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    38 T esla Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (9 49) 679-8000 EZ Connect 2.4GHz 11 Mbps W ir eless Cardb us Adapter User Guide The easy w ay to m ake all your net work connections Apri l 2003 Revision N umber : F1.0 Pub No: 1500000212 00E R01 ...

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    Copyright Informa tion furnished by SMC Netw orks, Inc. (SMC) is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsi bility i s assumed by SMC for i ts use, n or for any inf ringe ments o f paten ts or other rights of thi rd par ties which m ay result fro m its use. No licen se is gr anted by impli cation o r other wise under any patent or p ...

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    i C OMPLIANCES F ederal Communication Commission Interfer ence Statement This equipment has been tested and found t o comply wi th the limi ts for a C l ass B digital device , pursuant to Part 15 of the F CC Ru l es . These limits are designe d to provide r easonable protecti on ag ainst har mful interference in a residential installation. T his eq ...

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    C OMPL IANCES ii Industr y Canada - Class B This digital apparatus does not ex ceed the Class B l i mits fo r radio noise emissions from digi tal apparatus as set out in th e interference -causing equipment s tandard entitled “Digital Apparatus ,” ICES-003 of Industry Canada. Cet appareil numérique respecte les limites d e br uits radioélectr ...

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    C OMPLIANCES iii Safety Compliance Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise ( Ger m any) 1. Bitte l es en Sie di ese Hinw eise sorgfäl t ig durc h. 2. He be n Sie d ies e Anl ei tun g für den sp ät eren Geb ra uch auf. 3. V or jedem R einigen ist das G erät v om Stromnetz zu trennen. V erwenden Si e keine Flüssigod er Aero solreiniger . Am besten e ignet ...

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    C OMPL IANCES iv 14. W enn folg ende Situationen auftreten ist das Gerät vom Stromnetz zu trennen und von ein er qualif izier ten Ser v iceste lle zu üb erp r üfe n: a. Netzkabel oder Netzsteck er sind besc hädigt. b . Flüssigk eit ist in das Gerä t eingedr ungen. c. Das Gerät war Feuchtigkeit ausg eset zt. d. W enn das Gerät nic ht der Bed ...

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    v T ABLE OF C ONTENTS EZ Connect™ Wireless Cardbus Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Applicatio ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 System Requir ement s . . ...

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    T ABLE OF C ONTENTS vi Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Adapter In stallati on Proble ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Network C onnection Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 SMC Networks 802.11b Wireless Product ...

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    1 EZ C ONNECT ™ W IRELESS C ARDBUS A DAPTER SMC’ s EZ Connect Wireless Cardbus Adapter (SMC2635W) is an 11 Mbps wire less netw ork adapter that seamles sly integrates with existing Ether n et networks t o suppor t applicat ions such a s mobi le user s or temporary conf erenc es. T his soluti on offers a hi gh data rate and reliable wireless co ...

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    EZ C ONNECT ™ W IR ELESS C ARDBUS A DAPTE R 2 • Easy installation • W orking range up to 160 m (528 ft) at 11 Mbps, up to 350 m (1155 ft) at 1 Mbps ( indoo r com municatio n) • Direct Seque nce Spread - Spectrum (DSSS) techno l og y provid es robust , interference -resistant a nd secure wire less connect ion • Supports a wide range of sy ...

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    S YSTEM R EQUIR EMENTS 3 • T emporar y LANs for special pr ojects or pe ak time T rade shows , exhib itions, and con str u ction sit es that need t o setup for a short time period. Retailers , airline, and shipping companies who need add itional w orkstations for pe ak periods . A uditors who require workg rou ps at cus tomer sites • Access to ...

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    EZ C ONNECT ™ W IR ELESS C ARDBUS A DAPTE R 4 Package Checkl ist The EZ Con nect Wi reless Cardbu s Adapter pac kage includes: • 1 Wireless Cardbus Adapter (SMC2635W) • 1 SMC2635W EZ Installation Wizard & Documentation CD • This User Guide Pleas e regist er this p roduct a nd upg rade the pr oduc t war ranty a t www .smc.com Please info ...

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    5 H ARDWARE D ESCRIPTION The EZ Connect Wireless Cardbus Adapter supports 1, 2, 5.5 and 11 Mbps half-duplex conn ections to Eth ernet n etworks . This c ard is fully complia nt wit h 2.4 GH z D SSS CSMA/ CA wir eles s networki ng as d efine d in IEEE 802.11b. It can be inst alled in any no tebook with a C ardB us slot. S u p p o r t i s c u r r e n ...

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    6 H ARDWAR E I NSTALLATION Wa r n i n g : Netw ork cards are sensiti ve to static electricity . T o pr otect the card, al wa ys touch the metal c hassis of yo ur computer b efore handling the card. 1. T urn on your computer and bo ot your op erating system . 2. Find a n available T y pe II C ardBus s lot in your compu ter. 3. With th e CardBus’ s ...

