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User Manual

E4063 / January 2009

PCI-G31

Wireless Local Area Network Card

(For 802.11g & 802.11b Wireless Networks)

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Page 1: ...User Manual E4063 January 2009 PCI G31 Wireless Local Area Network Card For 802 11g 802 11b Wireless Networks ...

Page 2: ...ITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PR...

Page 3: ...fax 1 510 608 4555 Web site address http usa asus com Technical support General support 1 502 995 0883 Support fax 1 502 933 8713 Online support http vip asus com eservice techserv aspx ASUS Computer GmbH Germany Austria Company address Harkortstr 21 23 40880 Ratingen Germany General tel 49 02102 95990 General fax 49 02102 959911 Web site address http www asuscom de Online contact http www asuscom...

Page 4: ...driver and utilities 6 3 Configuring PCI G31 using ASUS utility 7 3 1 Connecting to a wireless network manually 7 3 2 Connecting to a wireless network using WPS 8 3 3 Soft AP mode Windows XP Vista 9 4 Software information 11 4 1 ASUS WLAN Control Center 11 4 2 ASUS WLAN Card Setting Utility 11 5 Configuring PCI G31 using Windows WZC service 21 6 Troubleshooting 23 7 Glossary 25 ...

Page 5: ...s no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the eq...

Page 6: ...ric machinery Article 14 The application of low power frequency electric machineries shall not affect the navigation safety nor interfere a legal communication if an interference is found the service will be suspended until improvement is made and the interference no longer exists 低功率電波輻射性電機管理辦法第十二條經型式認證合格之低勁率射電機非經許可公司商號或使用者均不得擅自變更頻率加大功率或變更原設計之特性及功能第十四條低功率射頻電機之使用不得影響飛航安全及干擾合法通信經發現有干擾現象時...

Page 7: ...TE Directive EN 55020 EN 55022 Immunity from radio interference of broadcast receivers and associated equipment Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of information technology equipment EN 301511 Global System for Mobile communications GSM Harmonized EN for mobile stations in the GSM 900 and GSM 1800 bands covering essential requirements under article 3 2 of the R ...

Page 8: ...de x1 Support CD x1 Low profile bracket x1 Warranty card x1 NOTE If any of the above items is damaged or missing contact your retailer immediately 1 3 Hardware Status indicator The PCI G31 WLAN Card comes with a status indicator that shows the realtime status of the WLAN card ON The WLAN card is enabled Blinking The WLAN card has connected to a wireless network successfully and data is being recei...

Page 9: ...31 driver and utilities 2 From the Autorun screen select your language and click Install Utilities Driver 3 An InstallShield Wizard screen appears Click Next to continue IMPORTANT Install the ASUS PCI G31 WLAN Card into your computer before installing the driver and utilities from the bundled Support CD 4 Click Install to start the installation 6 After your computer reboots select Only use our WLA...

Page 10: ... WLAN Card Setting Utility icon in the Windows system tray then select Wireless Setting You may also click Status Search Connect to display the SiteSurvey page then select a network from the Available Network list Click Connect 3 Configuring PCI G31 using ASUS utility Setup is completed The Status page displays information such as the association state current data rate and radio state 3 If Securi...

Page 11: ... WPS push button IMPORTANT Ensure that the AP or station you are trying to connect to supports the WPS function 2 Select Join a WLAN Enrollee then click Next 3 Select Push Button on AP PBC then click Next 4 Press the WPS button on the AP or station to establish a wireless connection The picture indicates that WPS is scanning for the network 5 Click Finish The picture indicates that your WLAN card ...

Page 12: ...The ASUS PCI G31 WLAN Card supports the Soft AP mode In this mode the WLAN card acts as a virtual AP The picture on the right indicates that your WLAN card has switched to the Soft AP mode successfully The utility s name switches to ASUS Wireless Access Point Utility The ASUS WLAN Card Setting Utility icon in the system tray switches to the ASUS Wireless Access Point Utility icon IMPORTANT Before ...

Page 13: ...ol Policy dropdown list 2 Key in its MAC address in the Access Control List field 3 Click Add Only the wireless clients on the Accept list are allowed to associate with the WLAN card To prevent a wireless client from associating with the WLAN card 1 Select Reject from the Access Control Policy dropdown list 2 Key in its MAC address in the Access Control Policy field 3 Click Add The wireless client...

