai[...]

LED Indi c ator s 1-3 LED Indicators The Wireles s USB Adapt er includ es two status LED indicator s, as desc ribed in the following f igure an d table. WPS Button Use the W PS bu tton on the Wi reless U SB Ada pter t o autom atically connec t mult iple devices to the netw ork. W ithin two m inutes, press the physica l or virtu al button on wir ele[...]

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2-1 Chapte r 2: D river and U tility I nstallat ion The CD- ROM th at comes wit h th e p ac kage cont ains t he USB d ri ver and sof tw are utility for the Wireless USB Adapt er . New or upda ted driver s can be download ed from SMC’ s web site at http://www .smc.com . The ins ta lla ti on s cree ns are simi lar for al l Mi cros oft W indo ws sy [...]

Driver and Utility In sta llatio n 2-2 3. Click Next to continu e the inst allati on. Figure 2-2. EZ Connect N CD - Driver and Utility Installation 4. Wait for the so ftware installa tion proce dure to complet e. Figure 2-3. EZ Connect N CD - Installa tion in Progress[...]

2-3 5. W hen th e “Installation Complet e” mes sage disp lays , click Fini sh. Figur e 2-4. EZ Conne ct N CD - Installati on Finish ed 6. Insert the Wireless USB Ap apter in an avai lable USB slot. The new har dware is detected a nd auto matical ly installed . Now th e device is re ady to use . Figure 2-5. Found Ne w Hardware[...]

Driver and Utility In sta llatio n 2-4[...]

3-1 Chapter 3: Confi guration Accessing the EZ Connect Wireless Utility Once the the SMC EZ Connect Wireless u tility in stalla tion is comple te, the configur ation uti lity can be access ed by selec ting the “S MC E Z Connec t N Wireles s Utility” icon from the “SMC EZ Connect N Wireles s Utility” fo lder . Figure 3-1. Acces sing EZ Conne[...]

Config uration 3-2 Wireles s Utility Conf iguration The SMC EZ Con nect Wir eless u tility scree n inc ludes the o ptions in the table be low . For details on th e configur ation for each feat ure, see the correspo ndin g page number. T a ble 3-1 . Utility Conf iguratio n O ptions T o ols Descripti on Page Profile Configure s the b asic w ireless s[...]

Wireles s Utili ty Confi gur ation 3-3 Profile The prof il e s ett ings p age all ows you to set and sav e dif feren t wi rel ess sett ings. Y ou can activa te the sui table profil e accordi ng to the environ ment whe re the w ireless connect ion is us ed. Figure 3-3. Profile - System C onfiguration T o Add a profi le, click th e Add button an d co[...]

Config uration 3-4 - Infr as tru ctur e – An in te grate d w ir eles s an d wi red LAN i s calle d an Infrastr ucture confi guration. Sele ct Infrastru cture to associate t o an AP. • Power S ave M ode (ava ilable when “ Infrast ucture” i s selec ted as the net work typ e) – Enable or di sable the po wer sav e opera tion. (De fault: CAM )[...]

Wireles s Utili ty Confi gur ation 3-5 • Authentica tion / En cryption — Config ur e aut hen tic ati on an d en cryp tion to mat ch the secu rity of the wireless ne twor k. Figure 3-4. Profile - AuthenticationEncry ption The display ed item s on this page ca n be desc ribed as follows : • Authen tication – Select the au thentica tion mode [...]

Config uration 3-6 Figure 3-5. Authenticati on - LEAP - WPA / WPA-PSK – Wi-Fi Protec ted Acces s (WPA) e mploys a combi nation of technolo gies to pr ovide an enhanc ed secu rity solu tion for wi reless networks . The W PA Pr e-shared Ke y (WP A-P SK) m ode for sma ll netw ork s us es a com mon passwo rd phras e that m ust be ma nually dis tribut[...]

Wireles s Utili ty Confi gur ation 3-7 network access control th at uses a RA DIUS server on t he local net work for user authenti cation. The 80 2.1X stan dard uses the Exten sible Au thentica tion Protoco l (EAP) to pass user cred entials ( either di gital certif icates, us ernam es and pass words, or ot her) from the cl ien t to t he RADI US se [...]

Config uration 3-8 • T unnel A uthent ication – Selec ts the tu nnel authe nticati on protoc ol. This pull-down menu is only availabl e when the au then tication type is PEAP or TTLS . When EA P-FAST is used , the protoco l setting is alw ays Ge neric T oken Card a nd cannot be change d. - EAP-MSCHAP v2 – This aut henti cation uses a dynam ic[...]

Wireles s Utili ty Confi gur ation 3-9 Network The netwo rk sett ing page al lows you t o set and s ave differen t wireles s settin gs. Y o u can activa te the sui table profil e accordi ng to the environ ment whe re the w ireless connect ion is us ed. Figure 3-7. Network The display ed item s on this page ca n be desc ribed as follows : Sort by ?[...]

