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    User Manual Wireless Local Area Network Adapter WL-160W ( For 802.1 1n draft, 802.1 1g & 802.1 1b Networks ) ® E2920/ Nov . 2006[...]

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    2 ASUS WLAN Adapter No part of thi s manual , includ ing the pro ducts and softwa re descr ibed in it, may be reprodu ced, tra nsmit ted, tran scribe d, stored in a retrieval syst em, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the expres s wri tten permi ssion[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 3 ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. Company address: 15 Li-T e Road, Beitou, T aipei 11259 General (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 W eb site address: www .asus.com.tw General (fax): +886-2-2894-7798 General email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical support General support (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 Online support: http://support.asus.com ASUS COMPUTER INTERNA[...]

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    4 ASUS WLAN Adapter 1. Introduction ..............................................................................5 Package contents ..................................................................................5 Features .................................................................................................5 2. Installation .........[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 5 Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction Package contents Check the following items in your ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter package. Contact your retailer if any item is damaged or missing. 1 x ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter (WL-160W) 1 x Support CD 1 x Quick Start Guide 1 x USB Cradle Features USB 2.0, 802.1 1n Draft Specication[...]

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    Chapter 2 6 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 2 - Installation Installation 2 . I ns t a l la t i o n System Requirements T o begin using the WLAN Adapter , you must meet the following minimum re qu ir em en t s : • W in do ws X P/ 2 0 0 0 • US B 2. 0 fo r p e r s o n a l c o m p u t e r o r n o t e b o o k c o m p u t e r • 1 28 MB s ys te m m e m o[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 7 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation 7. Carefully insert the WLAN Adapter into your computer’s USB slot. Windows will a ut o ma t ic a ll y d e te c t a nd c on f ig u re t he W L A N A d a p t e r u s i n g t h e u t i l i t i e s a n d drivers installed in the previous steps. 8. Windows XP users: When the program [...]

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    Chapter 2 8 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 2 - Installation Installation O n e T o u c h W i z ar d Use One T ouc h Wizard to setup your wirel ess conn ecti on with an existin g wi re le ss L A N . 1. L a u n c h O n e T o u c h W i z a r d f r o m S t a r t menu and click Next t o s e t u p y o u r wireless network. 2. Select an AP from the Available N[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 9 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation Co ngu rin g wit h the WLA N util ity (In fra st ruc tu re) Us e A SU S W L A N u t i l i t y t o g e t c o n n e c t e d w i t h a n e x i s t i n g w i r e l e s s n e t w o r k . 6. C h e c k t h e Connection t a b t o s e e t h e sign al stre ngth. Clic k OK to exit the util[...]

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    Chapter 2 10 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 2 - Installation Installation Conguring with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc) The WLAN Adapter supports Ad Hoc mode which allows communication b et we en w ir e l e s s s t a t i o n s w i t h o u t a n AP . 2. Cl i c k th e Co n  g bu t to n a nd se t th e WL AN A da pt e r to Ad H o c co n ne ct i on m o de .[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 1 1 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Using the Control Center The Control Center taskbar icon displays the following information: • Link quali ty of the WLAN Adapte r (Excelle nt, Good, Fair , Poor , Not Li nk ed ) • Whether the WLAN Adapter is connected to a network (Blue: C on ne ct ed , G r[...]

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    12 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e T askbar icon - Left-click menu L ef t- cl ic k t he ta sk b a r i co n t o s ho w t he f ol lo w i n g me nu i te ms : • W i re l e ss R ad i o O n – C l ic k t o t ur n the wireless radio ON. • W ir e le s s R ad i o O ff – C li c k t o t ur n the wire[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 13 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Status - Status Y ou ca n v ie w t he i nf or m a t i o n a bo u t t he W LA N A d a p t e r f r o m t h e S t a t u s m e n u . Th e st at us  e l d s a re b la nk i f th e W L A N Ad apte r is not in st alle d. Y o u can tu rn of f th e WLA N Ada pt er by c[...]

