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1. WL 130N manual indd 22 4 10 07 12 30 04 PM HI Hm GOE Chapter 3 Software Reference RSSI The Received Signal Strength Indication RSSI transmitted by each network This information is helpful in determining which network to connect to The value is then normalized to a dBm value e 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 NOTE Some access points may disable SSID broadcast and hide themselves from Site Survey or Site Monitor however you can connect such AP if you know their SSID Buttons Search To scan all available wireless networks and show the scan result in the Available Network list Connect To associate with a network select the network from the Available Network list and click this button Q S c om 2 n 2 QD Fo og E fe dp About Version Info Use the Version Info tab to view program and WLAN Adapter version information The program version information field includes the Copyright and utility version The version information includes the Ndis version Driver Driver Version and EEPROM Version ASUS FLAN Card Settings Version Info Wireless Settings Copyright C ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserv
2. Chapter 3 Software Reference Config Authentication This tab allows you to set the security settings to match those of your AP It is configurable only if you have set Network Authentication to WPA Enterprise or WPA2 Enterprise in Config Encryption tab Authentication Type ASUS man Card sertin The authentication type methods include PEAP PEAP Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol authentication is a version of Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP EAP ensures mutual authentication between a wireless client and a server that resides at the network operations center A p Fee EPA TLS EPA TLS Extensible 2 Authentication Protocol Transport Layer Security is a follow on to Secure oo Socket Layer SSL It provides strong security but relies on client certificates S w for user authentication 3 LEAP LEAP Light Extensible Authentication Protocol authentication is a e version of Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP EAP ensures mutual authentication between a wireless client and a server that resides at the network operations center Survey Site Survey ASUS WLAN Card Settings Site Survey Use the Site Survey tab to view statistics S enra on the wireless networks available to the WLAN Adapter and their parameters Hirotam 6 8 OH menorasrr e SSID The SSID of the available networks Channel The channel used by each network 22 ASUS WLAN Adapter
3. O N Q 3 G Jajdeyng Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum for 802 11b Spread spectrum broadband uses a narrowband signal to spread the transmission over a segment of the radio frequency band or spectrum Direct sequence is a spread spectrum technique where the transmitted signal is spread over a particular frequency range 30 ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N manual indd 30 4 10 07 12 30 23 PM HIT Hm GOE Chapter 5 Glossary Direct sequence systems communicate by continuously transmitting a redundant pattern of bits called a chipping sequence Each bit of transmitted data is mapped into chips and rearranged into a pseudorandom spreading code to form the chipping sequence The chipping sequence is combined with a transmitted data stream to produce the output signal Wireless mobile clients receiving a direct sequence transmission use the spreading code to map the chips within the chipping sequence back into bits to recreate the Original data transmitted by the wireless device Intercepting and decoding a direct sequence transmission requires a predefined algorithm to associate the spreading code used by the transmitting wireless device to the receiving wireless mobile client This algorithm is established by IEEE 802 11b specifications The bit redundancy within the chipping sequence enables the receiving wireless mobile client to recreate the original data pattern even if bits in the chipping sequence are
4. Only use Windows wireless function Only use our WLAN utilities and disable Windows wireless function disable wireless function Only use ASUS WLAN utilities to configure the WLAN Adapter recommended wv Wireless Radio On You can open the Wireless Option wireless Radia Off Q setting window at any time by left i S clicking the control center icon and S Search amp Connect OG choosing Wireless Option Wireless Option a E NT 10 50 AM ge 10 Og Taskbar Left Click Menu 3 Configuring with Windows XP SP2 Wireless Zero Configuration service If you want to configure your WLAN Adapter via Windows XP 2003 Wireless Zero Configuration WZC service follow the instruction below to make the settings Please wait while Windows connects to the WL 500W network Detecting network type 1 Double click the wireless network 2 A window prompts out asking you for icon on the task bar to view available the key if you have set up encryption networks Select the AP and click on your wireless router input the keys Connect and click Connect The connection is complete ASUS WLAN Adapter 25 WL 130N manual indd 25 4 10 07 12 30 15 PM Chapter 3 Software Reference To set up the wireless connection properties right click the wireless icon on the taskbar and select Open Network Connection Then right click the network connection icon and select Property to open
5. P Basic Encryption Authentication Advanced since there IS No precise bound In Network Authentication wireless LANs the WLAN users need bb cretion to implement certain mechanism i e ee to provide security solution The we Key Eom Key Length Authentication policies in this tab provide protection of different levels such as Open Shared WPA Personal WPA2 Personal WPA Enterprise and WPA2 Enterprise Open Select this option to make the network operate on Open System mode which use no authentication algorithm Open stations and APs can authenticate with each other without checking any WEP Key even if there is Shared Select this option to make the network operate on Shared key mode In a Share Key Authentication system four step exchange of frames is required to validate that the station is using the same WEP Key as the access point WPA Personal WPA2 Personal Select this option to enable WPA Pre Shared Key under Infrastructure mode It enables communication between your client and APs using WPA Personal WPA2 Personal encryption mode WPA Enerprise WPA2 Enterprise 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 three Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP are supported including PEAP EPA TLS and LEAP ASUS WLAN Adapter 19 Q S c om 2 2 Q Fo og E fe
