Asus WL-160W- Manuals

Page 2 - ASUS WLAN Adapter; Copyright Information

2 ASUS WLAN Adapter No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, wit...

Page 3 - ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.; Technical support; Contact Information

ASUS WLAN Adapter ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Company address: 15 Li-Te Road, Beitou, Taipei 11259 General (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 Web site address: www.asus.com.tw General (fax): +886-2-2894-7798 General email: [email protected] Technical support General support (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 Online support: ht...

Page 4 - One Touch Wizard; Table of Contents

ASUS WLAN Adapter 1. Introduction ..............................................................................5 Package contents ..................................................................................5Features ................................................................................

Page 5 - Chapter 1 - Introduction; Package contents; Contact your retailer if any item is damaged or missing.; Features

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 Crad...

Page 6 - Chapter 2 - Installation; Installation; System Requirements; • USB 2.0 for personal computer or notebook computer; Adapter into your computer.; Installing the WLAN utilities and driver; the CD automatically displays the utility menu. Click; Install ASUS WLAN Card

Chapter 2 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 2 - Installation Installation 2. Installation System Requirements To begin using the WLAN Adapter, you must meet the following minimum requirements: • Windows XP/2000 • USB 2.0 for personal computer or notebook computer • 128MB system memory or larger • 750MHz pro...

Page 7 - Chapter 2 Installation; Reading the WLAN status indicators

ASUS WLAN Adapter 7 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation 7. Carefully insert the WLAN Adapter into your computer’s USB slot. Windows will automatically detect and configure the WLAN Adapter using the utilities and drivers installed in the previous steps. 8. Windows XP users: When the prog...

Page 8 - Note: If the access point you want to connect has set up encryption

Chapter 2 8 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 2 - Installation Installation One Touch Wizard Use One Touch Wizard to setup your wireless connection with an existing wireless LAN. 1. Launch One Touch Wizard from Start m e n u a n d c l i c k N e x t t o s e t u p y o u r wireless network. 2. Select an AP fro...

Page 9 - Configuring with the WLAN utility (Infrastructure)

ASUS WLAN Adapter 9 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation Configuring with the WLAN utility (Infrastructure) Use ASUS WLAN utility to get connected with an existing wireless network. 6. Check the Connection tab to see the signal strength. Click OK to exit the utility. 5. C h e c k t h e S ...

Page 10 - Configuring with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc); The WLAN Adapter supports Ad Hoc mode which allows communication

Chapter 2 10 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 2 - Installation Installation Configuring with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc) The WLAN Adapter supports Ad Hoc mode which allows communication between wireless stations without an AP. 2. Click the Config button and set the WLAN Adapter to Ad Hoc connection mode. 3. ...

Page 11 - Chapter - Software Reference; Using the Control Center; Taskbar Icon and Status; ASUS WLAN Control Center; Starting the Control Center; . Software Reference

ASUS WLAN Adapter 11 Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw ar e Re fe re nc e Using the Control Center The Control Center taskbar icon displays the following information: • Link quality of the WLAN Adapter (Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, Not Linked) • Whether the WLAN Adapter is connected to a n...

Page 12 - configure your WLAN Adapter.; Taskbar Icon - Launch Wireless Settings; Activate Configuration; choose a preset profile.

12 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw are R efe ren ce Taskbar icon - Left-click menu Left-click the taskbar icon to show the following menu items: • Wireless Radio On – Click to turn the wireless radio ON. • Wireless Radio Off – Click to turn the wireless radio OFF. • Sea...

Page 13 - The status fields are blank if the WLAN; Association State; mode, this field shows the virtual MAC address used by; ASUS Wireless Settings Utility; Starting Wireless Settings; NOTE: If you have more than one ASUS WLAN device installed on your

ASUS WLAN Adapter 1 Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw ar e Re fe re nc e Status - Status You can view the information about the WLAN Adapter from the Status menu. The status fields are blank if the WLAN Adapter is not installed. You can turn off the WLAN Adapter by clicking the “Disable Ra...

