Asus WL-100GE, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Manual Wireless Local Area Network Card WL 100gE For 802 11g 802 11b Wireless Networks PWR AIR E2159 Jul 2005 ...

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Page 4: ...ne Touch Wizard existing LAN 13 Configuring the WLAN utility 14 Soft AP Windows XP Only 15 3 Software Reference 19 Chapter Overview 19 Windows XP Wireless Options 19 WLAN Control Center 20 Wireless Settings Utility 23 Status Status Tab 23 Status Connection 26 Status IP Config 27 Config Basic 28 Config Encryption 30 Status Advanced 33 Survey Site Survey 34 Ping 35 About Version Info Tab 36 Link Sta...

Page 5: ... Federal Communications Commission 52 FCC Radio Frequency Interference Requirements 53 FCC RF Exposure Guidelines Access Points 53 FCC RF Exposure Guidelines Wireless Cards 54 Canadian Department of Communications 54 Operation Channel for Different Domains 54 France Restricted Frequency Band 55 ...

Page 6: ...6 ASUS WLAN Card ...

Page 7: ...epending on the range and presence of obstructions The ASUS WLAN Card supports data rates up to 11 Mbps with automatic fallback to 5 5 2 and 1 Mbps in 802 11b networks It operates in the unlicensed 2 4 GHz frequencies called the Instrumentation Science and Medical ISM band Unlicensed means free of charge to users TheASUSWLAN Card configuration utility is a user friendly application that helps you ...

Page 8: ...ws XP 2000 ME 98SE Standard PCMCIA Slot Type II 32MB system memory or larger 300MHz processor or higher Installation Procedures Important Install the WLAN card utilities before inserting the WLAN Card into your computer Follow these two easy steps before using the WLAN card 1 Install the WLAN card utilities and driver from the support CD 2 Insert the WLAN card into your computer ...

Page 9: ...ll WLAN Card Utilities Driver 5 Click Next to place icons in the default pro gram folder or type another folder name 6 When Setup is complete click Finish to exit the installation wizard and restart Windows Installing the WLAN utilities and driver Follow these instructions to install the WLAN card utilities and driver Insert the support CD and an autorun menu will appear If your autorun is disable...

Page 10: ...estart you will be asked which function to use Select to use utilities for more func tions Orientating the Antenna The ASUS WLAN Card has two integrated antennas one external omnidirectional antenna and the other is a built in diversity antenna It is recommended that you adjust the external antenna straight up for maximum range and higher link quality Lower the external antenna when transporting y...

Page 11: ... Indicators The part of the WLAN Card that protrudes out of the PCMCIAsocket consists of two LEDs that indicate the status of the WLAN Card Power LED OFF No power or error ON Power ON Air LED OFF No wireless activity Blink Transmitting or receiving wireless data PWR AIR Air LED Power LED ...

Page 12: ...Finish to exit the wizard or click Next to continue with more advanced features 1 Select Create a new and click Next to use the simplest configuration or select an other option first 2 Enter the SSID name of the access point that you wish to connect to Select Data encryp tion if secured connections are enabled 6 Setup is complete You can review your set tings here 5 Select your Internet connection...

Page 13: ... Wizard existing LAN Use the One Touch Wizard to setup your wireless connection 3 Setup is complete Click Finish to exit the wizard 1 Select Connect to and click Next to use the simplest configuration or select another option first 2 Select an AP from the available networks ...

Page 14: ...n the Connection page Click OK to exit the utility 5 Check the Status page to see the Asso ciation State It should show Connected xx xx xx xx xx xx 3 Use Site Survey if you don t know the name of your access point s 4 Encryption settings must also match those set in the access point Ask your network administrator about settings if necessary Click Apply to save your settings 1 Right click the WLAN ...

Page 15: ...ion Sharing 2 Drag and drop a wired network connection next to the globe icon 4 You can easily switch between SoftAP and Station mode by right clicking the taskbar icon and selecting A S Change Mode ICS is used to share this computer s Internet connection with the rest of the computers on your network When this computer is connected to the Internet communication to and from the Inter net to all th...

Page 16: ...ovide network security or improve performance by eliminating broadcast multicast packets from the radio network The Access Control List ACL contains MAC addresses for wireless clients allowed to associate with the AP This provides security by preventing unauthorized access TheAPalso uses a disallowed address list of destinations This feature prevents theAPfrom communicating with specified destinat...

