ASUS WL-103B User Manual

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Wireless Local Area Network Card

WL-103b

(For 802.11b Wireless Networks)

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Quick Start Guide

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Product Name: ASUS WLAN Card (WL-103b)
Manual Revision: E1326
Release Date: May 2003

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Contact Information

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)

Address: 150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 112
General T el: [phone]
General Fax: [phone]
General Email: [e-mail]

Technical Support

MB/Others (Tel):[phone] (English)
Notebook (Tel): [phone] (English)
Desktop/Server: [phone] (English)
Support Fax: [phone]
Support Email: [e-mail]
Web Site: www.asus.com.tw
Newsgroup: cscnews.asus.com.tw

ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)

Address: 6737 Mowry Avenue, Mowry Business Center,

Building 2, Newark, CA 94560, USA
General Fax: [phone]
General Email: [e-mail]

Technical Support

Support Fax: [phone]
General Support: [phone]
Web Site: usa.asus.com
Support Email: [e-mail]

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ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany & Austria)

Address: Harkortstr. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany
General Fax: [phone]
General Email: [e-mail] (for marketing requests only)

Technical Support

Support Hotline: MB/Others: [phone]
Notebook (Tel): [phone]
Support Fax: [phone]
Support (Email): www.asuscom.de/de/support (for online support)
Web Site: www.asuscom.de

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System Requirements

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

• Windows XP/2000/ME/98SE

• Standard PCMCIA Slot Type II

• 32MB system memory or larger

• 300MHz processor or higher

The Product Package

When you receive the ASUS WLAN Card package, it should contain the
following items:

• ASUS WLAN Card (PCMCIA Type II)

• ASUS WLAN Card Quick Start Guide

• ASUS WLAN Card User’s Manual

• CD-ROM Disc (Drivers, Utilities, Documentation)

If any of the above items are not included or damaged, contact your
local dealer for instructions.

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2. Installation

Installing the ASUS WLAN Card Driver

1. Turn ON your computer and enter

Windows.

2. Insert the ASUS WLAN Card into a

PCMCIA Type II slot with the connector
side first. The label represents the top
side and the flat side represents the
bottom side. Push the ASUS WLAN Card
into the slot until it is firmly seated.

CAUTION: Make sure that you carefully align the ASUS WLAN Card
into the PCMCIA socket. Forcing a misaligned PCMCIA card will
damage the PCMCIA card or the PCMCIA socket.

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3. Windows will automatically detect the

ASUS WLAN Card once it is inserted into
the PCMCIA slot, then the “Add New
Hardware Wizard” dialog will appear.
Click Next.

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4. Insert the support CD that came with your
ASUS WLAN Card.

5. Select “Search for the best driver in”...
and “Search removable media...”, then
click Next.

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Installing the ASUS WLAN Card Driver (Cont.)

6. When asked about driver compatibility
with Windows XP. Click Continue
Anyway since ASUS has always tests its
drivers before product shipment.

8. Click Finish when installation has complete.
Restart your computer if prompted.

7. Wait while Windows XP creates a restore
point for you system files in case you
need to restore your current system.

Verifying Drivers

You can verify the ASUS WLAN Card driver
in Device Manager. (Access Device Manager
from Start | Control Panel | System | Hardware).
A question mark means that no driver has
been installed. An exclamation mark over a card

means that the driver is incorrect. Verify
that you are using the correct product and driver
CD. Try repeating the installation and contact
customer support if necessary.

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Installing the ASUS WLAN Card Utilities

After you have installed the ASUS WLAN Card driver, you can install the
WLAN Adapter utilities. Refer to the User’s Manual for the detailed information.

1. Insert the ASUS WLAN Card 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.

2. From the autorun menu, select your
language and click Install ASUS WLAN

Card Utilities.

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3. Click Next on the Welcome screen.

5. Click Next to use the default Destination
Folder or click Browse to select another
folder.

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4. Click Next after reading the Information.

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

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Installing the ASUS WLAN Card Utilities (Cont.)

7. When Setup is complete, click Finish to
exit the installation wizard.

Several shortcuts will be created
which can be accessed through Start.

8. When the program is launched for the first
time, you will be asked which function to
use. Select to use ASUS utilities for more
functions.

By default, the “ASUS WLAN
Control Center” is set to launch with
Windows. If necessary, you can
launch it manually from the Windows
Start Menu.

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ASUS WLAN Utility Quick Start

After installing the ASUS WLAN driver and utility, you may need to make
some settings before being able to use your wireless connection.

Right-Click Menu

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

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

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

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

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ASUS WLAN Utility Quick Start (Cont.)

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.

Reading the ASUS WLAN Status Indicators

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

PWR LED

ACT LED

PWR (Power) LED

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

ACT (Activity) LED

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

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WL-103b

(802.11b)

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[phone]
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[phone]
[e-mail]

[phone]
[e-mail]
usa.asus.com

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Harkortstr. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany
49-2102-9599-31

Email [e-mail]

49-2102-9599-0 ... /
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www.asuscom.de/kontakt
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1.3 .................................................................... 16

1.4 .................................................................... 17

2. .................................................................... 17

2.1 .................................................. 17

2.2 ............................................................. 18

2.3 TCP/IP ......................... 22

2.4 ............................................................. 27

3. ............................................................. 29

3.1 ............................................................................ 29

3.2 Control Center ............................................. 30

3.3 Wireless Settings .................................. 33

3.4 Mobile Manager ....................................... 34

3.5 Site Monitor .............................................. 35

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5. ............................................................. 37

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1.

1.1

PCMCIA

(Personal Computer Memory Card International Association Type II

(wireless network interface card
NIC PCMCIA 2.x
IEEE 802.11b (Wireless LAN)

11Mbps 11

Mbps/5.5Mbps/2Mbps/1Mbps(IEEE 802.11b)

(Access Point)

ISP

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1.2

Windows XP/2000/ME/98SE

PCMCIA TypeII
32MB
300MHz

1.3

(1) WL-103b
(1)
(1)

1.4

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PWR

ACT

PWR

ACT

2.

PCMCIA

PCMCIA

Windows 98/Me/2000/

XP Windows ME Windows XP

1.

2.

3. TCP/IP

4.

2.1

1. Windows

2. PWR AIR 68
PCMCIA Type II

PWR

PCMCIA

PCMCIA

PCMCIA

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2.2

Windows Me

1. Windows

2. PCMCIA Type II

3. PCMCIA Windows

4. (
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5.

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6.

Windows XP

1. Windows

2. PCMCIA Type II

3. PCMCIA Windows

4.

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