6. 802 11a uses an entirely different encoding scheme called OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing 32 ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N manual indd 32 4 10 07 12 30 24 PM HI Hm GOE Chapter 5 Glossary The 802 11b spectrum is plagued by saturation from wireless phones microwave ovens and other emerging wireless technologies such as Bluetooth In contrast 802 11a spectrum is relatively free of interference The 802 11a standard gains some of its performance from the higher frequencies at which it operates The laws of information theory tie frequency radiated power and distance together in an inverse relationship Thus moving up to the 5 GHz spectrum from 2 4 GHz will lead to shorter distances given the same radiated power and encoding scheme Compared with 802 119 802 11a is a standard for access points and radio NICs that is ahead of 802 11g in the market by about six months 802 11a operates in the 5GHz frequency band with twelve separate non overlapping channels As a result you can have up to twelve access points set to different channels in the same area without them interfering with each other This makes access point channel assignment much easier and significantly increases the throughput the wireless LAN can deliver within a given area In addition RF interference is much less likely because of the less crowded 5 GHz band IEEE 802 11b 11Mbits sec In 1997 the Institute of Electrical and
7. Activate Configuration gt s5 Mobile Manager Site Monitor Help gt 8 Preferences 4 About Control Center X Exit Control Center EN jis 10 49 AM 1 Right click the wireless connection icon and select Wireless Settings ASUS WLAN Card Settings a Site Survey Status Available Networks a WL 500W 11 47 Off 00 17 31 C9 97 D4 Config F wL 500GP 1 80 TKIPW 00 18 F 3 4D0 29 F9 yy H bRoadLanner 6 69 Off 00 90 CC 4A BF 2F Survey gt About Link State anD Save Ceriana Number of known wireless network s 3 A ok x Cancel Search Help 3 Use Site Survey if you don t know the SSID of your access point s ASUS FLAN Card Settings Status Connection IP Config Status Qa c 0011 ASUS 802 11n Wireless LAN Card Config Association State yy SSID WL 500W Survey MAC address 00 0C 43 28 60 13 gt Current Channel 6 About Current Data Rate 270 Mbps Connected 00 17 31 09 97 D4 Disable Radio Scan again for available wireless networks and l Rescan connect the one that has the best signal level Saye Configuration To connect to one wireless network your w Ak Change SSID WLAN Card and wireless network must specify Appy the same SSID 4 SK Search Connect View the wireless networks that are within range X Cancel of this computer Help Link State Radio State Radio On 5 Check the Status page to see the association state If connect
8. dp E ha 4 10 07 12 30 01 PM Ww O lt Chapter 3 Software Reference Data Encryption For Open and Shared authentication mode the configuration options of encryption type are Disabled and WEP For WPA Enterprise WPA Personal WPA2 Enterprise and WPA2 Personal authentication mode Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP encryption and Advanced Encryption Standard AES encryption are supported Disabled Disable the encryption function WEP WEP Key is used to encrypt your data before it is transmitted over air You can only connect and communicate with wireless devices that use the same WEP keys TKIP TKIP uses an encryption algorithm methods which is more stringent than the WEP algorithm It also uses existing WLAN calculation facilities to perform encryption TKIP verifies the security configuration after the encryption D keys are determined 2 O AES AES is a symmetric 128 bits block encryption technique which works AR simultaneously on multiple network layers yo 0 o gt Wireless Network Key 5 This option is enabled only if you select WPA Personal or WPA2 Personal D authentication mode Note 8 to 63 characters or 64 hexadecimal 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 byte Hexadecimal digits which is used to encrypt and decrypt dat
9. WL 130N manual indd 1 yr E VA Wireless Local Area Network Adapter WL 130N For 802 11n draft 802 119 amp 802 11b Networks User Manual E3123 April 2007 D 4 10 07 12 29 30 PM men lt Ww Copyright Information No part of this manual including the products and software described in it may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUS ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS 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 a
10. s Odyssey Client WLAN Wireless Local Area Network This is a group of computers and other devices connected wirelessly in a small area A wireless network is referred to as LAN or WLAN 36 ASUS WLAN Adapter o EE s _ WL 130N manual indd 36 4 10 07 12 30 27 PM Ww EO CE Chapter 6 Appendix 6 Appendix FE ECC Warning Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 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 digital device pursuant to part 15 of the 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 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 e encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following e measures Reorient or relocat
11. Card Settings cy Status Connection IP Config Pina Click the Ping button in Status IP IPaddess aema se 2 Config tab to open this page The Ping oe ooo Em tab allows you to verify the accessibility Se fo 192188131 20 mr TIL of other computers or network devices 3 elie Sto i s Reply from 192 168 131 250 bytes 32 times lt 10ms TTL 64 To ping a connection Kasa Reply from 192 168 131 250 bytes 32 times lt 10ms TTL 54 an mgs k pi tie a O Aes ao Lost 0 0 loss 1 Type the IP address of the device you Minimum Masimu Sms Average Ims a want to verify in the IP Address field aoim 2 Configure the ping session by xes assigning the ping packet size and Heb number of packet to send and the timeout value in milliseconds 3 Click the Ping button During the ping session the Ping button Changes into a Stop button To cancel the ping session click the Stop button The session field displays information on the verified connection including the roundtrip time minimum maximum and average and packets sent received and lost after a ping session Click the Clear button to clear the session field ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N manual indd 16 4 10 07 12 29 58 PM Be o me Chapter 3 Software Reference Config Basic Basic Encryption Authentication atus Network Type This page enables you to change the Infrastructure C AdHoc WLAN Adapter configurations
