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    User Manual Wireless Local Area Network Card WL-169gE (For 802.1 1g & 802.1 1b Wireless Networks) ® E 2358/ Dec 2005 802.11 g Broad Range[...]

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    2 ASUS WLAN Card No part of this manual, includin g the produc ts and softwa re descri bed in it, may be reprod uced, tran smitte d, transcr ibed, stor ed in a retrieval syst em, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the expres s writ ten pe rmissi on of [...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 3 ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. Company address: 15 Li-T e Road, Beitou, T aipei 11259 General (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 W eb site address: www .asus.com.tw General (fax): +886-2-2894-7798 General email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical support General support (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 Online support: http://support.asus.com ASUS COMPUTER INTERNA TI[...]

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    4 ASUS WLAN Card 1. Introduction ..............................................................................5 Overview ................................................................................................5 Package contents ..................................................................................6 Features ....................[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 5 Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction 1 . I n tr o d u c t io n Overview T ha nk y ou f or p ur ch as in g th e AS US W LA N Ca rd ! T he AS US WL AN Ca rd is a n ea sy -t o- in st al l a nd us e wi re le ss LA N a da pt er a nd is d es ig ne d to be fu ll y co mp li an t wi th bo th th e IE EE 80 2. 1 1g an d IE E8 02 .1[...]

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    6 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction Package contents Check the following items in your ASUS USB Wireless LAN Adapter package. Contact your retailer if any item is damaged or missing. ASUS USB Wireless LAN Adapter (WL-169gE) USB 2.0 extension cable (type A to type A) Neck lace Support CD Quick Start Guide USB 2.0 Extensi[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 7 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 . I n s t a l la ti o n System Requirements T o begin using the WLAN Card, you must have the following minimum r eq ui re me nt s: • W in do ws X P/ 20 00 /M E/ 98 SE • U SB 1 .1 o r 2. 0 po rt • 32 MB s ys te m me mo ry o r la rg er • 30 0M Hz p ro ce ss or o r hi gh er Im [...]

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    Chapter 2 8 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 2 - Installation Installation 7. Carefully insert the WLAN card into your computer ʼs USB2.0 port. Windows will a ut o ma t ic a ll y d e te c t a nd c on f ig u re t he WLAN card using the utilities and drivers installed in the previous steps. 8. Windows XP users: When the program is launched for the first time [...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 9 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation O n e T ou c h W i za r d U s e t he On e T ou ch Wi za rd to se tu p y o u r w i r e l e s s c o n n e c t i o n w i t h a n ex is ti ng w i r e l e s s L A N . 1 . Launch One T ouch Wizard from Start menu and click Next t o s e t u p y o u r wireless network. 2. Select an AP from th[...]

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    Chapter 2 10 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 2 - Installation Installation Co nfigu rin g wi th the WL AN u ti lity (I nf ra st ru ctur e) Us e A SU S W LA N ut li ty t o ge t co nn ec te d wi th a n ex is ti ng w ir el es s ne tw or k. 6. C h e c k t h e Connection t a b t o s e e t h e sign al stre ngth. Clic k OK to exit th e utili ty . 5. C h e c k t h[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 1 1 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation Configuring with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc) T he WL AN ca rd su pp or ts Ad Ho c m od e w hi ch al lo ws co mm un ic at io n b et we en wi re le ss s ta ti on s wi th ou t an A P . 2. Click the Config button to set the WLAN C ar d to A d Ho c co n ne c ti o n m o de , Set the SSID t[...]

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    12 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce 3 . S o ft w a r e Re fe r e n c e Using the Control Center T he C on tr ol C en te r ta sk ba r ic on d is pl ay s th e fo ll ow in g in fo rm at io n: • L in k qu al it y of t he WL AN C ar d (E xc el le nt , Go od , Fa ir , Po or , No t Li nk ed ) • Wh et he [...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 13 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce T askbar Icon - Left-click Menu Left-clicking the taskbar icon shows the fo ll ow in g me nu : • W i r e l e s s R a d i o O n – T u r n s t h e wireless radio ON. • W i r e l e s s R a d i o O f f – Tu r n s t h e wireless radio OFF . • Search & Conne[...]

