Asus USB-N13 manual

User Manual ® USB-N13 ASUS 802.1 1n Network Adapter (For 802.1 1b/g/n Networks)[...]

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T able of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ................................................................... 7 Package contents .................................................................................. 7 Features .................................................................................................. 7 Chapter 2: Installation .[...]

Creating a new conguration .......................................................... 46 Editing a conguration ..................................................................... 48 Site Monitor ..................................................................................... 52 Site Monitor main window .................................[...]

Introduction Package contents Check the following items in your ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter package. • 1 x ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter (USB-N13) • 1 x Support CD • 1 x Quick Start Guide • 1 x W arranty card Features • High speed networking for fast download, le transfer , and media streaming • EZ WPS setup: Press the WPS button on the ne[...]

Installation System Requirements Before using your network adapter , your system must meet the following minimum requirements: • Windows 2000/XP (x86/x64)/Vista (x86/x64)/7 (x86/x64)/Mac 10.3/10.4/10.5/ Linux 2.6 • USB 2.0 for personal computer or notebook computer • 128MB system memory or larger • 750MHz processor or higher Installing the [...]

4. Click Next. 3. C l i c k N e x t t o u s e t h e d e f a u l t d e s t i n a t i o n f ol d e r o r c li c k Br o ws e t o s e l ec t a no t h e r f ol d e r . 7. Carefully insert the network adapter i n t o y o u r c o m p u t e r ’ s U S B s l o t . Windows will automatically detect and congure the network adapter using the utilities and [...]

Installing the driver in Windows® 7 OS T o install the driver in Windows ® 7 OS: 1. Insert the network adapter into your computer's USB port. 2. Place the Support CD into your computer's optical drive. 3. From the Windows ® Start menu, right-click Computer then select Properties . 4. Click Device Manager at the left side of the screen.[...]

7. Click Browse to locate the Support CD folder , then click Next to start the driver installation. Yo u m a y a l s o c l i c k Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer , then select ASUS 802.1 1 n Network Adapter and click Next t o start the driver installation. 8. W i n do w s h a s s u c c e s s f u ll y u p d a t e d y o u r d [...]

Installing the utilities and driver in MAC OS T o install the utilities and driver in MAC OS: 1. Double click the installation Icon and then click Continue . 2. S e l e c t a d e s t i n a t i o n v o l u m e t o install the USB Wireless Utility . When done, click Continue . 3 . C l i c k Install t o p e r f o r m a b a s i c installation of this s[...]

LED WPS button Note : Obtain the Linux source code from the support CD and build the driver for the Linux OS that you are using. ASUS Network adapter 13 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation Installing the driver in Linux OS T o install the driver in Linux OS: • Refer to the README text le in the Linux zipped le included in the su[...]

Using the WPS Wizard WPS Wizard is a utility that allows you to easily set up your wireless network using any of the following: • WPS button on both the 802.1 1n network adapter and the router (or Access Point) that you want to connect to. • PIN code of the WPS router or AP that you want to connect to. Launching the WPS Wizard T o launch the WP[...]

Connecting via the WPS button 1. Press the WPS button on your network adapter to launch the WPS Wizard. 3. Press the WPS button on the 802.1 1n network router . 2. From the WPS Wizard, select Use the WPS button . Click Next . ASUS Network adapter 15 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation WPS button[...]

3. The 80 2.1 1n ne two rk a dap te r se arc hes fo r t he w ire le ss r out er . W hen do ne , click Next and follow the succeeding onscreen instructions. Connecting via the PIN code 1. From the WPS Wizard, select Use the PIN code . Click Next . 2. Select the router that you want to connect to. The router's status is displayed as either Con?[...]

3. Click Next . The router's PIN code is displayed. 4 . If your selected router ’s status is Configured , k e y i n t h e P I N c od e i n t h e router's web user interface. Note : If your selected router's status is Uncongured , proceed to the section Using the PIN code on an uncongured router . 5. W ait until the WPS Wizard[...]