12. Channel field is for setting radio channel Your WLAN Adapter can automatically select the correct channel to communicate with an wireless device and the parameter is fixed to Auto in both Infrastructure and Ad Hoc mode The available radio channels depend on the regulations in your country For the United States FCC and Canada IC channel 1 to 11 are supported For Europe ETSI channel 1 to 13 are supported Click Apply to save and activate the new configurations ASUS WLAN Adapter 17 WL 130N_manual indd 17 7 4 10 07 12 29 59 PM U O QD Lom 1 JJ D h OD D O D D ag ry Chapter 3 Software Reference Encryption Click this link to show the Encryption tab Advanced Click this link to show the Advanced tab In most cases the default values do not have to be changed Troubleshooting Click on this to show the Troubleshooting utility Config Advanced ASIS LAT Card settings Basic Encryption Authentication Advanced This page is for advanced users only We do not recommend you to change these settings Click Advanced link on Config Basic page to show this tab This tab allows a abaa EN you to set up additional parameters for OTe Si the wireless Adapter We recommend using the default values for all items in this window Staten p 3 Preamble Mode Frame Bursting Disabled bd RTS Threshold 0 2347 The RTS CTS
13. Connection Quality Link State 100 00 aD 0550 Save Configuration A ok i i l x Cancel Link Quality Signal Strength j Help 6 Check the Connection tab to see the signal strength Click OK to exit the utility ASUS WLAN Adapter 9 WL 130N_manual indd 9 7 4 10 07 12 29 47 PM Chapter 2 Installation Configuring with ASUS WLAN Settings utility Ad Hoc The WLAN Adapter supports Ad Hoc mode which allows communication D wireless Settings Activate Configuration gt gt Mobile Manager Site Monitor a Help gt 8 Preferences About Control Center a S D D o a O SN X Exit Control Center EN jl gt 10 49AM 1 Right click the wireless connection icon and select Wireless Settings ASUS WLAN Card Settings Site Survey Available Networks SSID WL 500W 11 47 Off 00 17 31 C9 97 D4 oy Status a onfia gw eso0gP 1 80 TKIPMW 00 18 F3 4D 29 F9 3 E bRoadlanner 6 69 on 00 30 CC 44 BF 2F About Link State Save Configuration Number of known wireless network s 3 S ox x Cancel Search nnec Hep 3 Click the Survey button to scan for Ad Hoc nodes Select the node you want to communicate with and press Connect ASUS WLAN Card Settings Status Connection IP Config Gp IA 0011 ASUS 802 11n Wireless LAN Card Config Association State Connected 00 17 31 C9 97 D4 SSID WL 500W Survey MAC a
14. Electronics Engineers IEEE adopted the 802 11 standard for wireless 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 11b provides for data rates of up to 11 Mbps for direct sequence spread spectrum devices Under 802 11b direct sequence devices can operate at 11 Mbps 5 5 Mbps 2 Mbps or 1 Mbps This provides interoperability with existing 802 11 direct sequence devices that operate only at 2 Mbps Direct sequence spread spectrum devices spread a radio signal over a range of frequencies The IEEE 802 11b specification allocates the 2 4 GHz frequency band into 14 overlapping operating Channels Each Channel corresponds to a different set of frequencies IEEE 802 11g 802 119 is a new extension to 802 11b used in majority of wireless LANs today that broadens 802 11b s data rates to 54 Mbps within the 2 4 GHz band using OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technology 802 11g allows backward compatibility with 802 11b devices but only at 11 Mbps or lower depending on the range and presence of obstructions LO gt 55 o M7 go Oo IEEE 802 11n 802 11n builds upo
15. PN 16 EIS PING EE NE NE 16 MEN ea bs gas vnetaaa at gesuee pucaud ene teapoaseant deo aatanietanecas 17 Config Advanced siasastcncsnssnicesns ins sevsaaeccnaoounceans iasaneanetieenvemanavelasnetananeth 18 LIN BA Ne 19 Config Authentication annan sene sathoarsaysencmnntinans 22 Survey Site GUIV CY je scsiecacsosesceinectusnsecdsatieteiiesiiduestnnetecdwastestanaterenedesetieieancs 22 About Version INf0 ccccccssssccecesssssseeeeessssseeeeeessssnnseeeessssnseesesssssnaes 23 UMN 24 Exit Wireless SONOS EE EE 24 Windows XP 2003 Wireless OptionS rvrrsrervvrvrrvrnnvenververvennvenvesvennnn 25 4 TYOUDICSMOOUING seisin al 27 SD BSS sed 29 0 ANN acts cade sc encom ace pee scete neds ceceancpeumceenspeecsenceeesuasa 37 WL 130N manual indd 4 ASUS WLAN Adapter 4 10 07 12 29 33 PM Ww O lt Chapter 1 Introduction Package contents Check the following items in your ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter package Contact your retailer if any item is damaged or missing 1 x ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter WL 130N 1 x Extension Cable Antenna 1 x Support CD 1 x Quick Start Guide c us ax jul cE og co 2 oe Features Draft 802 11n compliant full compatible with 802 11b g Suitable for seamless multimedia stream Supports WEP WPA and WPA2 for enhanced security Windows Vista OS support ASUS WLAN Adapter 5 WL 130N_manual indd 5 D 4 10 07 12 29 33 PM 111 o mn 18 Chapte
16. WLAN Adapter When Wireless Settings is launched you can see the tabbed property sheets which categorize the configuration options into groups Starting Wireless Settings e Open the Windows Control Panel then double click the ASUS WLAN Adapter Settings icon or e Click the Windows Start button select Programs ASUS Utility WLAN Adapter Wireless Settings Q or e Right click the Control Center icon on the Windows taskbar and T 2 select Wireless Settings 2 pe NOTE If you have more than one ASUS WLAN device installed on your O S computer you may see a device selection window when you launch the Wireless Settings utility Select the device you want when such situation U occurs Status Status E E You can view the information about the Sa WLAN Adapter from the Status menu onfi PEREN Connected 00 17 31 C9 97 D4 The status fields are blank if the WLAN e Pee a Adapter is not installed You can turn Curent Charnel 6 off the WLAN Adapter by clicking the emir run Disable Radio button bi a ES ar a r Association State ax Search amp Connec t p viden networks that are within range Displays the connection status as follows Connected The adapter is now associated with one wireless LAN device When operating in Infrastructure mode this field shows the MAC address of the access point with which the WLAN Adapter is communicating When operating in Ad Hoc mode this field shows the vi
