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SAMSUNG

MagicLAN

SWL-2200U

User Manual

(Rev. 1.4)

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Page 1: ...1 SAMSUNG MagicLAN SWL 2200U User Manual Rev 1 4 ...

Page 2: ... Installation Procedure of Windows 2000 26 3 5 Installation Procedure of Windows XP 31 3 6 Installation Procedure of Windows CE 37 3 7 Update of MagicLAN Wireless LAN Card Driver 45 3 8 Removal of MagicLAN Wireless LAN Card Driver 45 4 The Program for setting MagicLAN 47 4 1 The concept of Profile 47 4 2 Installation Procedure 47 5 The main configuration of Program 53 5 1 Profile 54 5 1 1 The New ...

Page 3: ...3 5 3 General Settings 60 5 3 1 The DHCP button 60 5 3 2 The Options button 60 5 4 Version 61 6 Troubleshooting 62 ...

Page 4: ...l caution the user that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment All other brand and product names are trademarks of registered trademarks of their respective holders http www MagicLAN com Service Dept Tel 82 31 218 2416 8 9 20 Fax 82 31 218 2431 Sales Dept America Tel 82 31 218 2407 9 11 Fax 82...

Page 5: ...le products z Use only accessories approved by the WLAN Card manufacturer for use with this particular W LAN Card The use of any other types will invalidate any approval or warranty applying to the WLAN Card and may be dangerous z Use only the region settings appropriate for the area where the WLAN Card is used at the present time Using the card in any other region or with an incorrect region sett...

Page 6: ... at 11Mbps Security 40 bit 104 128 bit WEP Encryption Antenna Dual Chip antennas supporting diversity Available Drivers Microsoft Windows 98 ME 2000 XP CE Standards IEEE 802 11b Media Access Protocol CSMA CA Temperature Range Operating 0 45 32 113 Storage 20 70 4 158 Humidity 10 to 90 Non condensing Operating Range Open Space 100m 330ft at 11Mbps 150m 500ft at 2Mbps 1024 bytes file transfer Closed...

Page 7: ...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 8: ...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 9: ...s 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 Server Server ...

Page 10: ... short 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 p...

Page 11: ... accessed by users on the network The SWL 2200U both for PDA 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 98 98SE ME Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows CE To get further informat...

Page 12: ...re everything is included and ready for use Here is the list of what you should have in your package SWL 2200U Mini USB Adapter Samsung MagicLAN Installation CD 2 2 System Requirement Operating System Windows 98SE 98 Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows CE Computer with a CD ROM drive Computer that have a USB slot available USB interface 2 3 Preparations For Installation You have to prepare ...

Page 13: ...ed to communicate on your network Most 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 Mini USB Adapter successfully Method 1 Inserting card first 1 Insert the Mini USB Adapter into the USB slot of your computer 2 Add New Hardware Wizard appeared and the system looks for USB Device Press NEXT button and c...

Page 14: ...the SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN Mini USB Adapter 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 15: ...nstalling the driver See the Adapter Removal in section 3 8 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 th...

Page 16: ...ter 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 ...

Page 17: ...down your computer and will restart 13 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 language 14 You can set up Wireless LAN environment by our utility program provided ...

Page 18: ...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 2200U Mini USB Adapter 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 19: ...to 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 ther De...

Page 20: ...D into the CD ROM drive 3 You can find the SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN Mini USB Adapter And the system will copy driver files You may require Windows ME CD You can click Yes in the Digital Signature Not Found Message box 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 select No 4 After booting the comput...

Page 21: ...rties from the pop up menu The network box appears and you see three main tabs Configuration Identification and Access Control 7 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 8 Select Network Protocols box appears From the list of manufactures click on Microsoft From the list of network prot...

Page 22: ... 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 10 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 23: ...stalled You can click Install Configuration Utility to install our utility Choose the appropriate language when a context box appeared to choose utility s language 13 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 auto...

Page 24: ...ame SWL 2200U Mini USB Adapter 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 Digital Signature Not Found Message box ...

Page 25: ... 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 ther Device Manager ...

Page 26: ... 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 3 Mark the CD ROM drivers tap and then press NEXT You can find the INF file and now it is ready to install our software 4 Press NEXT and system will copy driver files You can click...

Page 27: ... 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 8 6 Right click on the Network Places using the mouse and double click on the Local Area Connection and then click on Properties ...

Page 28: ...he Access to your computer by other users connected to that network by setting the computer sharing options Click on OK 9 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 language 1...

Page 29: ... 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 2200U Mini USB Adapter 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 30: ...h 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 chang...

Page 31: ...allation CD into the CD ROM Drive 3 You can find the SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN Mini USB Adapter and system will copy driver files During copying the driver files you can click Continue Anyway in the Hardware Installation Message box 4 Now driver files are fully installed to start the Wireless LAN Card s operation 5 Check for the SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN Mini USB Adapter on Computer Management in the Administ...

Page 32: ...etwork 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 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 and then clicking on OK The AP that you s...

Page 33: ...33 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 34: ...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 2200U Mini USB Adapter Click on the model name to install it s driver ...

Page 35: ... are same to 5 9 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 rem...

Page 36: ...ose utility s language You should reboot the computer to use our utility properly in the NT based OSs Winows 2000 Windows 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 refer to Chapter ...

Page 37: ...lation CD from Host PC 1 Connect PDA and host PC that has CD ROM using ActiveSync During the connection choose No as shown in below picture If you can see the second picture shown below the connection is thought to succeed Note You can find the connection process of ActiveSync from the manual of you PDA However you can find a latest version of ActiveSync program from Misrosoft website shwon below ...

Page 38: ...that you just want to install 4 Click an operating system of your PDA shown in the right box Note When you start to install just make sure the version of WindowsCE and check whether you PDA system is Handheld PC HPC or PocketPC PPC If such information is not correct utility program may not operate well To check the version of WindowsCE ...