6. WPS Wizard is completed. Click Save or print settings for future reference or Save settings to a USB ash drive to add other devices to the network. Click Finish to close the WPS Wizard. Note : For more details on adding devices to the network using a USB ash drive, refer to the section Adding network devices using a USB ash drive . Usin[...]

4. Assign a name to your network. When done, click Next . If the router is used for th e rst time, the WPS Wizard assigns t he SSID (network name) automatically . 3. W ait until the WPS Wizard nishes applying the wireless settings. ASUS Network adapter 19 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation[...]

T o congure the advanced security settings, click Show advanced network security options . Select the Security Method and manually key in your Security key or passphrase . 5. Use the auto-generated passphrase as your network’s security key or manually assign a passphrase containing between 8 and 63 characters. When done, click Next . Chapter 2[...]

6. WPS Wizard is completed. Click Save or print settings for future reference or Save settings to a USB ash drive to add other devices to the network. Click Finish to close the WPS Wizard. Note : For more details on adding devices to the network using a USB ash drive, refer to the section Adding network devices using a USB ash drive . Addi[...]

2. Plug a USB ash drive into your computer's USB port, and then select the drive from the dropdown list. Click Next to continue. 3. Remove the USB ash drive from this computer , and then plug to the computer that you want to add to the wireless network. 4. Locate the SetupWireless.exe from the USB drive, and double-click to run it. Click[...]

5. Click OK to exit the Wireless Network Setup Wizard . Co ng uri ng wi th th e WLA N uti lit y (In fr ast ru ctu re) Use the ASUS WLAN utility to get connected with an existing wireless network. 1. Right-click the wireless connection icon and select Wireless Settings . 2. Click Cong to set the SSID (network name) to that of your wireless AP [...]

6. C l ic k t h e C o n n e c ti o n t a b t o v i e w the signal strength. Click OK to exit the utility . 5. Click Status to view the association state. If connection is established, th e b o x s ho w s “ C on ne c te d - xx : xx:xx:xx:xx:xx ”. Conguring with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc) The network adapter supports Ad Hoc mode that allows com[...]

3. C l i c k Survey t o s c a n f o r A d H o c nodes. Select the node you want to co mmu nic at e w it h a n d c li c k C on n ec t . 4 . If the encryption settings of your network adapter are different from th ose of th e ot he r A d Ho c no de s, yo u ar e pr om pte d to ma ke th e enc ryp ti on of t he t wo n od e s id en ti ca l . Cl ic k Ap p[...]

Note : Y ou cannot configure Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc settings using the WLAN utility in Windows ® Vista OS. Refer to the section Windows Vista wireless options for details. Chapter 2 26 ASUS Network adapter Chapter 2 - Installation Installation[...]

Using the Control Center The Control Center taskbar icon displays the following information: • Link quality of the Network adapter (Excellent, Good, Fair , Poor , Not Linked) Link quality of the Network adapter (Excellent, Good, Fair , Poor , Not Linked) • Whether the Netwo Whether the Network adapter is connected to a network (Blue: Connected,[...]

T askbar icon - Left-click menu Left-cl ick the task bar ico n to show the f ollowing menu items: • Wireless Radio On : Click to turn the wireless radio ON. • Wireless Radio Off : Click to turn the wireless radio OFF . • Search & Connect : Click to view the properties of available access points. • W ir ele ss Opt io n (W ind ows ® XP o[...]

Status - Status Y ou can view the information about the Network adapter from the Status menu. The status elds are blank if the network adapter is not installed. Click Disable Radio to turn off the network adapter . Association State : Displays the connection status as follows: Connected: The adapter is now associated with one wireless LAN device[...]

