SMC Networks 2642W FICHE User manual

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EZ Connect Wireless
Compact Flash Card
Installation Manual
SMC2642W

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Chapter 1
Introduction
Features and Benets.............................................................3
Applications.............................................................................4
Product Kit...............................................................................5
System Requirement...............................................................5
Chapter 2
Installing Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card
Install the Setup Utility.............................................................6
Install the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card........................8
Chapter 3
Using Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card
Using the Wireless LAN Utility Under Pocket PC...................9
Using the Wireless LAN Utility Under Handheld...................16
Specications..............................................................20

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Chapter 1 Introduction
The SMC2642W EZ Connect 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash
Card is a standard CF interface adapter integrated with wireless
LAN technology. It provides you an easy and fast way to access
your wireless and wired network. The Wireless LAN Compact
Flash Card, which utilizes the latest advancement of PC industry
– Compact Flash technology, allows you to install and use the
card on
Pocket/Handheld PC easier than ever before. With the ability to
provide an 11Mbps connection, the SMC Wireless CF Card gives
you the equivalent of a 10Mbps Ethernet connection to access
corporate network or the Internet in a wireless environment. When
installed, SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card is
able to
communicate with any 802.11 and 802.11b compliant products.
Features and Benets
1. Supports 1, 2, 5.5 and 11 Mbps data rate.
2. Working range up to 700ft. in an open environment.
3. Supports point-to-point and point-to-multipoint access.
4. Seamless connectivity to wired Ethernet and PC network LAN’s
augments existing networks quickly and easily.
5. Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) technology provides
robust, interference-resistant and secure wireless connection.
6. Wireless connection without the cost of expensive cabling.
7. Supports Windows CE 3.0 or later Handheld/Pocket PC.
8. Support high security WEP encryption (64-bit and 128-bit WEP)
9. Supports Plug and Play.
10. Easy installation.

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Applications
11Mbps Wireless LAN products offer a fast, reliable, cost-effective
solution for wireless client access to the network in applications
like the following:
1. Remote access to corporate network information
E-mail, le transfer and terminal emulation.
2. Difcult-to-wire environments
Historical or old buildings, asbestos installations, and open area
where wiring is difcult to deploy.
3. Frequently changing environments
Retailers, manufacturers and those who frequently rearrange the
workplace and change location.
4. Temporary LANs for special projects or peak time
Trade shows, exhibitions and construction sites where a
temporary network is practical.
5. Access to database for mobile workers
Doctors, nurses, retailers, accessing their database while being
mobile in the hospital, retail store or ofce campus.
6. SOHO (Small Ofce and Home Ofce) users
SOHO users need easy and quick installation of a small computer
network.
7. High security connection
The secure wireless network can be installed quickly and provide
exibility.

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Product Kit
SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card comes with
the following items. Please go through each item below. If any
listed item is not included or found damaged, please contact your
local dealer.
11Mbps Wireless LAN Compact Flash Kit Includes:
1 x SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card
1 x Driver/Utility Diskette
This User Guide
SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card supports all
Windows CE v3.0 Handheld/Pocket PC devices with Compact
Flash Type II host interface.

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Chapter 2
Installing SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card
This chapter describes the installation of the SMC2642W 11Mbps
Wireless Compact Flash Card driver for the CE 3.0 Handheld/
Pocket PC.
2-1 Install the Setup Utility
1. Establish a connection between host PC and PDA device by
Microsoft Active Sync.
2. Execute SMC2642W.exe to install the driver and utility.
3. An Install Shield Wizard window appears. Click Next to proceed.

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4. Follow on-screen instructions to install the Setup Utility.
Click Finish to complete the installation.

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Install the SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card
1. Connect the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card
to your PDA. The PDA will auto-detect the Wireless LAN Compact
Flash Card and automatically install the corresponding
driver.
2. Assign an IP address to your Wireless LAN Compact Flash
Card. You may either set the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card
to obtain an IP address from your DHCP server, or to be assigned
with a xed IP address.
3. Reset your PDA.
Upon completion of installation, the Wireless LAN Compact Flash
Card will start to look for an Access Point with Green LED blinking.
The Green LED will stay steady once the Wireless LAN
Compact Flash Card successfully associates with an Access
Point. To congure the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card, please
proceed to the next chapter “ Using SMC2642W Wireless
Compact Flash Card”.

