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User Manual

Wireless Local Area Network Adapter

WL-160N

(

For 802.11n draft, 802.11g & 802.11b Networks

)

E3460/ October 2007

Summary of Contents for WL-160N

Page 1: ...User Manual Wireless Local Area Network Adapter WL 160N For 802 11n draft 802 11g 802 11b Networks E3460 October 2007 ...

Page 2: ...HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT Product warranty or service will not be extended if 1 the product is repaired modified or altered unless such repair modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS or 2 the serial number of the product is defaced or missing Products and corporate names appearing in this manua...

Page 3: ...SA General fax 1 510 608 4555 Web site address usa asus com Technical support General support tel 1 502 995 0883 Online support http support asus com Notebook tel 1 510 739 3777 x5110 Support fax 1 502 933 8713 ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Germany Austria Company address Harkort Str 25 D 40880 Ratingen Germany General tel 49 2102 95990 Web site address www asus com de General fax 49 2102 959911 Online conta...

Page 4: ...uring 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 Config 16 Status Ping 16 Config Basic 17 Config Advanced 18 Config Encryption 19 Config Authentication 22 Survey Site Survey 22 About Version Info 23 Link State 24 Exit Wireless Settings 24 Windows XP Wireless Options 25 Windows Vist...

Page 5: ...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 Specification OFDM DSSS Supports Infrastructure and Ad hoc networks Compatible with IEEE 802 11b and 802 11g devices ...

Page 6: ...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 auto matically displays the utility menu Click Install ASUS WLAN Card Utilities Driver If autorun is disabled double click SETUP EXE in the root directory of the CD 2 Click ...

Page 7: ...lities and disable Windows wireless function 5 The installation process takes several seconds 6 When Setup is complete click Finish to exit the installation wizard and restart the computer 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 Adap...

Page 8: ...lly for your WLAN Adapter When IP setting is complete click Finish to exit the One Touch Wizard Note If the access point you want to connect has set up encryption policies you must configure 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 To...

Page 9: ...atus page to see the association state If connection is established the box shows Connected xx xx xx xx xx xx 3 Use Site Survey if you don t know the SSID of your access point s 4 Encryption settings must match those at the access point Ask your network administrator about settings if necessary Click Apply to activate the settings 1 Right click the wireless connection icon and select Wireless Sett...

Page 10: ...lect the node you want to communicate with and press Connect 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 identical Click Apply to activate the settings 1 Right click the wireless connection icon and select Wireless Settings 5 Check the Status page to see the association state If connec...

Page 11: ...ed but connected to Internet Infrastructure Excellent link quality but not connected to Internet Infrastructure Good link quality but not connected to Internet Infrastructure Fair link quality but not connected to Internet Infrastructure Poor link quality but not connected to Internet Infrastructure Not linked and not connected to Internet Infrastructure ASUS WLAN Control Center ASUS WLAN Control ...

Page 12: ...ireless Settings Double click the taskbar icon to launch the Wireless Settings utility Taskbar icon Right click menu Right click the taskbar icon to show the following menu items Wireless Settings Click to launch Wireless Settings application Activate Configuration Click to choose a preset profile Mobile Manager Click to launch Mobile Manager application Site Monitor Click to launch the Site Monit...

Page 13: ...he Ad Hoc network ASUS Wireless Settings Utility Wireless Settings is an application for managing the WLAN Adapter Use Wireless Settings to view or modify the configuration settings or to monitor the operational status of your WLAN Adapter When Wireless Settings is launched you can see the tabbed property sheets which categorize the configuration options into groups Starting Wireless Settings Open...

Page 14: ...ans the available channels Current Data Rate Displays the current data rate in megabits per second Mbps Radio State Shows the wireless radio status ON or OFF Radio On When the wireless radio is turned ON the icon on the right appears in the upper left of the Status page Radio Off When the wireless radio is turned OFF the icon on the right appears in the upper left of the Status page Buttons Rescan...