Page 14: ...configuration options on the user interface To launch ASUS WLAN Card Setting Utility click Start All Programs ASUS Utility WLAN Card ASUS WLAN Control Center The ASUS WLAN Card Setting Utility icon automatically appears in the system tray It shows No Device which indicates that your WLAN card is currently disabled ASUS WLAN Card Setting Utility system tray icon Right click the ASUS WLAN Card Setti...

Page 15: ...dio On Turns the wireless radio ON Wireless Radio Off Turns the wireless radio OFF Search Connect Displays the available wireless networks Switch to AP Mode Switches your WLAN card to the AP mode Wireless Option Selects the ASUS utility or the Windows WZC utility as the management software Double click the icon to launch the ASUS WLAN Card Setting utility ...

Page 16: ...Displays the name of the wireless network that the WLAN card is connecting to MAC Address Indicates the hardware address of the WLAN card A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to networking devices It consists of six groups of two hexadecimal digits 0 through 9 and A through F separated by colons e g 00 E0 18 F0 05 C0 Current Channel Displays the channel of the wireless network Current Dat...

Page 17: ...Strength Indicates the signal level of the AP or the Ad Hoc node the WLAN card is currently connecting to Status IP Config Host Information Displays the configuration information about the wireless network the WLAN card is currently connecting to Adapter Information Displays TCP IP settings of the WLAN card IP Release Remove the current IP address of the WLAN card and get an IP address from a DHCP...

Page 18: ...e number of packets to be sent and the timeout value 3 Click Ping The session field displays information on the verified connection including the roundtrip time minimum maximum and average and packets sent received and lost after a Ping session Click Clear to clear the session field Config SoftAP The Soft AP page allows you to switch your WLAN card to the AP mode Click Soft AP_Mode to start the co...

Page 19: ...ure mode your WLAN card automatically selects the correct channel required to communicate with an AP and this field shows Auto In the Ad Hoc mode you are allowed to select a channel for your WLAN Card WLAN cards in the same network can communicate with each other if they have the same channel setting The radio channels you can use depend on the regulations in your country In the United States FCC ...

Page 20: ... operating in the Shared Key mode that uses the WEP encryption for your network WPA PSK WPA2 PSK Use the WPA Pre Shared Key WPA2 Pre Shared Key in the Infrastructure mode for authentication WPA WPA2 Enables the IEEE 802 1x authentication mode This mode is for environments with Remote Access Dial in User Service Radius In a RADIUS environment various Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP are suppo...

Page 21: ...ur Default Key Allows you to select one of the four WEP Keys as the default key Config Authentication The Authentication page allows you to configure security settings to match those on the wireless network you are trying to connect to The fields in this page become configurable only when you have set the Network Authentication item in the Encryption page to WPA or WPA2 Authentication Type Select ...

Page 22: ...to smaller pieces fragments that are sent separately to the destination Enable fragmentation by setting a specific packet size threshold If there is an excessive number of collisions on the WLAN experiment with different fragmentation values to increase the reliability of frame transmissions The default value 2346 is recommended for normal use Preamble Mode Select the preamble mode The default val...

Page 23: ...rsion Info The Version Info page displays information about the utility and driver versions of the ASUS PCI G31 WLAN Card WPS WiFi Protected Setup Click the WPS tab to launch the WPS wizard Refer to 3 2 Connecting to a wireless network using WPS for details ...

Page 24: ... utility 3 Double click the Wireless Network Connection icon in the system tray to view the available wireless networks in your location Select the network you want to connect to then click Connect 4 Key in the same network key on the network you are trying to connect to then click Connect To connect your PCI G31 to a wireless network using Windows WZC service 5 Configuring PCI G31 using Windows W...

Page 25: ... the status speed and signal strength You can save your favorite networks on your computer To save networks on your computer 1 Click Properties from the Wireless Network Connection Status window then select the Wireless Networks tab 2 Click Add to add your favorite networks 3 Set the connection preference order with the Move up and Move down buttons Your computer will automatically connect to avai...

