Samsung MagicLAN SWL-2200P, User Manual

Page 1: ...port number 2002057 Herndon VA 20170 FCC Part 15 247 http www rheintech com Industry Canada RSS 210 FCC ID E2X SWL2200P M N SWL 2200P Rhein Tech Laboratories Inc Page 51 of 67 Revision 0 APPENDIX L MANUAL Please see the following pages ...

Page 2: ...1 SAMSUNG MagicLAN SWL 2200M P User Manual Rev 1 4 ...

Page 3: ...ME 21 3 4 Installation Procedure of Windows NT4 0 27 3 5 Installation Procedure of Windows 2000 36 3 6 Installation Procedure of Windows XP 42 3 7 Installation Procedure of Linux 48 3 8 Update of MagicLAN Wireless LAN Card Driver 54 3 9 Removal of MagicLAN Wireless LAN Card Driver 54 4 The Program for setting MagicLAN 56 4 1 The concept of Profile 56 4 2 Installation Procedure 56 5 The main config...

Page 4: ... 5 2 3 The Site Survey button 68 5 2 4 Statistics 69 5 3 General Settings 69 5 3 1 The DHCP button 69 5 3 2 The Options button 70 5 4 Version 70 6 Troubleshooting 72 Probable Symptoms and their Diagnosis ...

Page 5: ...ic manual references to other products are contained herein Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules these limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not inst...

Page 6: ... or with an incorrect region setting is prohibited and may be illegal Operation of any radio transmitting equipment including a WLAN Card may cause interference with the functionality of inadequately protected medical devices Do not use the WLAN Card on aircraft Do not use the WLAN Card at a refueling point Do not use the WLAN Card near inflammable materials or chemicals Do not use the WLAN Card w...

Page 7: ... Security 40 bit 128 bit WEP Encryption Antenna Connector SMT Ultra Miniature Coaxial Connector 2 pieces Available Drivers Linux Microsoft Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP CE Standards IEEE 802 11b Media Access Protocol CSMA CA Temperature Range Operating 0 55 32 131 Storage 20 70 4 158 Humidity 10 to 90 Non condensing Operating Range Open Space 150m 500ft at 11Mbps 200m 660ft at 2Mbps 1024 bytes file tra...

Page 8: ...External 5dBi Patch Antenna with SMA reverse connector and 1 5m cable Available Drivers Linux Microsoft Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP CE Standards IEEE 802 11b Media Access Protocol CSMA CA Temperature Range Operating 0 55 32 131 Storage 20 70 4 158 Humidity 10 to 90 Non condensing Operating Range Open Space 150m 500ft at 11Mbps 200m 660ft at 2Mbps 1024 bytes file transfer Closed Office 30m 100ft at 11...

Page 9: ...perating Channels Channel Frequency FCC Canada ETSI Spain France Japan 1 2412MHz 2 2417MHz 3 2422MHz 4 2427MHz 5 2432MHz 6 2437MHz 7 2442MHz 8 2447MHz 9 2452MHz 10 2457MHz 11 2462MHz 12 2467MHz 13 2472MHz 14 2484MHz ...

Page 10: ...hree physical characteristics for WLAN diffused infrared direct sequence spread spectrum DSSS and frequency hopping spread spectrum FHSS While the infrared PHY operates at the baseband the other two PHYs operate at the 2 4GHz ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical band which can be used for operating wireless LAN devices without the need of end user licenses In order for wireless devices to be inte...

Page 11: ...es An Access Point AP and the associated wireless clients define the transition of data So a wireless client can access all the services that are available for a regular wired LAN by using an AP Roaming Roaming is a service that allows wireless clients to use the network in motion by BSS A BSS A BSS A BSS A BSS B BSS B BSS B BSS B Serve Server ...

Page 12: ... message containing the ESS ID that will be broadcast roughly ten times a second When the wireless station hears a beacon and the ESS ID in the beacon matches its own the client knows that it is on the correct channel and can communicate with its group If no beacons are seen or if the ESS ID does not match the wireless client may move to the next frequency channel and repeat this listening procedu...

