SMC Networks 802.11g - Manual (Page 22)

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User Guide
Click on the other tabs to view settings for the other three profiles. The active profile has the Make Active button grayed out
(disabled) and an “Active Profile” icon in the top right corner of the screen.
A CTIVATING A D IFFERENT N ETWORK P ROFILE
To activate a different profile for a SMCWAA-G, select the SMCWAA-G (as above), click on the required Profile tab and click
the Make Active button for that profile. Click the Close button to return to the main window.
E DITING A N ETWORK P ROFILE
The Factory Defaults profile for a SMCWAA-G cannot be edited. However, the three other profiles can be edited to create
different switchable setups. To change these settings, you will need to have some knowledge of your network setup.
Note: The alternative profiles can be edited at any time, but any existing information in the selected profile will be overwritten
once the profile has been edited and saved.
1. Display the profile to be edited (see Viewing Existing Network Profiles above).
2. Enter a personalized Profile Name, instead of Audio Adapter.
3. Enter the Service Set ID (SSID) for your wireless LAN.
4. By default, the profile will use the Infrastructure network type (i.e. an Internet Access Point is available on the network).
Note: The Ad-hoc network type is not currently supported.
5. If you are using WEP encryption on the wireless network, click the WEP enabled checkbox and enter the appropriate
WEP key and the Key index.
6. If you are using a proxy server, check the Use Proxy Server checkbox. Enter the Proxy server as an IP address
(example 192.167.0.10) or as a name (example my.proxy). The Proxy port number must be a numeric value (usually port
80 or 8080).
7. To get a dynamic IP address automatically from a DHCP server for the SMCWAA-G, select the Use DHCP checkbox.
8. If the SMCWAA-G needs a fixed IP address, leave the Use DHCP checkbox unchecked and enter the IP Address for the
SMCWAA-G, as well as the Netmask (Subnet mask), and IP addresses for the Gateway, DNS Server 1 (i.e. preferred)
and DNS Server 2 (alternate - optional).
9. Click the Apply button to confirm the changes, or click the Refresh button to discard changes.
10. If you want to make this profile the active profile for the SMCWAA-G, click the Make Active button. Click the Close button
to return to the main window.
11. Click the Discover button to verify that the SMCWAA-G can still be found on the network after you have made these
changes. Note: This check is generally done automatically on saving changes.
V ERIFYING THAT A SMCWAA-G IS A VAILABLE ON THE N ETWORK
When you start the SMCWAA-G PC Utility, it performs an automatic discovery process to verify which SMCWAA-Gs are
available on the network. It is recommended that you perform this discovery process manually after editing any network
profiles, to ensure that your computer can still communicate with the SMCWAA-G.
To verify that a SMCWAA-G is available on the network, from the main utility window, click the Discover button. A list of
available SMCWAA-Gs will be displayed in the main window.
Uploading New Software to the SMCWAA-G
Check the SMC Website for new software versions. When new software becomes available, the Software Upload Wizard in
the utility will help you to install it on your SMCWAA-G.
1. Start the SMCWAA-G PC Utility (see Starting the SMCWAA-G PC Utility on page 17).
2. From the main SMCWAA-G PC Utility window, highlight the SMCWAA-G to be upgraded and click the Upload
Software... button.