Asus P8Z77-V PRO manual

® E7153 Wi-Fi GO! Card User Guide[...]

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iii Contents Contents ...................................................................................................... iii Safety information ...................................................................................... iv About this guide .......................................................................................... v Wi[...]

iv Safety information Electrical safety • T o prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet before relocating the system. • When adding or removing devices to or from the system, ensure that the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are connected. If possible, disconnect all[...]

v About this guide This user guide contains the information you need to install and congure your ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card wireless solution. How this guide is organized This guide contains the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter describes the general features of the ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card wireless solution. The chapter also[...]

vi Wi-Fi ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card specications Wi-Fi Standard IEEE 802.1 1 a/b/g/n Bluetooth standard Bluetooth v4.0/3.0 + HS Data rate 802.1 1n(HT40) up to 300Mbps 802.1 1n(HT20) up to 150Mbps 802.1 1a up to 54Mbps 802.1 1b up to 1 1Mbps 802.1 1g up to 54Mbps Security WEP , WP A & WP A2* *Use WP A2 or open system to reach 65Mbps and above. Netwo[...]

vii * The specications are subject to change without notice. Wi-Fi ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card specications Wi-Fi Standard IEEE 802.1 1 b/g/n Data rate 802.1 1n(HT40) up to 150Mbps 802.1 1n(HT20) up to 65Mbps 802.1 1b up to 1 1Mbps 802.1 1g up to 54Mbps Security WEP , WP A & WP A2* *Use WP A2 or open system to reach 65Mbps and above. Network arch[...]

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W i-Fi GO! card Chapter 1 This chapter describes the general features of the ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card wireless solution. The chapter also presents the LED indications and recommended Wi-Fi GO! card network settings. Product introduction[...]

1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1.1 Welcome! Thank you for choosing the ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card wireless solution! The Wi-Fi GO! card is an easy-to-use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter designed for home or ofce use. The Wi-Fi GO! card allows you to connect through the wireless LAN in a single network. The Wi-Fi GO! card also supports s[...]

ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card 1-3 1.2.2 Wi-Fi GO! The Wi-Fi GO! utility provides you with a never-before experienced multimedia playback enjoyment, and home cloud computing environment. For more details, refer to the Wi-Fi GO! section in the feature manual. 1.2.3 Moveable omni-directional antenna An omni-directional antenna comes with the Wi-Fi GO! card to m[...]

1-4 Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1.4 Choosing an appropriate wireless network Y ou can use the ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card in various wireless network congurations. Select the most appropriate conguration for your home or ofce network before setting up the Wi-Fi GO! card. The following pictures and descriptions are for reference only and may no[...]

ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card 1-5 1.4.1 Access Point Mode (AP Mode) Under AP Mode, the ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card congures the wireless access point (W AP) of your local area network (LAN), and Internet access for your wireless devices. Internet ADSL or Cable Modem (if any) ˝ Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4 ASUS PC with Wi-Fi GO! card MODE[...]

1-6 Chapter 1: Product Introduction An Infrastructure wireless network is centered on a wireless access point (AP) that provides Internet access and LAN communication for the wireless stations. In Infrastructure mode, the wireless LAN stations communicate with each other via the wireless AP . In this mode, your Wi-Fi GO! card acts as a wireless ada[...]

W i-Fi GO! card Chapter 2 This chapter provides step by step instructions in installing the Wi-Fi GO! card drivers and utilities in your computer . This part also provides information in installing the antenna. Installation[...]

2-2 Chapter 2: Installation 2.1 Installation 2.1.1 System requirements Before installing the Wi-Fi GO! card drivers and utilities, make sure that your system meets the following requirements. • ASUS motherboard with Wi-Fi GO! card onboard solution • Operating system: Client mode: Windows® XP/ Windows® 7 AP mode: Windows® 7 • Optical drive [...]

ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card 2-3 2.2 Driver and utilities installation The contents of the motherboard support DVD are subject to change without notice. Visit the ASUS website for driver/utilities updates. T o install the Wi-Fi GO! card driver: 1. Insert the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 2. If Autorun is enabled in your computer , the driv[...]

2-4 Chapter 2: Installation T o install the ASUS AI Suite II utility: Af ter th e W i- Fi GO ! C ar d dri ver is s uc ces sfu ll y ins tal led , cl ick Ut ili ti es > AI Su ite II an d follow the onscreen instructions If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer , browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the le ASSETUP .EXE from the BIN[...]

W i-Fi GO! card Chapter 3 This chapter provides information in setting up the Wi-Fi GO! card using the ASUS Suite II’s Wi- Fi Engine for your home or ofce network. Wi-Fi Engine[...]

3-2 Chapter 3: Wi-Fi Engine 3.1 Using the ASUS Wi-Fi Engine After installing the Wi-Fi GO! card drivers to your system, use ASUS AI Suite II’s Wi-Fi Engine to set up the Wi-Fi GO! card for your network. Ensure to select the most appropriate conguration for your wireless network before you proceed. Refer to section 1.4 for details. Ensure to co[...]

ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card 3-3 Using the client mode Allows you to connect your computer to a network using the client mode. T o use the client mode: Select and double-click the network. 1. Using the AP mode Allows you to connect your computer to the network using the access point mode. In the Wi-Fi Engine menu, click AP Mode . Enter the Network Name , an[...]

3-4 Chapter 3: Wi-Fi Engine Click from the Internet Connection Sharing eld and select the network connections name. Click Enable to enable the AP mode under the selected type of Internet connection sharing. T o deactivate the Internet connection sharing, click Disable . Click to go back to the Wi-Fi Engine menu. 3. 4. 5.[...]

ASUS Wi-Fi GO! card 3-5 3.2 Wi-Fi Engine wireless security T o protect your wireless network, you need to set up the security on your Wi-Fi GO! card. Network authentication Network authentication uses certain types of mechanism to identify authenticated wireless clients. Wi-Fi GO! card supports the following authentication methods: Open system: Thi[...]

3-6 Chapter 3: Wi-Fi Engine[...]

W i- Fi G O! Ca rd Appendices The Appendices list the wireless LAN channels available for use in your country or location, and safety warning statements[...]

A-2 Appendices RF Equipment Notices CE: European Community Compliance Statement The equipment complies with the RF Exposure Requirement 1999/519/EC, Council Recommendation of 12 July 1999 on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic elds (0–300 GHz). This wireless device complies with the R&TTE Directive. Wireless[...]