Page 17: ...tionTableshowsclients that are currently connected to the Soft AP The Event Log tracks messages associated with the Soft AP IMPORTANT If the end points of a chain are connected to each other a loop is created Normally it is advised to avoid loops involv ing bridges as it can lead to performance breakdowns and broad cast and multicast storms Soft AP Windows XP Only Cont ...

Page 18: ...18 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 2 Installation Chapter 2 Quick Start ...

Page 19: ... Only use utilities and disable XP wireless function Only use WLAN Card utilities to configure the WLAN Card recommended You can return to the Wireless Option setting at any time by left clicking the control center icon and choosing Wireless Option Taskbar Left Click Menu 3 Software Reference Chapter Overview The WLAN Card software includes several utilities WLAN Control Center Makes it easy to la...

Page 20: ...r icon displayed on the Windows taskbar Starting the Control Center manually Select WLAN Control Center in Windows Start menu or Double click the WLAN Control Center icon on the desk top Using the Control Center Taskbar The Control Center Taskbar menu display the following information The link quality of the WLAN Card Excellent Good Fair Poor Not Linked Whether the WLAN Card is connected to the In...

Page 21: ...ed to Internet Infrastructure Poor link quality and connected to Internet Infrastructure Not linked but connected to Internet Infrastructure Excellent link quality but not connected to Internet Infrastructure Good link quality but not connected to Internet Infrastructure Fair link quality but not connected to Internet Infrastructure Poor link quality but not connected to Internet Infrastructure No...

Page 22: ...g menu items Wireless Settings Launches Wireless Settings application Activate Configuration Allows you to set which profile to use Mobile Manager Launches Mobile Manager application Site Monitor Launches the Site Monitor application Change Mode Windows XP Only Configures your card in Station STA or Soft Access Point Soft AP mode In STA mode your card connects to an access point to access a wirele...

Page 23: ...ional status of your PC Card Once Wireless Settings is launched youcanseethetabbedpropertysheet Thispropertysheetiscomposed of tabbed pages each with its own group of feature specific settings Starting Wireless Settings Open the Windows Control Panel and then double click the WLAN Card Settings icon or Click the Windows Start button select Programs ASUS Utility WLAN Card Wireless Settings or Right...

Page 24: ...and associate with the desired Access Point or Ad Hoc node Disconnected The link is connected but no beacon received SSID Displays the Service Set Identifier SSID that the card is either associated or intending to join MAC address Indicates the hardware address of the card MAC address is a unique identifier fornetworkingdevices typicallywrittenastwelvehexadecimaldigits0through 9 and A through F si...

Page 25: ...erty page Rescan Force the radio to rescan all available channels If your link quality or signal strength is poor rescanning can be used to push the radio off a weak Access Point and search for a better link with another Access Point This function will take some time to complete Change SSID Click on this to set the SSID Search Connect Click on this to connect to an available network Save as Profil...

Page 26: ... The number of frames that were received Frame Error Transmitted The number of frames that were not successfully transmitted Received The number of frames that were not successfully received Connection Quality Signal Strength Reflects the signal level related to the Access Point or Ad Hoc node the station is currently connected to Ratings are Excellent Good Fair and Poor Overall Connection Quality...

Page 27: ...the IP address subnet mask default gateway and Windows Internet Naming Service WINS and DNS configuration Button IP Release Clicking this button will attempt to release the DHCP IP address for the WLAN Card in case you wish to remove your IP address IP Renew Clicking this button will attempt to renew the DHCP IP address for the WLAN Card in case you want to obtain a new IP address NOTE The IP Rele...

Page 28: ... easily without pre planning For example share meeting notes between networked computers in a meeting room Network Name SSID Use the SSID field to configure the SSID for the WLAN Card You can enter a new SSID or select one from the drop down list box SSID stands for Service Set Identifier which is a string used to identify a wireless LAN You will only be able to connect Access Points which has the...

Page 29: ...dio channels you may use depend on the regulations in your country For United States FCC and Canada IC channels 1 to 11 are supported For Europe ETSI channels 1 to 13 are supported For operation in Japan MKK channels 1 to 14 are supported Data Rate Select the transmit data rate fix or auto The data rates supported for the WLAN Cards are Auto The adapter will adjust to the most suitable transmissio...