17. amp and Electronic Engineers IEEE Most wired networks conform to 802 3 the specification for CSMA CD based Ethernet networks 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 Compared with 802 11b The 802 11b standard was designed to operate in the 2 4 GHz ISM Industrial Scientific and Medical band using direct sequence spread spectrum technology The 802 11a standard on the other hand was designed to operate in the more recently allocated 5 GHz UNII Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure band And unlike 802 11b the 802 11a standard departs from the traditional spread spectrum technology instead using a frequency division multiplexing scheme that s intended to be friendlier to office environments O N Q 3 G Jajdeyng The 802 11a standard which supports data rates of up to 54 Mbps is the Fast Ethernet analog to 802 11b which supports data rates of up to 11 Mbps Like Ethernet and Fast Ethernet 802 11b and 802 11a use an identical MAC Media Access Control However while Fast Ethernet uses the same physical layer encoding scheme as Ethernet only faster
18. icon displays the following information a 2 Link quality of the WLAN Adapter Excellent Good Fair Poor Not g a oe Linked go Whether the WLAN Adapter is connected to a network Blue og Connected Gray Not Connected 3 Wireless Connection VL S00W EN 9 3 41 PM Taskbar Icon and Status Wireless Status Icons on the taskbar Be Excellent link quality and connected to Internet Infrastructure Good link quality and connected to Internet Infrastructure be Be Fair link quality and connected to Internet Infrastructure B Poor link quality and connected to Internet Infrastructure ale Excellent link quality but not connected to Internet Infrastructure LE 2 HS Good link quality but not connected to Internet Infrastructure LE sE Fair link quality but not connected to Internet Infrastructure Lg kr Poor link quality but not connected to Internet Infrastructure Not linked and not connected to Internet Infrastructure LE ETE ASUS WLAN Adapter 11 WL 130N manual indd 11 4 10 07 12 29 51 PM men lt Ww Chapter 3 Software Reference Taskbar icon Right click menu Right click the taskbar icon to show the following menu items e Wireless Settings Click to launch Wireless Settings application e Activate Configuration Click to choose a preset profile Mobile Manager Click to launch Mobile Manager application e Site Monitor Click to launch th
19. integrated local area networks LANs can be configured as an Extended Service Set Lo gt ag o Me go 0O ESSID Extended Service Set Identifier You must have the same ESSID entered into the gateway and each of its wireless clients The ESSID is a unique identifier for your wireless network ASUS WLAN Adapter 31 WL 130N manual indd 31 4 10 07 12 30 24 PM MO gt Hm GE Chapter 5 Glossary Ethernet The most widely used LAN access method which is defined by the IEEE 802 3 standard Ethernet is normally a shared media LAN meaning all devices on the network segment share total bandwidth Ethernet networks operate at 10Mbps using CSMA CD to run over 10 BaseT cables Firewall A firewall determines which information passes in and out of a network NAT can create a natural firewall by hiding a local network s IP addresses from the Internet A Firewall prevents anyone outside of your network from accessing your computer and possibly damaging or viewing your files Gateway A network point that manages all the data traffic of your network as well as to the Internet and connects one network to another IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The IEEE sets standards for networking including Ethernet LANs IEEE standards ensure interoperability between systems of the same type IEEE 802 11 IEEE 802 xx is a set of specifications for LANs from the Institute of Electrical
20. that the computer can be connected to a network It is responsible for converting data from stored in the computer to the form transmitted or received Packet A basic message unit for communication across a network A packet usually includes routing information data and sometimes error detection information Pass Phrase The Wireless Settings utility uses an algorithm to generate four WEP keys based on the typed combination PPP Point to Point Protocol PPP is a protocol for communication between computers using a serial interface typically a personal computer connected by phone line to a server PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet Point to Point Protocol is a method of secure data transmission PPP using Ethernet to connect to an ISP Preamble Allows you to set the preamble mode for a network to Long Short or Auto The default preamble mode is Long Radio Frequency RF Terms GHz MHz Hz The international unit for measuring frequency is Hertz 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 member of a wireless network Only client PCs wit
21. 33 8713 ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Germany amp 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 contact www asus com de sales Technical support Component support 49 2102 95990 Online support http support asus com Notebook support 49 2102 959910 Support fax 49 2102 959911 ASUS WLAN Adapter Table of Contents 1 MTOTTET NS 5 PN 5 FAN re 5 2 NSG Ha 6 System Requirements rrrrrnnnnnnnvnvnrnnnnnnrnvvrnnnnnrrvnnrnnnnnnsnrnnnnnnnensnnnnnnnsnnee 6 Installation Procedures vansuaede ansinawnenduinecwbinicd denen ond dekieaoaeie 6 Installing ASUS WLAN utilities and driver umssnrvrrrvnrrrrrvnrrrrrrrrrrnerennrenenn 6 Reading the WLAN Status Indicators wwsssrrrrrrnrrrnerrnrrrnnrennrrnnrrnnrrenernnnne 7 ASUS One Touch Wizard scsssncesseteteesepsdndcesneistadievuueceesdescnnceqridsdiuaaeloncveteeras 8 Configuring with ASUS WLAN Settings utility Infrastructure 9 Configuring with ASUS WLAN Settings utility Ad HOC rrrrrnnnnnnrnnnnrrn 10 3 Software ReEfErence ccccsssseecceesseeseeesseeeeeenseeseeenseesseeneeeees 11 ASUS WLAN Control Center rrrrrrnnnnnnnnnrnnrrnnnnnnsrnrvnnnnnnrnenrnnnnnnnennn 11 ASUS Wireless Settings Utility rrrrnrrnnnnnrrnrrrnnnnnnrrnrrnnnnnrrvrnrnnnnnnnennn 13 Status AUS eussi E E S 13 Status Connection erre 15
