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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.
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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, NEGLEC.
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.
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.
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, .
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.
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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.
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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 Uti.
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 fica.
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.
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.
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.
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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 .
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.
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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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 P.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 transm.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
Config uration 3-18.
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.
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.
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 .
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 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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
AP Mode Configura tion 5-12.
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.
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.
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..
T roubleshootin g A-4.
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.
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 .
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20 Mason • Irvine , CA 9261 8 • Phn: 9 49-679- 8000 • www. smc.com 149100040600E R01 SMCWUSBS-N.
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Se non hai ancora comprato il SMC Networks SMCWUSBS-N è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del SMC Networks SMCWUSBS-N - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso SMC Networks SMCWUSBS-N imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul SMC Networks SMCWUSBS-N ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il SMC Networks SMCWUSBS-N, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del SMC Networks SMCWUSBS-N.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il SMC Networks SMCWUSBS-N. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo SMC Networks SMCWUSBS-N insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