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    14 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Status - Status Y ou can view the information about th e WL AN Ca rd fr om th e S ta tu s me nu . T he s ta tu s fie ld s ar e bl an k i f th e WL AN Card is not installed. Y ou can turn off the WLAN Card by clicking the “D is ab le R ad io ” bu tt on . Associa[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 15 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce S ca nn in g. .. - Th e st at io n is tr yi ng t o au th en ti ca te a nd a ss oc ia te w it h an a cc es s po in t or A d Ho c no de . Di sc on ne ct ed - T he W LA N C ar d i s i ns ta ll ed t o t he s ys te m, b ut n ot ye t co nn ec te d to a w ir el es s de vi [...]

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    16 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Save Configuration When you make settings for a certain working environment, you ma y ne ed t o sa ve y ou r se tt in gs to a pr ofi le so th at yo u ca n ea si ly sw it ch to th e se tt in gs wi th ou t re pe at in g th e configurations. For example, you ca n se [...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 17 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Status - IP Config I P Co n fi g t a b sh o w s a l l t h e c u r r e n t h o s t an d WLA N Ca rd inf or ma ti on in cl udi ng ho st nam e, DN S ser ver s, IP add res s, s u b n e t m a s k a n d d e f a u l t g a t e w a y . Button IP R el ea se - If yo u w an t[...]

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    18 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Config - Basic T hi s pa ge en ab le s yo u to c ha ng e th e W LA N Ca rd c on fig ur at io ns . Network T ype In fr ast ru ct ur e – In fr ast ru ct ur e me ans t o e st a b l is h a co n n e ct i on wi t h a n ac c es s point. Once connected, the access point[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 19 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Data Rate Se le ct the tran smi t data ra te (fi x or aut o) . Th e data ra tes sup port ed for the W LA N Ca rd s ar e: F ul ly Au to – T he a da pt er w il l ad j us t to t he m os t su it ab le t ra ns mi ss io n ra te . Fix ed – F ix da ta rat e t o 1 , 2 , [...]

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    20 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Preamble Mode T hi s pa ra me te r i s u se d to co nt ro l w he th er fr am es wi ll tr an sm it wi th th e Lo ng or Sh or t Pr ea mb le . Th e de fa ul t va lu e is L on g P re am bl e. Frame Bursting F r a m e B u r s t i n g t e c h n o l o g y i s a s t a n d a[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 21 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Network Authentication S i n c e t h e r e i s n o p r e c i s e b o u n d i n wi re le ss LA Ns , th e WL AN us er s ne ed to implement certain mechanism to provide security soluction. The Authentication policies in this tab provide protection of different levels s[...]

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    22 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Data encryption For Open and Shared authentication mode, the configuration options of encry ption type ar e Dis abled and WE P . F or WP A, WP A-PSK , WP A2 and WP A2-PSK authentication mode, T emporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) e n cr yp t io n a nd Ad va nc ed [...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 23 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce 2 . Automatic Generation - T ype a combination of up to 64 letters, nu mb er s, or sy mb ol s in th e Pa ss ph ra se b ox , th e Wi re le ss Se tt in gs Ut il it y au to ma ti ca ll y us es a n al go ri th m to g en er at e fo ur W EP Ke ys . Select one as your Defa[...]

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    24 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Survey - Site Survey Us e t he S it e S ur ve y ta b t o vi ew st at is ti cs on th e w ir el es s ne tw or ks av ai la bl e to t he W LA N Ca rd a nd t he ir p ar am et er s. • S S I D : The SSID of the available ne tw or ks . • Ch an ne l: Th e ch an ne l us e[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 25 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Buttons S ea rc h – S ca n a ll av ai la bl e wi re le ss n et wo rk s an d sh ow t he s ca n r es ul t in th e “ A va il ab le N et wo rk ” li st . Co nn ec t – T o ass oci ate a netwo rk, selec t the netw ork from the “A vaila ble Net wor k” lis t a nd[...]