22. 6 nm 18 Chapter 2 Installation ASUS WLAN Card Setu Lad ASUS WLAN Card Setup InstallShield Wizard Complete c 5 5 The installation process takes several 6 When Setup is complete click Finish to a seconds exit the installation wizard and restart the e s computer O 2 Windows supports 802 11b g wireless networking with the Wireless Zero den service Select the following operations about how to configure the WLAN Card Only use Windows wireless function Only use our WLAN utilities and disable Windows wireless function 7 Carefully insert the WLAN Adapter into 8 Windows XP 2003 users When the cy your computer s PCI slot Windows will program is launched for the first time eo automatically detect and configure the during Windows restart you are asked WLAN Adapter using the utilities and to choose one utility to configure the drivers installed in the previous steps WLAN Adapter Select Only use our WLAN utilities and disable Windows wireless function Reading the WLAN status indicator The device comes with one LED that indicates the status of the WLAN Adapter ACT LED Blinking Transmitting data the blinking speed indicates the link speed OFF Radio off or Adapter is disabled ASUS WLAN Adapter 7 WL 130N manual indd 7 4 10 07 12 29 40 PM Pees Chapter 2 Installation ASUS One Touch Wizard Use ASUS One Touch Wizard to setup your wireless connecti
23. 7 31 C09 97 D4 SSID WL 500W Channel 11 Encryption Off Click Finish to close the wizard h ee y 7 Obtain an IP address automatically Congratulations You have finished setting the wireless LAN s Click Next to setup the TCP IP C Use the following IP address Saad Gateway re Default Gateway Obtain DNS server address automatically C Use the following DNS addresses Choose to obtain an IP address or to assign static address manually for your WLAN Adapter When IP setting is complete click Finish to exit ASUS 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 ASUS One Touch Wizard once again from the Start menu to set up the connection with your AP J We suggest WL 130N work with WL 500W Super Speed N wireless router for maximum performance Make sure the router firmware is the updated Check ASUS website for router latest updated firmware WL 130N manual indd 8 ASUS WLAN Adapter PN Son 4 10 07 12 29 43 PM Chapter 2 Installation Configuring with ASUS WLAN Settings utility Infrastructure Use ASUS WLAN Settings utility to get connected with an existing wireless network Wireless Settings
24. A eee urve Mow EG Network Type Infrastructure Infrastructure means an to establish a connection with an access a Fr ave Configuration CAM Constantly Awake mode vi point Once connected the access KE point allows you to access wireless LAN and wired LAN Ethernet The Channel field turns to Auto if the connection is based on Infrastructure Ad Hoc Ad Hoc means to communicate directly with other wireless clients without using an access point An Ad Hoc network can be setup quickly and easily without pre planning for example sharing meeting notes between attendants in a meeting room Q S c sae o S Q et Fo og E fe dp Network Name SSID SSID stands for Service Set Identifier which is a string used to identify 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 case sensitive characters such as Wireless N NY NOTE Set the SSID to a null string if you wish to allow your station to connect to any access point it can find But you cannot use null string in Ad Hoc mode Channel The
25. 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 2347 is recommended Fragmentation Threshold 256 2346 Fragmentation is used to divide 802 11 frames into smaller pieces fragments that are sent separately to the destination Enable fragmentation by setting a specific packet size threshold If there is an excessive number of collisions on the WLAN experiment with different fragmentation values to increase the reliability of frame transmissions The default value 2000 is recommended for normal use ASUS WLAN Adapter E ha WL 130N manual indd 18 D 4 10 07 12 30 00 PM WL 130N manual indd 19 Chapter 3 Software Reference Config Encryption This page enables you to configure the Wireless LAN Adapter encryption settings For data confidentiality in a wireless environment IEEE 802 11 specifies a Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP algorithm to offer transmission privacy The WEP uses keys to encrypt and decrypt data packets The encryption process can scramble frame bits to avoid disclosure to others The WPA WPAZ2_ is improved security system for 802 11 which are developed to overcome the weakness of the WEP protocol Network Authentication ASUS WLAN Card Settings
26. Scientific and Medicine Bands Radio frequency bands that the Federal Communications Commission FCC authorized for wireless LANs The ISM bands are located at 902 MHz 2 400 GHz and 5 7 GHz ISP Internet Service Provider An organization 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 is often used to connect the PCs together MAC Address Media Access Control A MAC address is the hardware address of a device connected to a network Q O N Q 3 G Jajdeyng NAT Network Address Translation NAT masks a local networks group of IP addresses from the external network allowing a local network of computers to share a single ISP account This process allows all of the computers on your home network to use one IP address This will enable access to the Internet from any computer on your home network without having to purchase more IP addresses from your ISP 34 ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N manual indd 34 4 10 07 12 30 26 PM HI Hm GOE Chapter 5 Glossary NIC Network Interface Card A network adapter inserted into a computer so
27. a packets Key Format You can select to enter Hexadecimal digits 0 9 a f and A F or ASCII characters to setup keys by defining the Key Format Key Length For 64 bits encryption each key contains 10 hex digits or 5 ASCII characters For 128 bits encryption each key contains 26 hex digits or 13 ASCII characters Two ways to assign WEP keys 1 Manual Assignment When you select this option the cursor appears in the field for Key 1 For 64 bits encryption you are required to enter four WEP Keys Each Key contains exactly 10 hex digits 0 9 a f and A F For 128 bits encryption you are required to enter four WEP Keys Each Key contains exactly 26 hex digits 0 9 a f and A F 20 ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N manual indd 20 4 10 07 12 30 02 PM La sont Ww Chapter 3 Software Reference 2 Automatic Generation Type a combination of up to 64 letters numbers or symbols in the Passphrase box the Wireless Settings Utility automatically uses an algorithm to generate four WEP Keys Select one as your Default Key The Default Key field allows you specify which of the four encryption keys is to use for transmitting data over wireless LAN You can change the default key by clicking on the downward arrow selecting the number of the key you want to use and clicking the Apply button If the access point or station with which you are communicating uses the identical key by the same sequence you can use any