Config uration 3-10 Y ou ca n press th e butt on on the bu ttom r ight corne r to disp lay the ne twork status, as sho wn belo w . Note: The maximum transmit link s peed of this wireless USB adpater is 150 M bps and the maximum receive link speed is 300 Mbps. Figure 3-8. Network Status Y ou ca n also dou ble-cl ick one of th e acces s points on the[...]

Wireles s Utili ty Confi gur ation 3-11 Advanced The Adv anced page allo ws you to configu re exten ded feat ures for th e wireless network . Figure 3-10. A dvance d The display ed item s on this page ca n be desc ribed as follows : Wirele ss Mod e — Select 802.11 B/G/N mi x or 802.1 1 B/G mix as the wireless mode. Enable TX Burst — Enable the [...]

Config uration 3-12 Country Region Code — Select the co untr y in whic h th e dev ice i s bein g used . Setting the c ountry co de res tricts op eration of the devi ce to radio ch annels a nd transmi t powe r levels per mitted for wirele ss networ ks as sp ecified by the loca l reg ulat ory author ity Statisti cs The statistic s page displays the[...]

Wireles s Utili ty Confi gur ation 3-13 WMM Wi-Fi Mult imedia (WMM), a lso known as Wireless Multimedia Exte nsions (WME), is a Wi-Fi Allian ce inte roperab ility certifica tion. It provides bas ic Quali ty of Servi ce (QoS ) fe atur es for IEEE 80 2.1 1 w ire le ss net wor ks. Fig ure 3-12. WMM The display ed item s on this page ca n be desc ribed[...]

Config uration 3-14 WPS Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is b ased on pus h-button or PIN (Pe rsonal Identificat ion Num ber) ent ry authentic ation to pro vide stron g WP A/WP A2 encrypt ion keys to cli ent devi ces. Us ers can pu sh a but ton on the access point and the client device to ex chang e the en cryption key . With a PI N, use rs can ent er a[...]

Wireles s Utili ty Confi gur ation 3-15 - Registrar – A reg istrar is the ne twork enr ollment ce nter. If the Wir eless USB A dapte r is set as a registra r , c lick the Re scan bu tton on the utility WPS se tup page to se arch for WPS-e nabled wi reless devices near you. All enrollees found will be displayed in the WPS Profile List. Select an e[...]

Config uration 3-16 Radio Setting Press the R adio On /Off icon to disa ble or ena ble the radio s ignal co nnecti on. About The abou t page displa ys the inform ation a bout v ersion num bers of the co nfigurat ion uti li ty , fir mwar e and ot her inf ormat ion of the de vi ce. Cl ic k the WWW .SMC.C OM button to v isit the SMC we bsite for o the[...]

Wireles s Utili ty Confi gur ation 3-17 Help The hel p p age prov ides deta ile d i nfor mat io n abou t eac h se tti ng o f t he E Z Con nec t utility . Click th e contents on the l eft scr een and view th e informa tion on the r ight screen. Figur e 3- 1. Help Scre en Di splay[...]

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4-1 Chapter 4: Network Pl anning SMC's EZ Co nnect Wireles s Solution supp orts a stand-al one wireles s netwo rk configur ation, as we ll as an int egrated configura tion with Ethernet LAN s. The SMCW USBS -N wireless USB adapt er can be co nfigured as: • Ad hoc - for smal l peer-to-pe er netw orks w ith other wireless dev ices • Infr as [...]

Network Planni ng 4-2 The infras tructure configu ration not onl y extend s the acce ssib ility of wireles s PCs to the wired LAN , but als o increa ses the effectiv e wireless transm ission ran ge for wireless PCs by passi ng their signa l throu gh one or mo re acces s points. A wireless i nfrastr ucture c an be use d for acce ss to a cent ral dat[...]

5-1 Chapter 5: AP Mode Configurati on The USB A dap ter' s utili ty c an exte nd t he f unct ionali ty o f t he devi ce b y ad ding an Access Point (AP) mode to its normal client c apabilities. In AP mode, the USB Adapter operates as a "Soft AP ." The Soft AP fe ature crea tes a Wirel ess LA N to E thernet b ridge u sing the host PC&[...]

AP Mode Configura tion 5-2 Doub le -cl ick the qu ick l aun ch ico n to open the Sof t AP utili ty confi gur ati on for the next time. The uti lit y screen s ar e si milar i n al l Micros of t Windows sys te ms. T he i nterfa ce fo r Window s XP is descr ibed in this u ser guide . AP Mo de Utilit y Conf igurat ion The Soft AP utility screen include[...]

AP Mode Utili ty Configur ation 5-3 Configurati on The configu ratio n page allows you to set param eters for the wireles s netw ork. Figu re 5-1 . Co nfi gu rat ion The display ed item s on this page ca n be desc ribed as follows : SSID — The service s et identifie r for this access point . Wirele ss Mod e — Selects t he wi rele ss mode . • [...]