Page 13: ... on the network The SWL 2200M P both for Laptop PC and Desktop PC is small and portable as a roaming function is provided for users who need network services while maintaining mobility The MagicLAN supports various network software The network driver is provided to support network software such as Windows 95 OSR2 Windows 98 98SE ME Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows CE and Linux To get...

Page 14: ...ard External Antenna Samsung MagicLAN Installation CD 2 2 System Requirement Operating System Windows 95 OSR2 98 98SE ME Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows CE Linux Computer System both Laptop and Desktop with a CD ROM drive For Desktop PCI Card SWL 2200P The computer system should have extra IRQs and a Memory address For Laptop MiniPCI Card SWL 2200M The computer system should have Mi...

Page 15: ... likely you will need the TCP IP protocol 3 2 Installation Procedure of Windows 98 Please follow the following steps one by one to install the MiniPCI PCI card successfully Method 1 Inserting card first 1 Insert the MiniPCI PCI Card into the slot of your computer 2 Power on your computer and allow Windows 98 to load fully 3 Add New Hardware Wizard appeared and the system looks for PCI Network Cont...

Page 16: ...11Mbps WLAN MiniPCI PCI Card and now it is ready to install our software 5 Press NEXT and system will copy driver files You may require Windows 98 CD Now driver files are fully installed to start the Wireless LAN Card s operation ...

Page 17: ...nstalling the driver See the Adapter Removal in section 3 9 8 Right click on the Network Neighborhood using the mouse Select Properties from the pop up menu The network box appears and you see three main tabs Configuration Identification and Access Control 9 Click on the configuration tab and then click on the add button Select Network Component Type box appears Click on the Protocol then click th...

Page 18: ...NS value of your computer After setting these parameters appropriately click OK to return to Network Component Type 12 you can select the File and Printer Sharing options as well as the access to your computer by other users connected to that network by setting the appropriate options ...

Page 19: ...ter you have to draw out and re insert the MagicLAN Installation CD to be automatically installed You can click Install Configuration Utility to install our utility Choose the appropriate language when a context box appeared to choose utility s language 15 You can set up Wireless LAN environment by our utility program provided Refer to Chapter 4 in this manual ...

Page 20: ...ive software will launch automatically Then click on the Install MagicLAN Driver 2 You can see the pictures of Wireless LAN Cards by model name SWL 2200M P MiniPCI PCI Card Click on the model name to install it s driver 3 Click on Operating System in the right screen in which you want to install driver ...

Page 21: ...th Method 2 In other words after inserting card into the computer you can install driver and utility by using the installshield instead not by the inf file In case of Windows 2000 and Windows XP system will recognize the card automatically during installation Notice that if you install a card after removing it in a Device Manager you have to mark the check box Do you want to scan for hardware chan...

Page 22: ...r Check if Search for the best driver for your device recommended is slected Insert the MagicLAN Installation CD into the CD ROM drive 4 Press NEXT and you can find the SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN MiniPCI PCI Card And the system will copy driver files Now driver files are fully installed to start the Wireless LAN Card s operation If screen message Do you want to restart your Computer now will pop up selec...

Page 23: ... 3 9 7 Right click on the Network Neighborhood using the mouse Select Properties from the pop up menu The network box appears and you see three main tabs Configuration Identification and Access Control 8 Click on the configuration tab and then click on the add button Select Network Component Type box appears Click on the Protocol then click the Add button 9 Select Network Protocols box appears Fro...

Page 24: ...he TCP IP option for setting the IP address value gateway value and DNS value of your computer After setting these parameters appropriately click OK to return to Network Component Type 11 you can select the File and Printer Sharing options as well as the access to your computer by other users connected to that network by setting the appropriate options ...

Page 25: ...lation CD to be automatically installed You can click Install Configuration Utility to install our utility Choose the appropriate language when a context box appeared to choose utility s language 14 You can set up Wireless LAN environment by our utility program provided Refer to Chapter 4 in this manual Method 2 Installing software first 1 If you insert the MagicLAN Installation CD into the CD ROM...

