Asus SpaceLink WL-100 User manual

ASUS SpaceLink

WL-100 WLAN PC Card

User’s Manual

LNK

AIR

2ASUS SpaceLink WL-100 WLAN PC Card

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Product Name: ASUS SpaceLink WL-100 WLAN PC Card

Manual Revision: 1.01 E914

Release Date: July 2002

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Federal Communications Commission Statement

This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the follow-

ing two conditions:

• This device may not cause harmful interference, and

• This device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B

digitaldevice, pursuantto Part 15of theFederal CommunicationsCommission (FCC)

rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful

interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can

radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the

instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However,

there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If

thisequipment does causeharmful interferenceto radio ortelevision 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 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.

WARNING! The use of a shielded-type power cord is required in

order to meet FCC emission limits and to prevent interference to

the nearby radio and television reception. It is essential that only

the supplied power cord be used. Use only shielded cables to con-

nect I/O devices to this equipment.You are cautioned that changes

or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible

for compliance could void your authority to operate the equipment.

Reprinted from the Code of Federal Regulations #47, part 15.193, 1993. Washing-

ton DC: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Adminis-

tration, U.S. Government Printing Office.

Canadian Department of Communications

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions

from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana-

dian Department of Communications.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme

NMB-003 du Canada.

Safety Statements

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1. Introduction ............................................................................. 7

1.1 Overview ...................................................................................... 7

1.2 Package Contents........................................................................ 8

2. Installation ............................................................................... 9

2.1 Installing Drivers for Windows...................................................... 9

2.1.1 Verifying Installation........................................................ 11

2.2 Orientating the Antenna ............................................................. 13

2.3 Verifying the TCP/IP Protocol .................................................... 14

2.3.1 Installing the TCP/IP Protocol......................................... 15

2.3.2 Configuring TCP/IP Properties ....................................... 16

2.3.3 Configuring Advanced TCP/IP Properties ...................... 17

2.3.4 Verifying TCP/IP Settings ............................................... 17

2.4 Installing Drivers for Windows CE.............................................. 18

2.5 Installing Drivers for Linux.......................................................... 18

2.6 Reading the Wireless LAN PC Card LEDs ................................ 19

2.7 Installing ASUS SpaceLink PC Card Utilities ............................. 20

3. Software Reference .............................................................. 22

3.1 Overview .................................................................................... 22

3.2 Windows XP Wireless Options .................................................. 23

3.3 Control Center............................................................................ 24

3.4 Wireless Settings ....................................................................... 26

More than one ASUS SpaceLink Card ...................................... 27

3.4.1 Status - Status Tab ......................................................... 27

3.4.2 Status - Connection Tab ................................................. 30

3.4.3 Status - IP Config Tab..................................................... 31

3.4.4 Config - Basic Tab .......................................................... 32

3.4.5 Config - Encryption Tab .................................................. 35

3.4.6 Config - Advanced Tab ................................................... 38

3.4.7 Survey - Site Survey Tab ................................................ 40

3.4.8 About - Version Info Tab ................................................. 41

3.4.9 Link Status...................................................................... 42

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3.5 Mobile Manager ......................................................................... 43

3.5.1 Main Window .................................................................. 44

3.5.2 Using New Configuration Wizard.................................... 47

3.5.3 Using Edit Configuration................................................. 48

3.6 Site Monitor................................................................................ 56

3.6.1 Starting Site Monitor ....................................................... 56

3.6.2 Main Screen ................................................................... 56

3.6.3 Monitor............................................................................ 57

3.7 Live Update................................................................................ 58

3.8 Windows XP Wireless Properties .............................................. 60

4. Troubleshooting .................................................................... 63

5. Glossary................................................................................. 65

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Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 1

1. Introduction

1.1 Overview

Thank you for purchasing the ASUS SpaceLink PC Card. The ASUS

SpaceLink PC Card is a wireless network interface card (NIC) for any com-

puter equipped with a Personal Computer Memory Card InternationalAsso-

ciation (PCMCIA) Type II socket. ASUS SpaceLink PC Card conforms to

the PCMCIA release 2.x standard and is designed to be fully compliant with

the IEEE 802.11b wireless local area network (Wireless LAN) standard. As

a result of the completion of the standard, the interoperability of Wireless

LAN products among multiple manufacturers will be guaranteed.