Current Channel : Displays the radio channel to which the adapter is currently tuned. This number changes as the radio scans the available channels. Current Data Rate : Displays the current data rate in megabits per second (Mbps). NOTE : For 802.1 1n performance, select 40MHz bandwidth in wireless router . Channel option depends on the bandwidth th[...]

Status - Connection Y o u c a n v i ew t h e c u r r e nt l i nk s t a t i s t i c s a bo u t t h e n e t wo r k a da p t e r . Th e s e s t at i st i c s a r e up d at e d o nc e p e r se c o n d a nd a r e v a l i d i f t he Ne t w o r k a d a p t e r i s c o r r e c t l y i n st a ll e d. Throughput T ransmitted : The number of frames that are t[...]

Status - IP Cong I P C o n f i g t a b s h o w s a l l t h e c u r r e n t h o s t a n d N et wo r k ad ap t e r in fo r ma ti o n in cl u di ng ho s t na me , DNS servers, IP address, Subnet Mask and D ef au l t Ga t ew ay . Button IP Release : If you want to remove the current IP add ress , cl ick t his but ton t o re leas e the IP address fro[...]

Cong - Basic This page enables you to change the Network adapter congurations. Network T ype Infrastructure – Infrastructure means to establish a connection with an access point. Once connected, the access point allows you to access wireless LAN and wired LAN (Ethernet). The Channel field turns to Au to if th e c on ne ct io n i s based on [...]

PS Mode Constantly A wake Mode (CAM) , also known as Disable Power Saving Mode, is a full powered state that yields the best performance. We recommend this mode for devices running on AC power . Max PSP (Maximum power-saving mode) , which is also known as Enable Power Saving mode, periodically wakes up the system to check if there is any data being[...]

WP A-Personal/ WP A2-Personal - Select this option to enable WP A Pre-Shared Key under Infrastructure mode. It enables communication between your client and APs using WP A-Personal/WP A2-Personal encryption mode. WP A-Enterprise/ WP A2-Enterprise - The network is operating in IEEE 802.1x authentication mode. This mode is for environments with RADIU[...]

Key Length For 64 bits encryption, each key contains 10 hex digits or 5 ASCII characters. For 128 bits encryption, each key contains 26 hex digits or 13 ASCII characters. Manual assign WEP keys - When you select this option, the cursor appears in the eld for Key 1. For 64-bit encryption, you are required to enter four WEP Keys. Each Key cont ain[...]

Cong - Authentication This tab allows you to set the security settings to match those of your AP . It is configurable only if you have set Network Authentication to WP A or WP A2 in Cong-Encryption tab. Authentication T ype The authentication type methods include: PEAP: PE AP (P rotected Extensibl e Authenticati on Protocol) authentication is[...]

Cong - Advanced Click Advanced link on Config-Basic page to show this tab. This tab allows you to set up additional parameters for the wireless Adapter . We recommend using the default values for all items in this window . RTS Threshold (0-2347) The RTS/CTS (Request to Send/Clear to Send) function i s used to minimize collisions among wireless s[...]

Soft AP (Windows XP/V ista) Soft AP mode allows the Wireless LAN card to act as a virtual access point. The computer needs to be connected to a wired network using an Ethernet connection in order to provide network access to Wireless LAN clients. 1. Select Soft AP Mode . 2. Drag and drop a wired network connection next to the globe icon. ASUS Netwo[...]

40 ASUS Network adapter Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ftw are R ef e re n ce Soft AP (Windows XP/V ista) Cont. Soft AP mode allows you to congure Access Control settings. Access Control The AP provides facilities to limit the wireless clients that associate with it and the data packets t hat can forward thr ough it. Filters p rovid[...]

Survey - Site Survey Use the Site Survey tab to view statistics on the wireless networks available to the Network adapter and their parameters. • SSID : The SSID of the available networks. • Chan nel : T he ch anne l us ed by ea ch network. ASUS Network adapter 41 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ftw are R ef e re n ce Sof t AP Mod e[...]

