ASUS WL-160N User Manual

Wireless Local Area Network Adapter

WL-160N

For 802.11n draft, 802.11g & 802.11b Networks

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User Manual

E3092/ March 2007

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Contact Information

ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

Company address: 15 Li-Te Road, Beitou, Taipei 11259 General (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 Web site address: www.asus.com.tw General (fax): +886-2-2894-7798 General email: info@asus.com.tw

Technical support

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Technical support

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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 Wireless LAN Adapter package. Contact your retailer if any item is damaged or missing.

1 x ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter (WL-160N)

1 x Support CD

1 x Quick Start Guide

1 x USB Cradle

Features

USB 2.0, 802.11n Draft Specication,

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 Adapter, you must meet the following minimum requirements:

• Windows XP/2000/2003

• USB 2.0 for personal computer or notebook computer

• 128MB system memory or larger

• 750MHz processor or higher

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

Installing the WLAN utilities and driver

Follow these instructions to install the WLAN Adapter 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. Click

Utilities/Driver

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

directory of the CD.

Install ASUS WLAN Card

2. Click

4. Click

ASUS WLAN Card Utilities/Driver.

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

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to use the default Destination

Install

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

to create short cut.

Chapter 2 - Installation

5. The installation process takes several seconds.

7. Carefully insert the WLAN Adapter into

your computer’s USB slot. Windows will

automatically detect and configure the WLAN Adapter usi ng t he u til iti es a nd 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

Ad apt er. S elec t "Onl y use o ur WLAN utilities and disable Windo ws wireless function".

Finish

Reading the WLAN status indicators

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

ACT LED Blinking: Transmitting data; the blinking

speed indicates the link speed. OFF: Radio off or Adapter is disabled.

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Installation

LINK LED

ON: Connected to wireless device.

OFF: No wireless connection.

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ACT

LINK

Installation

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 - Installation

One Touch Wizard

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

wireless LAN.

1. L aun ch O ne Tou ch W izar d from Start

menu and cli c k wireless network.

3. C o n n ec t i o n is co m p l e t e . Cl i c k to set up the IP addres s for the W LAN Adapter.

to set up yo ur

2. Select an AP from the Available Networks

eld, then click Next.

4. C hoo se t o obtai n an IP addr ess or to assign static address manually for your WL A N A da pte r. Wh en IP se tti n g is complete, cli ck

Touch Wizard.

to exit the One

Finish

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

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

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.

We suggest WL-160N work with WL-500W Super Speed N wireless router

for maximum performance. Make sure the router rmware is the updated. Check ASUS website for router latest updated rmware.

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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

Chapter 2

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

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 Adapter supports Ad Hoc mode that 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 Adapter to

4. If the encryption settings of your WLAN Adapter are different from those of the other Ad Hoc nodes, you are prompted to make the encryption of the two nodes iden tic al. Clic k settings.

button and set the WLAN

Cong

connection mode.

Ad Hoc

Appl y

to a cti vat e t he

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

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 Adapter (Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, Not Linked)

• Whether the WLAN Adapter 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

but

connected to Internet

link quality but

and

not connected to Internet

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connected to Internet

(Infrastructure)

not connected to Internet

(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

•

– Click to close the Control Center program.

Exit

– Click to launch Wireless Settings application.

– Click to choose a preset prole.

– Click to launch Mobile Manager application.

– Click to launch the Site Monitor application.

– Click to customize the Control Center program. You can

-Shows the version of Control Center.

Chapter 3

Taskbar icon - Left-click menu

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

Taskbar Icon - Launch Wireless Settings

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

• Wireless Radio On

– Click to turn

the wireless radio ON.

•

Wireless Radio Off

the wireless radio OFF.

•

Search & Connect

– Click to turn

Taskbar Left-Click Menu

– Click toview the

properties of available access points.

•

Wireless Option

Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) service or ASUS utilities to

(Windows® XP only) – Click to choose Windows

congure your WLAN Adapter.

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