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    26 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Link State W L A N Ca r d “L in k St at e ” ic on ap pe a r s on th e l ef t s id e o f t he W L A N Ca rd Se tt in gs . U se t he i co n t o vi e w th e c u r r e n t si gn al s t a t u s . Exit Wireless Settings T o e xi t Wi re le ss S et ti ng s, y ou c an c[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 27 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Windows ® XP Wireless Options T he wi re le ss op ti on s w in do w s ho wn be lo w is on ly av ai la bl e fo r W in do ws ® XP . It ap pe ar s wh en yo u ru n th e Co nt ro l Ce nt er ut il it y at th e fir st ti me . Se le ct th e ut il it y yo u wa nt t o us e[...]

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    28 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce T o s et u p t he w ir el es s c on ne ct io n pr op er ti es , r ig ht -c li ck th e wi re le ss ic on on t he ta sk ba r an d se le ct Op en Ne tw or k Co nn ec ti on . Th en ri gh t- cl ic k th e ne tw or k co nn ec ti on i co n a nd s el ec t Pr op er ty t o op [...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 29 Chapter 4 - T roubleshooting Chapter 4 T roubleshooting 4 . T ro u b l e s ho ot i n g Th e foll owi ng tro ubl es ho ot in g guid es prov ide ans wers to so me of the mo re co mm on pr ob le ms , wh ic h yo u m ay en co un te r wh il e in st al li ng or us in g WL AN Card products. If you encounter difficulties that are not menti[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 4 - T roubleshooting Chapter 4 T roubleshooting 30 Cannot connect to a Station (WLAN Card) Fo ll ow t he p ro ce du re b el ow t o co nfi gu re y ou r WL AN C ar d. a . V er if y th at t he “ Ne tw or k T y pe ” is i n “A d Ho c” m od e. b . V er if y th at th e “S SI D” o f yo ur W LA N Ca rd is s et t o th e sa[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 31 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary 5 . G l o s s ar y Access Point (AP) An 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 [...]

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    32 ASUS WLAN Card 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 quadrature phase shift keying, you can double the a[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 33 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Direct-sequence syste ms commun icate by continuously transmi tting a re dundant pattern of bits called a chipping sequence. Each bit of transmitted data is mapped i n t o c h i p s a n d r e a r r a n g e d i n t o a p s e u d o r a n d o m s p r e a d i n g c o d e t o f o r m t h e chippi[...]

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    34 ASUS WLAN Card 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 using CSMA/CD to run over 10-BaseT cables. Firewall A ?[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 35 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary 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[...]

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    36 ASUS WLAN Card 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 message protocol as an integral part. It provides th[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 37 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 Wi rel ess Set tings ut ili ty uses an alg ori thm to gen era te four WE P key s ba se d on t he t yp ed c om bi na [...]

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    38 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary TCP (T ransmission 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 another . Software implementing TCP usu ally resid[...]

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    ASUS WLAN Card 39 Chapter 6 - Appendix Chapter 6 Appendix 6 . A p pe n d i x FCC W arning Statement Th is d ev ic e co mp li es w it h P ar t 15 o f th e FC C Ru le s. O pe ra ti on i s su bj ec t to t he fo ll ow in g tw o co nd it io ns : (1 ) th is d ev ic e ma y no t ca us e ha rm fu l in te rf er en ce , an d (2 ) thi s de vic e mu st ac cep t[...]

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    40 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 6 - Appendix Chapter 6 Appendix T e st in g fo r el ec tr ic s af et y ac co rd in g to E N 60 95 0- 1 ha s be en c on du ct ed . T he s e a re c on si de re d re le va nt a nd s uf fic ie nt . Pr ot ec ti on r eq ui re me nt s fo r el ec tr om ag ne ti c co mp at ib il it y – Ar ti cl e 3 .1 b T e st in g fo r el ec tr[...]