User manual SMC 2835W V2

[. . . ] EZ Connect g 2. 4 GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Adapter User Guide The easy way to make all your network connections 38 Tesla Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 679-8000 March 2004 Revision Number: E032004 R01. However, no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SMC. SMC reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice. [. . . ] This window will then appear indicating that the driver has been installed on your system. Your adapter is now ready for use. 9 Hardware Installation Network cards are sensitive to static electricity. To protect the card, avoid touching its electrical components, and touch the ground often to equalize the static charges, before handling the card. With the adapter's 68-pin connector facing the CardBus slot, and the "EZ Connect g" label facing up, slide the card completely into the slot as shown below. Note: Please install the driver and utility software first, before you insert the adapter into the laptop. 10 Wireless Card Manager To communicate with other 802. 11g or 802. 11b devices, you need to configure the SMC2835W adapter first. Double-click the icon on the desktop to launch the configuration utility, or you can access it from the Start menu. Note that the screen shots were taken from Windows XP and will not look exactly the same in all operating systems. The card manager includes the following five tabs: Configuration ­ Allows you to monitor network status and configure wireless adapter parameters. Site Survey ­ Scans/shows all wireless devices within the adapter's signal range. Version information ­ Shows the driver and utility version information. At the bottom of the screen, there are two boxes that can be selected: · · Radio On/Radio Off ­ This allows you to turn on/off the transmission/reception of the adapter. Exit ­ This closes the Configuration Utility dialogue box. 11 Wireless Card Manager Configuration Go to the Configuration tab to set parameters for the SMC2835W adapter. Select Profile ­ You can specify a profile name for a specific configuration of parameters. Save ­ To save a new profile after configuring the settings, click Save. Delete ­ To delete a profile, select the profile from the drop down menu in the Select Profile field, then click Delete. SSID ­ Input an SSID for the wireless network to which you want to connect. To roam among multiple access points with different BSSIDs, set the SSID to ANY to allow connection to any access point. (Default: ANY) 12 Wireless Card Manager Channel ­ If you are setting up an ad hoc wireless network (see "Network Topologies" on page 22), set the channel number to the same radio channel as that used by the other wireless clients in your group. However, if you are connecting to a network via an access point, then the channel is automatically set by the access point to the channel that it uses. You only need to manually set the channel when the Operating Mode is 802. 11 AdHoc. Note: The available channel settings are limited by local regulations which determine the number of channels that are available. Refer to the Specifications on page 27 for a full listing of channels supported by each country. Operating Mode ­ Set the adapter's operating mode to 802. 11 AdHoc for a network environment that does not have an access point, or to Infrastructure for connections with an access point. Tx Power ­ Move the slider up and down to increase or decrease the transmission power. [. . . ] An PCI Adapter ad hoc wireless LAN can be used in a SOHO or temporary environment. 22 Network Topologies Infrastructure Wireless LANs The SMC 802. 11g access point (SMC2870W) can also provide wireless workstations with access to a wired LAN. An integrated wired and wireless LAN is called an infrastructure configuration. A Basic Service Set (BSS) consists of a group of wireless PC users, and an access point that is directly connected to the wired LAN. Each wireless PC in this BSS can talk to any computer in its wireless group via a radio link, or access other computers or network resources in the wired LAN infrastructure via the access point. [. . . ]