Page 26: ...res of Wireless LAN Cards by model name SWL 2200M P MiniPCI PCI Card Click on the model name to install it s driver 3 Click on Operating System in the right screen in which you want to install driver 4 After installing driver shut down your computer and insert card And power on the computer ...

Page 27: ...d into the computer you can install driver and utility by using the installshield instead not by the inf file In case of Windows 2000 and Windows XP system will recognize the card automatically during installation Notice that if you install a card after removing it in a Device Manager you have to mark the check box Do you want to scan for hardware changes The function is same to the Refresh in the...

Page 28: ...Windows NT networking is already installed CASE1 When Windows NT networking is not installed 1 Since there is no Windows NT networking installed yet you should install your driver manually To do so click on Start in task bar go to Settings and then to Control Panel 2 Under Control Panel double click on Network icon 3 Since there is no Windows NT networking installed yet you maybe asked if you want...

Page 29: ...the MagicLAN Installation CD into the CD ROM drive Type in D nt40 Where D is the CD drive of your computer in the blank and click on OK 6 In Select OEM Option box you will see SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN MiniPCI PCI Card and select the correct card type and click on OK You confirm the SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN MiniPCI PCI Card on the next message box Click on NEXT ...

Page 30: ...select TCP IP Protocol among these network protocols at least 8 In the next box to choose network services to use make sure that all the services you want to use are checked and click on Next 9 In the next box it is confirmed that necessary NT networking components are selected Click on Next ...

Page 31: ...m the D i386 directory are copied and you may be prompted the same box to ask you to specify where NT files are once more Since it is looking for some files form the MagicLAN Installation CD insert your MagicLAN Installation CD in CD drive and type D nt40 in the blank location and click on continue 12 Card Setup box may appear Set each parameters Network mode ESSID and Tx rate etc for the proper L...

Page 32: ...r not using DHCP If you select the DHCP option for TCP IP you do not need to set the values 14 If you select the No enter the IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway and DNS values respectively and then click on OK 15 Binding properties will pop up Click on NEXT ...

Page 33: ...w it is ready for starting network Click on NEXT 17 You can assign Workgroup Domain name And click on NEXT 18 Click on the Finish and it will ask you whether you want to restart your computer or not Click on NO ...

Page 34: ...ur utility properly in the NT based OSs Windows NT4 0 2000 XP 22 You can set up Wireless LAN environment by our utility program provided Refer to Chapter 4 in this manual CASE2 When Windows NT networking is already installed 1 Since there is no Windows NT networking installed yet you should install your driver manually To do so click on start in task bar go to Settings and then to Control Panel 2 ...

Page 35: ...nt40 Where D is the CD drive of your computer in the blank and click on OK 6 In Select OEM Option box you will see SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN MiniPCI PCI Card and select the correct card type and click on OK You confirm the SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN MiniPCI PCI Card on the next message box Click on Next 7 Card Setup box may appear Set each parameters Network mode ESSID and Tx rate etc for the proper LAN card c...

Page 36: ... 9 Click on Bindings 10 Click on the Protocols Select TCP IP Protocol and click Properties 11 You can select either DHCP or Static for the IP address If you select DHCP you do not need to specify the IP address In case of Static enter IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway respectively ...

Page 37: ...atter After you add the TCP IP protocol click on the OK once more System will ask you whether you want to restart your computer or not Click on NO Now your network is established successfully 15 You have to insert the MagicLAN Installation CD to be automatically installed 16 You can click Install Configuration Utility to install our utility Choose the appropriate language when a context box appear...

Page 38: ...37 18 You can set up Wireless LAN environment by our utility program provided Refer to Chapter 4 in this manual 3 5 Installation Procedure of Windows 2000 ...

Page 39: ... Network Controller Press NEXT button and check if Search for the best driver for your device recommended is slected and then press NEXT button Insert the MagicLAN Installation CD into the CD ROM drive You can ignore the MagicLAN Utility s screen of the CD ROM 4 Mark the CD ROM Drive tap and then press NEXT You can find the INF file and now it is ready to install our software 5 Press NEXT and syst...