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    H ARD WARE I NSTA LLA TIO N 7 4. F o r W i n d o w s 98 SE / M e / 2000, PC M C I A card a n d s o c k et s e r v ices compliant with revis ion 2.10 of the PCMCIA spe cification are required. 5. Instal l the appropri ate netwo rk driv er for y our operati ng system. Driv ers can be found on the SMC2635W EZ Installation Wizard & Documentation CD ...

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    8 D RIVER AND U TILITY I NSTALLATION The installation CD labeled “SMC2635W EZ Installation Wizard & Documen tation CD , ” that comes w i th the package contains all the softw are driv ers av ailable for the EZ Connect Wirele ss Cardbus Adap ter . Any ne w or updated dr iver s can be do wnloaded fr om SMC’ s W eb site a t: http://www .smc. ...

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    D RIVER AN D U TILITY I NSTA LLA TIO N 9 1. Inser t EZ Ins tallatio n Wizard CD into the CD -ROM driv e a nd click Install Driver/Utility when the installation screen appears . 2. Click Install Driver/Utility . 3. The Choo se Setup Languag e dialog box will now appear. ...

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    D RIVER AND U TILITY I NSTAL LATI ON 10 4. Select t h e appro p riate l anguage and click OK. 5. The auto-r un p rog ram will display the Inst allShield Wizard. 6. Select Easy and follow th e on-screen inst ructions to co mplete the installation. 7. Th e Coun tr y S elect d ialog box will appe ar. 8. Select the appro priate country . ...

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    D RIVER AN D U TILITY I NSTA LLA TIO N 11 9. Click Finish to c omplete the s etup . 10. The Configuration screen for the SMC2635W will now appear . Go to“Con figurat ion” on pag e 14 to continue. ...

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    12 U TILITY C ONFIGURATION T h e W i r e l e s s U t i l i t y in W i n d o w s, 9 8 SE , M e, 2 0 00 and XP Note that the screen shot s below were taken from Windows XP and will not look ex actly th e same in all oper ating systems . The function s , howev er, are the same . Once th e installati on is complet e, the conf iguration ut ility can be ...

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    T HE W IR ELESS U TILITY IN W IND OWS , 98, M E , 2000 AND XP 13 Double-clicking the quick launch icon will open the EZ Connect Wireless Cardbus Adapter Utility prog ram, providing quick access to the adapter settings. The configuration utility includes th e following tools: Configuration – Allows you t o monitor network stat us an d conf igure w ...

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    U TILITY C ONFIGURATIO N 14 Configura tion When you star t the Wireless Cardbus A dapter utility , the Configuratio n screen for the SMC2635W is sho wn as in the figure below . Select Profile – Y ou can speci fy a pr ofile name for a specific config urati on of pa ramet ers . New – Y ou can s et up a n ew pro fil e by clicking New . Save – T ...

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    T HE W IR ELESS U TILITY IN W IND OWS , 98, M E , 2000 AND XP 15 Channel – If y ou are setti ng up a n ad hoc wirele ss LAN (See “ Netw ork T opolog ies” on pa g e 21.), set th e channel n umber to the same ra dio channel as that use d by the ot her wir eles s clients in your g rou p . However, if you are conn ecting to a network via an acces ...

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    U TILITY C ONFIGURATIO N 16 the Ke y T ype is set to Hex, the secur ity keys are four 10 digit keys for the 64-bit WEP settin g and four 26-digit keys for the 128-bit WE P setting (th e hexadecimal digits can be 0~9 & A~F , e .g ., D7 0A 9C 7F E5) . If the Ke y T ype is se t to AS CII, the secu rity k eys are four 5-digi t key s for the 64-bit ...

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    T HE W IR ELESS U TILITY IN W IND OWS , 98, M E , 2000 AND XP 17 Link information The Link i nfor mation screen displays infor mation o n the c ur rent wireless network that you are conn ected to . Asssociated B S S ID – The M AC address o f the access point to which the Cardbus is conne cted in an in frastr uc ture ne twork. In an ad hoc network ...

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    U TILITY C ONFIGURATIO N 18 Tx Fragments – Th e number of tr ansmitte d fragm ents . Link Quality – Sho w s the relativ e lin k quality (e.g ., lack of frame errors) of the wireless co nnecti on to the a ccess point. Signal Str ength – Shows th e relati ve strength of the wireless connect ion to the acces s point. IP In format ion This scre e ...

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    T HE W IR ELESS U TILITY IN W IND OWS , 98, M E , 2000 AND XP 19 IP Address — Inte rnet address of the co mputer . IP Netmask — A 32-bit netmask w hich shows how an In tern et address is to be divided i nto ne twor k , sub net a nd host par ts . Host Name — T he computer ’ s name on the netwo rk. Gate way — The IP addres s of the Gatew ay ...

