Page 2 - Table of Contents; Preparations For Installation ................................................................ 12
2 Table of Contents 1. MagicLAN Installation ……………...………..……………………………………...…...8 1.1 Introduction ..………..…………………...……………………………………….…..8 1.2 Technical Background ………………………………………………..……….…..…8 1.3 MagicLAN Overview….…………………...……………….….……….…..……....10 2. Before the Installation ………………………………………………………..…...
Page 4 - Notice 1; America>; Japan
4 Notice 1 This manual cannot be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of SAMSUNG Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. SAMSUNG Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. reserves the right to change this manual and the specifications to improve products without prior notice. So you can get the most re...
Page 5 - Notice 2; WARNING
5 Notice 2 WARNING While installing and operating this transmitter and antenna combination the radio frequency exposure limit of 1mW/cm 2 may be exceeded at distances close to the antennas installed. Therefore, the user must maintain a minimum distance of 20 cm from the antenna. Important Safety Inf...
Page 6 - 1Mbps High Rate 802.11b Wireless LAN PC Card
6 11Mbps High Rate 802.11b Wireless LAN PC Card ■ Specifications Model Name SWL- 2100N System Interface PCMCIA Type II Frequency Band 2.400 ~ 2.4835GHz(Subject to local regulations) Operating Voltage 3.3V±5%(5V optional) Receive :210mA(Typical) Current Consumption Transmit : 370mA(Typical) Data Rate...
Page 7 - FCC Canada ETSI Spain France Japan
7 **** Table: The Operating Channels Channel# Frequency FCC Canada ETSI Spain France Japan 1 2412MHz ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ 2 2417MHz ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ 3 2422MHz ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ 4 2427MHz ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ 5 2432MHz ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ○ ○ ○○ ...
Page 8 - MagicLAN Installation; Technical Background; over an air
8 1. MagicLAN Installation 1.1 Introduction Thank you for your purchase of SAMSUNG MagicLAN. Installing this cards allow the computer to join a wireless network based on the IEEE 802.11b (High Data Rate) WLAN standard. You will be surprised how easy for you are a part of the network with no bother o...
Page 9 - Server
9 • Infrastructure Network Infrastructure Network is architecture that provides communication between wireless clients and wired network resources. 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 availa...
Page 10 - MagicLAN Overview; The MagicLAN; e wireless LAN cards that provide wireless
10 automatically changing the connection from an old Access Point to a new Access Point when the clients enter in a new cell. During roaming the clients may observe the loose connection or delay in accessing the resources of the network. • Scanning, Beaconing & ESS ID When a wireless client is i...
Page 12 - Before the Installation; Samsung MagicLAN Installation CD; System Requirement; Laptop Computer that have a; Preparations For Installation; You can just install
12 2. Before the Installation The following section will assist you in installing your WLAN Adapter successfully. You will install the MagicLAN Card and software (driver & utility), and finally set the network properties to accommodate resource sharing and select the type of wireless network tha...
Page 13 - MagicLAN Installation For; Installation Overview; PC card; Add New Hardware Wizard; 1Mbps WLAN Card; NEXT
13 3. MagicLAN Installation For Windows 98/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP/CE We will explain the installation method for SWL-2100N(PC Card) . 3.1 Installation Overview Here are some steps you will perform in establishing your wireless network connection: 1. Install the Access Point at first. AP is needed in case ...
Page 14 - Then press; You can find the “; and system will copy driver files. You may require Windows 98
14 Then press NEXT button. You can find the “ SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN PC Card ” and now it is ready to install our software. 4. 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 18 - Refer to ‘; Chapter 4; launch automatically. Then, click on the ‘; Install MagicLAN Driver’; You can see the pictures of Wireless LAN Cards by model name.(
18 Refer to ‘ Chapter 4 ’ in this manual. < Method 2 – Installing 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...
Page 19 - first; The third method; ‘Method 1’; with; ‘Method 2’; into the computer, you can install driver and utility by; using the installshield
19 4. After installing driver, insert card. 5.The other procedures are same to 5~ 1 4 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 usin...
Page 20 - Installation Procedure of Windows ME
20 3.3 Installation Procedure of Windows ME Please follow the following steps one by one to install the PC Card successfully. < Method 1 - Inserting card first > 1. Insert the PC Card into the PCMCIA slot of your computer. 2. “ Add New Hardware Wizard ” appeared and the system looks for “ SAMS...
Page 24 - Yes; in the “Digital Signature Not
24 2. You can see the pictures of Wireless LAN Cards by model name.( SWL- 2000/2100N/E PC 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, insert card. You can click Yes in the “Di...
Page 26 - Installation Procedure of Windows NT4.0; PC Card
26 3.4 Installation Procedure of Windows NT4.0 Please follow the following steps one by one to install the PC Card successfully. There are two cases: when there is no Windows NT networking Installed and the other when the Windows NT networking is already installed. 1. Insert SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN PC C...
Page 28 - you want to use are checked and click on; Next
28 7. Select the network protocols by clicking on the check box. And click on NEXT. You must 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 th...
Page 29 - Card
29 10. When you are asked to specify the directory that the necessary NT files are copied from, insert your Windows NT CD and type in D:\i386 (Where D is the CD-drive of your computer) in the location blank. 11. Some files from the D:\i386 directory are copied and you may be prompted the same box to...
Page 31 - Now it is ready for starting network. Click on; and it will ask you whether you want to restart your computer
31 16. Now 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 32 - to install our utility. Choose the
32 19. You have to insert the MagicLAN Installation CD to be automatically installed. 20. You can click ‘ Install Configuration Utility’ to install our utility. Choose the appropriate language when a context box appeared to choose utility’s language. 21. You should reboot the computer to use our uti...