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    14 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Sc an ni ng .. . : T h e s ta ti on i s t ry in g to a ut he nt ic a t e a n d a ss oc ia te w i t h a n ac ce ss p oi nt o r Ad H oc n od e . Disconnected: The WLAN Adapter is installed to the system, but not yet c on ne ct ed t o a w i r e l e s s d e v i c e [...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 15 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Save Conguration When you make settings for a certain working environment, you m ay ne ed to sa ve yo u r s et t i n g s t o a p ro l e so th a t y o u c a n ea si ly sw it c h to th e se tt i n g s wi th ou t re p e a t i n g th e configurations. For exam[...]

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    16 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Status - IP Cong IP Config tab shows all the current host and WLAN Adapter information including host name, DNS servers, IP address , subnet mask and defaul t g a te wa y . Button IP R el e a s e - I f yo u w a n t to re m o v e th e c ur re nt IP ad d r e s [...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 17 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Cong - Basic Th is p a g e en ab l e s yo u to ch an ge th e W LA N A da p t e r c o n  g u r a t i o n s . Network T ype In fr ast ru ct ur e – Inf ra str uc tu re m ea ns t o e st a b l is h a c o nn e c t io n w i t h a n a c c e ss point. Once connec[...]

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    18 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Others En cr yp ti on – C l i c k t h i s l i n k t o s h o w t h e " E n c r y p t i o n " t a b . Ad van ce d – Cl ick th is lin k to sh ow the "A dva nc ed " ta b. In mos t ca se s, th e d ef au lt v al u e s d o n o t h a v e t o b e [...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 19 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Network Authentication S i n c e t h e r e i s n o p r e c i s e b o u n d i n w ir el es s LA Ns , th e WL AN us er s ne ed to implement certain mechanism to provide security solution. The Authentication policies in this tab provide protection of different leve[...]

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    20 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Data encryption For Open and Shared authentication mode, the configuration options of encry ption typ e are Dis abled and WE P . F or WP A, WP A-PSK , WP A2 and WP A2-PSK authentication mode, T emporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) e n cr yp ti on a nd A dv an c[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 21 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e 2 . Automatic Generation - T ype a combination of up to 64 letters, nu mb er s, or sy mb o l s in th e Pa ss p h r a s e bo x , th e Wi re l e s s Se tt i n g s Ut il i t y au to ma ti ca l l y u s e s a n a l g o r i t h m t o g e n e r a t e f o u r W E P K ey[...]

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    22 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Survey - Site Survey Us e t he Si te Su rv ey ta b t o vi ew st at is ti cs o n th e wi re l e s s n e t w o r k s a v a i l a b l e t o t h e W LA N A da p t e r a n d t h e i r p a r a m e t e r s . • SSID: The SSID of the available ne tw or ks . • Ch an n[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 23 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Buttons S ea rc h – T o s c an a l l a va i l ab le wi re le s s ne t w or ks a nd s h ow t h e s ca n re su l t i n t h e “A va i l a b l e N e t w o r k ” l i s t . Connect – T o associate with a network, select the network from the “A vaila ble N et[...]

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    24 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Link State W LA N A da p t e r “ L i n k S t a t e ” i c o n ap p e a r s o n t h e l e f t s i d e of th e WL A N Ad ap t e r S et ti n g s . U se th e i c o n t o v ie w t h e c ur re n t s ig na l st at u s . Exit Wireless Settings T o e x i t W i r e l e[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 25 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e Windows ® XP Wireless Options Th e w ir el e s s op ti on s wi nd ow s h o w n be lo w is on ly av ai la bl e fo r W in d o w s ® X P . It ap pe ar s wh en yo u ru n th e Co n t r o l Ce nt er ut il it y at th e r st ti m e . Se le ct th e u ti li ty y ou w[...]

