ASUS WL-100W User Manual

Wireless Local Area Network Card

®

ACT

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WL-100W

(For SuperSpeed N Wireless Network)

User Manual

E2655/ June 2006

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ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

Company address: 15 Li-Te Road, Beitou, Taipei 11259
General (tel): [phone]
Web site address: www.asus.com.tw
General (fax): [phone]
General email: [e-mail]

Technical support

General support (tel): [phone]
Online support: http://support.asus.com

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Technical support

General support (tel): [phone]
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ..............................................................................5

Package contents ..................................................................................5

Features .................................................................................................5

2. Installation ................................................................................6

System Requirements ...........................................................................6

Installation Procedures ..........................................................................6

Installing the WLAN utilities and driver .....................................................6

Reading the WLAN Status Indicators .......................................................7

One Touch Wizard ....................................................................................8

Conguring with the WLAN utility (Infrastructure) ....................................9

Conguring with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc) ............................................10

3. Software Reference ................................................................11

ASUS WLAN Control Center ...............................................................11

Wireless Settings Utility .......................................................................13

Status - Status ........................................................................................13

Status - Connection ................................................................................15

Status - IP Cong ...................................................................................16

Status - Ping ...........................................................................................16

Cong - Basic .........................................................................................17

Cong - Advanced ..................................................................................18

Cong - Encryption .................................................................................19

Cong - Authentication ...........................................................................22

Survey - Site Survey ...............................................................................22

About - Version Info ................................................................................23

Link State ...............................................................................................24

Exit Wireless Settings .............................................................................24

Windows® XP Wireless Options ...........................................................25

4. Troubleshooting .....................................................................27

5. Glossary ..................................................................................29

6. Appendix .................................................................................37

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Chapter 1 - Introduction

Package contents

Check the following items in your ASUS Cardbus Wireless LAN Adapter
package. Contact your retailer if any item is damaged or missing.

1 x ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter (WL-100W)

1 x Support CD

1 x Quick Start Guide

Features

Standard PCMCIA slot Type II, 802.11n Draft, OFDM, DSSS.

Supports Infrastructure and Ad-hoc networks.

Compatible with IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g devices.

Chapter 1

Introduction

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Installation

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 - Installation

2. Installation

System Requirements

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

• Windows XP/2000

• Standard PCMCIA slot Type II or Type III for notebook computer

• 128MB system memory or larger

• 750MHz processor or higher

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

Installing the WLAN utilities and driver

Follow these instructions to install the WLAN card utilities and driver. Insert the
support CD into your optical drive. If autorun is enabled in your computer, the
CD automatically displays the utility menu. Clickmatically displays the utility menu. Click

Utilities/Driver

. If autorun is disabled, double-click SETUP.EXE in the root

directory of the CD.

Install ASUS WLAN Card

WLAN Card Utilities/Driver.

3. Click
Folder or click Browse to select another folder.

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to use the default Destination

Next

Install

2. Click

4. Click

on the Welcome screen.1. Select your language and click

Next

to creat short cut.

Next

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5. The installation process takes several
seconds.

7. Carefully insert the WLAN card into your

computer ’s PCMCIA slot. Windows will

automatically detect and configure the
WLAN Card using the utilities and drivers
installed in the previous steps.

6. When Setup is complete, click

exit the installation wizard and restart the

computer.

8. Windows XP users: When the program
is laun c h ed fo r th e fir s t ti m e (d u ring
Windows re s t a rt ) , yo u are asked to

choose one utility to congure the WLAN

Card. Select "Only use our WLAN utilities
and disable Windows wireless function".

Finish

Reading the WLAN status indicators

The device comes with two LEDs that indicate the status of the WLAN Card.

ACT LED

Blinking:
OFF:

LINK LED

ON:

OFF:

Transmitting data; the blinking speed indicates the link speed.

Radio off or Card is disabled.

Connected to wireless device.

No wireless connection.

to

Chapter 2

Installation

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Installation

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 - Installation

One Touch Wizard

Use One Touch Wizard to setup your wireless connection with an existing

wireless LAN.

1. Launch O ne Touch Wizard f ro m Start

me n u a n d click
wireless network.

3. Connection is complete. Click
setup the IP address for the WLAN card.

to s e t up yo u r

Ne x t

Next

to

2. Select an AP from the

eld, then click

4. C h o ose to obt a i n an IP a d dress o r to
assign static address manually for your
WLAN card. When IP setting is complete,
click

to exit the One Touch Wizard.

Finish

Available Networks

.

Next

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

policies, you must congure the same encryption on your WLAN Card.

