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User Manual E6682 / June 201 1 USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter (For 802.1 1 a/g/b/n W ireless Networks) ®[...]

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Manufacturer contact information ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (Asia Pacic) Address 15 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan 1 1259 Website www .asus.com.tw T echnical Support T elephone +886228943447 Support Fax +886228907698 Online support support.asus.com ASUS COMPUTER INTERNA TIONAL (America) Address 800 Corporate W ay , Fremont, CA 94539, USA T el[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 1 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter T able of contents Notices....................................................................................................... 2 1. Introduction .......................................................................................... 7 1.1 Package contents ............[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 2 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Federal Communications Commission This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that ma[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 3 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter CE Mark W arning 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. Operation Channels: Ch1~1 1 for N. America, Ch1~14 Japan, Ch1~ 13 Europe (ETSI) DGT W arning S[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 4 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Ant. Antenna T ype Connector Gain (dBi) Remark A Dipole Antenna Reversed-SMA 5.00 TX / RX B Dipole Antenna Reversed-SMA 3.00 TX / RX C Dipole Antenna Reversed-SMA 3.00 TX / RX D Dipole Antenna Reversed-SMA 2.00 TX / RX E Dipole Antenna Reversed-SMA 2.00 TX / RX This Class [[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 5 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter EC Declaration of Conformity We, the undersigned, Manufacturer: ASUSTek COMPUTER INC. Address, City: No. 150, LI-TE RD., PEITOU, TAIPEI 112, TAIWA N R.O.C. Country: TAIWAN Authorized representative in Europe: ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Address, City: HARKORT STR. 21-23, 40880 RATIN[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 6 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manufacturer: ASUST eK Computer Inc. T el: +886-2-2894-3447 Address: No. 150, LI-DE RD., PEITOU, T AIPEI 1 12, T AIW AN Authorised representative in Europe: ASUS Computer GmbH Address: HARKORT STR. 21-23, D-40880 RA TINGEN, DEUTSCHLAND Authorised distributors in T urkey: BO[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 7 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 1. Introduction 1.2 System requirements Before using the USB-N53 WLAN Card, check if your system meets the following requirements: • Windows ® Vista/XP/7 • USB port • 512MB system memory or larger • Optical disk drive 1.1Package contents Check your USB-N53 WLAN Car[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 8 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter T o install the driver and utilities for your ASUS USB-N53 WLAN Card: 1. Place the bundled Support CD into the optical drive. An Autorun screen appears if the Autorun function is enabled on your computer . NOTE: If the Autorun function is not enabled on your computer , doub[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 9 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 3.1 Connecting to a wireless network manually T o connect USB-N53 to a station (Ad Hoc mode) manually: 2. Y ou may click Survey > Search to search for the wireless networks. Select a network (AP from the available network list) and then click Connect . 1. Right-click the[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 10 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 3.2 Connecting to a wireless network using WPS The ASUS USB-N53 WLAN Card supports the WPS function that helps you set up a secure wireless network easily . T o connect USB-N53 to a WPS-enabled AP or station using the WPS push button: IMPORT ANT : Ensure that the AP or sta[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 1 1 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 3. Click Finish . The screen indicates that your WLAN card has connected to the network successfully . 1. Select Use PIN code . 2. Key in 8 digital PIN code from network(AP)'s web user interface, click Next. T o connect USB-N53 to a WPS-enabled AP or station using th[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 12 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 2. Click General table and then click ICS to enable ICS. The General table displays the wireless clients that are currently connecting to the Soft AP . 3. Select a network(station) from the available networks list, then click Apply . T o switch to the Soft AP mode: 1. Clic[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 13 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter T o disable the access control function, select Disable from the Access Control Policy dropdown list. T o allow a wireless client to associate with the WLAN card: 1. Select Accept from the Access Control Policy dropdown list 2. Key in its MAC address in th e Access Control[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 14 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 4.1 ASUS WLAN Control Center ASUS WLAN Control Center includes ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Setting Utility (Station mode) and ASUS Wireless Access Point Utility (Soft AP mode) which help you manage your WLAN card easily . 