Page 39: ...ight for PPC Handheld PC Pocket PC 5 Now MagicLAN installation program starts to operate Just click OK to proceed until the end of installation C Network Setup of PDA C 1 HPC HandheldPC 1 After finishing installation as shown in B 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 ...

Page 40: ... installation as shown in B 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 below to execute utility program D Using Utility Program Utility program is executed shown below ...

Page 41: ...utomatically However if network mode is ad hoc the channel value of wireless client should be set to be the same as that of another wireless client to connect MAC Address represents a unique MAC address of MagicLAN card Network Mode infrastructure to connect other wireless clients through AP 802 11Ad hoc Ad hoc to connect other wireless clients as a peer to peer method More specific explanation is...

Page 42: ...MagicLAN cards in this mode 802 11 Ad hoc is used to connect wireless client in network without AP You can connect in this mode to wireless LAN cards other than MagicLAN cards that comply with IEEE 802 11b standard D 2 3 Tx Rate You can choose wireless transmission rate Default is Fully Auto D 3 WEP Tab You can use WEP option to encrypt transmission data After setting WEP values click Write button...

Page 43: ...of WEP keys of AP to be different from those of wireless client communication will fail even though connection to AP succeeds Shared Only if the values of WEP keys of AP are the same as those of wireless client communication succeeds D 3 3 Pass phrase You can generate 40bit or 26bit WEP keys without entering all hex values using the same Pass Phrase between AP and wireless client After typing pass...

Page 44: ...44 D 4 About Tab You can see the version information of MagicLAN driver and utility program The number of version in this picture may be different from that of you product ...

Page 45: ...e Card and Operationg System that you want to update in 2 If selection box appears select Reinstall MagicLAN Software between Remove and Reinstall 3 8 Removal of MagicLAN Wireless LAN Card Driver Adapter Removal Click like followings All Programs MagicLAN MagicLAN Driver Remove Mini USB adapter Select Remove all MagicLAN Software and click Next ...

Page 46: ...k Next cf If you want to just remove the WLAN Card from the PC click and Stop SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN Mini USB Adapter 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 Mini USB Adapter can now be safely removed from the system Safely remove hardware icon Windows ME 2000 XP ...

Page 47: ...in 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 especially it can be used quickly without rebooting your computer while the settings for TCP IP is updated 4 2 Installation Procedure First time use of WLAN on your computer needs the following settings 1 Insert your WLAN card After clicking on the icon...

Page 48: ...ween Wired LAN and 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 3 Select the Operating Mode to use and click the NEXT button Default operating mode is Infrastructure ...

Page 49: ...mong 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 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 50: ...authorized users z To use the function of WEP The WEP key settings for client must be same to that of AP in the Infrastructure Mode and the WEP key settings must be same for all clients in the Ad hoc 802 11Ad hoc Mode 5 Select the WEP Mode and Click the Next button ...

Page 51: ...ection 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 7 Showing you the settings selected so far Click the Finish button Check on this box It will work on the system after clicking the Finish button ...

Page 52: ...he 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 53: ...SID It represents the name of a group consisting of WLAN users only It is also called ESSID z Operating Mode There are three Modes Infrastructure Mode the connection among clients through an AP 802 11Ad hoc Ad hoc Mode direct connection among clients z BSSID It shows the Physical Address of WLAN card inserted in AP in the Infrastructure Mode and the Random Generation value in the 802 11 Ad hoc Mod...

Page 54: ...o enter the other network z DNS It is the system that transforms the name of an Internet domain to the corresponding IP Address IP Address is actually needed to locate a computer server on the Internet z Adapter Name It shows the kind of WLAN card that the user is using now The following description is the fundamental installation of WLAN Card 5 1Profile You can modify your wireless environment fo...

Page 55: ...55 5 1 3 The Edit button Clicking the Edit button or the Profile name that was created previously you can modify that Profile Click the WEP button to set the security 1 First of all select the 40 bit ...

Page 56: ...on 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 other company you must set the same values in the four keys You can set the Power Saving and Threshold with clicking the Advanced button 1 Power Saving Mode saves the Battery cf it can give a lowing of ...

Page 57: ... better used in the place surrounded with much RF interferenc but a drop in performance can be happened 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 58: ...tatus button It shows the current state of the WLAN card Refer to the The main configuration of Program 5 2 2 The AP Status button It shows the current state of AP You can see the IP address changed by the Get Status button ...

Page 59: ...mber of users currently connected with the AP z Internet connection It is the connection type with outer network LAN ADSL ISDN etc z IP Address It shows whether the IP address is from DHCP server or NAT server z Connected Status In case the connection type with the outside network is of ADSL CABLE type it shows the connection state between AP and ASP service z IP It is the IP address of the AP 5 2...

Page 60: ...ts the Physical Address of AP in the Infrastructure Mode and the Random Generation value in the 802 11 Ad hoc Mode z 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 61: ...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 62: ...ed the procedure for checking the various components after you have installed the card Q Wireless connection icon shows in the Task bar and Wireless connection unavailable message appeared It s because property setting is wrong Please check these contents A1 Check if there s right network name in the Available networks in the client PC Network name should be same in the infrastructure mode using A...

Page 63: ...s each configuration utility of LAN and Wireless LAN by OS in itself In case of this you must select the Manage the Wireless Control by this utility under WinXP in the Option menu of General Settings in the Samsung client utility Q I can t see the TCP IP informations in the MagicLAN Utility A It s related to a file IPHLPAI dll Please reboot the system There maybe some systems that don t show their...

Page 64: ...64 Please refer to the website http www magiclan com product magiclan support faq htm about other detailed questions ...

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