Asus PCE-N53, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual E7147 March 2012 PCE N53 Wireless Dual band PCI E Card For 802 11 a b g n Wireless Networks ...

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Page 4: ... REACH 4 1 Introduction 8 1 1Package contents 8 1 2System requirements 8 1 3Hardware 8 2 Installing the PCE N53 driver and utilities 9 3 Configuring PCE N53 using ASUS utility 10 3 1Connecting to a wireless network manually 10 3 2Connecting to a wireless network using WPS 11 3 3Soft AP mode Windows XP Vista 7 13 4 Software information 15 4 1ASUS WLAN Control Center 15 4 2ASUS Wireless Dual band Ca...

Page 5: ...ar installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on ...

Page 6: ...te with the antenna types listed below with the maximum permissible gain and required antenna impedance for each antenna type indicated Antenna types not included in this list having a gain greater than the maximum gain indicated for that type are strictly prohibited for use with this device This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est co...

Page 7: ... you to be able to responsibly recycle our products batteries other components as well as the packaging materials Please go to http csr asus com english Takeback htm for the detailed recycling information in different regions REACH Complying with the REACH Registration Evaluation Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals regulatory framework we published the chemical substances in our products at...

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Page 9: ...ng specifications FCC Part 15 Subpart B Unintentional Radiators FCC Part 15 Subpart C Intentional Radiators FCC Part 15 Subpart E Intentional Radiators 6XSSOHPHQWDU QIRUPDWLRQ This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including inter...

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Page 11: ...damaged or missing contact your retailer immediately 1 3 Hardware Status indicator LED Status Description Link On The WLAN card has connected to a wireless network successfully Off The WLAN card is disabled Blinking Fast blinking for 2 4G Slow blinking for 5G Tx Rx Blinking Data is being transmitted or received On WPS function is enabled Off No wireless activity Enabling the WPS for Windows OS onl...

Page 12: ...Support CD 2 Installing the PCE N53 driver and utilities 2 From the Autorun screen select your language and click Install Utilities Driver 3 An InstallShield Wizard screen appears Click Next to continue IMPORTANT Install the ASUS PCE N53 WLAN Card into your computer before installing the driver and utilities from the bundled Support CD 4 Click Install to start the installation 6 After your compute...

Page 13: ... available network list and then click Connect 1 Right click the ASUS Wireless Dual band Card Setting Utility icon in the Windows system tray then select Wireless Setting 3 Configuring PCE N53 using ASUS utility Setup is completed The Status page displays information such as the association state current data rate and radio state 3 If Security is enabled on the AP or station do the same security s...

Page 14: ...a WPS enabled AP or station using the WPS push button IMPORTANT Ensure that the AP or station you are trying to connect to supports the WPS function 2 Select Use the WPS button then click Next 3 Press the WPS button on the AP or station to establish a wireless connection The picture indicates that WPS is scanning for the network 4 Click Finish The picture indicates that your WLAN card has connecte...

Page 15: ...ard 3 Click Finish The picture indicates that your WLAN card has connected to the network successfully 1 Select Use PIN code 2 Key in 8 digital PIN code from network AP s web user interface click Next To connect PCE N53 to a WPS enabled AP or station using the PIN code ...

Page 16: ...lick AP to switch to the Soft AP mode 3 3 Soft AP mode Windows XP Vista 7 The ASUS PCE N53 WLAN Card supports the Soft AP mode In this mode the WLAN card acts as a virtual AP The picture indicates that your WLAN card has switched to the Soft AP mode successfully The ASUS Wireless Dual band Card Setting Utility icon in the system tray switches to the ASUS Wireless Access Point Utility icon IMPORTAN...

Page 17: ...wed to associate with the WLAN card To prevent a wireless client from associating with the WLAN card 1 Select Reject from the Access Control Policy dropdown list 2 Key in its MAC address in the Access Control Policy field 3 Click Add MAC The wireless clients on the Reject list are not allowed to associate with the WLAN card In the Soft AP mode you can select the frequency of 2 4GHz or 5GHz through...

Page 18: ...tility ASUS Wireless Dual band Card Setting Utility provides you with an easy interface to set up wireless connections This section explains the buttons fields and configuration options on the user interface ASUS Wireless Dual band Card Setting Utility system tray icon Right click the ASUS Wireless Dual band Card Setting Utility system tray icon to display the following options Wireless Settings L...

Page 19: ...us SSID Displays the name of the wireless network that the WLAN card is connecting to MAC Address Indicates the hardware address of the WLAN card A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to networking devices It consists of six groups of two hexadecimal digits 0 through 9 and A through F separated by colons e g 00 E0 18 F0 05 C0 Channel Displays the channel of the wireless network Current Dat...

Page 20: ...nd You cannot use a null string in the Ad Hoc mode Channel Select a radio channel for your WLAN card In the Infrastructure mode your WLAN card automatically selects the correct channel required to communicate with an AP and this field shows Auto In the Ad Hoc mode you are allowed to select a channel for your WLAN Card WLAN cards in the same network can communicate with each other if they have the ...