Page 40: ... on the adapter it shows the installation is not successful In this case select the adapter and click on Remove Restart your computer after uninstalling the driver to make the changes effective See the Adapter Removal in section 3 9 7 Right click on the Network Places using the mouse and double click on the Local Area Connection and then click on Properties ...

Page 41: ...to allow the Access to your computer by other users connected to that network by setting the computer sharing options Click on OK 10 After booting the computer you have to draw out and re insert the MagicLAN Installation CD to be automatically installed You can click Install Configuration Utility to install our utility Choose the appropriate language when a context box appeared to choose utility s...

Page 42: ...ing software first 1 If you insert the MagicLAN Installation CD into the CD ROM drive software will launch automatically Then click on the Install MagicLAN Driver 2 You can see the pictures of Wireless LAN Cards by model name SWL 2200M P MiniPCI PCI Card Click on the model name to install it s driver 3 Click on Operating System in the right screen in which you want to install driver ...

Page 43: ...d 1 with Method 2 In other words after inserting card into the computer you can install driver and utility by using the installshield instead not by the inf file In case of Windows 2000 and Windows XP system will recognize the card automatically during installation Notice that if you install a card after removing it in a Device Manager you have to mark the check box Do you want to scan for hardwar...

Page 44: ...ws XP to load fully 3 Found New Hardware Wizard appeared and the system looks for Network Controller Insert the MagicLAN Installation CD into the CD ROM Drive 4 You can find the SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN MiniPCI PCI Card and system will copy driver files 5 Now driver files are fully installed to start the Wireless LAN Card s operation 6 Check for the SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN MiniPCI PCI Card on Computer Mana...

Page 45: ...of desktop click on icon stated Wireless Network Connection 8 When you are using DHCP just select the AP that you want to connect in the Connect to Wireless Network above 9 To manually set your IP address WEP and some other configuration click on Advanced of the above picutre and then click Configure Available networks on the Wireless Networks Tab Set the SSID and parameters to be needed to modify...

Page 46: ...45 10 Next move to the General Tab After the double click the Internet Protocol TCP IP set the IP value Gateway value and DNS value and click on OK All will be done by clicking on OK once more ...

Page 47: ...agicLAN Installation CD into the CD ROM drive software will launch automatically Then click on the Install MagicLAN Driver 2 You can see the pictures of Wireless LAN Cards by model name SWL 2200M P MiniPCI PCI Card Click on the model name to install it s driver ...

Page 48: ...e to 6 10 of Method 1 Inserting card first Cf The third method You can combine Method 1 with Method 2 In other words after inserting card into the computer you can install driver and utility by using the installshield instead not by the inf file In case of Windows 2000 and Windows XP system will recognize the card automatically during installation Notice that if you install a card after removing i...

Page 49: ... appeared to choose utility s language You should reboot the computer to use our utility properly in the NT based OSs Win NT Win 2000 Win XP If you click the icon on the right bottom of the desktop you can see the current state of the Wireless LAN Click on Option of the General settings on the bottom of the Utility and mark Manage the Wireless Control by this utility under WinXP For more details r...

Page 50: ...ver Installation 1 Decompress the driver package under the usr local 2 Check the current Kernel version uname r 3 Change the Version value In Makefile of driver package to above value that checked in 2 4 Compile the driver make all 5 Copy the driver to kernel directory make install 6 Set the dependency between the modules depmod a 7 Put the below contents in etc modules conf to load automatically ...

Page 51: ...redhat 7 1 3 IP setting using netcfg below redhat 7 1 3 IP setting using netcfg below redhat 7 1 3 IP setting using netcfg below redhat 7 1 1 Input Hostname and DNS ServerIP 2 Input HostIP and Name 3 Add a Interface Input IP and Netmask ...