28. ality The overall connection quality is derived from the current signal strength A graphic chart uses percentage to show signal quality ASUS WLAN Adapter 15 WL 130N manual indd 15 4 10 07 12 29 56 PM N O SF ne TS Q D w p gt 40 16 Ki Status Connection IP Contig Host Information Status IP Config Status Host Name TDD MONICA acc corpnet asus E IP Config tab shows all the current t DNS Servers CA host and WLAN Adapter information NeBOS so including Host Name DNS Servers 3 NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS IP Address Subnet Mask and Default p _ tteretatiiericmin WINS Proxy Enable Physical Address 00 50 43 02 CB DF Gatewa abot IP Address 192 168 2 3 y Link State Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 aD Default Gateway 192 168 21 DHCP Server 192 168 2 1 i Primary WINS Server 0 0 0 0 B u tto n Save Configuration Secondary WINS Server 0 0 0 0 e e IP Release If you want to remove the Xe res current IP address click this button to release the IP address from DHCP server IP Renew If you want to obtain a new IP address from DHCP server click this button to renew the IP address Ping Click this button to open Ping tab which is used to ping the devices in your network y NOTE The IP Release and IP Renew buttons can only be used on the WLAN Adapter which gets IP address from DHCP server Stat u S pP i n g ASUS wi
29. andard also lets the vendor extend the modulation scheme beyond 24 Mbps Remember the more bits per cycle hertz that are encoded the more susceptible the signal will be to interference and fading and ultimately the shorter the range unless power output is increased Default Key This option allows you to select the default WEP key This option allows you to use WEP keys without having to remember or write them down The WEP keys generated 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 address from a DHCP server DNS Server Address Domain Name System DNS allows Internet host computers to have a domain name and one or more IP addresses A DNS server keeps a database of host computers and their respective domain names and IP addresses so that when a user enters a domain name into the Internet browser the user is sent to the proper IP address The DNS server address used by the computers on your home network is the location of the DNS server your ISP has assigned DSL Modem Digital Subscriber Line A DSL modem uses your existing phone lines to transmit data at high speeds
30. atus page Radio Off When the wireless radio is turned OFF the icon on the right appears in the upper left of the Status page 4 Buttons Rescan Make the WLAN Adapter rescan all available devices If the S current link quality or signal strength is poor rescanning can be used to push the radio off a weak access point and search for a better link with another access point This function usually takes several seconds Change SSID Click this button to set the SSID to that of the AP you want to connect Search amp Connect Click this button to connect to an available wireless AP 14 ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N_manual indd 14 7 4 10 07 12 29 54 PM Save Configuration When you make settings for a certain working environment you may need to save your settings to a profile so that you can easily switch to the settings without repeating the configurations For example you can set profiles for work home and Save Profile You can save the following wireless settings to the one WLAN configuration profile or choose New to create configuration profile Configuration Name default v Cancel other situations When you travel from home to work choose the office profile that contains all your settings for office use When you travel back home choose the home profile Activate Configuration Auto roaming is enabled by default and makes the adapter automatically switch to APs of be
31. corrupted by interference The ratio of chips per bit is called the spreading ratio A high spreading ratio increases the resistance of the signal to interference A low spreading ratio increases the bandwidth available to the 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 e This provides wireless data transmissions with a level of security This option e allows you to specify a 64 bits or a 128 bits WEP key A 64 bits encryption contains 10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII characters A 128 bits encryption contains 26 hexadecimal digits or 13 ASCII characters 64 bit and 40 bit WEP keys use the same encryption method and can interoperate on wireless networks This lower level of WEP encryption uses a 40 bits 10 hexadecimal digits assigned by the user secret key and a 24 bits Initialization Vector assigned by the device 104 bits and 128 bits WEP keys use the same encryption method All wireless clients in a network must have identical WEP keys with the access point to establish connection Keep a record of the WEP encryption keys Extended Service Set ESS A set of one or more interconnected basic service set BSSs and
32. ddress 00 00 43 28 60 13 gt Current Channel 6 About Current Data Rate 270 Mbps Lik D Radio State Radio On Disable Radio sanal can again for available wireless networks ani a S in fi ilable wirel ks and Rescan connect the one that has the best signal level Saye Configuration To connect to one wireless network your REN Change SSID WLAN Card and wireless network must specify Appy the same SSID 4 OK Search amp Connect View the wireless networks that are within range x Cancel of this computer Help 5 Check the Status page to see the association state If connection is established the box shows Connected xx XX XX XX XX XX ASUS FLAN Card Settings Basic Encryption Authentication Network Type Infrastructure C AdHoc Network Name SSID WL 500W l Channel Auto v Data Rate Link State r J PS Mode a BEBE STE En CAM Constantly Awake mode v Others A OK Encryption Advanced Troubleshooting x Cancel Help 2 Click the Config button and set the WLAN Adapter to Ad Hoc connection mode ASUS WLAN Card Settings lt Basic Encryption Authentication Advanced pens Network Authentication Open v Data encryption WEP v Config i q Wireless Network Key WEP Survey Key Format Hexadecimal digits v A Key Length 64 bits 10 digits a 3 Manual Assignment About Link State Save Configuration AS Apply El OK Sel