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    26 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nc e T o s et up t h e w ir el es s c on ne c t i o n p ro pe rt i e s , r ig ht -c l i c k t he wi re le ss i co n o n t h e ta sk ba r an d se le ct O p e n Ne tw or k C o n n e c t i o n . Th en r i g h t - c l i c k th e ne tw o r k c on ne ct io n i co n a n d s[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 27 Chapter 4 - T roubleshooting Chapter 4 T roubleshooting 4 . T r o u b l e s h o ot i n g Th e fol lowi ng trou ble sh ooti ng guid es pr ovid e ans wers to so me of the mo re c om mo n pr ob l e m s , wh ic h yo u m a y en co un te r w h i l e in st al li ng or us in g W L A N Ad apt er pr od uc ts . If yo u en co un te r di f?[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 4 - T roubleshooting Chapter 4 T roubleshooting 28 Cannot connect to a Station (WLAN Adapter) Fo ll ow t he p r o c e d u r e b e l o w t o c o n  g u r e y o u r W L A N Ad ap te r . a . V er if y t h a t t h e “ N e t w o r k T yp e” i s i n “ A d H o c ” m o d e . b . V er if y th at th e “S SI D” of yo u[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 29 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary 5 . Gl o s s ar y Access Point (AP) A networking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. access points c ombined wit h a di stributed s ystem suppo rt t he cr eation of mu ltiple radi o cells that enable roaming throughout a facility . Ad Hoc A wireless network compos[...]

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    30 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Each subchannel in the COFDM implementation is about 300 KHz wide. At the low end of the speed gradient, BPSK (binary phase shift keying) is used to encode 125 Kbps of data per channel, resulting in a 6,000-Kbps, or 6 Mbps, data rate. Using quadrature phase shift keying, you can double th[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 31 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Direct-sequence syste ms commun icate by continuously transmi tting a re dundant pattern of bits called a chipping sequence. Each bit of transmitted data is mapped i n t o c h i p s a n d r e a r r a n g e d i n t o a p s e u d o r a n d o m s p r e a d i n g c o d e t o f o r m t h e chi[...]

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    32 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Ethernet The most widely used LAN access method, which is dened 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 [...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 33 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary The 802.1 1b spectrum is plagued by saturation from wireless phones, microwave ovens and other emerging wireless technologies, such as Bluetooth. In contrast, 802.1 1a spectrum is relatively free of interference. The 802.1 1a standard gains some of its performance from the higher frequenc[...]

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    34 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary IP (Internet Protocol) The TCP/IP standard protocol that defines the IP datagram as the unit of information passed across an Internet and provides the basis for connectionless packet delivery service. IP includes the ICMP control and error message protocol as an integral part. It provides[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 35 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Packet A basic message unit for communication across a network. A packet usually includes routing information, data, and sometimes error detection information. Pass Phrase The Wi rel ess Sett ing s util ity uses an algo rit hm to gene rate fou r WEP ke ys b as ed o n th e t y p e d c o m [...]

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    36 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary TCP (T ransmission Control Protocol) The standard transport level protocol that provides the full duplex, stream service on which many application protocols depend. TCP allows a process or one machine to send a stream of data to a process on another . Software implementing TCP usu ally re[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Adapter 37 Chapter 6 - Appendix Chapter 6 Appendix 6 . A p p e n di x FCC W arning Statement Th is d ev ic e c o m p l i e s w it h Pa rt 1 5 of t h e F C C R ul es . Op e r a t i o n i s su bj ec t t o t he fo ll ow in g t w o c o n d i t i o n s : (1 ) th is d e v i c e m a y n o t c a u s e h a r m f u l i n t e r f e r e n c e , a n d[...]

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    38 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 6 - Appendix Chapter 6 Appendix T e s t i n g f or e le c t r i c s af et y a c c o r d i n g t o EN 6 0 9 5 0 - 1 h as b ee n c on du ct ed . Th es e a re c on si de r e d r e l e v a n t a n d s u f  c i e n t . Pr ot ec ti on r e q u i r e m e n t s f o r e l e c t r o m a g n e t i c c o m p a t i b i l i t y –[...]