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Chapter 2  

 

Installation 

 

2.1 

System requirements 

Before installing the AzureWave 802.11 b/g USB WLAN Module, driver and utilities, make sure 

your system satisfy the following requirements 

 

ASUS motherboard with    AzureWave 802.11 b/g USB WLAN Module specific slot 

 

Intel® Pentium™ 4 

 

Minimum 64MB system memory 

 

Windows® Operation System 

Ad-Hoc and infrastructure mode:   

 

Windows XP and Vista 

Software AP and Wireless Bridge: 

 

Windows XP and Vista 

 

Optical drive for driver and utilities installation 

2.2 

Hardware Installation 

To complete the hardware installation of AzureWave 802.11 b/g USB WLAN Module, you only 

need to install the moveable dipolar antenna at the rear of 

motherboard. 

Installing the antenna: 

 

Locate the wireless LAN antenna port on the motherboard 

rear panel.   

 

Connect the antenna twist-on connector (female) to the 

wireless LAN antenna port (male) 

 

Place the antenna at an elevated location to enhance your 

wireless LAN valid coverage. 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for AW-GA826

Page 1: ...AW GA826 802 11 b g USB WLAN Module User Guide...

Page 2: ...scribed in this document at any time This document could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors TRADEMARKS AzureWave is a trademark of AzureWave Technologies Inc Other names mentioned...

Page 3: ...etup Wizard Steps 3 4 3 3 Station Mode Configuration 3 4 3 3 1 Configure Infrastructure type network 3 5 3 3 2 Build Ad Hoc networking mode network 3 6 3 4 Build Soft AP network 3 7 3 4 1 Normal User...

Page 4: ...iv Manual Information That Must be Included 4 7 Industry Canada Statement 4 8...

Page 5: ...g USB WLAN Module Chapter 2 Installation It is recommended that users should read this chapter before installing both AzureWave 802 11 b g USB WLAN Module hardware and software This chapter presents...

Page 6: ...lable along with complementary code keying to provide data rates of 1 2 5 5 and 11Mbps with long or short preamble A high speed Fast Fourier Transform FFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform IFFT combined...

Page 7: ...eed wireless travel The AzureWave 802 11 b g USB WLAN Module provides up to five times more data transmission than IEEE 802 11b standards and breaks the wireless transmission barrier to speed up the i...

Page 8: ...3 2 Infrastructure mode The biggest difference between infrastructure mode and ad hoc mode is that it includes an access point In infrastructure mode an access point establishes the network that prov...

Page 9: ...bridge between wireless LAN and other wired counterparts 1 3 3 Software access point Soft AP You could configure AzureWave 802 11 b g USB WLAN Module as a software access point soft AP In this mode th...

Page 10: ...ws XP and Vista Software AP and Wireless Bridge Windows XP and Vista Optical drive for driver and utilities installation 2 2 Hardware Installation To complete the hardware installation of AzureWave 80...

Page 11: ...Wi Set Wizard Please refer to Chapter 1 4 to understand the network types the AzureWave 802 11 b g USB WLAN Module supports In the first time installation Wi Set Wizard is executed immediately after...

Page 12: ...3 3 In the following sections we represent the steps the convenient and easy wireless set up in Wi Set Wizard 3 2...

Page 13: ...e to be Access Point Follow steps in section 4 4 Next Go to next step of selected mode Cancel Give up Wi Set Wizard The default wireless configuration will be automatically applied as Infrastructure t...

Page 14: ...in the list box to provide access point status SSID the name of access point Security the security status of access point None means security password is not necessary WEP means the access point acqu...

Page 15: ...of it Back Go back to previous step Select the IBSS connection list Finish All settings of infrastructure are finished 3 3 2 Build Ad Hoc networking mode network It is easy to build up Ad Hoc type net...

Page 16: ...inished Refresh Rescan the Ad Hoc stations nearby this system Back Go back to previous step Select Station Type Next The wizard will show up the contents of profile You should set it up to match the s...

Page 17: ...on the option user select Normal User Please follow steps in 4 4 1 Normal User Advanced User Please follow steps in 4 4 2 Advanced User Cancel Give up current Wi Set Wizard setup and roll back to prev...

Page 18: ...d setup and roll back to previous configuration Wireless Network Security Two types pass key ASCII and Passphrase perform security with different level ASCII You should provide either 5 or 8 ASCII cha...

Page 19: ...If there is only one internet connection available this step is discarded In this step you have to select one network connection from the list box This network connection should be configured to conne...

Page 20: ...configuration including channel and authentication Wireless Network Properties In this step you could assign the channel number and authentication mode for the access point If the setting of WEP to be...