The ASUS SpaceLink PC Card product provides high-speed, standards-

based Wireless LAN solutions. Supporting data rates up to 11 Mbps, with

automatic fallback to 5.5, 2, and 1 Mbps. It operates in the unlicensed 2.4

GHz frequencies called the Instrumentation, Science, and Medical (ISM)

band. Unlicensed means free of charge to users. TheASUS SpaceLink PC

Card configuration utility is a user-friendly application that helps you

quickly setup multiple roaming nodes using theASUS SpaceLink PC Card.

You can even export the configuration settings to a file and import them to

other computers for fast multiple installations.

Wireless LANs are complementary extensions to existing wired LANs,

offering complete mobility while maintaining continuous network connec-

tivity to both corporate and home Intranets.They add a new level of conve-

nience for LAN users. PC users stay connected to the network anywhere

throughout a building without being bound by a LAN wire. This is accom-

plished through the use of a device known as the Access Point (AP). By

making use of AP in the office, you can easily establish mobile network

connections to the enterprise Intranet or Internet. Moreover, you can bring

yourASUSSpaceLink PC Cardhometo make yourhome-networkingdream

come true!Ahome-dedicatedAP, with built-in Internet gateway capability,

allows your family to share a broadband Modem and one ISP account si-

multaneously with no excessive, tedious ties! Connected anywhere, at any

time, your family will feel closer by the invisible magic of the ASUS

SpaceLink PC Card!

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Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 1

1.2 Package Contents

When you receive the Wireless LAN package, it should contain the follow-

ing items:

•ASUS SpaceLink PC Card (PCMCIAType II)

•User’s Manual

•CD-ROM Disc (Windows/Linux drivers, utilities, manual)

If any of the above items are not included or damaged, contact your local

dealer for instructions.

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Chapter 2 - Installation

Chapter 2

2. Installation

This chapter explains how to install the ASUS SpaceLink PC Card hard-

ware, drivers, and utilities. Although desktop PCs may have a PCMCIA

slot, this manual will concentrate on Notebook PCs. The product is de-

signed to operate in Windows Me, 2000, and XP. Examples in this manual

will be that of Windows ME.

Complete the following steps to install the ASUS SpaceLink PC Card.

1. Install the ASUS SpaceLink PC Card.

2. Install the ASUS SpaceLink PC Card Driver

3. Install the TCP/IP protocol.

4. Install the ASUS SpaceLink PC Card Utilities

2.1

Installing Drivers for

Windows

1. Turn ON your computer and enter Windows.

2. Insert the ASUS SpaceLink PC Card into a PCMCIAType II slot with

the connector side first. The “LNK” and “AIR” LEDs represent the top

side and the “MAC” address sticker represents the bottom side. Push

the PC Card into the slot until it is firmly seated.

LNK

AIR

Air LED

Link LED

CAUTION: Make sure that you carefully align the ASUS SpaceLink

PC Card into the PC Card socket. Forcing a misaligned PC Card

will damage the PC Card or the computer.

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Chapter 2 - Installation

Chapter 2

3. Windows will automatically detect theASUS SpaceLink PC Card once

it is inserted into the PCMCIAslot. Windows will display a New Hard-

ware Found dialog box and guide you through installing the driver. If

you previously installed the ASUS SpaceLink PC Card Utility/Driver,

Windows will find the driver for the PC Card in its system folder. Oth-

erwise,Windows will open a “Add New Hardware Wizard” dialog. The

dialog will tell you that Windows will search for new drivers for the PC

Card. Click Next to continue.

4. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended)

and then click Next.

5. Specify the location of the drivers for your operation system and click

Next.

Windows 98 - [CD]:\Driver\Win98

Windows Me - [CD]:\Driver\WinMe

Windows 2000 - [CD]:\Driver\Win2K

Windows XP - [CD]:\Driver\WinXP

Where [CD] represents the driver letter of your CD-ROM drive.

6. Wait while Windows searches for the device driver for the ASUS

SpaceLink PC Card. WhenWindows finds the driver “ASUS SpaceLink

WL-100 WLAN PC Card”, click Next.

7. During the installation, Windows may prompt you to insert the “Win-

dows Operating System CD” which contains some driver files. Insert

your Windows setup disc and type the path if necessary and click Yes.

Windows will start copying the necessary files.

8. When the installation procedure is completed, click Finish.

9. When prompted, restart your computer.

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