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Page 3: ...lity 8 3 2 Configuration Utility 10 3 2 1 Configured at Windows XP configuration 10 3 2 2 Configured at ASUS advanced configuration 11 4 Technical Specifications of ASUS WL 161 WLAN Adapter 15 Troubleshooting 17 Glossary 18 Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective companies ...

Page 4: ...erference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment dose causes 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 C...

Page 5: ...R TTE Directive This device complies with the specifications listed below ETS 300 826 General EMC requirements for Radio equipment ETS 300 328 Technical requirements for Radio equipment EN60950 Safety Requirements for Radio equipment The channel identifiers channel center frequencies and regulatory domains of each 22 MHz wide channel are shown in following Table Regulatory Domains Channel Identifi...

Page 6: ...out the office wire free Using radio frequency RF technology WLANs transmit and receive data over the air mizing the need for wired connections Thus WLANs combine data connectivity with user mobility and through simplified configuration enable movable LANs This wireless networking solution has been designed for both large and small businesses and it is scalable so that you can easily add more user...

Page 7: ...ireless network The most obvious differentiation between Infrastructure wireless network and Ad Hoc wireless network is that the notebooks in Infrastructure wireless network can make use of the resource in the Internet through Access Point STA 3 STA 1 STA 2 Access Point Internet Figure 2 2 Infrastructure wireless network To set up your notebook s network as the type of Ad Hoc or Infrastructure wir...

Page 8: ...ntified by a unique network address There are two methods of assigning network addresses to computer on a TCP IP network Static IP addressing Dynamic IP addressing DHCP In networks with static IP addressing the network abstractor manually assigns an IP address to each computer Once a static IP address is assigned a computer uses the same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to the network ...

Page 9: ...Install Driver Utility Step 1 Please insert the Device CD Windows XP 2000 was automatically running autorun The Welcome dialog as below please click Next Step 2 Setup WLAN Driver and Utility please click Next ...

Page 10: ... facing up and insert the Adapter into the USB receptacle applying just enough pressure to make sure it is fully seated Windows XP 2000 automatically detects the USB Adapter After finished install driver and utility on your system Let s starting to setup your wireless card First of all we will see the connection notice in the right come ...

Page 11: ...ation 1 After finished install driver and utility on your system Let s starting to setup your wireless card First of all we will see the connection notice in the right corner Fig 3 1 1 Fig 3 1 1 2 Click the View Available Wireless Networks and it will popup a setup dialog as below Fig 3 1 2 If there have some efficient access point which efficient range contains your USB Adapter range then the SSI...

Page 12: ... utility appear on your system tray 2 Double click the rotate circle icon following dialog box will appear Fig3 2 1 The NetStatus tab shows the Link Status Network mode SSID Channel Tx Rate You also can change your Ad hoc Infrastructure network Data Encryption SSID Channel Tx Rate in this tab Fig 3 2 1 3 Then select the Site Scan tab following dialog box will appear Fig3 2 2 Please wait system to ...

Page 13: ...ork settings that will change to Windows XP configuration to set the Wireless link function Fig 3 2 2 4 Select the Statistics tab Fig3 2 3 you will see the Link Status Signal strength and transmit receive statistics If check the Turn Radio OFF the radio interface will be turn off Fig 3 2 3 ...

Page 14: ...ypts each frame transmitted from the radio using one of the Keys entered from this panel To be written to the driver and registry each key must consist of hex digits which means that only digit 0 9 and letters A F are valid entries If entered incorrectly program will not write keys to a driver Fig 3 2 4 6 The Info tab Fig3 2 5 shows the Driver version including the detail of Configuration Utility ...

Page 15: ... Fig3 2 6 allows you to save the information associated with a specific so you can quickly and easily connect to your network when you are in that location The Profiles page allows you to new delete and edit your profiles Fig 3 2 6 ...

Page 16: ...at 11Mbps 8 PER 86dBm Operating Range 100 400m depending on surrounding environment Antenna On board chip antenna Power consumption Transmit 350mA Receive 260mA Security 64 bit or 128 bit WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy I O Interface USB 1 1 LED Blue LED indicator Power on indicator Operating system supported Windows 98Se Me 2000 and XP Management Windows based utility for configuration and status mo...

Page 17: ... sure the file and printer sharing function is enabled You could enable the function by checking the icon of My Computer Control Panel Network file and printer sharing I want to be able to give others to access to my files Symptom Slow or erratic performance Possible Remedy Try change the channel of the communicating group or move your device closer to the communicating device Symptom Can t find t...

Page 18: ...igned by server dynamically to clients on the network DHCP is used for Dynamic IP Addressing and requires a dedicated DHCP server on the network Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum This is the method the wireless cards use to transmit data over the frequency spectrum The other method is frequency hopping Direct sequence spreads the data over one frequency range channel while frequency hopping jumps fr...

Page 19: ...ed ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical band Spectrum in the vicinity of 2 4 GHz in particular is being made available worldwide This presents a truly revolutionary opportunity to place convenient high speed wireless capabilities in the hands of users around the globe Local Area Network LAN A LAN is a group of computers each equipped with the appropriate network adapter card connected by cable ai...

Page 20: ...ssigned a computer uses the same IP address every time it reboots and logs on to the network unless it is manually changed Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP TCP IP is the protocol suite developed by the Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA It is widely used in corporate Internet works because of its superior design for WANs TCP governs how packet is sequenced for transmissio...

Page 21: ...21 spread spectrum device without licensing from the Federal Communications Commission FCC ...

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