Asus E2949 manual

User Guide ® E2949[...]

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iii Features Contents About this guide ......................................................................................... iv WiFi-AP Solo specications summary ...................................................... v Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome! ...............................................................................[...]

iv About this guide This user guide contains the information you need to install and congure your ASUS WiFi-AP Solo 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 WiFi-AP Solo wireless solution. The chapter also pr[...]

v WiFi-AP Solo specications summary IEEE 802.1 1b/g 802.1 1g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps 802.1 1b: 1, 2, 5.5, 1 1Mbps Access Point mode: WEP WP A WP A2 Access point mode Station mode: Infrastructure mode and Ad-Hoc mode 2.4~2.5GHz 802.1 1g Indoor: 80ft (30m) Outdoor: 200ft (60m) LOS* 802.1 1b Indoor: 130ft (40m) Outdoor: 1000ft (310m) LOS*[...]

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1-1 Chapter 1 This chapter describes the general features of the ASUS WiFi-AP Solo wireless solution. The chapter also presents the LED indications, and recommended WiFi-AP Solo network settings. Product introduction[...]

1-2 1.1 Welcome! Thank you for choosing the ASUS WiFi-AP Solo wireless solution! The WiFi-AP Solo is an easy-to-use wireless local area network (WLAN) adapter designed for home or ofce use. The WiFi-AP Solo is backward compatible with the earlier IEEE 802.1 1b standard allowing seamless integration of both wireless LAN standards in a single netw[...]

1-3 54Mbps speed advantage With data transmission rate up to ve times faster than IEEE 802.1 1b standards, the WiFi-AP Solo breaks the wireless data transmission speed barrier to give you faster Internet connection and le sharing capabilities. Easy integration The WiFi-AP Solo is compatible with all IEEE 802.1 1b devices so you can still use [...]

1-4 LED indicators Refer to the table below for LED indications. 1.3 LED and antenna port The WiFi-AP Solo comes with a green data transmission LED (AIR) and an antenna port located at the motherboard rear panel. • The location of the WiFi-AP Solo data transmission LED and antenna port may vary on motherboard models. • The back I/O may vary dep[...]

1-5 1.4 Choosing an appropriate wireless network You can u se the ASUS WiFi-AP Solo in va rio us wir eless networ k con gurat ions. It is recomm ended that y ou se lec t the most a pprop ria te congu ration for you r h ome or of ce net work b efore setti ng up the WiFi- AP Solo. The following pictures and descriptions are for reference onl[...]

1-6 1.4.1 Access Point Mode (AP Mode) If you wish to share the Internet access with the wireless stations in your environment, you can congure the WiFi-AP Solo in an access point mode (AP Mode). In this mode, the WiFi-AP Solo becomes the wireless access point that provides local area network and Internet access for your wireless stations. The re[...]

1-7 The station mode is centered on a wireless access point (AP) that provides Internet access and LAN communication for the wireless stations. In station mode, the wireless LAN stations communicate with each other via the wireless AP . In this mode, your WiFi-AP Solo acts as a wireless adapter . It communicates with the LAN computers and accesses [...]

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2-1 Chapter 2 This chapter provides step by step instructions on installing the WiFi-AP Solo drivers and utilities to your computer . This part also provides information on installing the antenna. Installation[...]

2-2 2.1 Installation 2.1.1 System requirements Before installing the WiFi-AP Solo drivers and utilities, make sure that your system meets the following requirements. • ASUS motherboard with WiFi-AP Solo onboard solution • Intel ® Pentium™ 4 • Minimum 128MB system memory • Operating system: Windows ® XP/ XP-64bit/ Server 2003/ Server 200[...]

2-3 2.1.3 Signal range The signal range of WiFi-AP Solo depends on the operating environment. Obstacles such as walls and metal barriers could reect or absorb radio signals. Devices such as microwave stove can also greatly interfere with the wireless network. Signal range: 802.1 1g: Indoor 80ft (30m), outdoor (LOS, Light-Of-Sight) 200ft (60m) 80[...]