Page 21: ...Open System mode that disables authentication protection for the network or use the WEP encryption for the network Shared Sets the network operating in the Shared Key mode that uses the WEP encryption for your network WPA PSK WPA2 PSK Use the WPA Pre Shared Key WPA2 Pre Shared Key in the Infrastructure mode for authentication Data Encryption In the Open and Shared authentication modes options are ...

Page 22: ...dpageisintendedforexperienced users to set up additional parameters for the WLAN card We recommend that you keep the default values RTS Threshold 0 2347 The Request to Send Clear to Send RTS CTS function is used to minimize collisions among wireless stations When RTS CTS is enabled the router refrains from sending a data frame until another RTS CTS handshake is completed Enable RTS CTS by setting ...

Page 23: ...1 Left click the ASUS WLAN Control Center system tray icon then click Exit ASUS WLAN Control Center will be switched off Click Windows Wireless to use it To connect your PCE N53 to a wireless network using Windows WZC service 5 Configuring PCE N53 using Windows WZC service ...

Page 24: ...rk Type is set to the Infrastructure mode Check if the SSID of your WLAN card is the same as that of the access point you want to connect to Check if the Encryption settings of your WLAN card are the same as those of the access point you want to connect to My WLAN card cannot connect to a station or WLAN card Check if Network Type is set to the Ad Hoc mode Check if the SSID of your WLAN card is th...

Page 25: ...urs when your PC already has six TCP IP bindings in Windows 98 or ten bindings in Windows Me These limits are imposed by the Microsoft operating system Solution If your computer already has the maximum number of TCP IP bindings remove one of the network adapters from the Network configuration before installing the WLAN Card driver ...

Page 26: ... option allows you to specify the data transmission rate Basic Service Area BSS A set of stations controlled by a single coordination function Broadband A type of data transmission in which a single medium such as cable carries several channels of data at once Channel An instance of medium use for the purpose of passing protocol data units that may be used simultaneously in the same volume of spac...

Page 27: ...t keying is used to encode 125Kbps of data per channel resulting in a 6 000Kbps or 6Mbps data rate Using quadrature phase shift keying you can double the amount of data encoded to 250Kbps per channel yielding a 12Mbps data rate And by using 16 level quadrature amplitude modulation encoding 4bits per hertz you can achieve a data rate of 24Mbps The 802 11a g standard specifies that all 802 11a g com...

Page 28: ...form the chipping sequence The chipping sequence is combined with a transmitted data stream to produce the output signal Wireless mobile clients receiving a direct sequence transmission use the spreading code to map the chips within the chipping sequence back into bits to recreate the original data transmitted by the wireless device Intercepting and decoding a direct sequence transmission requires...

Page 29: ...ce Set ESS A set of one or more interconnected basic service set BSSs and integrated local area networks LANs can be configured as an Extended Service Set ESSID Extended Service Set Identifier You must have the same ESSID entered into the gateway and each of its wireless clients The ESSID is a unique identifier for your wireless network Ethernet The most widely used LAN access method which is defi...

Page 30: ...nfrared 802 11 specifies a carrier sense media access control and physical layer specifications for 1 and 2 Mbps wireless LANs IEEE 802 11a 54Mbits sec Compared with 802 11b The 802 11b standard was designed to operate in the 2 4GHz ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical band using direct sequence spreadspectrum technology The 802 11a standard on the other hand was designed to operate in the more r...

Page 31: ...to 11Mbps for direct sequence spread spectrum devices Under 802 11b direct sequence devices can operate at 11Mbps 5 5Mbps 2Mbps or 1Mbps This provides interoperability with existing 802 11 direct sequence devices that operate only at 2Mbps Direct sequence spread spectrum devices spread a radio signal over a range of frequencies The IEEE 802 11b specification allocates the 2 4GHz frequency band int...

Page 32: ...r wireless LANs The ISM bands are located at 902MHz 2 400GHz and 5 7GHz ISP Internet Service Provider An organization that provides access to the Internet Small ISPs provide service via modem and ISDN while the larger ones also offer private line hookups T1 fractional T1 etc LAN Local Area Network A communications network that serves users within a defined geographical area The benefits include th...

Page 33: ... Card International Association PCMCIA develops standards for PC cards formerly known as PCMCIA cards These cards are available in three types and are about the same length and width as credit cards However the different width of the cards ranges in thickness from 3 3 mm Type I to 5 0 mm Type II to 10 5 mm Type III These cards can be used for various functions including memory storage land line mo...

Page 34: ...hides the SSID to prevent other wireless devices from recognizing and connecting to the device Station Any device containing IEEE 802 11 wireless medium access conformity Subnet Mask A subnet mask is a set of four numbers configured like an IP address It is used to create IP address numbers used only within a particular network TCP Transmission Control Protocol The standard transport level protoco...

Page 35: ...cation servers in enterprise security solutions Requirements 1 A WPA compatible Access Point or Wireless router 2 Operating system updates that support WPA In XP an updated Windows Zero Config service is needed Users can download the Windows XP WPA patch here http microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyId 009D8425 CE2B 47A4 ABEC 274845DC9E91 displaylang en Please note that this patch requires ...