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36 18. You can set up Wireless LAN environment by our utility program provided. Refer to ‘ Chapter 4 ’ in this manual.
Page 37 - Installation Procedure of Windows 2000
37 3.5 Installation Procedure of Windows 2000 Please follow the following steps one by one to install the PC Card successfully. < Method 1 - Inserting card first > 1. Ins ert the PC Card into PCMCIA slot of your computer. 2. Found New Hardware Wizard appeared and the system looks for “Network ...
Page 40 - utility program provided. Refer to ‘; will launch automatically. Then, click on the ‘
40 11. A fter rebooting your computer, 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 drive, software will launch automaticall...
Page 42 - Installation Procedure of Windows XP
42 3.6 Installation Procedure of Windows XP Please follow the following steps one by one in order to install the PC Card successfully. < Method 1 - Inserting card first > 1. Insert the PC Card into PCMCIA slot of your computer. 2. “Found New Hardware Wizard ” appeared and the system looks for ...
Page 43 - Available networks; Wireless Networks; Preferred Networks
43 the changes effective. (See the Adapter Removal in section 3.9) 6. Of the icons displayed on the right bottom of desktop, click on icon stated Wireless Network Connection . 7. When you are using DHCP, just select the AP that you want to connect in the Connect to Wireless Network above. 8. To manu...
Page 44 - General; Tab. After the double click the “; Internet; ”, set the IP value, Gateway value and DNS value and click on; OK
44 9. 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 - [ Use of Our company’s Utility in Windows XP ]
47 [ Use of Our company’s Utility in Windows XP ] You can also set up the Wireless LAN by the our company’s utility program instead of Windows XP’ utility program. After booting the computer, you have to draw out and re-insert the MagicLAN Installation CD to be automatically installed. You can click...
Page 48 - Installation Procedure of Windows CE; A. Summary of Installation
48 3.7 Installation Procedure of Windows CE A. Summary of Installation 1. In infrastructure mode, install Access Point(AP) first. 2. Using ActiveSync to use installation CD, connect PDA to host PC that has CD-ROM. 3. Install MagicLAN driver and utility program using the installation CD. 4. Make sure...
Page 50 - C. Network Setup of PDA
50 see the system information of your PDA or consult the manual of your PDA. Here are basic pictures of initial screen after your PDA is on. Left picture represents for HPC and right for PPC. <Handheld PC > < Pocket PC > 5. Now MagicLAN installation program starts to operate. Just click ...
Page 51 - D. Using Utility Program; Utility program is executed shown below.
51 2. Click shortcut shown below to execute utility program. C.2 PPC(PocketPC) 1. After finishing installation as shown in 2, insert MagicLAN card into appropriate slot of PDA. Then a dialog box appears as shown below. Type IP address and DNS information into the dialog box. 2. Click shortcut shown ...
Page 52 - : represents the name of wireless network group.; Channe; : represents a unique MAC address of MagicLAN card.; Network Mode; : infrastructure to connect other wireless clients through AP,; Link Quality; : shows the status of link connected to network
52 < Handheld PC > < Pocket PC > THough the shape of utility program running on HPC is different from that on PPC, the operation of both is the same. The way of using utility program on HPC is explained here. D.1. Status Tab Status Tab represents the current connection status of MagicLAN...
Page 56 - Removal of MagicLAN Wireless LAN Card Driver; Click like followings :; MiniPCI Card adapter.; Select ‘Remove all MagicLAN Software’ and click
56 3.8 Update of MagicLAN Wireless LAN Card Driver 1. After inserting the MagicLAN Installation CD, click the Install MagicLAN Driver and select the Card and Operationg System that you want to update in. 2. If selection box appears, select ‘Reinstall MagicLAN Software’ between ‘Remove’ and ‘Reinstal...
Page 58 - The Program For Setting MagicLAN; The concept of Profile; cards regardless of the movement.; Installation Procedure
58 4. The Program For Setting MagicLAN 4.1 The concept of Profile - TCP/IP settings for the fixed networks/Wired LAN have no problems, as they do not deal with the mobility. But in case of mobile equipments such as WLAN card, when WLAN client has moved from home to Office or vice-versa, the difficul...
Page 64 - The main configuration of Program; Link Status; : you Link Status shows a client connection state with AP (In; SSID; There are three Modes. Infrastructure Mode (the connection; BSSID; : It shows the Physical Address of WLAN card inserted in AP in the; Channel; : It shows channel number in use for communication between AP and
64 5. The main configuration of Program During the installation of your SAMSUNG WLAN Card, configuration utility 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 vari...
Page 68 - Select a profile and click on Delete button to remove that profile.
68 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 Select a profile and click on Delete button to remove that profile. 5.2 Status
Page 71 - It shows security state with the AP.; : It shows the currently used channel number.; General Settings
71 z Signal : It shows the connection state of Stations with AP or Master Station. z Rate : It shows the Tx Data rates. z WEP: It shows security state with the AP. z BSSID : It represents the Physical Address of AP in the Infrastructure Mode and the Random Generation value in the 802.11 Ad-hoc Mode....
Page 74 - in the Task bar and; Wireless connection; A1. Check if there’s right network name in the; A. Open Device Manager and set; disable; clicking right mouse.
74 6. Troubleshooting To make the installation of SAMSUNG WLAN Card more users friendly, we have suggested following the installation steps one by one as listed in the section 3 and section 4. Still you encounter some problems while installing the WLAN Card or you want to confirm whether your card i...