Page 15: ...f you want to connect to a specified AP using a particular profile Status Connection You can view the current link statistics about the WLAN Adapter These statistics are updated once per second and are valid if the WLANAdapter is correctly installed Frame Sent Received Transmitted The number of frames that were transmitted Received The number of frames that were received Frame Error Transmitted Th...

Page 16: ...on the WLAN Adapter which gets IP address from DHCP server Status Ping Click the Ping button in Status IP Config tab to open this page The Ping tab allows you to verify the accessibility of other computers or network devices To ping a connection 1 Type the IP address of the device you want to verify in the IPAddress field 2 Configure the ping session by assigning the ping packet size and number of...

Page 17: ...a wireless LAN Use the SSID to connect with a known access point You can enter a new SSID or select one from the drop down list box If you get connected by designating the SSID you are only to connect the AP with the SSID you assigned If the AP is removed from the network your WLAN Adapter does not roam automatically to other APs SSIDs must all be printable characters and having a maximum of 32 ca...

Page 18: ... 2347 The RTS CTS Request to Send Clear to Send function is used to minimize collisions among wireless stations When RTS CTS is enabled the router refrains from sending a data frame until another RTS CTS handshake is completed Enable RTS CTS by setting a specific packet size threshold The default value 2346 is recommended Fragmentation Threshold 256 2346 Fragmentation is used to divide 802 11 fram...

Page 19: ...as the access point WPA PSK WPA2 PSK Select this option to enable WPA Pre Shared Key under Infrastructure mode It enables communication between your client and APs using WPA PSK WPA2 PSK encryption mode WPA WPA2 The network is operating in IEEE 802 1x authentication mode This mode is for environments with RADIUS Remote Access Dial in User Service In a RADIUS environment five Extensible Authenticat...

Page 20: ...reless Network Key This option is enabled only if you select WPA PSK or WPA2 PSK authentication mode Select TKIP or AES in the encryption filed as encryption mode to begin the encryption proceed Note 8 to 64 characters are required in this field Wireless Network Key WEP This option is configurable only if you enable WEP in Network Authentication field The WEP Key is a 64 bits 5 byte or 128 bits 13...

Page 21: ...r keys 64 128bits versus 40 104bits There are two levels of WEP Encryption 64 bits and 128 bits Firstly 64 bit WEP and 40 bit WEP are the same encryption method and can interoperate in the wireless network This lower level of WEP encryption uses a 40 bit 10 Hex character as a secret key set by user and a 24 bit Initialization Vector not under user control This together makes 64 bits 40 24 Some ven...

Page 22: ...at resides at the network operations center TLS Smart Card TLS Transport Layer Security authentication is used to create an encrypted tunnel and achieve server side authentication in a manner similar to Web server authentication using Secure Sockets Layer SSL protocol This method uses digital certificates to verify the identity of a client and server TTLS TTLS authentication uses certificates to a...

Page 23: ...This information is helpful in determining which network to connect to The value is then normalized to a dBm value Security Wireless network encryption information All devices in the network should use the same encryption method to ensure the communication BSSID The media access control MAC address of the access point or the Basic Service Set ID of the Ad Hoc node About Version Info Use the Versio...

Page 24: ...n the left side of the WLAN Adapter Settings Use the icon to view the current signal status Exit Wireless Settings To exit Wireless Settings you can click OK or Cancel Excellent Link Quality Infrastructure Good Link Quality Infrastructure Fair Link Quality Infrastructure Poor Link Quality Infrastructure Not linked Infrastructure ...

Page 25: ...Only use our WLAN utilities and disable XP wireless function Only useASUS WLAN utilities to configure the WLANAdapter Configuring with Windows Wireless Zero Configuration service If you want to configure your WLAN Adapter via Windows Wireless Zero Configuration WZC service follow the instruction below to make the settings 2 A window prompts out asking you for the key if you have set up encryption ...

Page 26: ... The General page shows status duration speed and signal strength The green bars represent signal strength with 5 bars indicating excellent signal and 1 bar meaning poor signal 2 Select Wireless Networks tab to show Preferred networks Use the Add button to add the SSID of available networks and set the connection preference order with the Move up and Move down buttons The radio tower with a signal...