Page 14 - Buttons; Rescan –; NOTE: For 802.11n performance, select 0MHz bandwidth in wireless

1 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw are R efe ren ce Scanning... : The station is trying to authenticate and associate with an access point or Ad Hoc node. Disconnected: The WLAN Adapter is installed to the system, but not yet connected to a wireless device. SSID: Display...

Page 15 - Save Configuration; profile so that you can easily switch; you want to connect to a specified AP using; Frame Error; Transmitted; Connection Quality

ASUS WLAN Adapter 15 Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw ar e Re fe re nc e Save Configuration When you make settings for a certain working environment, you may need to save your settings to a profile so that you can easily switch to the settings without repeating the configurations. For exa...

Page 16 - Button; IP Release; NOTE: The IP Release and IP Renew buttons can only be used on the; Config tab to open this page. The Ping; Type the IP address of the device you; Click the “Clear” button to clear the session field.

16 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw are R efe ren ce Status - IP Config IP Config tab shows all the current host and WLAN Adapter information including host name, DNS servers, IP address, subnet mask and default gateway. Button IP Release - If you want to remove the curr...

Page 17 - WLAN Adapter configurations.; Network Type; Infrastructure; Channel; Click Apply to save and activate the new configurations.

ASUS WLAN Adapter 17 Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw ar e Re fe re nc e Config - Basic This page enables you to change the WLAN Adapter configurations. Network Type Infrastructure – Infrastructure means to establish a connection with an access point. Once connected, the access point allo...

Page 18 - Others; Encryption –

18 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw are R efe ren ce Others Encryption – Click this link to show the "Encryption" tab. Advanced – Click this link to show the "Advanced" tab. In most cases, the default values do not have to be changed. Troubleshooting – Cl...

Page 19 - Network Authentication; Open

ASUS WLAN Adapter 19 Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw ar e Re fe re nc e 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 ...

Page 20 - Data encryption; Disabled; AES is a symmetric 128-bit block encryption technique which works; Wireless Network Key; digits which is used to encrypt and decrypt data packets.; Key Format; characters to setup keys by defining the Key Format.; Key Length; Two ways to assign WEP keys; - When you select this option, the cursor appears

20 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw are R efe ren ce Data encryption For Open and Shared authentication mode, the configuration options of encryption type are Disabled and WEP. For WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2 and WPA2-PSK authentication mode, Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP...

Page 21 - Automatic Generation; - Type a combination of up to 64 letters,; Select one as your Default Key; Wireless Settings Utility uses asterisks to mask your keys.

ASUS WLAN Adapter 21 Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw ar e Re fe re nc e 2. Automatic Generation - Type a combination of up to 64 letters, numbers, or symbols in the Passphrase box, the Wireless Settings Utility automatically uses an algorithm to generate four WEP Keys. Select one as your...

Page 22 - Config - Authentication; Authentication Type

22 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw are R efe ren ce 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 networks. • Channel: The channel used by ea...

Page 23 - Search; to. The value is then normalized to a dBm value.

ASUS WLAN Adapter 2 Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw ar e Re fe re nc e Buttons Search – To scan all available wireless networks and show the scan result in the “Available Network” list. Connect – To associate with a network, select the network from the “Available Network” list and click ...

Page 24 - Link State; WLAN Adapter “Link State” icon appears on the left side of; Exit Wireless Settings; To exit Wireless Settings, you can click; OK; or; Cancel

2 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw are R efe ren ce Link State WLAN Adapter “Link State” icon appears on the left side of the WLAN Adapter Settings. Use the icon to view the current signal status. Exit Wireless Settings To exit Wireless Settings, you can click OK or Canc...