Page 52: ...lick on the Save button to save all 4 IP setting using neat above redhat 7 2 4 IP setting using neat above redhat 7 2 4 IP setting using neat above redhat 7 2 4 IP setting using neat above redhat 7 2 1 Add a new interface 2 Select Ethernet device 3 Input a Nickname ...

Page 53: ...52 4 Input TCP IP and Hostname in Protocols Menu 5 Remain Hardware device as default setting 6 When finished click Apply button ...

Page 54: ...0 key0 key0 key0 40 bit WEP needs 10 hexadecimal and 128bit WEP needs 26 hexadecimal ie key0 1234567890 or key0 12345abcde or key0 1234567890abcd12345678a4d3 key1 key1 key1 key1 Same as key0 key2 key2 key2 key2 Same as key0 key3 key3 key3 key3 Same as key0 channel channel channel channel The channel used in Ad hoc mode 4 default valid range 1 14 depends on local restrictions psmode psmode psmode p...

Page 55: ...x rate enc enc enc enc Setting encryption key 40 bit WEP XXXX XXXX XX 128 bit WEP XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XX power power power power Setting power saving mode on off example Here are a few examples with a few Wireless LANs supported SAMSUNG 11Mbps Wireless LAN Card INFO SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN ESSID extended network name My Network any ESSID test3 Operation mode Ad Hoc Managed MODE Managed Frequ...

Page 56: ... Card and Operating System that you want to update in 2 If selection box appears select Reinstall MagicLAN Software between Remove and Reinstall 3 9 Removal of MagicLAN Wireless LAN Card Driver Adapter Removal Click like followings All Programs MagicLAN MagicLAN Driver Remove MiniPCI Card adapter Select Remove all MagicLAN Software and click Next ...

Page 57: ...rd from the PC click and Stop SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN MiniPCI PCI Card icon the right bottom of your computer screen Then you remove the WLAN Card after clicking the OK button on the message SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN MiniPCI PCI Card can now be safely removed from the system Notice that you should power off your computer and remove your card in case of MiniPCI PCI card Safely remove hardware icon Windows ME...

Page 58: ... client has moved from home to Office or vice versa the difficulty for using the old TCP IP settings arises The concept of profile makes it easy to use the same TCP IP settings for WLAN cards regardless of the movement Profile can be selected again with ease if it were saved Saving the settings for WLAN and TCP IP as a Profile it is easy for user to select and use one of the saved profiles especia...

Page 59: ...ork profile now window will appear Click Y button for yes and the following window will appear cf The above message will not be appeared in the Win XP Make a Profile with clicking New button 2 Input a profile name in Profile Name and description for your profile name in Description and click the NEXT button the following window will appear ...

Page 60: ...include Internet via Access Point Ad hoc 802 11Ad hoc Network support the communication among Wireless clients Due to the support of communication among Wireless equipment Ad hoc Network doesn t need Access Point cf 802 11 ad hoc is satisfied with the 802 11 specification 3 Select the Operating Mode to use and click the NEXT button Default operating mode is Infrastructure ...

Page 61: ...EP Mode and Click the Next button 4 If you clicked on the Survey the above window will appear showing you Access Points or Stations Ad hoc that are able to connect now Select the AP that has the highest signal to use as an SSID ...

Page 62: ... key settings must be same for all clients in the Ad hoc 802 11Ad hoc Mode 6 Enter a valid IP address IP address can be allocated automatically cf it is limited to users who use the DHCP server or ADSL connection As only checked in Manage TCP IP together with Profile IP address can be controlled in the Profile This menu does not appear under MS Windows NT Click NEXT to see the following window ...

Page 63: ...stem after clicking the Finish button 8 Click the Profile name shown in the above window click the Apply button The settings will be over If the IP address entered in the system settings is different than the IP address selected under profile name system IP settings will be changed without rebooting your system ...

Page 64: ...ty is also installed You can see the icon at the right bottom of your screen Double clicking that icon will show you the screen as shown below The following describes the meanings of variables shown in the WLAN configuration Profile The arbitrary designation by user It is the profile name to distinguish each ...