Page 27: ...to view available networks Select the AP and click Connect To set up the wireless connection properties 1 Right click the network icon on the taskbar and select Network and sharing Center 2 Select Manage network connections from the prompt window 3 Double click the wireless network connection icon to open the Wireless Network Connection Status page 4 Click Properties to open the Property page from...

Page 28: ... an icon of an expansion adapter There should not be a or problem or x disabled symbol over this icon There is a yellow exclamation mark or a yellow question mark in Device Manager in front of my WLAN Adapter To resolve the problem you should update reinstall the WLAN Adapter driver In Device Manager right click 802 11g Network Adapter select Properties and select Driver tab Click on Update Driver...

Page 29: ... WEP Keys on both stations Bad link quality or bad signal strength There are two possible reasons First is radio interference keep the environment around the WLAN Adapter away from microwave ovens and large metal objects Then try to reorient the WLAN Adapter antenna Second is the distance decrease the distance between your WLAN Adapter and the access point or station or another WLAN Adapter The TC...

Page 30: ...stances of the same physical layer with an acceptably low frame error ratio due to mutual interference Client A client is the desktop or mobile PC that is connected to your network COFDM for 802 11a or 802 11g Signal power alone is not enough to maintain 802 11b like distances in an 802 11a g environment To compensate a new physical layer encoding technology was designed that departs from the trad...

Page 31: ...ated using the Pass Phrase is compatible with other WLAN products The Pass Phrase option is not as secure as manual assignment Device Name Also known as DHCP client ID or network name Sometimes provided by an ISP when using DHCP to assign addresses DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol This protocol allows a computer or many computers on your network to be automatically assigned a single IP add...

Page 32: ...e user The wireless device uses a constant chip rate of 11Mchips s for all data rates but uses different modulation schemes to encode more bits per chip at the higher data rates The wireless device is capable of an 11 Mbps data transmission rate but the coverage area is less than a 1 or 2 Mbps wireless device since coverage area decreases as bandwidth increases Encryption This provides wireless da...

Page 33: ...s or 802 5 the specification for token ring networks 802 11 defines the standard for wireless LANs encompassing three incompatible non interoperable technologies Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FHSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS and Infrared 802 11 specifies a carrier sense media access control and physical layer specifications for 1 and 2 Mbps wireless LANs IEEE 802 11a 54Mbits sec Compa...

Page 34: ...eless devices operating in the 2 4 GHz frequency band This standard includes provisions for three radio technologies direct sequence spread spectrum frequency hopping spread spectrum and infrared Devices that comply with the 802 11 standard operate at a data rate of either 1 or 2 Mbps In 1999 the IEEE created the 802 11b standard 802 11b is essentially identical to the 802 11 standard except 802 1...

Page 35: ...n 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 of Internet access files and equipment like printers and storage devices Special network cabling 10 Base T...

Page 36: ...z Hz equivalent to the older unit of cycles per second One megahertz MHz is one million Hertz One gigahertz GHz is one billion Hertz The standard US electrical power frequency is 60 Hz the AM broadcast radio frequency band is 0 55 1 6 MHz the FM broadcast radio frequency band is 88 108 MHz and wireless 802 11 LANs operate at 2 4 GHz SSID Service Set Identifier SSID is a group name shared by every ...

Page 37: ...PA encompasses TKIP Temporal Key Integrity Protocol along with MIC Message Integrity Check and other fixes to WEP such as Weak IV Initialization Vector filtering and Random IV generation TKIP uses 802 1x to deploy and change temporary keys as opposed to static WEP keys once used in the past It is a significant improvement over WEP WPA is part of a complete security solution WPA also requires authe...

Page 38: ...r 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 equipment and receiver Connect the equipment int...

Page 39: ...onducted These are considered relevant and sufficient Effective use of the radio spectrum Article 3 2 Testing for radio test suites according to EN 300 328 2 has been conducted These are considered relevant and sufficient CE Mark Warning This is a Class B product in a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Dec...

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