Asus Wireless Dual-band PCI-E Card PCE-N53- Manuals

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 2 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 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 re...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 3 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 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.Operation Channels: Ch1~11 for N. America, Ch1~14 Ja...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 4 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card ASUS Recycling/Takeback Services ASUS recycling and takeback programs come from our commitment to the highest standards for protecting our environment. We believe in providing solutions for you to be able to responsibly recycle ou...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 7 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Tel: +886-2-2894-3447 Address: No. 150, LI-DE RD., PEITOU, TAIPEI 112, TAIWAN Authorised representative in Europe: ASUS Computer GmbH Address: HARKORT STR. 21-23, D-40880 RATINGEN, DEUTSCHLAND A...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 8 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 1. Introduction 1.2 System requirements Before using the PCE-N53 WLAN Card, check if your system meets the following requirements:• Windows ® Vista/XP/7 • Standard PCI-E slot • 512MB system memory or larger • Optical disk drive 1....

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 9 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card To install the driver and utilities for your ASUS PCE-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 functi...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 10 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 3.1 Connecting to a wireless network manually To connect PCE-N53 to a station (Ad Hoc mode) manually: 2. You may click Survey > Search to search for the wireless networks. Select a network (AP from the available network list) ...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 11 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 3.2 Connecting to a wireless network using WPS The ASUS PCE-N53 WLAN Card supports the WPS function that helps you set up a secure wireless network easily. To connect PCE-N53 to a WPS-enabled AP or station using the WPS push butt...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 12 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 3. Click Finish . The picture 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 . To connect PCE-N53 t...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 13 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 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 Appl...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 14 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card To disable the access control function, select Disable from the Access Control Policy dropdown list. To allow a wireless client to associate with the WLAN card:1. Select Accept from the Access Control Policy dropdown list. 2. Key...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 15 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 4.1 ASUS WLAN Control Center ASUS WLAN Control Center includes ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Setting Utility (Station mode) and ASUS Wireless Access Point Utility (Soft AP mode) which help you manage your WLAN card easily. 4. Soft...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 16 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Left-click the ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Setting Utility system tray icon to display the following options:• Wireless Radio On - Turns the wireless radio ON. • Wireless Radio Off - Turns the wireless radio OFF. • Search & ...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 17 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Configuration - Basic Network Type 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 easil...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 18 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Configuration - Encryption The Encryption page allows you to set up the encryption settings for your WLAN card. For data confidentiality in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.11 specifies a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm ...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 19 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Wireless Network Key (WEP) - This option becomes configurable when you select WEP in the Data encryption field. 64-bit WEP key uses 5 ASCII characters (10 hexadecimal digits). 128-bit WEP key uses 13 ASCII (26 hexadecimal digits)...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 20 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 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. To connect your PCE-N53 to a wireless network using Windows ® WZC ser...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 21 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 6. Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems which you may encounter when installing or using the ASUS PCE-N53 WLAN card. Contact a qualified service technician for assistance if the problem still exists after y...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 22 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 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: ...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 23 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 7. Glossary Access Point (AP) A networking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. Access Points combined with a distributed system support the creation of multiple radio cells that enable roaming throughout ...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 24 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 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 traditiona...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 25 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 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...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 26 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 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 e...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 27 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 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...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 28 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Compared with 802.11g: 802.11a is a standard for access points and radio NICs that is ahead of 802.11g in the market by about six months. 802.11a operates in the 5GHz frequency band with twelve separate non-overlapping channels. ...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 29 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 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...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 30 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 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. Pa...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 31 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card 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 billio...

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual 32 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an improved security system for 802.11. It is part of the 802.11i draft security standard. WPA encompasses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) along with MIC (Messag...