33. ditional direct sequence technology being deployed today This technology is called COFDM coded OFDM COFDM was developed specifically for indoor wireless use and offers performance much superior to that of spread spectrum solutions COFDM works by breaking one high speed data carrier into several lower speed subcarriers which are then transmitted in parallel Each high speed carrier is 20 MHz wide and is broken up into 52 subchannels each approximately 300 KHz wide COFDM uses 48 of these subchannels for data while the remaining four are used for error correction COFDM delivers higher data rates and a high degree of multipath reflection recovery thanks to its encoding scheme and error correction LO gt 55 Q 08 Eo Oo ASUS WLAN Adapter 29 WL 130N manual indd 29 4 10 07 12 30 23 PM MO gt Hm GE Chapter 5 Glossary Each subchannel in the COFDM implementation is about 300 KHz wide At the low end of the speed gradient BPSK binary phase shift keying is used to encode 125 Kbps of data per channel resulting in a 6 000 Kbps or 6 Mbps data rate Using quadrature phase shift keying you can double the amount of data encoded to 250 Kbps per channel yielding a 12 Mbps data rate And by using 16 level quadrature amplitude modulation encoding 4 bits per hertz you can achieve a data rate of 24 Mbps The 802 11a g standard specifies that all 802 11a g compliant products must support these basic data rates The st
34. e Site Monitor application e Preferences Click to customize the Control Center program You can create a Control Center shortcut on the desktop and decide whether to start Control Center when system boots About Control Center Shows the version of Control Center e Exit Click to close the Control Center program N O F R Taskbar icon Left click menu Wireless Radio On D 3 Left click the taskbar icon to show the following Wireless Radio Off I menu items z D Q Search amp Connect e Wireless Radio On Click to turn 3 the wireless radio ON Wireless Option ai 75 2 10 50 AM e Wireless Radio Off Click to turn the wireless radio OFF e Search amp Connect Click to view the properties of available access points Wireless Option Windows XP 2003 Click to choose Windows Wireless Zero Configuration WZC service or ASUS utilities to configure your WLAN Adapter Taskbar Left Click Menu Taskbar Icon Launch Wireless Settings aL as Double click the taskbar icon to launch the ASUS Wireless Settings utility 12 ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N manual indd 12 D 4 10 07 12 29 52 PM ME o me Chapter 3 Software Reference ASUS Wireless Settings Utility ASUS Wireless Settings utility 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
35. e 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 A CAUTION Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Prohibition of Co location This device and its antenna s must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter Safety Information To maintain compliance with FCC s RF exposure guidelines this equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body Use on the supplied antenna O x p ko De O O Ga ce O lt ASUS WLAN Adapter 37 WL 130N manual indd 37 4 10 07 12 30 29 PM Ww m Chapter 6 Appendix Declaration of Conformity for R amp TTE directive 1999 5 EC Essential requirements Article 3 Protection requirements for health and safety Article 3 1a Testing for electric safety according to EN 60950 1 has been conducted These are considered relevant and sufficient Protection requirements for electromagnetic compatibility Article 3 1b Testing for electromagnetic compatibility according to EN 301 489 1 and EN 301 489 17 has been conducted These are considered relevant and suf
36. ect one as your Default Key gt X Cancel Help Automatic Generation 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 ASUS WLAN Card Settings Status Connection iP Config Throughput bytes sec Transmitted fo Received 0 Frame Error Transmitted 0 Received 0 Connection Quality SignalStength I Excelent 34 Link Quality Excellent 100 100 00 80 00 60 00 40 00 20 00 0 00 Save Configuration A ok x Cancel Help 6 Check the Connection tab to see the signal strength Click OK to exit the utility 10 ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N manual indd 10 4 10 07 12 29 49 PM Ww O lt Chapter 3 Software Reference 3 Software Reference ASUS WLAN Control Center ASUS WLAN Control Center is an application which makes it easier to launch WLAN applications and activate network location settings The WLAN Control Center starts automatically when system boots When WLAN Control Center is running you can see a Control Center icon on the Windows taskbar Starting the Control Center Select ASUS WLAN Control Center in Windows Start BEEREMET menu or Control Center Double click the ASUS WLAN Control Center icon on the desktop E Er Edits El mx Using the Control Center g c The Control Center taskbar
37. ed Version 3 1 9 0 Version Information 5 0 Driver CAWINDOWSIsystern32 DRIVERSIRT2860 sys Driver Version 1 0 0 0 EEPROM Versi This screen is an example only Your version numbers will be different from what are shown here ASUS WLAN Adapter 23 WL 130N manual indd 23 4 10 07 12 30 05 PM Ww O lt Chapter 3 Software Reference Link State A WLAN Adapter Link State icon appears on the left side of peas the WLAN Adapter Settings Use the icon to view the current A signal status Config AE Excellent Link Quality Infrastructure Aa SUVer AE Good Link Quality Infrastructure po About SEI Fair Link Quality Infrastructure Poor Link Quality Infrastructure S Not linked Infrastructure Exit Wireless Settings To exit Wireless Settings you can click OK or Cancel N O so Sr JE TS Q D D w p p 40 24 ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N manual indd 24 D 4 10 07 12 30 07 PM Chapter 3 Software Reference Windows XP 2003 Wireless Options The wireless options window shown below is only available for Windows XP 2003 It appears when you run the Control Center utility at the first time Select the utility you want to use for configuring your WLAN Adapter Only use Windows wireless function Only use Windows 2003 XP PET Wireless Zero Configuration service to configure the WLAN Adapter Only use our WLAN utilities and