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Chapter 3
Using SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card
This chapter gives you assistance with detailed description of
setting the 11Mbps Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card with the
Wireless LAN Utility under Pocket/Handheld PC.
Using the Wireless LAN Utility Under Pocket PC
The SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card is a ready
to use device. Its default settings perform for a typical
Infrastructure Wireless LAN. Simply install the Wireless LAN
Compact Flash Card onto your computer and it is ready to use.
In special situations, however, you may adjust conguration
settings depending on how you would like to manage your wireless
network.
The Wireless LAN Utility provides you an easy interface to make
conguration changes and perform user-level diagnostics on your
Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card.
1. Go to Start --> Settings. Go to
the System tab, and click the
“Wireless LAN Setting” icon.
2. A conguration window appears.
The Wireless LAN Utility provides the
5 following items for you to congure
and monitor the 11Mbps Wireless
LAN Compact Flash Card.

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Status
3. The Status tab displays the current status of the Wireless LAN
Compact Flash Card.
Adapter - Displays name of the Wireless LAN Compact Flash
Card.
Firmware - Displays the rmware version of your Wireless LAN
Compact Flash Card.
Domain - The regulated operating frequency per country.
Channel - Displays the current channel that the Wireless LAN
Compact Flash Card is using.
MAC Address - It is a hardware identication number that
distinguishes the unit from others.
Sync to AP - Displays the ESSID of the Access Point that the
Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card associates with.
BSSID - Shows MAC Address of the Access Point that the
Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card associates with.
Link Quality - Link quality monitors the quality of the data
transmission between the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card and
an Access Point.
Signal Level - This bar graph displays signal strength as reported
by the radio, averaged over all
frames that are received from the Access Point.

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Conguration
The Conguration tab contains several elds where the current
parameters of the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card can be viewed
and changed. You will see current conguration information in terms of
ESSID, Network Type, Power Saving Mode and Tx Rate. Upon
modication of parameters for the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card,
click the Apply button to make the changes take effect.
ESSID
The ESSID is a unique ID given to the
Access Point. Wireless clients
associating to Access Points must have
the same ESSID. The default value Auto
Detect means when the Wireless LAN
Compact Flash Card starts to work,
it will associate with any Access Point
that gives the fastest response. You may
also enter a specic ESSID (Access
Point) you desire to connect with. It is
recommended you specify an ESSID
for your Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card.
This will prevent your computer from
unintentionally connecting to a different
wireless network.
Network Type
To connect your wireless station to a local network infrastructure set
the station operation mode to Infrastructure (with Access Point, default
setting). In case you do not wish to connect to a network infrastructure,
but prefer to setup a small wireless workgroup (without Access Point) you
can enable the Ad-Hoc (only compatible with the same series wireless
PC Card) or 802.11 Ad-Hoc tick box. When the Ad-Hoc mode is selected,
be sure to set your wireless stations with the same channel. To use
the 802.11 Ad-Hoc mode, the same channel and ESSID among wireless
stations are required.

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Power Saving Mode
The Power Saving Mode option is designed to conserve battery
life of you computer. Selecting the “Enable” button activates the
Power Save mode and your SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless
Compact Flash Card will go into sleep mode to minimize power
consumption.
NOTE: When power saving mode is enabled, the Access Points
you use need to support power saving as well so that the com-
munication can be established.
TX Rate
The 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card provides various data
rate options for you to select.
Data rates options include Fully Auto, Fixed 1Mb/s, Fixed 2Mb/s,
Auto Select 1M or 2M, Fixed 5.5Mb/s, and Fixed 11Mb/s. In most
networking scenarios, you will see that the factory-set default
“Fully Auto” will prove the most efcient. This setting will allow
your 11Mbps Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card to operate at the
maximum data rate. When the communications quality drops
below a certain level, the Wireless LAN Compact Flash Card will
automatically switch to a lower data rate. Transmission at lower
data speed is usually more reliable. However, when the
communications quality improves again, the Wireless LAN
Compact Flash Card will gradually increase the data rate again,
until it has reached the highest available transmit rate.

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Link
Similar to the TCP/IP Ping Command, this tool allows you to
monitor point-to-point data transmission quality between two
stations. By entering the IP address of another station and setting
the timeout and packet size, you may check whether or not
communication has been established successfully.

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Security
To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data
transmitted over the network, the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless
Compact Flash Card offers highly secure data encryption, known
as WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). If you desire to use WEP
encryption to secure your data, please select the Enable check
box and set the following values.
There are two types of WEP Key Length described as follows:
64-Bit – Requires wireless stations
to use data encryption with 64-Bit
algorithm when communicating with
the Access Point.
128-Bit – Requires wireless stations
to use data encryption with 128-Bit
algorithm when communicating with
the Access Point
WEP Key Type offers two key value
options: Character (Char.) and
Hexadecimal numbers (Hex.).
Moreover, you may choose the
Authentication Type, either Open
System or Shared Key for authentication among wireless devices.
You may identify up to 4 different encryption keys and selectone
of them to encrypt your transmission data. The key value of your
choice may either be:
For 64-bit encryption:
- 5 characters in the range of “A-Z”, “a-z” and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey, shown
as above gure).
- 10 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (e.g.
11AA22BB33).

