Asus WL-107, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Manual Wireless Local Area Network Card WL 107 For 802 11b Wireless Networks ...

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Page 4: ...Status Indicators 16 3 Software Reference 17 Chapter Overview 17 Windows XP Wireless Options 18 ASUS WLAN Control Center 19 Site Monitor 22 Wireless Settings Utility 24 Status Status Tab 25 Status Connection Tab 29 Status IP Config Tab 30 Config Basic Tab 31 Config Encryption Tab 33 Survey Site Survey Tab 36 About Version Info Tab 37 Link State 38 Exit Wireless Settings 38 Mobile Manager Utility 3...

Page 5: ... Federal Communications Commission 69 FCC Radio Frequency Interference Requirements 70 FCC RF Exposure Guidelines Access Points 70 FCC RF Exposure Guidelines Wireless Cards 71 Canadian Department of Communications 71 Operation Channel for Different Domains 71 France Restricted Frequency Band 72 ...

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

Page 7: ... application that helps you quickly setup multiple roaming nodes using theASUSWLAN Card You can even export the configuration settings to a file and import them to other computers for fast multiple installations using ASUS Mobile Manager WirelessLANsarecomplementaryextensionstoexistingwiredLANs offering complete mobility while maintaining continuous network connectivity to both corporate and home ...

Page 8: ...ASUS WLAN 802 11b CF Card WL 110 is a IEEE 802 11b wirelessLANadapterthat fits into a Compact Flash Type II slot in a Portable Digital Assistant PDA The ASUS 3 in 1 Pocket Access Point WL 330 createsawirelessnetwork using the IEEE 802 11b wireless standard The ASUS WLAN PC Card WL 103b 107 is a IEEE 802 11b wireless LAN adapter that fits into a standard PCMCIA Type II slot The ASUS WLAN Gateway WL...

Page 9: ... r e l e s s network using the IEEE 802 11g b wireless standards and allows sharing a single Internet connection The ASUS 3 in 1 Pocket Access Point WL 330g creates a wireless network using the IEEE 802 11g b wireless standards TheASUSUSBWireless LAN Adapter WL 160g creates a wireless network using the IEEE 802 11g b wireless standards and connects to any computer using USB2 0 connectivity TheASUS...

Page 10: ...ws you to diagnose and configure your wireless network settings Setup Wizard Sets up your home networking using easy to follow steps Control Center The Control Center integrates all the tools and displays real time status on the system tray Site Monitor The Site Monitor utility measures the signal to noise SNR valuesofavailablewirelessnetworks TroubleShooting The TroubleShooting utility provides a...

Page 11: ...cessor or higher Installation Procedures Linux users This manual is meant for Windows users Information pertaining to Linux is located in readme txt in the Linux folder Linux drivers are also located in the same folder Important Install the ASUS WLAN card utilities before inserting the ASUS WLAN Card into your computer Follow these two easy steps before using the ASUS WLAN card 1 Install the ASUS ...

Page 12: ... 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 ASUS WLAN utilities and driver Follow these instructions to install the ASUS WLAN card utilities and driver Insert the support CD and an autorun menu will appear If your autorun is...

Page 13: ...irst time during Windows restart you will be asked which function to use Select to use ASUS utilities for more functions Configuring the ASUS WLAN utility After installing the ASUS WLAN Card Utilities you will need to make some settings before being able to use your wireless connection Double click theASUS WLAN Control Center icon to start the utility 1 Right click the ASUS WLAN icon and se lect W...

Page 14: ...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 ...

Page 15: ... Connection 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 t...

Page 16: ...Indicators The part of the ASUS WLAN Card that protrudes out of the PCMCIA socket consists of two LEDs that indicate the status of the ASUS WLAN Card PWR Power LED OFF No power or error ON Power ON ACT Activity LED OFF No wireless activity Blink Transmitting or receiving wireless data PWR ACT ...

Page 17: ...icator RSSI values of all wireless networks This tool is used for determining the best placement of Access Points to provide the most efficient coverage in a wireless network Troubleshooting Troubleshooting will test your settings and connec tion to try to pinpoint your problem and give you a solution Wireless Settings Allows users to control the ASUS WLAN Card Additional Reference Windows XP Wire...

Page 18: ...o buttons to decide which interface to use with your ASUS WLAN Card Only use XPwireless function Only use Windows XP wireless network settings to configure the ASUS WLAN Card Only use ASUS utilities and disable XP wireless function Only use ASUS WLAN Card utilities to configure the ASUS WLAN Card recommended You can return to the Wireless Option setting at any time by left clicking the control cen...

Page 19: ...ntrol Center icon displayed on the Windows taskbar Starting the Control Center manually Select ASUS WLAN Control Center in Windows Start menu or Double click the ASUS WLAN Control Center icon on the desktop Using the Control Center Taskbar The Control Center Taskbar menu display the following information The link quality of the ASUS WLAN Card Excellent Good Fair Poor Not Linked Whether the ASUS WL...

