Asus WL-100W User manual

User Manual

Wireless Local Area Network Card

WL-100W

(For SuperSpeed N Wireless Network)

E2655/ June 2006

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1. Introduction ..............................................................................5

Package contents ..................................................................................5

Features.................................................................................................5

2. Installation ................................................................................6

System Requirements ...........................................................................6

Installation Procedures ..........................................................................6

Installing the WLAN utilities and driver.....................................................6

Reading the WLAN Status Indicators.......................................................7

One Touch Wizard....................................................................................8

Conguring with the WLAN utility (Infrastructure) ....................................9

Conguring 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 Cong ...................................................................................16

Status - Ping...........................................................................................16

Cong - Basic.........................................................................................17

Cong - Advanced..................................................................................18

Cong - Encryption.................................................................................19

Cong - Authentication ...........................................................................22

Survey - Site Survey...............................................................................22

About - Version Info................................................................................23

Link State ...............................................................................................24

Exit Wireless Settings.............................................................................24

Windows®XP Wireless Options...........................................................25

4. Troubleshooting .....................................................................27

5. Glossary ..................................................................................29

6. Appendix .................................................................................37

Table of Contents

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Package contents

Check the following items in your ASUS Cardbus Wireless LAN Adapter

package. Contact your retailer if any item is damaged or missing.

1 x ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter (WL-100W)

1 x Support CD

1 x Quick Start Guide

Features

Standard PCMCIA slot Type II, 802.11n Draft, OFDM, DSSS.

Supports Infrastructure and Ad-hoc networks.

Compatible with IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g devices.

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Chapter 2 - Installation

Installation

2. Installation

System Requirements

To begin using the WLAN Card, you must meet the following minimum

requirements:

• Windows XP/2000

• Standard PCMCIA slot Type II or Type III for notebook computer

• 128MB system memory or larger

• 750MHz processor or higher

Important: Install the WLAN card utilities before inserting the WLAN Card

into your computer.

Installing the WLAN utilities and driver

Follow these instructions to install the WLAN card utilities and driver. Insert the

support CD into your optical drive. If autorun is enabled in your computer, the

CD automatically displays the utility menu. Clickmatically 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 Next on the Welcome screen.1. Select your language and click Install

WLAN Card Utilities/Driver.

4. Click Next to creat short cut.

3. Click Next to use the default Destination

Folder or click Browse to select another folder.

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Chapter 2 - Installation

Chapter 2

Installation

7. Carefully insert the WLAN card into your

computer’s PCMCIA slot. Windows will

automatically detect and configure the

WLAN Card using the utilities and drivers

installed in the previous steps.

8. Windows XP users: When the program

is launched for the first time (during

Windows restart), you are asked to

choose one utility to congure the WLAN

Card. Select "Only use our WLAN utilities

and disable Windows wireless function".

Reading the WLAN status indicators

The device comes with two LEDs that indicate the status of the WLAN Card.

5. The installation process takes several

seconds.

6. When Setup is complete, click Finish to

exit the installation wizard and restart the

computer.

ACT LED

Blinking: Transmitting data; the blinking speed indicates the link speed.

OFF: Radio off or Card is disabled.

LINK LED

ON: Connected to wireless device.

OFF: No wireless connection.

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Chapter 2 - Installation

Installation

One Touch Wizard

Use One Touch Wizard to setup your wireless connection with an existing

wireless LAN.

1. Launch One Touch Wizard from Start

menu and click Next to set up your

wireless network.

2. Select an AP from the Available Networks

eld, then click Next.

3. Connection is complete. Click Next to

setup the IP address for the WLAN card.

4. Choose to obtain an IP address or to

assign static address manually for your

WLAN card. 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 congure the same encryption on your WLAN Card.

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 Touch Wizard once again from the Start

menu to set up the connection with your AP.

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Chapter 2 - Installation

Chapter 2

Installation

Conguring with the WLAN utility (Infrastructure)

Use ASUS WLAN utility to get connected with an existing wireless network.

6. Check the Connection tab to see the

signal strength. Click OK to exit the utility.

5. Check the Status 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 Settings.

2. Check the Config page to set the SSID

(network name) to that of your wireless AP.

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Chapter 2 - Installation

Installation

Conguring with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc)

The WLAN card supports Ad Hoc mode which allows communication between

wireless stations without an AP.

2. Click the Cong button and set the WLAN

Card to Ad Hoc connection mode.

3. Click the Survey button to scan for Ad

Hoc nodes. Select the node you want to

communicate with and press Connect.

4. If the encryption settings of your WLAN

Card 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 connection is established, the box

shows “Connected - xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx”.

6. Check the Connection tab to see the

signal strength. Click OK to exit the utility.

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