ASUS WL-100GE User Manual

Wireless Local Area Network Card

®

WL-100gE

(For 802.11g & 802.11b Wireless Networks)

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User’s Manual

E2159 / Jul 2005

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Technical support

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ............................................................................. 7

Overview .............................................................................................. 7

2. Installation ............................................................................... 8

System Requirements .......................................................................... 8

Installation Procedures......................................................................... 9

Installing the WLAN utilities and driver ........................................... 9

Orientating the Antenna ................................................................ 10

Reading the WLAN Status Indicators ........................................... 11

One Touch Wizard (new wireless LAN) ........................................ 12

One Touch Wizard (existing LAN)................................................. 13

Configuring the WLAN utility......................................................... 14

Soft AP (Windows XP Only) ............................................................... 15

3. Software Reference .............................................................. 19

Chapter Overview............................................................................... 19

Windows XP Wireless Options ..................................................... 19

WLAN Control Center......................................................................... 20

Wireless Settings Utility...................................................................... 23

Status - Status Tab ....................................................................... 23

Status - Connection ...................................................................... 26

Status - IP Config.......................................................................... 27

Config - Basic ............................................................................... 28

Config - Encryption ....................................................................... 30

Status - Advanced......................................................................... 33

Survey - Site Survey ..................................................................... 34

Ping............................................................................................... 35

About - Version Info Tab ............................................................... 36

Link State...................................................................................... 37

Exit Wireless Settings ................................................................... 37

Ad Hoc................................................................................................ 38

Windows XP Wireless Properties ....................................................... 40

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4. Troubleshooting.................................................................... 42

5. Glossary................................................................................. 44

6. Safety Information................................................................. 52

Federal Communications Commission............................................... 52

FCC Radio Frequency Interference Requirements ...................... 53

FCC RF Exposure Guidelines (Access Points) ............................ 53

FCC RF Exposure Guidelines (Wireless Cards)........................... 54

Canadian Department of Communications ........................................ 54

Operation Channel for Different Domains .......................................... 54

France Restricted Frequency Band.................................................... 55

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1. Introduction

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Overview

Thank you for purchasing the ASUS WLAN Card. The ASUS WLAN Card is
a PCMCIA compliant “wireless” network interface card (NIC) for any computer
equipped with a PC Card slot (available mainly in Notebook PCs).

The ASUS WLAN Card is designed to be fully compliant with both the IEEE

802.11g and IEE802.1 1b wireless local area network (Wireless LAN) standards.
As a result of the completion of the standard, the interoperability of Wireless
LAN products among multiple manufacturers will be guaranteed. The ASUS
WLAN Card product provides high-speed, standards-based Wireless LAN
solutions.

The ASUS WLAN Card is designed to be fully compliant with IEEE 802.11g
wireless local area networks (WLAN). 802.11g is an extension to 802.11b,
used in majority of wireless LANs today . 802.1 1g will broaden 802.1 1b's data
rates to 54 Mbps within the 2.4 GHz band using OFDM (orthogonal frequency
division multiplexing) technology . 802.11g allows backward compatibility with

802.11b devices but only at 11 Mbps or lower depending on the range and
presence of obstructions.

Chapter 1

Introduction

The ASUS WLAN Card supports data rates up to 11 Mbps, with automatic
fallback to 5.5, 2, and 1 Mbps in 802.11b networks. It operates in the unlicensed

2.4 GHz frequencies called the Instrumentation, Science, and Medical (ISM)
band. Unlicensed means free of charge to users.

The ASUS WLAN Card configuration utility is a user-friendly application that
helps you quickly setup multiple roaming nodes using the ASUS WLAN Card.
You can even export the configuration settings to a file and import them to
other computers for fast multiple installations using ASUS Mobile Manager.
Wireless LANs are complementary extensions to existing wired LANs, of fering
complete mobility while maintaining continuous network connectivity to both
corporate and home Intranets. They add a new level of convenience for LAN
users. PC users stay connected to the network anywhere throughout a building
without being bound by a LAN wires. This is accomplished through the use of
ASUS WLAN Access Points or ASUS WLAN Home Gateways. ASUS WLAN
Home Gateways with built-in Internet gateway capability , allows your family
to share a broadband Modem and one ISP account simultaneously from dif ferent
rooms without wires! ASUS WLAN products can keep you connected
anywhere, any time.

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2. Installation

System Requirements

To begin using the WLAN Card, you must have the following minimum
requirements:

Quick Start

Chapter 2

• Windows XP/2000/ME/98SE

• Standard PCMCIA Slot Type II

• 32MB system memory or larger

• 300MHz processor or higher

Installation Procedures

Chapter 2 - Installation

Important: Install the WLAN card utilities before inserting the WLAN
Card into your computer.

Follow these two easy steps before using the WLAN card.

1. Install the WLAN card utilities and driver from the support CD.

2. Insert the WLAN card into your computer.

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Chapter 2 - Installation

Installing the WLAN utilities and driver

Follow these instructions to install the WLAN card utilities and driver. Insert
the support CD and an autorun menu will appear. If your autorun is disabled,
double click SETUP.EXE in the root directory of the support CD.

Chapter 2

Quick Start

1. Select your language and click Install

WLAN Card Utilities/Driver.

