Asus USB-AC51, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual USB N14 Dual band Wireless AC600 USB Adapter ...

Page 2: ...ICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT SPECIFICATI...

Page 3: ...e contents 4 System requirements 4 Status indicator 4 2 Installing the USB N14 driver 5 3 Connecting to a wireless network 7 Connecting to a wireless network using WPS 8 4 Troubleshooting 9 5 Glossary 10 Notices 20 ASUS Contact Information 24 ...

Page 4: ... UsingWi Fi Protected Setup forWindows OS only To enable Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS press theWPS button on the USB N14 Package contents Windows XP Vista 7 8 Mac OSX Linux 512MB system memory or larger USB 2 0 port Optical disk drive Status indicator Operating and storage environment 1 Operating temperature ambient temperature between 0 C 40 C 2 Storage temperature ambient temperature between 10 C 7...

Page 5: ...If the Autorun function is not enabled on your computer double click SETUP EXE from the root directory to run the Support CD 2 Installing the USB N14 driver 2 An InstallShieldWizard screen appears Click Next to continue Install the driver from the bundled Support CD before inserting the USB N14 into your computer 3 Click Install to install driver to default destination folder ...

Page 6: ...ws notification area and the LED indicator on USB N14 turns solid blue indicating that device drivers have successfully been installed 5 Connect the USB N14 to the USB port on your computer using the bundled USB cable Windows will automatically install the driver for the device ...

Page 7: ...er to a station or Access Point 2 Select an Access Point AP from the list and click Connect 1 Click the network connection icon in the Windows notification area to show the available wireless networks list 3 Connecting to a wireless network ...

Page 8: ... adapter to aWPS enabled AP using the WPS button Ensure that the AP you are trying to connect to supports the WPS feature 1 Enable the WPS function of the wireless AP 2 Press both the WPS buttons on the AP and USB N14 until the USB N14 connects to the wireless AP to establish a secure connection 3 If Security is enabled on the AP or station provide the required password or passkey Click OK ...

Page 9: ...e Check if the SSID of your WLAN adapter is the same as that of the Access Point you want to connect to Check if the Encryption settings of your WLAN adapter are the same as the Access Point you want to connect to MyWLAN adapter cannot connect to a station orWLAN adapter Check if NetworkType is set to Ad Hoc mode Check if the SSID of your WLAN adapter is the same as that of the station or the WLAN...

Page 10: ...y 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 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 space with other instances of medium use on ...

Page 11: ... 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 compliant products must support these...

Page 12: ...pping 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 a predefined algorithm to associa...

Page 13: ...teway 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 defined by the IEEE 802 3 standard Ethernet is normally a shared media LAN meaning all devices on the network segment share total bandwidth Ethernet networks operate at 10Mbps using CSMA CD to run over 10 BaseT cables Firewall A firewall determi...

Page 14: ...located 5 GHz UNII Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure band And unlike 802 11b the 802 11a standard departs from the traditional spread spectrum technology instead using a frequency division multiplexing scheme that s intended to be friendlier to office environments The 802 11a standard which supports data rates of up to 54 Mbps is the Fast Ethernet analog to 802 11b which supports data...

Page 15: ...IEEE created the 802 11b standard 802 11b is essentially identical to the 802 11 standard except 802 11b provides for data rates of up 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 sp...

Page 16: ... 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 the sharing of Internet access file...

Page 17: ...s 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 modems and wireless modems PPP Point to Point Protocol PPP is a protocol for communication between computers using a serial interface typically a personal computer connected by phone line to a server PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet Poi...

Page 18: ...f data to a process on another Software implementing TCP usually resides in the operating system and uses the IP to transmit information across the network WAN Wide Area Network A system of LANs connected together A network that connects computers located in separate areas i e different buildings cities countries The Internet is a wide area network WECA Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance An ...

Page 19: ...C 274845DC9E91 displaylang en Please note that this patch requires the installation Windows XP Service Pack 1 which is available here http www microsoft com WindowsXP pro downloads servicepacks sp1 default asp For earlier Windows Operating systems a WPA capable supplicant is required such as Funk Software s Odyssey Client WLAN Wireless Local Area Network This is a group of computers and other devi...

Page 20: ... frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular 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 ...

Page 21: ...ement Article 12 Without permission any company firm or user shall not alter the frequency increase the power or change the characteristics and functions of the original design of the certified lower power frequency electric machinery Article 14 The application of low power frequency electric machineries shall not affect the navigation safety nor interfere a legal communication if an interference ...

Page 22: ...uding interference that may cause undesired operation of the device ICWarning Statement Under Industry Canada regulations this radio transmitter may only operate using an antenna of a type and maximum or lesser gain approved for the transmitter by Industry Canada To reduce potential radio interference to other users the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropicall...

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