Buttons Search – T o scan all available wireless networks and show the scan result in the “Available Network” list. Connect – T o associate with a network, select the network from the “A vai labl e Ne two rk” list an d cl ick thi s bu tton . About - V ersion Info Use the V ersion Info tab to view program and Network adapter version info[...]

Link State Network adapter “Link State” icon appears on the left side of the Network adapter Settings. Use the icon to view the current signal status. Excellent link quality (Infrastructure) Good link quality (Infrastructure) Fair link quality (Infrastructure) Poor link quality (Infrastructure) Not linked (Infrastructure) Linked (Ad-Hoc) Not li[...]

ASUS Mobile Manager The Mobile Manager is a convenient tool to set up and manage network location settings. In different places, you have to recongure settings for conforming to the connectivity needs of the place. Mobile Manager lets users congure multiple alternative congurations for different locations. Y ou just need to set once, and t[...]

Activate menu Auto Roaming : Activating this option allows the ASUS network adapter to switch to another association you have specified when changes to an existing association occurred. If no associations are made, Auto Roaming automatically connects to a wireless network based on your specied congurations. Activate Conguration : Applies t[...]

Creating a new conguration T o create a new conguration: 1. T o launch the New Conguration Wizard, click File > New Conguration or double-click the New Conguration icon on the Mobile Manager toolbar . The New Conguration Wizard dialog box appears. 2. Select any of the conguration types below . Click Next when done. • ASUS [...]

4 . Configure the wireless settings in c l ud i n g t he n et w o rk t yp e , S S ID , channel and WEP encryption. Click Next when done. 5. S e t t h e I P a d d r e s s o f t h e configuration type. Specify the IP address using the DHCP server (automatic) or assign it manually . The wizard auto-detects and displays the current system settings. Cli[...]

7. Set up the proxy server and printer sharing settings. Click Advanced to display the proxy server and printer sharing options. Click Next when nished. 8. Ti c k t h e Activate Configuration N o w option to activate the new configuration settings. The Mobile Manager window displays the created conguration when it is not activated. Click Fini[...]

General settings Name: The conguration name indicates the location from where you are dialing or connecting to a network. For example, name your conguration “Work-Meeting Room” if you are using this connection at your workplace meeting room. Description : Key in additional details of the conguration in this eld. This eld is optio[...]

TCP/IP settings-Device tab Select the network adapter you want to use for this conguration. TCP/IP settings-IP Address tab Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server : The Dynamic Host Configuration Pr o to co l ( D HC P) s er ve r as s ig ns I P a d dr e ss es a ut om a ti ca l ly w it hi n a s pe c if ie d range of devices. Spec ify an I P a ddre[...]

TCP/IP settings-WINS tab The WINS tab allows you to configure the WINS settings of the selected conguration. This tab allows you to add WINS addresses and arrange them in order of their use. This tab also allows you to enable or import LMHOST lookup and adjust the NetBIOS settings. Internet settings A proxy serv er acts a s a securi ty barrie r [...]

Sharing settings I want to s et the default printer : Allows you to select the default printer for printer sharing. Default printer : Allows you to select the default printer from a list of installed printers. Click New to add a new printer using the Windows ® Add Printer Wizard. Click Properties to display the properties of a selected printer . C[...]

Site Monitor main window The Site Monitor main window displays the available wireless connectio ns and the signal-to-noise (SNR) value of a selected connection. NO TE : Some Access Points disable their SSID broadcasting to hide the msel ves f rom “S ite Surve y” or “Site Moni tor” . You may jo in the se AP s if you know th eir SSID . ASUS N[...]

Monitoring a connection T o monitor a connection: 1. Select the connection from the list. 2. Click Command from the menu bar , then select monitor . Y ou may also press < Ctrl > + < M > in your keyboard. The Monitor window appears. The following connection parameters are displayed in graphical representation. SNR . This indicates the qu[...]