Page 21: ...protection with user Share key Any station would join this access point should pass with key same as the setting on access point Back Go back to previous step Setup a Wireless Network Next Go to next...

Page 22: ...back to previous step Wireless Network Security Next Confirm the current setting and go to next step Finish Cancel Give up current Wi Set Wizard setup and roll back to previous configuration Select t...

Page 23: ...o next step Finish while the internet connection is selected Cancel Give up current Wi Set Wizard setup and roll back to previous configuration Finish Finish Press finish button to close Wi Set wizard...

Page 24: ...4 1 Chapter 4 AsusWLAN Wireless LAN Management GUI...

Page 25: ...folder Tray Icon The tray icon will not be show until you enable the Show Tray Icon from RtWLAN as the right picture As the RtWLAN icon shown on system tray you could double click the icon with mouse...

Page 26: ...ea are re enumerated and updated Wi Set Quickly launching the Wi Set Wizard The convenient quick launching helps you to reprogram the wireless configuration as need Mode Quickly switching wireless con...

Page 27: ...g shows you the application version and license information Adapter List Area This area displays all connected adapters on this system for mutiple adatper installations The easy switch helps user to c...

Page 28: ...tion Windows Zero Config Help switching to Microsoft Windows XP Wireless network configure service if you do not prefer applying RtWLAN as your wireless LAN manager The detail steps you should follow...

Page 29: ...th Infrastructure and Ad Hoc types the properties should looks like the picture beside Six property pages present different information of current wireless network status Reading the following explana...

Page 30: ...d connecting access point with over 70 signal strength Throughput diagram Transition Tx performance Network Address group Mac Address six two digital number of this adapter IP Address assigned network...

Page 31: ...etwork connections Available Network s Present network connection around this system Refresh Rescan network connection around this system Add to Profile Create profile for selected network connection...

Page 32: ...Threshold Request to send threshold The request will not send out until the accumulated data over threshold WOL Wake On LAN The wake on LAN is applied for remote control purpose You could wake up a sy...

Page 33: ...ess LAN transition speed Channel Frequency current channel number Status wireless network status SSID name of connecting access point Network Type indicate current network configuration type Power Sav...

Page 34: ...that represents 16 bit ID of a station It is a unique value assigned by AP MAC address It is the six two digit numbers that assemble the MAC address of joined station Life Time It is timer and counts...

Page 35: ...ryption could provide best security protection ASCII You should provide either 5 or 13 ASCII characters on Network key edit box PASSPHRASE You could input words on Network Key edit box 64 bits The gen...

Page 36: ...quality but with higher performance then preamble long mode Auto select the proper preamble mode by current signal frame information Statistics Page You could watch the Tx Rx status of current wireles...

Page 37: ...ould rollback to RtWLAN by following the steps in 4 5 2 4 5 1 Swap from RtWLAN to Windows Zero Configuration Five steps are required to archive this operation as following Windows Zero Configuration i...

Page 38: ...LAN If you prefer the RtWLAN instead of Microsoft Windows Zero Config please follow the steps to rollback Open RtWLAN make the Windows Zero Config item on global control bar to be unchecked After a wh...

Page 39: ...4 16...

Page 40: ...ong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Italy Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Liechenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia The Former Yugoslav Republic of Malaysia Morocco Netherlands New Zealand Nigeri...

Page 41: ...adio band Number of Channels 802 11b USA Canada and Taiwan 11 2412 2462MHz Most European Countries 13 France 4 Japan 14 802 11g USA Canada and Taiwan 11 2412 2462MHz Most European Countries 13 Japan 1...

Page 42: ...ous RX TBD 802 11g Continuous TX TBD Continuous RX TBD Security WEP 64 bit and 128 bit encryption WPA Wi Fi Protected Access Operating System Compatibility Windows ME 2000 XP server 2003 64bit XP Regu...

Page 43: ...onfiguration to join the Access Point you could change the WEP to be ASCII or Hexadecimal The PassPhrase format is not supported by Windows Zero Configuration Q My notebook cannot browse internet afte...

Page 44: ...Version Comments Opposite Package Version 1 2 Update ICS operation of user interface Add Appendix C for release history 10 27 1 1 Update Windows Zero Configuration operations of user interface 10 27...

Page 45: ...en the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help...

Page 46: ...the OEM integrator will be responsible for re evaluating the end product including the transmitter and obtaining a separate FCC authorization End Product Labeling This transmitter module is authorized...

Page 47: ...ons of Industry Canada The required antenna impedance is 50 ohms To reduce potential radio interference to other users the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the EIRP is not more than...

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