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    U TILITY C ONFIGURATIO N 20 Channel — The radi o c hannel on whi ch the acce ss point ope rates . See “Link infor mation” on p age 17 for details. • Encr yption — T his shows if WEP h as been en abled. If th ere is a key icon in the column, th e encr yption function is enabled. •S i g n a l — This signifies th e signal strength from t ...

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    21 N ETWORK C ONFIGURATION AND P LANNING SMC’ s EZ Conn ect Wir eless S olution s uppo rt s a stan d-alone wirele ss netwo rk configuration, as w e ll as an integrated configuration with 10/100 Mbps E the rne t LAN s . The SMC2635W can be configured as: • Ad hoc - f or small g rou ps that o nly commun icat e with each othe r • Infrastr uc tur ...

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    N ETWORK C ONFIG URATION AND P LANNING 22 Infrastruct ure Wireless L AN An SMC access po int can also provid e wireless w orkstations with acc ess to a wired LAN . An integ rated wired and wireless LAN is called an infrastr ucture configuratio n. A Basic Ser vice Set (BSS) consists of a group of wir eless PC users , and an a ccess point t h at is d ...

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    S ETTING THE C OMMU NICATION D OM AIN 23 Setting th e Communication Domain Stationa ry Wirele ss PCs The Basic Ser vice Set ( B SS) is the comm unication do main for each access point. F or wireles s PCs th at do no t need t o suppor t roaming, s et the doma in ide ntif ier (S SID) for th e wir eless card to the SSID of the a cces s point y ou want ...

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    24 T ROUBLESHOOTING Check the follow ing troubles hootin g items befor e contacting SMC T echnica l Su ppor t. Adapter Ins tallation Problems If your compu ter c anno t find the E Z Conn ect W ire less C ardb us Ad apte r or the networ k driv er does not i nstall cor rectly , chec k the follo wing: • Make s ure the adapter is securely seated in t ...

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    N ETWORK C ONNECTIO N P ROB LE MS 25 Netwo rk Conne ction Problems If the Link LED on th e PC Card does no t light, o r if y ou cannot acce ss any netw ork resource s from the com p uter , che ck the follo wing: • Make s ure the correct softw are driv er is installed for your ope rating system. If ne cessar y , tr y reinstallin g the driver . • ...

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    T RO UB LE S H OO TI N G 26 SMC Networks 802.11b Wirele ss Product Maximum Distance Table Important Notice Maxim um distance s posted bel ow a re actual t ested distanc e threshold s. Ho wev er, th ere are many v ariables suc h as barrier compositio n and construction, a s well as local envi ronmental int erferen ce that may impact your actual dist ...

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    27 S PECIFICATIONS General Specifi catio ns Funct ional Crit eria Data Rate 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps T ransmi ssion M ode Half dup lex Network Co nnection IEEE 802.11b - Wireless LAN , Operating Range Up to 350 m (1155 ft) at 1 Mbps, Up to 160 m (528 ft) at 11 Mbps Radi o Sig nal Signal T ype Direct Seque nce Spread-S pectr um (DSSS) Operating F requency ...

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    S PECIFICATIO NS 28 Standards Confor mance Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b Environmental T e mperature Operating: 0 to 50 °C (32 to 122 °F) Storage: 0 to 70 °C (32 to 158 °F) Humidity 5 to 40% (non conde nsing) Vibration/Shock/Drop IEC 68-2-34, IEC 68-2-27, IEC68-2-32 Cer t ification CE Mark EN50081-1, EN55022 Class B EN50082-1, IEC 61000-4-2/3/ ...

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    29 T ERMINOLOGY The following is a list o f ter minolog y that is used in this doc ument. Acc ess Poi nt – An i nter networking device that seamle ssly conn ects w ired and wi reless netw orks . Ad Ho c – An ad hoc wireless LAN i s a group of com puters , each w i th LAN adap ters, conn ected as an inde pend ent w ireles s LAN . Backbone – T ...

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    T ERMINO LO G Y 30 F rag mentation Thr eshold – In the 802.11 Stan dard, the MA C Layer may fragme nt and reassemb le directed MSDUs or MMPDUs . The fragmentat ion and de fragmentation mec hanisms allow for fra g ment re-trans mission. Infrastr ucture – An integ rated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastr uc ture network. Preamble Type ? ...

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    38 T esla Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (9 49) 679-8000 SMC2635W Pa rt Number : 150000021200E Revision Number E0 42003-R01 F 1.0 FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT , CALL: Fr om U.S.A. a nd Canada ( 24 hour s a day , 7 da ys a week ) (800) SMC-4-YOU; (949) 679-8000; Fax: (949) 679-1481 From Europe (8:00 AM - 5:30 PM UK Time) 44 (0) 118 974 87 00; F ax: 44 (0) 118 974 ...

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