A-S (AP mode <--> Station mode) Select the mode you wan t to use. When done, click OK . If you change to a different mode, the current connection status will be lost. ASUS Network adapter 55 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ftw are R ef e re n ce[...]

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 for the rst time. Select the utility you want to use for conguring your Network adapter . Only use Windows wireless function – Only use Windows ® XP Wireless Zero Conguration ser[...]

T o set up the wireless connection properties, right-click the wireless icon on the taskbar and select O p e n N e t w o rk C o n n e c t i o n . Then right-click the network connection icon and select Property to open the Wireless Network Connection Status page. 1. T h e General page shows status, duration, spe ed, and signal s trength. The green [...]

Windows ® V ista wireless options If you want to configure your Network adapter via Windows ® Wireless Client service, follow the instruction below to make the settings. 2. I f y o u h a v e s e t u p e n c r y p t i o n o n your wireless router , key in the encryption keys and click Connect . The connection is complete. 1. Right-click the networ[...]

Click Properties from the Property page to set the authentication of the wireless connection. ASUS Network adapter 59 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ftw are R ef e re n ce[...]

Windows ® 7 wireless options Windows ® 7 allows you to connect to a wireless network using the WPS function. 1. R ig h t -c l i ck t he n et w o rk i co n i n th e notication area, then select Open N e t w o r k a n d S h a r i n g C e n t e r . Click Connect to a network , select the AP and click Connect . 2. Key in the security key , then cl[...]

Application Setting up the XLink Mode under Windows ® XP T o set up the XLink Mode under Windows ® XP: 1. Click ASUS WLAN Control Center > Cong > Advanced to enable the PSP Xlink Mode. 2. T urn on your PSP to set up the conguration. 3. Select Network Settings . ASUS Network adapter 61 Chapter 4 - Application Chapter 4 Application[...]

4. Select AD Hoc Mode . 5. Select the PSP channel that you want to connect to. 6. When done, select O to save the settings. 62 ASUS Network adapter Chapter 4 - Application Chapter 4 Application[...]

7. Select the game you want to play that is available for system-link then start the game connection. The PSP can provide you the SSID named PSP_**** to connect. Click ASUS WLAN Control Center > Survey to search the available connection. Select PSP_**** to connect. 8. When done, click Connect . ASUS Network adapter 63 Chapter 4 - Application Cha[...]

Setting up the XLink Mode under MAC OS T o set up the XLink Mode under MAC OS: 1. Select USB Wireless Utility > Advanced to enable PSP Xlink. 2. Click USB Wireless Utility > Site Survey to search the available connection. 3. Select PSP_**** to connect. 4. When done, click CONNECT . 64 ASUS Network adapter Chapter 4 - Application Chapter 4 App[...]

T roubleshooting The following troubleshooting guides provide answers to some of the more common problems, which you may encounter while installing or using Network adapter products. If you encount er difculties that are not mentioned in this se ction, please contact the Wireless LAN T echnical Support. V erify if the Network adapter is installe[...]

Cannot connect to a Station (Network adapter) Follow the procedure below to congure your Network adapter . a. V er if y t ha t t he “N e tw o rk T yp e” is in “A d H oc” mo de . b. V er if y t h at t h e “S SID ” o f y ou r N et wor k a d ap t er i s s et to t h e sa me “ SS I D” o f t he ot h er st ati on (o r a no t he r N e tw[...]

Appendix Important: Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment.End users must follow the specic operating instructions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. T o maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, please follow operation instruct[...]

Declaration of Conformity for R&TTE directive 1999/5/EC Essential requirements – Article 3 Protection requirements for health and safety – Article 3.1a T esting for electric safety according to EN 60950-1 has been conducted. These are considered relevant and sufcient. Protection requirements for electromagnetic compatibility – Article [...]

Industry Canada statement This device complies with RSS-210 of the Industry Canada 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 received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. IMPORT ANT Radiation Exposure Statem[...]