Page 30: ...eakness of the WEP protocol Network Authentication BecausethereisnopreciseboundinwirelessLANs itneedstobeimplemented in another mechanism to provide higher level of security That is where Authentication services come in If a mutual authentication relationship has not been established between stations andAccess Point an association cannot be established Open Select this option allows the network to...

Page 31: ...anced Encryption Standard encryption Disabled Disable the encryption function WEP A WEP Key is used to encrypt your data before it is transmitted over the air You will only be able to communicate with wireless devices that have use the same WEP keys TKIP TKIP uses an encryption algorithm methods which is more stringent than the WEP algorithm and also uses existing WLAN calculation facilities to pe...

Page 32: ...ation of up to 64 letters num bers or symbols in the Passphrase column then the Wireless Settings Utility uses an algorithm to generate four WEP Keys for encryption NOTE This function ease users from having to remember their pass words and is compatible to some existing WLAN utilities but it is not very secure Manual Assignment is more secure Select one as your Default Key The Default Key field le...

Page 33: ...ot under user control This together makes 64 bits 40 24 Some vendors refer to this level ofWEPas 40 bits and others refer to this as 64 bits Our Wireless LAN products use the term 64 bits when referring to this lower level of encryption Secondly 104 bit WEP and 128 bit WEP are the same encryption method and can interoperate in the wireless network This higher level of WEP encryption uses a 104 bit...

Page 34: ...ompleted Enable RTS CTS by setting a specific packet size threshold The default value 2347 is recommended Fragmentation Threshold 256 2346 Fragmentation is used to divide 802 11 frames into smaller pieces fragments that are sent separately to the destination Enable fragmentation by setting a specific packet size threshold If there is an excessive number of collisions on the WLAN experiment with di...

Page 35: ...ain to when the STA is creating their own IBSS network 802 11b only support both 802 11b adapters All of these modes only pertain to when the STA is creating their own IBSS network The default ad hoc mode is 802 11b only 54g Protection Extended Rate PHY ERP protection mechanism of 802 11g definition Auto Automatically change as AP announcement Enabled Always send frame with protection Disabled Alw...

Page 36: ...n is helpful in determining which net work to associate to The value is then normalized to a dBm value Encryption View wireless network encryption information All devices in the network should use the same encryption method to ensure the com munication BSSID View the media access control MAC address of theAccess Point or the Basic Service Set ID of the Ad Hoc node Buttons Search Scan all available...

Page 37: ...ing session by assigning the size and count of packet to send and the time limit for a ping session to continue in milliseconds 3 Click the Ping button During the ping session the Ping button toggles into a Stop button Click Stop anytime to cancel the ping session The session field displays information on the verified connection including the roundtrip time minimum maximum and average and packets ...

Page 38: ... tab to view program and WLAN Card version information The program version information field includes the Copyright and utility version The version information includes the NDIS version driver name and driver version This screen is an example only Your version numbers will be different from what are shown here ...

Page 39: ... signal status Exit Wireless Settings To exit Wireless Settings you can click OK or Cancel This utility may be closed at any time and from any tab If you did not save the configuration settings you will be prompted to do so Excellent Link Quality Infrastructure Good Link Quality Infrastructure Fair Link Quality Infrastructure Poor Link Quality Infrastructure Not linked Infrastructure ...

Page 40: ...less LAN card s range Select the wireless device you wish to connect Awireless device is indicated by this icon 3 Click the Config button to con figure the device settings Set the Network type to Ad Hoc then enter the Network Name SSID and Channel of wireless device you wish to connect Click Ap ply when done 4 Click the Encryption tab if your selected wireless device has an enabled WEP encryption ...

Page 41: ...n to verify if the Wireless LAN card is con nected to the device If connec tion is established the Associa tion State field shows Con nected XX XX XX XX XX XX 6 Click the Connection tab to dis play the connection strength and link quality between the Wireless LAN card and the wireless de vice ...

Page 42: ...gnal strength Signal strength is represented by green bars with 5 bars meaning excellent signal and 1 bar meaning poor signal 4 The Wireless Networks page will show Available networks and Preferred networks Use the Add button to add the SSID of available networks and set the connection preference order with the Move up and Move down buttons The radio tower with a signal icon identifies the current...

Page 43: ...ireless Properties 5 The Authentication pageallowsyoutoadd security settings Read Windows help for more information 6 The Advanced page allows you to set fire wall and sharing Read Windows help for more information Windows XP Wireless Properties Cont ...

Page 44: ...ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 44 ...