AP Mode Configura tion 5-4 Use Ma c Addr ess — Click the but ton to dis play the physical layer ad dress of the access po int. Security Setting — Co nfigure t he authen ticatio n and enc ryption. • Authen tication T ype – Selects the wirele ss secu rity me chani sm f or the network . - Open – Accepts any clien t attemp ting to conn ect to[...]

AP Mode Utili ty Configur ation 5-5 Figu re 5-2. Co nf igu rat ion - Sec uri ty Set ti ng Country Region Code — Select the count ry region w here th e access po int is in operat ion. Beacon (ms) — Set the ti me invter val betw een two beacon s. (Defaul t: 100ms) TX Power — Set the ac cess po int trans mit pow er. (Defau lt: 100% ) Idle t im e[...]

AP Mode Configura tion 5-6 Access Control The access control page allows you to res trict the MA C addre ss conn ected to this AP . Figure 5-3. Ac cess Con trol The display ed item s on this page ca n be desc ribed as follows : Access Pol icy — S elect a po licy for ac cess c ontrol. (D efault: D isable) • Disable – Disabl e the featu re. •[...]

AP Mode Utili ty Configur ation 5-7 MAC Table The MAC table page displays the cu rrent station li nk inform ation. Figure 5-4. MAC Table The display ed item s on this page ca n be desc ribed as follows : MAC Address — The M AC a ddresses of the con nected st ation s. AID — Raise valu e by the current wireless co nnect ion. Power Saving Mod e ?[...]

AP Mode Configura tion 5-8 Event Log The eve nt lo g page disp lays s ystem mess ages gener ated d uring system op eration. The logge d messag es can s erve as a val uable tool for isolat ing Wireles s USB Adap te r and ne two rk pr obl ems. Figu re 5- 5. Even t Lo g[...]

AP Mode Utili ty Configur ation 5-9 Statisti cs The statistic s page displays the con nected- related statistics w ith detail coun ter informati on. Click Reset Counters to reset al l the it ems back to 0. Fig ure 5-6. St at isti cs[...]

AP Mode Configura tion 5-10 About The abou t page displa ys the inform ation a bout v ersion num bers of the co nfigurat ion uti li ty , fir mwar e and ot her inf ormat ion of the de vi ce. Cl ic k the WWW .SMC.C OM button to v isit the SMC we bsite for o ther inform ation. Figure 5-7. About Informat ion Display[...]

AP Mode Utili ty Configur ation 5-11 Help The hel p page prov ides de tailed infor mation about e ach se tting of the Soft AP utility . Click one of the headi ngs to view the infor mation. Figure 5-8. Help Scre en Display If you want to switc h the device bac k to the st ation mode, cli ck the Soft AP utility ic on with the righ t button of the mou[...]

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A-1 Appendix A: Tro ubleshooti ng USB A dapte r Inst allat ion P roble ms If your compu ter c annot find the EZ Connec t W ireless USB Adapter or t he net work driver does n ot inst all corre ctly , check the follo wing items: • Mak e sure the adapter is co nnect ed to the USB port. Ch eck for an y hardw are problem s, such as p hysic al dama ge [...]

T roubleshootin g A-2 Uninst alli ng the Ut ility If you are ha ving prob lems wi th the utilit y , you ma y need to unins tall the softwar e fro m th e sy stem . Follow these step s: 1. Fr om the W indows St art menu , find the SMC EZ Conn ect N Utilit y uninstall option. Clic k to st art th e uninstall process. 2. Click Y es to uninsta ll the uti[...]

Unin stal ling the U til ity A-3 3. U ninstallatio n begin s. 4. W hen th e uninstall is com plete, cl ick Finis h to exit.[...]

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B-1 Appendix B: Speci fi cation s Inte rfa ce USB version 2. 0 compli ant Power +5V D C, 0.5 A ove r USB conn ection Radi o Spec ifi cation s IEEE 802. 1 1n (dra ft 2.0) IEEE 802.1 1b /g Frequenc y North Amer ica: 2.41 2 - 2.462 G Hz Japan: 2.412 - 2.472 GHz Europe: 2 .412 - 2. 472 GHz Operating Channe ls North Amer ica Certifica tion: FCC; Channel[...]

S pecificati ons B-2 Physical Size 82 x 26 x 1 1 mm (3.23 x 1.02 x 0.43 in. ) We ig h t 16 g (0 .56 oz ) T emperat ur e Oper at ing: -10 to 5 0 °C (14 to 122 °F) Humidity 5% to 90% EMC FCC: Part 15 subpart C IC: R SS -2 10 CE: EN30 0328 NCC: LP0002 C-T ick Radio FCC: Part 15 subpart B IC: C ES -0 03 CE: EN30 1489-1/ -17 Safety CE: EN60 950-1[...]

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