SAMSUNG MagicLAN SWL-2200U User Manual (Rev. 1.
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 ………………………………………………………..……….....12 2.1 What is in your Package …………………………………………………….….…..12 2.2 System Requirement ……………………………………..…………………….…...12 2.3 Preparations For Installation ……………………………..…………………….…...12 3.
5.2.4 Statistics………………...……….………………...…….….…....………..59 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 ………………………………………………......…….……….…….
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 recent software and user documentation for all MagicLAN products on our web site.
Notice 2 WARNING While installing and operating this transmitter and antenna combination the radio frequency exposure limit of 1mW/cm2 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 Information !"Read these simple guidelines. Breaking the rules may be dangerous or illegal. SAMSUNG will not be responsible for any damages caused by breaking the rules.
11Mbps High Rate 802.11b Wireless LAN USB STICK ■ Specifications Model Name SWL-2200U System Interface USB Interface (USB Spec 1.1 compliant) Frequency Band 2.400 ~ 2.4835GHz(Subject to local regulations) Operating Voltage 5V±5% Receive : 220mA (Typical) Current Consumption Transmit : 310mA (Typical) Data Rate 1, 2, 5.
**** Table: The Operating Channels Channel# Frequency FCC Canada ETSI Spain 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 7 France ○ ○ ○ ○ Japan ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
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 of twisted cables. 1.2 Technical Background • What is IEEE 802.11? The IEEE 802.
• 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 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 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 initialized, it is necessary for it to find and communicate with the correct group of wireless devices, including AP.
Standard) wireless compliant radio cards and uses a CSMA/CA (Collision Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance) algorithm as the media access scheme, which makes high speed communication (with minimal collision probability) possible. • The MagicLAN supports DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) physical layer.
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 that you wish to install. The MagicLAN can easily be installed and used, without bothering to connect cables for keeping your computer to use network resources, as in case of a wired LAN. 2.
◇ You can just install SWL-2200U Adapters to use Ad-hoc network. ◇ You need to install Access Poing(AP) to use Infrastructure network.(Refer to the AP Manual about the installation method of AP) ◇ You may need the original CD of (Windows 98SE(98),Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP) to set network environment. 3. MagicLAN Installation For Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/CE We will explain the installation method for SWL-2200U(Mini USB Adapter) . 3.
3. Mark the Specify a location tap and type “E:\Drivers” right below in this tap(Where E is the CD-drive of your PC). Then press NEXT button. You can find 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. If screen message Do you want to restart your Computer now will pop up, select No. 5. After rebooting your computer, right click on the My Computer using the mouse and click Properties. 6. Check for the SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN Mini USB Adapter by clicking on the Device Manager. If you find the Yellow sign on the adapter, it shows the installation is not successful. Select the Adapter and click on Remove.
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. From the list of manufactures, click on Microsoft.
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. 12. Screen message ‘Do you want to restart your computer now?’ will pop up. Select Yes. It will shut 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. Refer to ‘Chapter 4’ in this manual. < Method 2 – Installing software first > 1.
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. 4. After installing driver, insert card. 5.The other procedures are same to 5~14 of < Method 1 - Inserting card first >. Cf.) The third method : You can combine ‘Method 1’ with ‘Method 2’.
mark the check box(“Do you want to scan for hardware changes?”). The function is same to the “Refresh” in ther Device Manager. 3.3 Installation Procedure of Windows ME 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”.
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 computer, right click on the My Computer using the mouse and click property. 5. Check for the SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN Mini USB Adapter by clicking on the Device Manager. If you find the Yellow sign on the adapter, it shows the installation is not successful. Select the Adapter and click on Remove.
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 protocols list, select IPX/SPX and TCP/IP, then click OK.( If you want, you can install the NetBEUI protocol.) 9. Select the TCP/IP-> SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN Mini USB Adapter option for setting the IP address value, gateway value and DNS value of your computer.
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. 11. Screen message ‘Do you want to restart your Computer now?’ will pop up. Select Yes. It will shut down your computer and will restart. 12. 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.
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 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. 4.After installing driver, insert card. You can click Yes in the “Digital Signature Not Found” Message box. 5.The other procedures are same to 4~13 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.
same to the “Refresh” in ther Device Manager. 3.4 Installation Procedure of Windows 2000 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 USB slot of your computer. 2. Found New Hardware Wizard appeared and the system looks for “Network Controller”. Press NEXT button and check if “Search for the best driver for your device(recommended)” is slected and then press NEXT button.
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 Yes in the “Digital Signature Not Found” Message box. 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 the Device Manager of a Computer Management in the Adminidtrative Tools .
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. 7. Click on the TCP/IP option for setting the IP address for your computer. Set the IP value, Gateway value, DNS value. After setting these parameters appropriately, click OK to return to Network Component Type. 8.
allow the 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. 10.
3. Click on Operating System in the right screen in which you want to install driver. 4. After installing driver, insert card. 5. System recognize the card and you can click Yes in the “Digital Signature Not Found” Message box. 6. The other procedures are same to 5~11 of < Method 1 - Inserting card first > Cf.) The third method : You can combine ‘Method 1’ with ‘Method 2’.
