Wireless Local Area Network Adapter WL-160W
(For 802.11n draft, 80211g & 80211b Networks) Quick Start Guide QE2920/ Nov. 2006 Quick Start Guide Installation Procedures Important: Install the WLAN Adapter utilities before inserting the WLAN Adapter into your computer. E n g l i s h Installing the WLAN utilities and driver Follow these instructions to install the WLAN Adapter utilities and driver. Insert the support CD into your optical drive. If autorun is enabled in your computer, the CD automatically displays the utility matically displays the utility menu. Click Install ASUS WLAN Adapter Utilities/Driver. If autorun is disabled, double-click SETUP.EXE in the root directory of the CD.
restart), you are asked to choose one utility
"Only use our WLAN utilities and disable Windows wireless function". Carefully insert the WLAN Adapter into your computers PCMCIA slot. Windows
installed in the previous steps. Reading the WLAN status indicators The device comes with two LEDs that indicate the status of the WLAN Adapter. ACT LED Blinking: speed indicates the link speed. OFF: Radio off or Adapter is disabled. LINK LED ON:
OFF: No wireless connection. Connected to wireless device. ACT LINK 2 ASUS WLAN Adapter Quick Start Guide One Touch Wizard
wireless LAN. h s i l g n E 1. Launch One Touch Wizard from Start menu and click Next to set up your wireless network. 2. Select an AP from the Available Networks then click Next. 3. Connection is complete. Click Next to setup the IP address for the WLAN Adapter. 4. Choose to obtain an IP address or to
complete, click Finish to exit the One Touch Wizard. Note: If the access point you want to connect has set up encryption
Select "Configure your wireless LAN settings" radio button in step 2 and make the settings accordingly. When the encryption settings are complete, you can launch the One Touch Wizard once again from the Start menu to set up the connection with your AP. ASUS WLAN Adapter 3 Quick Start Guide
E n g l i s h
and select Wireless Settings. 2. Check the ConfigSSID
3. Use Site Survey if you dont know the
at the access point. Ask your network
Click Apply 5. Check the Status association state. If connection is established, the box shows Connected -
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx. 6. Check the Connection tab to see the
OK to exit the utility. 4 ASUS WLAN Adapter Quick Start Guide
The WLAN adapter supports Ad Hoc mode which allows communication between wireless stations without an AP. h s i l g n E
and select Wireless Settings.
WLAN Card to connection mode. 3. Click the Survey button to scan for Ad Hoc nodes. Select the node you want to communicate with and press Connect.
Adapter are different from those of the other Ad Hoc nodes, you are prompted to make the encryption of the two nodes identical. Click Apply to activate the
5. Check the Status state. If connection is established, the box shows Connected - xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx. 6. Check the Connection tab to see the
OK to exit the utility. ASUS WLAN Adapter 5 Quick Start Guide E n g l i s h ASUS WLAN Control Center ASUS WLAN Control Center is an application which makes it easier to launch
Center starts automatically when system boots. When WLAN Control Center is
Starting the Control Center Select ASUS WLAN Control Center in Windows Start Double-click the ASUS WLAN Control Center icon on the desktop. Using the Control Center
menu, or Linked)
Wireless Status Icons (on the taskbar) Taskbar Icon and Status Excellent link quality and connected to Internet Good link quality and connected to Internet Fair link quality and connected to Internet Poor link quality and connected to Internet Not linked but connected to Internet Excellent link quality but not connected to Internet Good link quality but not connected to Internet Fair link quality but not connected to Internet Poor link quality but not connected to Internet Not linked and not connected to Internet 6 ASUS WLAN Adapter Quick Start Guide Taskbar icon - Right-click menu
Wireless Settings
Mobile Manager Site Monitor Launches the Site Monitor application. Preferences create a Control Center shortcut on the desktop and decide whether to start Control Center when system boots. About Control Center-Shows the version of Control Center. Exit h s i l g n E Taskbar icon - Left-click menu Left-click the taskbar icon to show the
Wireless Radio On Turns the wireless radio ON. Wireless Radio Off Turns the wireless radio OFF. Search & Connect View the properties of available access points. Taskbar Left-Click Menu Wireless Option XP only) Choose Windows Wireless
WLAN Adapter. Taskbar Icon - Launch Wireless Settings
ASUS WLAN Adapter 7 E n g l i s h Quick Start Guide ASUS Wireless Settings Utility
Starting Wireless Settings Open the Windows Control Panel, then double-click the ASUS WLAN Adapter Settings icon. or Click the Windows Start button, select Programs | ASUS Utility |
WLAN Adapter | Wireless Settings. or
Control Center icon on the Windows taskbar and select Wireless Settings. NOTE: If you have more than one ASUS WLAN device installed on your computer, you may see a device selection window when you launch the Wireless Settings utility. Select the device you want when such situation occurs. Status - Status
WLAN Adapter from the Status menu. The status fields are blank if the WLAN
Disable Radio button. Association State Displays the connection status as follows:
Connected - The adapter is now associated with one wireless LAN device.