2-4 2.2 Driver and utilities installation • The contents of the motherboard support CD are subject to change without notice. Visit the ASUS website for driver/utilities updates. • If you use a Windows ® operating system, your computer auto-detects the WiFi-AP Solo when system boots and displays an Add New Hardware Wizard window . Click Cancel [...]

3-1 C h a p t e r 3 This chapter provides information on how to set up the WiFi-AP Solo in your home or ofce network. Setting up[...]

3-2 3.1 About the setup utilities After you have installed the WiFi-AP Solo drivers and utilities to your system, you are now ready to setup the WiFi-AP Solo in your network. The WiFi-AP Solo provides two congur ation approaches: the setup wizard and the setup utility . The former scheme provides an easy approach to the most frequently used func[...]

3-3 3.2 Setting up with WiFi-AP Solo Wizard Y ou can create your own wireless local area network (WLAN) in your home using the WiFi-AP Solo Access Point Mode (AP Mode) feature. Create your own WLAN if: 1. your computer is connected to the Internet; and 2. the operating system of your computer is Windows ® XP/ XP 64-bit/ Server 2003/ Server 2003 64[...]

3-4 3.2.1 Setting up the AP Mode 1. T o launch the WiFi-AP Solo setup wizard, right-click the system tray icon and select WiFi-AP Solo Wizard . 3. The system automatically generates an SSID for the AP mode. Y ou can rename the SSID, if desired. 4. Select a Network Security level for your AP mode. The congurable options are None , Share-WEP , WP [...]

3-5 5. If you select Share-WEP , WP A- PSK, or WP A2-PSK in Step 4, you are required to input a password. Y ou can choose to congure the password in either ASCII or HEX mode. If you choose HEX mode, input 10 hex digits for 64-bit encrytion, or 26 hex digits for 128-bit encryption. Click Next to continue. 6. Select your Internet connection and cl[...]

3-6 3.2.2 Setting up the station mode In the Infrastructure mode, you can connect to the LAN or Internet, or both, through a wireless AP . 1. T o launch the WiFi-AP Solo setup wizard, right-click the system tray icon and select ASUS WiFi-AP Solo W izard . 2. Select Station and click Next . 3. Click Finish . Refer to Section 3.3.4 S etting up the st[...]

3-7 3.3 Setting up via setup utility 3.3.1 How to launch Wi-AP Solo utility Y o u ca n la un c h Wi-AP Solo e it he r fr om th e W in do ws ® P r og ra m me n u or th e tr ay ic on . T he t ra y i co n is a n o pt io na l q ui c k la un ch to b e en a bl ed b y a u se r . Windows ® Program Menu I t is t he ab so lu te wa y to l a un ch th e[...]

3-8 If the wireless conguration is in AP mode, checking Radio Off will cause the sub-network belonging to the AP to disconnect with the Internet/intranet. • Radio Off When this item is checked, the radio is turned off to save power . When the radio is off, the links with other wireless network nodes are disconnected. • Disable Adapte r When [...]

3-9 • Up T ime Cong page This page displays the basic information of the WiFi-AP Solo: Advanced page This page presents all the access points in the system. Statistics page Y ou could watch the Tx/Rx status of current wireless connection. It provides a statistic analysis of packet transition. Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) page This page is[...]

3-10 3.3.3 Setting up AP Mode Open the setup utility by double-clicking the utility icon on the desktop. The setup utility contains six buttons - Status, Cong, Survey , Statistics, Advanced and ICS in the left column. The Survey button is greyed out in AP mode and the ICS button is disabled when in the station mode. 1. Open the setup utility and[...]

3-1 1 5. The AP mode conguration is nished. Y ou can view in the Association T able of the Cong page all the wireless stations that have connected to the WiFi-AP Solo (AP mode). 4. Y ou are directed to the Wireless Network Properties page to set up the AP mode. In this page, you can change the SSID, select the communication channel and spe[...]

3-12 3.3.4 Setting up the station mode O pe n t he s e tu p u ti li t y by do ub l e- cl i ck i ng t h e ut i li ty ic on on t h e de s kt op . A m es sa g e po p s up as ki n g yo u t o s et u p t h e st a ti on mo de vi a t he W ind ow s ® Wi re le ss Ze ro C on g ur at io n (W ZC) s er vi ce . T o congure the W in do ws ® W ire le ss Ze [...]