3. Click Next after reading the Information. 4. Click Next to use the default Destination

2. Click Next on the Welcome screen.

Folder or click Browse to select another folder.

5. Click Next to place icons in the default pro­gram folder or type another folder name.

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6. When Setup is complete, click Finish to exit
the installation wizard and restart Windows.

Chapter 2 - Installation

7. Windows XP users: When the program is

Quick Start

Chapter 2

Orientating the Antenna

The ASUS WLAN Card has two integrated antennas, one external
omnidirectional antenna and the other is a built-in diversity antenna. It is
recommended that you adjust the external antenna straight up for maximum
range and higher link quality. Lower the external antenna when transporting
your Notebook PC.

launched for the first time (during Windows
restart), you will be asked which function to
use. Select to use utilities for more func­tions.

8. Carefully insert the WLAN card into your
computer’s PC card slot. Windows will au­tomatically find and configure the WLAN
card using the drivers installed in the previ­ous steps.

External omnidirectional antenna

Internal diversity antenna

Inserted with antenna down

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Inserted with antenna up

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Reading the WLAN Status Indicators

The part of the WLAN Card that protrudes out of the PCMCIA socket consists
of two LEDs that indicate the status of the WLAN Card .

Chapter 2

Quick Start

Power LED

Air LED

Power LED

OFF: No power or error.
ON: Power ON.

Air LED

OFF: No wireless activity.
Blink: Transmitting or receiving wireless data.

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One Touch Wizard (new wireless LAN)

Use the One Touch Wizard to setup your wireless connection.

Quick Start

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 - Installation

1. Select Create a new... and click Next to
use the simplest configuration or select an­other option first.

3. Setup is complete. Click Finish to exit the
wizard or click Next to continue with more
advanced features.

2. Enter the SSID name of the access point that
you wish to connect to. Select Data encryp-
tion if secured connections are enabled.

4. Click OK to start ICSS setup.

5. Select your Internet connection from the list.

6. Setup is complete. Y ou can review your set­tings here.

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Chapter 2 - Installation

One Touch Wizard (existing LAN)

Use the One Touch Wizard to setup your wireless connection.

Chapter 2

Quick Start

1. Select Connect to... and click Next to use
the simplest configuration or select another
option first.

3. Setup is complete. Click Finish to exit the
wizard.

2. Select an AP from the available networks.

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Configuring the WLAN utility

After installing the WLAN Card Utilities, you will need to make
some settings before being able to use your wireless connection.
Double-click the WLAN Control Center icon to start the utility.

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Chapter 2

Chapter 2 - Installation

1. Right-click the WLAN icon and select “Wire­less Settings”

3. Use “Site Survey” if you don’t know the
name of your access point(s).

2. Set the Network Name (SSID) to the same
name as the SSID set in your wireless ac­cess point.

4. Encryption settings must also match those
set in the access point. Ask your network
administrator about settings if necessary.
Click Apply to save your settings

5. Check the “Status” page to see the “Asso­ciation State”. It should show “Connected ­xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx”.

6. You can also see the connection quality on
the “Connection” page. Click OK to exit the
utility.

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Chapter 2 - Installation

Soft AP (Windows XP Only)

Soft AP mode allows the WLAN 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 WLAN clients.

Chapter 2

Quick Start

1. Select Soft AP Mode

3. Enable ICS* and Firewall if desired. Refer
to Windows help for information on “Inter­net Connection Sharing”.

2. Drag and drop a wired network connection
next to the globe icon.

4. You can easily switch between Soft AP and
Station mode by right clicking the taskbar
icon and selecting “A-S Change Mode”.

*ICS is used to share this computer’s Internet connection with the rest of the computers on your
network. When this computer is connected to the Internet, communication to and from the Inter­net to all the computers on your network are sent through this computer, called the host com­puter. Other computers can send and receive email and access the Web as if it were connected
directly to the Internet.

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Soft AP (Windows XP Only) Cont.

Soft AP mode allows for Access Control configuration.

Access Control

The AP provides facilities to limit the wireless clients that associate with it and
the data packets that can forward through it. Filters provide network security

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Chapter 2

or improve performance by eliminating broadcast/multicast packets from the
radio network.

The Access Control List (ACL) contains MAC addresses for wireless clients
allowed to associate with the AP. This provides security by preventing
unauthorized access. The AP also uses a disallowed address list of destinations.
This feature prevents the AP from communicating with specified destinations.
This can include network devices that do not require communication with the
AP or its wireless clients.

Chapter 2 - Installation

Status Page Encryption Page

Clicking Apply after configuring Soft AP will
show the “Access Control” tab.

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Enter a MAC Address on the Access Control
page and select “Accept” or “Reject” or “Dis­able” from the pull-down menu.

Chapter 2 - Installation

Soft AP (Windows XP Only) Cont.

Chapter 2

Quick Start

Soft AP Mode will also provide two extra tabs
on the Status pages - Association Table and
Event Log. The Association T able shows clients
that are currently connected to the Soft AP.

IMPORTANT: If the end points of a chain are connected to each
other a loop is created. Normally it is advised to avoid loops involv­ing bridges as it can lead to performance breakdowns, and broad­cast and multicast storms.

The Event Log tracks messages associated
with the Soft AP.

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Quick Start

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 - Installation

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