“Refresh” in ther Device Manager. 3.5 Installation Procedure of Windows XP Please follow the following steps one by one in order to install the Mini USB Adapter successfully. < Method 1 - Inserting card first > 1. Insert the Mini USB Adapter into USB slot of your computer. 2. “Found New Hardware Wizard” appeared and the system looks for “USB Device”. Insert the MagicLAN Installation CD into the CD-ROM Drive. 3. You can find the “SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN Mini USB Adapter” and system will copy driver files.
5. Check for the SAMSUNG 11Mbps WLAN Mini USB Adapter on Computer Management in the Administrative Tools of the Control Panel. If you find the Yellow sign 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. Of the icons displayed on the right bottom of desktop, click on icon 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 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 selected will be displayed on the Preferred Networks.
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. < 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 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. 4.After installing driver, insert Wireless LAN card. You can click Continue Anyway in the ‘Hardware Installation’ Message box.
5.The system recognize the Wireless LAN Card. If Found New Hardware Wizard appears, just click Next to install the driver files. 6.The other procedures 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.
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 4’ in this manual.
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 : 2. If you insert MagicLAN installation CD, the program automatically starts. Click 'Install MagicLAN Driver'. Note) In case of WindowsCE 'Install MagicLAN Driver' item will install both driver and utility program at the same time. 3.
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, 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.
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. 2. Click shortcut shown below to execute utility program. C.2 PPC(PocketPC) 1.
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. < 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.
- ESSID : represents the name of wireless network group. - Channel : one of channel values that is used to connect wireless client to AP or another client. If network mode is infrastructure or 802.11 ad-hoc, wireless client searched appropriate channel automatically. 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.
- Ad-hoc : is used to connect wireless client in network without AP. You can connect to ONLY 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.
can change this mode. - Open : Default value. If you set the values 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.
3.7 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 ‘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. (Utility Removal) Click like followings : -> All Programs -> MagicLAN -> MagicLAN Utility -> Remove Utility Uninstall. Select ‘Remove Configuration Utility Software’ and click 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) ** 4. The Program For Setting MagicLAN 4.
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 , which is found at the right bottom your computer screen, “Please create your first network 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.
3. Select the Operating Mode to use and click the NEXT button. Default operating mode is Infrastructure. - Infrastructure Network is the structure that the communication between Wired LAN and Wireless LAN is feasible. Wireless client is possible to access to the other Network (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.
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. 5. Select the WEP Mode and Click the Next button.
- WEP Mode !"This is security tool to protect your DATA from unauthorized users. !"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.
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. 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. 8.
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 variables shown in the WLAN configuration. !"Profile: The arbitrary designation by user. It is the profile name to distinguish each Profile. So when you set the Profile, you would better choose the name that can send the contents it has. !"Link Status: you Link Status shows a client connection state with AP (In Infrastructure mode) or with other clients (In 802.11Ad-hoc Mode). !"SSID: It represents the name of a group consisting of WLAN users only.
!"Subnet Mask: It is an address that enables along with an IP Address to share a network Address within the LAN of company. !"Gateway: The network point playing a role as a gateway to enter the other network. !"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. !"Adapter Name: It shows the kind of WLAN card that the user is using now.
- Click the WEP button to set the security. . 1. First of all, select the ‘40 bit’. 2. Check a “Generate WEP Key using Passphrase” box and input a certain value (ex. test1 etc) in the ‘Passphrase’ and click the Generate button.
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..
efficiency according to 802.11Specification) 2. RTS/CTS Threshold Mode is 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.
5.2.1 The ‘Current Status’ button It shows the current state of the WLAN card. (Refer to the ‘ The main configuration of Program’) 5.2.
It shows the current state of AP. (You can see the IP address changed by the Get Status button) !"Model: It shows the name of model. !"Version: It shows the version of AP. !"Description: It is the name of AP designated by AP manager during AP setup. !"NAT: It shows whether the private IP address (NAT server) is enabled or not. !"DHCP: It shows whether the DHCP sever is enabled or not. !"Clients number: It shows the number of users currently connected with the AP.
!"Signal: It shows the connection state of Stations with AP or Master Station. !"Rate: It shows the Tx Data rates. !"WEP: It shows security state with the AP. !"BSSID: It represents 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.
- It works when it is enabled. - The Get Status button shows the updated information obtained from the DHCP server. - The Release DHCP button releases the IP Address that was received from the DHCP server. - The Renew DHCP button is for receiving the IP Address 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.
5.4 Version - You can see the Driver and Firmware version for your WLAN card currently in use. - Click the Website to get more information about WLAN. 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.
A2. Check if you are using the same WEP string. And you must use the same WEP key. Please ask network manager about the Access Poing’s WEP string and key. A3. Check if you are in the range of the Access Point. A4. Reinstall the driver using MagicLAN Software CD if driver dosen’t work. Q. Samsung’s tray icon in the task bar shows red color . A. This is same to above question. Please refer to the above A1~A4. Q. Link Status is excellent, but I can’t connect to the network.
In case of Windows 98, please click Start – Settings – Control Panel – Network(double click)’. Then, you need to double-click IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol -> SAMSUNG … and then change Frame Type from Auto to Ethernet 802.3 in theAdvanced tap. Please refer to the website: http://www.magiclan.com/product/magiclan/support/faq.htm about other detailed questions.