Page 20: ...he taskbar Excellent link quality and connected to Internet Infrastructure Good link quality and connected to Internet Infrastructure Fair link quality and connected 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 co...

Page 21: ...ngs Double clicking the taskbar icon Launches the Wireless Settings 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 wireless network or the Internet In Soft AP mode your card transmits and receives signals to and from other WiFi devices in a wireless network Preferences Custo...

Page 22: ...onitor Click the Windows Start button select Programs ASUS Utility WLAN Card Site Monitor or Right click the Control Center icon on the Windows taskbar and then click Site Monitor Main Screen Measures the signal values of all available wireless networks Some Access Points can disable broadcasting SSID to hide them selves from Site Survey or Site Monitor for added security but still allow you to jo...

Page 23: ...al strength of the last received frame In principle the higher the RSSI the better your communications quality Throughput This sends a specified number of data packets to the remote host and calculates the average megabytes per second During the test the Start button toggles to Stop You can click Start button to begin the link test and click Stop button at any time to terminate the test ...

Page 24: ...sed 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 ASUS WLAN Card Settings icon or Click the Windows Start button select Programs ASUS Utility WLAN Card Wireless Settings or Right click the Control Center icon on the Windows taskbar select Wireless Settings Note If you have more than one ASUS ...

Page 25: ...ngs Status Status Tab You can view the information about theASUS WLAN Card from the general menu These fields are blank if the ASUS WLAN Card does not exist Connected Scanning Radio Disabled You can turn OFF the ASUS WLAN Card by clicking the Disable Radio button ...

Page 26: ...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 27: ...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 Profile Later when you make individual settings you may want to use profiles to save your settings Profiles will help you combine all your settings for...

Page 28: ...enabled by default and will automatically switch to stronger access points You can uncheck it if you have many access points and do not want to constantly switch to different networks If you want to use a particular profile You can also check it here Taskbar Right Click Cursor over Activate Configuration ...

Page 29: ...e 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 It...

Page 30: ... 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 ASUS 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 ASUS WLAN Card in case you want to obtain a new IP address NOTE The ...

Page 31: ...d 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 ASUS 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 h...

Page 32: ...ey have the same frequency channel setting The radio 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 ASUS WLAN Cards are Auto Th...

Page 33: ...s Data encryption WEP enabled ThisoptionallowsyoutoenableordisabletheWiredEquivalentPrivacy WEP function If this check box is selected a WEP Key is used to encrypt your data before it is transmitted over the air If you enable WEP encryption you will only be able to communicate with wireless devices that have use the same WEP keys WEP Key This option is enable only if you enable WEP Encryption The ...

Page 34: ...lgorithm to generate four WEP Keys for encryption NOTE This function ease users from having to remember their passwords and is compatible to some existing WLAN utilities but it is not very secure Manual Assignment is more secure Default Key The Default Key field lets you specify which of the four encryption keys you use to transmit data on your wireless LAN You can change the default key by clicki...

Page 35: ...his together makes 64 bits 40 24 Some vendors refer to this level of WEP as 40 bits and others refer to this as 64 bits ASUS WLAN products use the term 64 bits when referring to this lower level of encryption Second 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 26 Hex character as a secret ...

Page 36: ... channel used by each network RSSI Views the Received Signal Strength Indication RSSI in dB Type View wireless network status information the value is either AP infrastructure or STA Ad Hoc WEP View wireless network WEP encryption information the value is either OFF disable encryption or ON enable encryption Buttons Search Scan all available wireless networks and show the scan result in the Availa...

Page 37: ...ab to view program andASUS 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 38: ...rrent 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 39: ...bile Manager Quick Guide 1 The first time you launch the Mobile Manager utility it will automati cally generate configurations that stores the current settings of all in stalled network devices in your system 2 Change the name of the configuration to a descriptive name like Work Meeting Room or Home ADSL 3 On the File menu click New Configuration the New Configuration Wizard dialog appears Follow ...

Page 40: ...er It allows quick access tosomeofthemostusefulfeaturesofMobileManager Thecommandsprovided by the toolbar buttons are also available from the pull down menu File Menu New Configuration Select New Configuration in the File menu to open a New Configuration Wizard dialog Use the New Configu ration Wizard dialog to create a new configuration See Using New Configuration Wizard for details on this comma...

Page 41: ...equire a restart Edit Menu All these commands are also available from the context menu that appears when you right click with a configuration in the Mobile Manager window Edit Configuration Select Edit Configuration in the Edit menu to open an Edit Configuration dialog to edit selected configuration items See Using Edit Configuration for details on this command Rename Change the name of the select...

Page 42: ...bile Manager Help Menu Contents Displays the WinHelp contents window the one you are reading now for online Help About Mobile Manager Displays the version number and copy right information for Mobile Manager Click on the logo to connect to ASUS website ...

Page 43: ... one of the following On the File menu click New Configuration or Double click New Configuration on the Main window Then the New Configuration Wizard dialog starts 2 Choose the type of configuration that you want to create and click Next Wireless Local Area Network Configuration You must have an ASUS WLAN Card installed in your PC WiredLocalAreaNetworkConfiguration YoumusthaveaNIC LAN card other t...