3-13 T o set up the wireless connection properties, right-click the wireless icon on the task bar and select Open Network Connection . Then right-click the network connection icon and select Properties to open the Wireless Network Connection Status page. 1. The General page shows status, duration, speed, and signal strength. Signal strength is repr[...]

3-14 3. The Authentication page allows you to add security settings. Read Windows help for more information. 4. The Advanced page allows you to set rewall and sharing. Read Windows help for more information. In the station mode, the Windows ® Zero Conguration does not support WP A2 PSK and cannot connect the access point with WP A2 PSK. Visi[...]

3-15 3.4 Setting up wireless security T o protect your wireless network, you need to setup a security mechanism on your WiFi-AP Solo. Under AP mode, only Open, Shared, and WP A-PSK are supported. Under Station mode, all the security modes listed below are supported. Network authentication N et wo rk a u th en ti ca t io n us es ce rt a in t yp es o[...]

3-16 Encryption Encryption is used to convert plain text data into unreadable codes with certain type of algorithm before capsulation for wireless transmission. WiFi-AP Solo supports the following encryption methods: WEP: WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy . It uses 64 or 128-bit static keys. Y ou can let the system generate the WEP keys by in[...]

4-1 Glossar y[...]

4-2 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 . Ad Hoc A wireless network composed solely of st ations within mutual communication range of each other (no Access Po[...]

4-3 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 the amount of data encoded to 250 Kbps per channel, yieldin[...]

4-4 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 chipping sequence. The chipping sequence is combined with a transmitted data stream to produce the output signal.[...]

4-5 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 A rewall determines which information passes in and ou[...]

4-6 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 frequencies at which it operates. The laws of information theory [...]

4-7 Infrastructure A wireless network centered about an ac cess point. In this environment, the access point not only provides communication with the wired network but also mediates wireless network trafc in the immediate neighborhood. IP (Internet Protocol) The TCP/IP standard protocol that denes the IP datagram as the unit of information pa[...]

4-8 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 conv erting data from stored in the computer to the form transmitted or received. Packet A basic message unit for communication across a network. A packet usually includes routing information, data, a[...]

4-9 Station Any device containing IEEE 802.1 1 wireless medium access conformity . Subnet Mask A subnet mask is a set of four numbers congured like an IP address. It is used to create IP address numbers used only within a particular network. TCP (T ransmission Control Protocol) The standard transport level protocol that provides the full duplex,[...]

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A-1 Appendix The Appendix lists the wireless LAN channels available for use in your country or location, and safety warning statements[...]

A-2 Wireless LAN channels The IEEE 802.1 1b/g standard for wireless LAN allocated the 2.4 GHz frequency band into 13 overlapping operating channels. Each channel corresponds to a different set of frequencies. The table below shows the center frequencies of each channel. Channel Center Channel Center Frequency Frequency 1 2.412 GHz 8 2.447 GHz 2 2.4[...]

A-3 C ountry/Region (Regulating Body) A vailable Channels Hungary (RTT&E/EMC/L VD) Channels 1 to 13 Iceland (RTT&E/EMC/L VD) Channels 1 to 13 Ireland (RTT&E/EMC/L VD) Channels 1 to 13 Italy (RTT&E/EMC/L VD) Channels 1 to 13 Japan (TELEC) Channels 1 to 14 Luxembourg (RTT&E/EMC/L VD) Channels 1 to 13 Malaysia (SIRIM/CMC) Channels [...]

A-4 Federal Communications Commission Statement 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 may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested an[...]

A-5 Regulatory Information/Disclaimers Installation and use of this Wireless LAN device must be in strict accordance with the instructions included in the user documentation provided with the product. Any changes or modications (including the antennas) made to this device that are not expressly approved by the manufacturer may void the user’s [...]

A-6 Caution Statement of the FCC Radio Frequency Exposure This Wireless LAN radio device has been evaluated under FCC Bulletin OET 65C and found compliant to the requirements as set forth in CFR 47 Sections 2.1091 and 15.247(b)(5) addressing RF Exposure from radio frequency devices. The radiation output power of this Wireless LAN device is far belo[...]