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For 128-bit encryption:
- 13 characters in the range of “A-Z”, “a-z” and “0-9”, preceded by
the characters values (e.g.MyKey12345678)
- 26 digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F”, “a-f”
and “0-9”, preceded by the characters values (e.g.
12345678901234567890123456, shown as below)
About
The “About” tab shows driver and utility version of the SMC2642W
Wireless Compact Flash Card.

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Using the Wireless LAN Utility Under Handheld PC
The usage of Wireless LAN Utility under Handheld PC is exactly
the same with that under Pocket PC.
The only difference is the window size. The following is brief
description on the Wireless LAN Utility.
1. Go to Start --> Settings. Click the “Wireless LAN Settings”
icon. A conguration window shows up. When you minimize the
window by clicking the OK button on the upper right corner of the
utility window, a system tray icon will be loaded on the toolbar.
Clicking on the icon will open the conguration window again. The
description of each item is as follows:
Status:
This item shows the current information on the SMC2642W
11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card such as Adapter Name,
Firmware, Domain, Channel, Tx Rate, MAC Address, Sync to AP,
BSSID, Link Quality and Signal Level.

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Conguration:
This item allows you to modify the conguration parameters for
the SMC2642W 11Mbps Wireless Compact Flash Card such as
ESSID, Network Type, Channel, Power Saving mode, and Tx
Rate. After making changes on the conguration, click on the
Apply button to make the changes take affect.
Link:
Similar to Ping Command, this tool allows you to monitor
point-to-point data transmission quality between two nodes. By
entering the IP address of another node and setting the timeout
and packet size you may know whether or not the communication
has been established successfully.

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Security
The encryption function enables you to encrypt and decrypt your
wireless data, making your data more secure. To enable the WEP
encryption, select the “Enable” check box, select the Key Length,
either 64-bit or 128-bit, and enter the WEP Keys in the Key eld.
For 64-Bits encryption the key values are 5 characters in the range
of “A-Z”, “a-z” and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey); or 10 digit hexadecimal
values in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (e.g. 11AA22BB33).
For 128-Bits encryption the key values are 13 characters in the
range of “A-Z”, “a-z” and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey12345678); or 26
digit hexadecimal values in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (e.g.
11AA22BB33123456789ABCDEFF). After entering the WEP keys,
choose a WEP Key to use and then click Apply to make the
conguration take effect.

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About
The About tab shows driver and utility version of the SMC2642W
Wireless Compact Flash Card.
Caveat
-Due to WinCE’s nature of the rst application at power-on
resuming to that at power-off, if you are stuck at the utility program,
you may use the PDA’s reset button to terminate it. And then
activate it again when needed.
-Sometimes, your wireless connection to AP may disconnect for
any reason. You can reset and force a connection request by
going to utility program, then select “Conguration”, check
parameters, then select “Apply” to force a re-scan.
-If your device roams to a new AP which is in a different subnet,
you may need to remove and re-insert the Wireless LAN Compact
Flash Card to force an execution of “release and renew” of
an re-assignment of IP address in a DHCP Access Point
environment.

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Product SMC2642W Wireless Compact Flash Card
Operating Channels 11 for N. America, 14 Japan,
13 Europe (ETSI), 2 Spain,
4 France
Operating Frequency 2.412-2.462 GHz ( N. America)
2.412-2.484 GHz (Japan)
2.412-2.472 GHz (Europe ETSI)
2.457-2.462 GHz (Spain)
2.457-2.472 GHz (France)
Range Fixed at 11Mbps: 495 ft
5.5Mbps: 595 ft
2Mbps: 630 ft
1Mbps: 700 ft
Antenna One Built-In antenna
Modulation CCK(11Mps, 5.5Mbps) ,
DQPSK(2Mbps) , DBPSK(1Mbps)
Voltage 3.3 VDC ± 0.3V
Host Interface Compact Flash V1.4 , CF+ I/O
interface, type II
Power Consumption TX power consumption: <350mA
RX power consumption <250mA
Sleep Mode power consumption:
100mA
Output Power 14 dBm
Sensitivity @PER < 0.08
11Mbps < -83 dBm
5.5Mbps < -86dBm
2Mbps < -89dBm
1Mbps < -91dBm
Data Rate 1,2,5.5,11 Mbps
Support OS CE 3.0 and later,
Windows 98/Me/2000/NT