network. 8 ASUS WLAN Adapter Quick Start Guide h s i l g n E Scanning... : point or Ad Hoc node. Disconnected - The WLAN Adapter is installed to the system, but not yet connected to a wireless device. SSID:
MAC address: Shows the hardware address of the WLAN Adapter. MAC
Current Channel: Displays the radio channel to which the adapter
channels. Current Data Rate:
router. Channel option will depend on the bandwidth that you select. Radio State: Shows the wireless radio status: ON or OFF. Radio On:
Radio Off-
Buttons Rescan Make the WLAN Adapter rescan all available devices. If the current
off a weak access point and search for a better link with another access point. This function usually takes several seconds. Change SSID Click this button to set the SSID to that of the AP you want to connect. Search & Connect Click this button to connect to an available wireless AP. ASUS WLAN Adapter 9 E n g l i s h Quick Start Guide
makes the Adapter automatically switch to
Status - Connection
the WLAN Adapter. These statistics are updated once per second and are valid if the WLAN Adapter is correctly installed. Frame Sent/Received Transmitted - The number of frames that were transmitted. Received - 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 - Shows the link quality of the access point or Ad Hoc node
Fair, and Poor. Overall Connection Quality
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host and WLAN Adapter information
IP address, subnet mask and default
Button IP Release - If you want to remove the current IP address, click this button to release the IP address from DHCP server. IP Renew - If you want to obtain a new IP address from DHCP server, click this button to renew the IP address. Ping your network. NOTE: The IP Release and IP Renew buttons can only be used on the
Status - Ping
tab allows you to verify the accessibility of other computers or network devices.
1. Type the IP address of the device you
ASUS WLAN Adapter 11 E n g l i s h Quick Start Guide
Network Type Infrastructure Infrastructure means to establish a connection with an access point. Once connected, the access point allows you to access wireless LAN and wired LAN
Auto if the connection is based on Infrastructure.
Ad Hoc means to communicate directly with other wireless clients
Network Name (SSID)
roam automatically to other APs. SSIDs must all be printable characters and
NOTE: Set the SSID to a null string, if you wish to allow your station to
Channel
automatically select the correct channel to communicate with a wireless device,
12 ASUS WLAN Adapter h s i l g n E Quick Start Guide Others Encryption Click this link to show the "Encryption" tab. Advanced Click this link to show the "Advanced" tab. In most cases, the
Troubleshooting
Click Advanced
you to set up additional parameters for the wireless adapter. We recommend
this window. RTS Threshold (0-2347)
Fragmentation Threshold (256-2346)
normal use. ASUS WLAN Adapter 13 E n g l i s h Quick Start Guide
privacy. The WEP uses keys to encrypt and decrypt data packets. The encryption process can scramble frame bits to avoid disclosure to others. The
overcome the weakness of the WEP protocol. Network Authentication Since there is no precise bound in wireless LANs, the WLAN users need to implement certain mechanism to provide security solution. The Authentication policies in this tab provide protection of different levels such as Open, WEP, WPA, and WPA2. Open - Select this option to make the network operate on Open System mode, which use no authentication
Shared - Select this option to make the network operate on Shared key mode.
WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK - Select this option to enable WPA Pre-Shared Key under Infrastructure mode. It enables communication between your client and
WPA/ WPA2
Service). In a RADIUS environment, various Extensible Authentication Protocol
14 ASUS WLAN Adapter h s i l g n E Quick Start Guide Data encryption
encryption type are Disabled and WEP. For WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2 and
Disabled - Disable the encryption function. WEP - WEP Key is used to encrypt your data before it is transmitted over air.
same WEP keys. TKIP
keys are determined. AES: simultaneously on multiple network layers. Wireless Network Key This option is enabled only if you select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK authentication
Wireless Network Key (WEP)
Key Format
Key Length
Two ways to assign WEP keys 1. Manual Assignment - When you select this option, the cursor appears
ASUS WLAN Adapter 15 E n g l i s h Quick Start Guide 2. Automatic Generation - Type a combination of up to 64 letters,
Select one as your Default Key
use any of the keys as the default on your WLAN Adapter. Click the Apply button after you have created the encryption keys, the
64/128bits versus 40/104bits
can interoperate in the wireless network. This lower level of WEP encryption
this lower level of encryption.
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Authentication Type The authentication type methods include:
PEAP: Authentication Protocol) authentication is a version of Extensible Authentication
authentication between a wireless client and a server that resides at the network operations center. TLS/Smart Card: Security) authentication is used to create an encrypted tunnel and achieve server-side authentication in a manner similar to Web server authentication
TTLS:
LEAP:
authentication between a wireless client and a server that resides at the network operations center. Md5-challenge:
but require a preset key. Survey - Site Survey Use the Site Survey tab to view statistics on the wireless networks available to the WLAN Adapter and their parameters. SSID: The SSID of the available Channel: The channel used by each networks. network. ASUS WLAN Adapter 17 Quick Start Guide E n g l i s h RSSI:
Encryption: Wireless network encryption information. All devices in the network should use the same encryption method to ensure the communication. BSSID:
NOTE: Some access points may disable SSID broadcast and hide themselves from Site Survey or Site Monitor, however, you can connect such AP if you know their SSID. Buttons Search To scan all available wireless networks and show the scan result in the Available Network list. Connect
About - Version Info
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. 18 ASUS WLAN Adapter Quick Start Guide Link State WLAN Adapter Link State icon appears on the left side of
h s i l g n E
Exit Wireless Settings
OK or Cancel. ASUS WLAN Adapter 19 E n g l i s h Quick Start Guide Windows XP Wireless Options The wireless options window shown below is only available for Windows XP.
Only use Windows wireless function Only use Windows XP Wireless
the WLAN Adapter. Only use our WLAN utilities and disable XP wireless function
Wireless Option. Taskbar Left-Click Menu
Wireless Zero
1. Double-click the wireless network icon on the task bar to view available networks.Select the AP and click Connect.
you for the key if you have set up encryption on your wireless router, input the keys and click Connect. The connection is complete. 20 ASUS WLAN Adapter Quick Start Guide
taskbar and select Open Network Connection connection icon and select Property to open the Wireless Network Connection
h s i l g n E 1. The General
2. Select Wireless Networks tab to show 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
icon identifies the currently connected access point. Click Properties to set the authentication of the wireless connection. 3. The Authentication
for more information. 4. The Advanced
for more information. ASUS WLAN Adapter 21 APPENDIX FCC Warning Statement 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 interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio 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 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 that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the users authority to operate the equipment. Prohibition of Co-location This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter Safety Information To maintain compliance with FCCs RF exposure guidelines, this equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 2.5cm between the radiator and your body. Use on the supplied antenna. Use on the supplied antenna. Unauthorized antenna, modification, or attachments could damage the transmitter and may violate FCC regulations. APPENDIX Declaration of Conformity for R&TTE directive 1999/5/EC Essential requirements Article 3 Protection requirements for health and safety Article 3.1a Testing for electric safety according to , EN50392 and EN 60950-1 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufficient. Protection requirements for electromagnetic compatibility Article 3.1b Testing for electromagnetic compatibility according to EN 301 489-1 and EN 301 489-17 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufficient. Effective use of the radio spectrum Article 3.2 Testing for radio test suites according to EN 300 328 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufficient. CE Mark Warning This is a Class B product, in a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.