4. Software information T o launch WLAN utility[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 15 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Left-click the ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Setting Utility system tray icon to display the following options: • Wireless Radio On - T urns the wireless radio ON. • Wireless Radio Off - T urns the wireless radio OFF . • Search & Connect - Displays the availabl[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 16 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Cong - Basic Network T ype Infrastructure - Select the Infrastructure mode to establish a connection with an AP . Ad Hoc - Select the Ad Hoc mode to communicate with a station. An Ad Hoc network is formed quickly and easily without pre-planning. For example, you can sha[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 17 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Cong - Encryption The Encryption page allows you to set up the encryption settings for your WLAN card. For data condentiality in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.1 1 species a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm to offer transmission privacy similar to wired [...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 18 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Wireless Network Key (WEP) - This option becomes congurable when you select WEP in the Data encryption eld. 64-bit WEP key uses 5 ASCII characters (10 hexadecimal digits). 128-bit WEP key uses 13 ASCII (26 hexadecimal digits). Key Format - Allows you to select the ke[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 19 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 1. Left-click the ASUS WLAN Control Center system tray icon, then click Exit . ASUS WLAN Control Center will be switched off. Click Windows Wireless to use it. T o connect your USB-N53 to a wireless network using Windows ® WZC service: 5. Conguring USB-N53 using Window[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 20 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 6. T roubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems which you may encounter when installing or using the ASUS USB-N53 WLAN card. Contact a qualied service technician for assistance if the problem still exists after you have performed the troubleshooting solu[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 21 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter The TCP/IP protocol does not bind to the WLAN Card. This occurs when your PC already has six TCP/IP bindings in Windows ® 98 or ten bindings in Windows ® Me. These limits are imposed by the Microsoft ® operating system. Solution: If your computer already has the maximum[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 22 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 7. Glossary Access Point (AP) A networking device th at seamlessly connects wired and wireless net works. Access Points combined with a distributed system support the creation of multiple radio cells that enable roaming throughout a facility . Ad Hoc A wireless network com[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 23 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter COFDM (for 802.1 1a or 802.1 1g) Signal power alone is not enough to maintain 802.1 1b-like distances in an 802.1 1a/g environment. T o compensate, a new physical-layer encoding technology was designed that departs from the traditional direct-sequence technology being depl[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 24 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter DNS Server Address (Domain Name System) DNS allows Internet host computers to have a domain name and one or more IP addresses. A DNS server keeps a database of host computers and their respective domain names and IP addresses, so that when a user enters a domain name into [...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 25 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Encryption This provides wireless data transmissions with a level of security . This option allows you to specify a 64-bit or a 128-bit WEP key . A 64-bit encryption contains 10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII characters. A 128-bit encryption contains 26 hexadecimal digits o[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 26 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter ICS ICS is used to share one computer ’s Internet connection with the rest of the computers on your network. When this computer is connected to the Internet, all the communications to and from the Internet on your network are sent through this computer which is called th[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 27 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Compared with 802.1 1g: 802.1 1a is a standard for access points and radio NICs that is ahead of 802.1 1g in the market by about six months. 802.1 1a operates in the 5GHz frequency band with twelve separate non-overlapping channels. As a result, you can have up to twelve a[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 28 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter IP (Internet Protocol) The TCP/IP standard protocol that denes 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 [...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 29 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter NIC (Network Interface Card) A network adapter inserted into a computer so that the computer can be connected to a network. It is responsible for converting data from stored in the computer to the form transmitted or received. Packet A basic message unit for communication [...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 30 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Radio Frequency (RF) T erms: 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 f[...]

USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 31 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter WP A (Wi-Fi Protected Access) Wi-Fi Protected Access (WP A) is an improved security system for 802.1 1. It is part of the 802.1 1i draft security standard. WP A encompasses TKIP (T emporal Key Integrity Protocol) along with MIC (Message Integrity Check) and other xes to[...]