Page 26: ...ow appears 5 Check Device status to see if the WLAN Card is working properly There is a yellow exclamation mark or a yellow question mark over the icon of Ralink Turbo Wireless LAN Card in the Device Manager window In this case you have to update reinstall the WLAN card driver 1 On the Ralink Turbo Wireless LAN Card Properties window select the Driver tab 2 Click Update Driver 3 A Hardware Update ...

Page 27: ...nt to connect to The connection quality is bad and the signal strength is weak Keep your WLAN card away from microwave ovens and large metal objects to avoid radio interference Adjust the WLAN card antenna Move your WLAN card closer to the access point station or WLAN card you want to connect to The TCP IP protocol does not bind to the WLAN Card This occurs when your PC already has six TCP IP bind...

Page 28: ...ws you to specify the data transmission rate Basic Service Area BSS A set of stations controlled by a single coordination function Broadband A type of data transmission in which a single medium such as cable carries several channels of data at once Channel An instance of medium use for the purpose of passing protocol data units that may be used simultaneously in the same volume of space with other...

Page 29: ...used to encode 125Kbps of data per channel resulting in a 6 000Kbps or 6Mbps data rate Using quadrature phase shift keying you can double the amount of data encoded to 250Kbps per channel yielding a 12Mbps data rate And by using 16 level quadrature amplitude modulation encoding 4bits per hertz you can achieve a data rate of 24Mbps The 802 11a g standard specifies that all 802 11a g compliant produ...

Page 30: ...pping sequence The chipping sequence is combined with a transmitted data stream to produce the output signal Wireless mobile clients receiving a direct sequence transmission use the spreading code to map the chips within the chipping sequence back into bits to recreate the original data transmitted by the wireless device Intercepting and decoding a direct sequence transmission requires a predefine...

Page 31: ...A set of one or more interconnected basic service set BSSs and integrated local area networks LANs can be configured as an Extended Service Set ESSID Extended Service Set Identifier You must have the same ESSID entered into the gateway and each of its wireless clients The ESSID is a unique identifier for your wireless network Ethernet The most widely used LAN access method which is defined by the ...

Page 32: ... 11 specifies a carrier sense media access control and physical layer specifications for 1 and 2 Mbps wireless LANs IEEE 802 11a 54Mbits sec Compared with 802 11b The 802 11b standard was designed to operate in the 2 4GHz ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical band using direct sequence spreadspectrum technology The 802 11a standard on the other hand was designed to operate in the more recently all...

Page 33: ...r direct sequence spread spectrum devices Under 802 11b direct sequence devices can operate at 11Mbps 5 5Mbps 2Mbps or 1Mbps This provides interoperability with existing 802 11 direct sequence devices that operate only at 2Mbps Direct sequence spread spectrum devices spread a radio signal over a range of frequencies The IEEE 802 11b specification allocates the 2 4GHz frequency band into 14 overlap...

Page 34: ...LANs The ISM bands are located at 902MHz 2 400GHz and 5 7GHz ISP Internet Service Provider An organization that provides access to the Internet Small ISPs provide service via modem and ISDN while the larger ones also offer private line hookups T1 fractional T1 etc LAN Local Area Network A communications network that serves users within a defined geographical area The benefits include the sharing o...

Page 35: ...ational Association PCMCIA develops standards for PC cards formerly known as PCMCIA cards These cards are available in three types and are about the same length and width as credit cards However the different width of the cards ranges in thickness from 3 3 mm Type I to 5 0 mm Type II to 10 5 mm Type III These cards can be used for various functions including memory storage land line modems and wir...

Page 36: ...ID to prevent other wireless devices from recognizing and connecting to the device Station Any device containing IEEE 802 11 wireless medium access conformity Subnet Mask A subnet mask is a set of four numbers configured like an IP address It is used to create IP address numbers used only within a particular network TCP Transmission Control Protocol The standard transport level protocol that provi...

Page 37: ...ers in enterprise security solutions Requirements 1 A WPA compatible Access Point or Wireless router 2 Operating system updates that support WPA In XP an updated Windows Zero Config service is needed Users can download the Windows XP WPA patch here http microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyId 009D8425 CE2B 47A4 ABEC 274845DC9E91 displaylang en Please note that this patch requires the install...

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