Page 45: ... an icon of an expansion card There should not be a or problem or x disabled symbol over this icon There is a yellow exclamation mark or a yellow question mark in Device Manager in front of my WLAN Card To resolve the problem you should update reinstall the WLAN Card driver In Device Manager right click 802 11g Network Adapter select Properties and select Driver tab Click on Update Driver button t...

Page 46: ...the same WEP Keys on both stations Bad link quality or bad signal strength Therearetwopossiblereasons Firstisradiointerference keeptheenvironment around the WLAN Card away from microwave ovens and large metal objects Then try to reorient the WLAN Card antenna Second is the distance decrease the distance between your WLAN Card and the Access Point or station or another WLAN Card The TCP IP protocol...

Page 47: ...tances of the same physical layer with an acceptably low frame error ratio due to mutual interference Client A client is the desktop or mobile PC that is connected to your network COFDM for 802 11a or 802 11g Signal power alone is not enough to maintain 802 11b like distances in an 802 11a g environment To compensate a new physical layer encoding technology was designed that departs from the tradi...

Page 48: ...CP client ID or network name Sometimes provided by an ISP when using DHCP to assign addresses DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol This protocol allows a computer or many computers on your network to be automatically assigned a single IP address from a DHCP server DNS Server Address Domain Name System DNS allows Internet host computers to have a domain name and one or more IP addresses ADNSser...

Page 49: ...ice since coverage area decreases as bandwidth increases Encryption This provides wireless data transmissions with a level of security This option allows youtospecifya64 bitora128 bitWEPkey A64 bitencryptioncontains10hexadecimal digits or 5ASCII characters A128 bit encryption contains 26 hexadecimal digits or 13 ASCII characters 64 bit and 40 bit WEP keys use the same encryption method and can int...

Page 50: ...and Infrared 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 4 GHz ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical band using direct sequence spread spectrum technology The 802 11a standard on the other hand was designed to operate in the...

Page 51: ...Mbps In 1999 the 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 11 Mbps for direct sequence spread spectrum devices Under 802 11b direct sequence devices can operate at 11 Mbps 5 5 Mbps 2 Mbps or 1 Mbps This provides interoperability with existing 802 11 direct sequence devices that operate only at 2 Mbps Di...

Page 52: ...ss files and equipment like printers and storage devices Special network cabling 10 Base T is often used to connect the PCs together MAC Address Media Access Control A MAC address is the hardware address of a device connected to a network NAT Network Address Translation NATmasks a local network s group of IPaddresses from the external network allowing a local network of computers to share a single...

Page 53: ...t preamble mode is Long Radio Frequency RF Terms GHz MHz Hz The international unit for measuring frequency is Hertz Hz equivalent to the older unit of cycles per second One megahertz MHz is one million Hertz One gigahertz GHz is one billion Hertz The standard US electrical power frequency is 60 Hz the AM broadcast radio frequency band is 0 55 1 6 MHz the FM broadcast radio frequency band is 88 108...

Page 54: ...ompasses TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol along with MIC Message Integrity Check and other fixes to WEP such as Weak IV Initialization Vector filtering and Random IV generation TKIPuses 802 1x to deploy and change temporary keys as opposed to static WEP keys once used in the past It is a significant improvement over WEP WPA is part of a complete security solution WPA also requires authenticati...

Page 55: ...uipment 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 a circuit different from t...

Page 56: ...equirements as set forth in CFR 47 Sections 2 1091 2 1093 and15 247 b 4 addressingRFExposurefromradiofrequency devices The radiation output power of this Wireless LAN device is far below the FCC radio frequency exposure limits Nevertheless this device shall be used in such a manner that the potential for human contact during normal operation as a mobile or portable device but use in a body worn wa...

Page 57: ...antenna is positioned less than 2 5cm from the user it is recommended that the user limit the exposure time Canadian Department of Communications This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian IC...

Page 58: ...GHz band Maximum authorized power indoors is 100mW Maximum authorized power outdoors is 10mW Departments in which the use of the 2400 2483 5 MHz band is permitted with an EIRP of less than 100mW indoors and less than 10mW outdoors 01 Ain Orientales 36 Indre 66 Pyrénées 02 Aisne 37 Indre et Loire 67 Bas Rhin 03 Allier 41 Loir et Cher 68 Haut Rhin 05 Hautes Alpes 42 Loire 70 Haute Saône 08 Ardennes ...