Page 44: ...Dialup Configuration Sharing settings for Wireless Wired Dialup Configuration See Using Edit Configuration for detailed information on each 5 Enter the appropriate information in the wizard After specifying the appropriate information on each page click Next to continue 6 On the final window of the New Configuration Wizard you will see a Finish button If you do not want to use this new configurati...

Page 45: ...r example JohnDoe Workgroup Type an existing workgroup name or create a new workgroup by typing a new name that contains up to 15 characters Use it to identify your computer group that you belong to Computer Description This information is displayed as a comment next to the computer name when the computer is seen in Details view select from the Windows pull down menu Use it to describe your comput...

Page 46: ... station to connect to any Access Point it can find But you cannot use null string in Ad Hoc mode Channel The radio channel used for transmit receive data In infrastructure network your PC Card will automatically select the correct frequency channel required to communicate with an Access Point this parameter will be fixed in Auto and can t change it In anAd Hoc Network you can decide channel numbe...

Page 47: ...transmit data packets and decrypt received data packets You have two ways to assign WEP keys Automatic Generation Type a combination of up to 127 letters numbers or symbols in the Magic Word column then it will auto matically generate WEP Keys Manual Assignment Manual type WEP keys which valid values include numbers a f and A F Default Key Determines which entry in the default key table to use for...

Page 48: ...2000W Domain Enter the TCP IP domain name for your network The full domain name consists of one or more names that are separated by dots for example asus com DNS Server Search Order Specify the DNS Servers in the desired order to search for DNS information Domain Suffix Search Order Add any domain suffixes that may be valid attached to the end of Internet domain name WINS Specify the WINS server T...

Page 49: ...ify area code telephone number and country code for this connection Clear the Use area code and Dialing Properties checkbox if you want to ignore area code and dialing settings Server Type Type of Dial Up Server Select the server type for this connection Advanced options Select Log on to network checkbox to specify that Dial Up Networking will attempt to log on to the network you are connecting to...

Page 50: ...P address from a ppp server If the ppp server does not offer an IP address the IP address specified for TCP IP Dial Up Adapter in the Network dialog box is used Specify an IP address Provides a space for you to type the preferred IP address for this connection Dial Up Networking tries to use this address first Server assigned name server addresses Specifies whether Dial Up Networking accepts a DNS...

Page 51: ...er If you want to connect to a computer on your Intranet make sure you type its address in this box You can use wild cards to match domain and host names or addresses for example company com 192 72 111 Bypass proxy server for local addresses Specifies whether you want to use the proxy server for all local Intranet addresses You might be able to gain access to local addresses easier and faster if y...

Page 52: ...less LAN card s range Select the the wireless de vice you wish to connect A wire less 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 encr...

Page 53: ...o verify if the ASUS Wireless LAN card is connected to the device If connection is established the Association State field shows Connected XX XX XX XX XX XX 6 Click the Connection tab to dis play the connection strength and link quality between the ASUS Wireless LAN card and the wire less device ...

Page 54: ... 2 If you still cannot connect after completing the first instruction click the first box to reveal a second step Depending on the utility s detec tion of SSID broadcasts you will have two possible second instruction SSID broadcasts detected Check the SSID and WEP settings for your card SSID broadcasts not detected Configure your AP to allow Broadcast SSID to associate or Change your location by a...

Page 55: ... cannot connect after completing the second instruction click the second box to re veal a second step Depending on the utility s detection of SSID broadcasts you will have two possible sec ond instruction SSID broadcasts detected Consult your LAN administrator whether the MAC address of your Card is added in theAPs Authorization table SSID broadcasts not detected Change your settings and try again...

Page 56: ...u can close the TroubleShooting utility and begin using your wireless network Authorization MAC Address Settings Your MAC address is shown here Make sure it is included in the access point Authoriza tion Table if it is enabled Some Authorization Table has an option to exclude or prohibit certain MAC address from joining In this case make sure your MAC address is not among them ...

Page 57: ... signal 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 curr...

Page 58: ...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 59: ... a yellow exclamation mark or a yellow question mark in Device Manager in front of my ASUS WLAN Card To resolve the problem you should update reinstall theASUS WLAN Card driver In Device Manager right click ASUS 802 11b NetworkAdapter select Properties and select Driver tab Click on Update Driver button then follow the Update Device Driver Wizard to complete the driver installation In addition you...

Page 60: ...st set the same WEP Keys on both stations Bad link quality or bad signal strength Therearetwopossiblereasons Firstisradiointerference keeptheenvironment around the ASUS WLAN Card away from microwave ovens and large metal objects Then try to reorient the ASUS WLAN Card antenna Second is the distance decreasethedistancebetweenyourASUSWLANCardandtheAccess Point or station or another ASUS WLAN Card Th...

Page 61: ...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 62: ...wn as DHCP 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...

Page 63: ...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 64: ...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 65: ...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 66: ...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 67: ...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 68: ...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 69: ...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 70: ...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 71: ...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...

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