Page 65: ...or encryption decryption of data to be exchanged between clients or between clients and AP It denies the authorized access to network if WEP is enabled Power Saving The Power Saving Mode that prolongs the life of battery Physical Address It is the Physical address of WLAN card being used by user This is also the MAC address of the WLAN card IP Address Address used to send data from one computer to...

Page 66: ...e a new Profile Refer to The Program For Setting MagicLAN in the Chapter 4 5 1 2 The Apply button Select and click a Profile to be used then the saved or modified profile settings will be used for configuring your WLAN card 5 1 3 The Edit button Clicking the Edit button or the Profile name that was created previously you can modify that Profile ...

Page 67: ...First of all select the 64 bit 2 Input a certain value ex test1 etc in the Passphrase and click the Generate button Then it will make four values of keys automatically 3 Then you set the same value to the WEP of AP cf If you use the WLAN made from ...

Page 68: ...king the Advanced button 1 Power Saving Mode saves the Battery cf it can give a lowing of efficiency according to 802 11Specification 2 RTS CTS Threshold Mode is better used in the place surrounded with much RF interference Click the TCP IP to input the IP directly or receive IP automatically 5 1 4 The Delete button ...

Page 69: ...8 Select a profile and click on Delete button to remove that profile 5 2 Status 5 2 1 The Current Status button It shows the current state of the WLAN card Refer to the The main configuration of Program ...

Page 70: ...HCP sever is enabled or not Clients number It shows the number of users currently connected with the AP Internet connection It is the connection type with outer network LAN ADSL ISDN etc IP Address It shows whether the IP address is from DHCP server or NAT server Connected Status In case the connection type with the outside network is of ADSL CABLE type it shows the connection state between AP and...

Page 71: ...the Physical Address of AP in the Infrastructure Mode and the Random Generation value in the 802 11 Ad hoc Mode Channel It shows the currently used channel number 5 2 4 Statistics It shows the state of the data transmission You can regulate the graph to be see clearly with the settings of the MAX bps on the right side of bottom 5 3 General Settings 5 3 1 The DHCP button ...

Page 72: ...ddress from the DHCP server 5 3 2 The Options button If you disable the check from the Sound Enable you cannot hear the sound whenever you click If you disable check from the Manage TCP IP together with profiles you cannot control TCP IP in the utility You can just modify TCP IP in the Network Neighborhood If you check the Do not show the Profile Wizard Welcome message Welcome message does not pop...

Page 73: ...72 You can see the Driver and Firmware version for your WLAN card currently in use Click the Website to get more information about WLAN ...

Page 74: ... SWL 2100N Please check the followings if you encounter some problem while installing the PC card or your PC card is non functional 1 Click on the Control Panel and then on PC Card Check whether it has PC Card in one of the sockets or not If you find SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN PC Card in one of the sockets it means the card is detected properly If you see the Yellow sign of Question mark the resources ar...

Page 75: ...e inserted the right card and have installed the proper driver For PC Card under Windows NT SWL 2100N Important Some Laptop computers for Win NT 4 0 operating system that do not support 3V cards will not install your PC Card successfully You are advised to install the driver for PC Card Controller available from set manufactures or install the CardWizard program that will enable the Laptop compute...

Page 76: ...ether there is any conflict in the Resource allocation or the Memory Base address allocation If you find that the Memory address is already assigned to some other devices you must change that 2 Event Viewer will show you about the events such as PCI Card type i e PC Card or PCI driver file swldpc11 and the status If you find the Red or Yellow sign there is some problem 3 Click on the Control panel...

Page 77: ...indows NT there is no wireless monitor icon in the taskbar or the Samsung Adapter does not appear in the PC Card Control Panel applet Make sure the PC Card device is started as Automatic in the device applet of the Control Panel Double click on the PC Card icon in Control Panel Click on Samsung Adapter and then on the properties button It should say the driver started correctly Make sure the drive...

Page 78: ...T if there is no sound after you insert the Wireless LAN card You must check the resources of the sound card driver If the resources are conflicting with Samsung Wireless PCI PC Card LAN Card driver you must change the resources ...