Select "Configure your wireless LAN settings" radio button in step 2
and make the settings accordingly. When the encryption settings are
complete, you can launch the One Touch Wizard once again from the Start
menu to set up the connection with your AP.

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Chapter 2 - Installation

Conguring with the WLAN utility (Infrastructure)

Use ASUS WLAN utility to get connected with an existing wireless network.

1. Right-click the wireless connection icon
and select

Wireless Settings.

2. Check the
(network name) to that of your wireless AP.

page to set the

Config

SSID

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Installation

3. Use

Site Survey

SSID of your access point(s).

5. C hec k the
as s o ci ati o n st a t e. If con n e cti o n is
established, the box shows “Connected ­xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx”.

if you don’t know the

pag e to se e th e

St a t us

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4. Enc rypti on setti ngs must matc h tho se
at the acces s poi nt. Ask your netw ork
administrator about settings if necessary.
Click

6. C heck the
signal strength. Click

to activate the settings.

Apply

Conn ection

OK

tab to s ee the

to exit the utility.

Installation

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 - Installation

Conguring with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc)

The WLAN card supports Ad Hoc mode which allows communication between
wireless stations without an AP.

1. Right-click the wireless connection icon
and select

3. Click the
Hoc nodes. Select the node you want to
communicate with and press

Wireless Settings.

button to scan for Ad

Survey

Connect

.

2. Click the
Card to

4. If the encryption settings of your WLAN
Card are different from those of the other
Ad Hoc nodes, you are prompted to make
the encryption of the two nodes identical.
Click

Apply

button and set the WLAN

Cong

connection mode.

Ad Hoc

to activate the settings.

5. Check the
state. If connection is established, the box
shows “Connected - xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx”.

page to see the association

Status

6. Check the
signal strength. Click

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Connection

OK

tab to see the

to exit the utility.

Chapter 3 - Software Reference

3. Software Reference

ASUS WLAN Control Center

ASUS WLAN Control Center is an application which makes it easier to launch
WLAN applications and activate network location settings. The WLAN Control
Center starts automatically when system boots. When WLAN Control Center is
running, you can see a Control Center icon on the Windows taskbar.

Starting the Control Center

• Select

• Double-click the

ASUS WLAN Control Center

menu, or

ASUS WLAN Control Center

Using the Control Center

The Control Center taskbar icon displays the following information:

• Link quality of the WLAN Card (Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, Not Linked)

• Whether the WLAN Card is connected to a network (Blue: Connected,
Gray: Not Connected)

in Windows Start

icon on the desktop.

Chapter 3

Software Reference

Taskbar Icon and Status

Wireless Status Icons (on the taskbar)

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

Not linked

Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

Not linked

link quality and

link quality and

link quality and

link quality and

but

connected to Internet

link quality but

link quality but

link quality but

link quality but

and

not connected to Internet

not connected to Internet

connected to Internet

connected to Internet

connected to Internet

connected to Internet

(Infrastructure)

not connected to Internet

not connected to Internet

not connected to Internet

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(Infrastructure)

(Infrastructure)

(Infrastructure)

(Infrastructure)

(Infrastructure)

(Infrastructure)

(Infrastructure)

(Infrastructure)

(Infrastructure)

Chapter 3 - Software Reference

Taskbar icon - Right-click menu

Right-click the taskbar icon to show the following menu items:

•

Wireless Settings

•

Activate Conguration

•

Mobile Manager

•

Site Monitor

•

Preferences

create a Control Center shortcut on the desktop and decide whether to
start Control Center when system boots.

•

About Control Center

Software Reference

•

– Closes the Control Center program.

Exit

– Launches Wireless Settings application.

– Allows you to choose a preset prole.

– Launches Mobile Manager application.

– Launches the Site Monitor application.

– Customizes the Control Center program. You can

-Shows the version of Control Center.

Chapter 3

Taskbar icon - Left-click menu

Le f t - click the taskbar ic o n to sh o w the
following menu items:

• Wi r e l e s s Radio On

wireless radio ON.

•

Wireless Radio Off

wireless radio OFF.

•

Se a rch & C o nn e ct

properties of available access points.

•

Wireless Option

Zero Conguration (WZC) service or ASUS utilities to congure your

WLAN card.

– Turns th e

– Turn s the

– Vi ew t h e

(Windows® XP only) – Choose Windows® Wireless

Taskbar Left-Click Menu

Taskbar Icon - Launch Wireless Settings

Double-click the taskbar icon to launch the Wireless Settings utility. to launch the Wireless Settings utility.

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