Page 25 - Windows; utility you want to use for configuring your WLAN Adapter.; Only use Windows wireless function; Zero Configuration service to configure; Only use our WLAN utilities and; Only use ASUS WLAN utilities to configure the WLAN Adapter.; Wireless Option; Configuring with Windows; Connect

ASUS WLAN Adapter 25 Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw ar e Re fe re nc e Windows ® XP Wireless Options The wireless options window shown below is only available for Windows ® XP. It appears when you run the Control Center utility at the first time. Select the utility you want to use for c...

Page 26 - taskbar and select; Open Network Connection; connection icon and select; Property; to open the Wireless Network Connection

26 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter - Software Reference Chapter So ftw are R efe ren ce To set up the wireless connection properties, right-click the wireless icon on the taskbar and select Open Network Connection . Then right-click the network connection icon and select Property to open the Wireless Netw...

Page 27 - Chapter - Troubleshooting; Chapter; Device Driver Wizard” to complete the driver installation.

ASUS WLAN Adapter 27 Chapter - Troubleshooting Chapter Troubleshooting . Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting guides provide answers to some of the more common problems, which you may encounter while installing or using WLAN Adapter products. If you encounter difficulties that are not menti...

Page 28 - Cannot connect to a Station (WLAN Adapter); Follow the procedure below to configure your WLAN Adapter.; Bad link quality or bad signal strength

ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter - Troubleshooting Chapter Troubleshooting 28 Cannot connect to a Station (WLAN Adapter) Follow the procedure below to configure your WLAN Adapter. a. Verify that the “Network Type” is in “Ad Hoc” mode.b. Verify that the “SSID” of your WLAN Adapter is set to the same “SSID” ...

Page 29 - cells that enable roaming throughout a facility.; Ad Hoc; This option allows you to specify the data transmission rate.; A set of stations controlled by a single coordination function.; Broadband; several channels of data at once.; recovery, thanks to its encoding scheme and error correction.

ASUS WLAN Adapter 29 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary 5. 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 a facility...

Page 30 - Default Key; The Pass Phrase option is not as secure as manual assignment.; Device Name; ISP when using DHCP to assign addresses.; DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol); automatically assigned a single IP address from a DHCP server.; server your ISP has assigned.

0 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...

Page 31 - Encryption

ASUS WLAN Adapter 1 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Direct-sequence systems communicate by continuously transmitting a redundant pattern of bits called a chipping sequence. Each bit of transmitted data is mapped into chips and rearranged into a pseudorandom spreading code to form the chippin...

Page 32 - Ethernet; and possibly damaging or viewing your files.; Gateway; Internet and connects one network to another.; IEEE; between systems of the same type.

2 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Ethernet The most widely used LAN access method, which is defined 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 usin...

Page 33 - power and encoding scheme.; wireless network traffic in the immediate neighborhood.

ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary The 802.11b spectrum is plagued by saturation from wireless phones, microwave ovens and other emerging wireless technologies, such as Bluetooth. In contrast, 802.11a spectrum is relatively free of interference.The 802.11a standard gains some ...

Page 34 - IP Address; device (which can be a server or a workstation) within that network.

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 me...

Page 35 - Packet; based on the typed combination.; typically a personal computer connected by phone line to a server.; Preamble; default preamble mode is Long.; Response to Broadcast SSID requests; option allows the device to broadcast; Station; create IP address numbers used only within a particular network.

ASUS WLAN Adapter 5 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 Wireless Settings utility uses an algorithm to generate four WEP...

Page 36 - WECA (Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance); enterprise security solutions.; Requirements; such as Funk Software’s Odyssey Client.

6 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary TCP (Transmission 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...

Page 37 - FCC Warning Statement

ASUS WLAN Adapter 7 Chapter 6 - Appendix Chapter 6 Appendix 6. 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...

Page 38 - are considered relevant and sufficient.; CE Mark Warning

8 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 6 - Appendix Chapter 6 Appendix Testing for electric safety according to EN 60950-1 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufficient. Protection requirements for electromagnetic compatibility – Article 3.1bTesting for electromagnetic compatibility accordin...