38. ficient 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 CE Mark Warning This is a Class B product in a domestic environment this product may cause dh radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures gt x D 5 z x 9 4a deyuD 38 ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N manual indd 38 4 10 07 12 30 30 PM
39. h the same SSID are allowed to establish a connection Enabling the Response to Broadcast SSID requests option allows the device to broadcast its SSID in a wireless network This allows other wireless devices to scan and establish communication with the device Unchecking this option hides the SSID to prevent other wireless devices from recognizing and connecting to the device LO gt 55 Q 0 ee OO Station Any device containing IEEE 802 11 wireless medium access conformity ASUS WLAN Adapter 35 WL 130N manual indd 35 4 10 07 12 30 26 PM MO gt Hm GE Chapter 5 Glossary Subnet Mask A subnet mask is a set of four numbers configured like an IP address It is used to create IP address numbers used only within a particular network TCP Transmission Control Protocol The standard transport level protocol that provides the full duplex stream service on which many application protocols depend TCP allows a process or one machine to send a stream of data to a process on another Software implementing TCP usually resides in the operating system and uses the IP to transmit information across the network WAN Wide Area Network A system of LANs connected together A network that connects computers located in separate areas i e different buildings cities countries The Internet is a wide area network WECA Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance An industry group that certifies cross vender inte
40. ion is established the box shows Connected XX XX XX XX XX XX ASUS FLAN Card Settings a Basic Encryption Authentication Status Network Type V Infrastructure C AdHoc Network Name SSID WL 500W p Ed Survey Ed Channel About Link State Data Rate PS Mode CAM Constantly Awake mode vi E Others Max Encryption Advanced Troubleshooting x Cancel Help N 2 8 Text ba 2 O c Save Configuration 2 Check the Config page to set the SSID network name to that of your wireless AP ASUS FLAN Card Settings a Basic Encryption Authentication Advanced F Network Authentication fopn dv I Data encryption WEP v Config 4 5 F O am r Wireless Network Key WEP Survey Key Format H exadecimal digits Fl gt Key Length 64 bits 10 digits x n Manual Assignment Link State OH Save Configuration Apply og X Cancel Help 4 Encryption settings must match those at the access point Ask your network administrator about settings if necessary Click Apply to activate the settings ASUS WLAN Card Settings 3 Status Connection iP Config Status Throughput bytes sec Transmitted 0 Received 0 Frame Error Confi 9 Transmitted 0 Received 0 m Connection Quality Survey Signal Strength Excellent 94 0 Excellent 100 gt Link Quality About Overall
41. n previous 802 11 standards by adding MIMO multiple input multiple output MIMO usesmultiple transmitter and receiver antikennas to allow for increased data throughout via sspacial multiplexing and increased range by exploiting the spacial diversity The real data throughout is estimated to reach a theoretical 300 Mbps and should be up to 30 times faster than 802 11b and up to 6 times faster than 802 11g ASUS WLAN Adapter 33 WL 130N manual indd 33 4 10 07 12 30 25 PM MO gt Hm GE Chapter 5 Glossary Infrastructure A wireless network centered about an access point In this environment the access point not only provides communication with the wired network but also mediates wireless network traffic in the immediate neighborhood IP Internet Protocol The TCP IP standard protocol that defines the IP datagram as the unit of information passed across an Internet and provides the basis for connectionless packet delivery service IP includes the ICMP control and error message protocol as an integral part It provides the functional equivalent of ISO OSI Network Services IP Address An IP address is a 32 bits number that identifies each sender or receiver of information that is sent across the Internet An IP address has two parts the identifier of a particular network on the Internet and an identifier of the particular device which can be a server or a workstation within that network ISM Bands Industrial
42. nd corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright 2007 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N_manual indd 2 D 4 10 07 12 29 32 PM Mo o me WL 130N manual indd 3 4 10 07 12 29 32 PM Contact Information ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Company address 15 Li Te Road Beitou Taipei 11259 General tel 886 2 2894 3447 Web site address www asus com tw General fax 886 2 2894 7798 General email info Qasus com tw Technical support General support tel 886 2 2894 3447 Online support http support asus com ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL America Company address 44370 Nobel Drive Fremont CA 94538 USA 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 9
43. nection 26 ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N manual indd 26 4 10 07 12 30 21 PM WL 130N manual indd 27 D 4 10 07 12 30 21 PM Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 4 Troubleshooting The following troubleshooting guides provide answers to some of the more common problems which you may encounter while installing or using WLAN Adapter products If you encounter difficulties that are not mentioned in this section please contact the Wireless LAN Technical Support Verify if the WLAN Adapter is installed correctly When the WLAN Adapter setup is complete you can verify if the driver has been setup properly Right click My Computer select Properties and click the Device Manager tab Then double click the Network adapters icon you should see 802 11n Wireless LAN Card with 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 11n Wireless LAN Card select Properties and select Driver tab Click on Update Driver button then follow the Update Device Driver Wizard to complete the driver installation Cannot connect to any access points Follow the procedure below to configure your WLAN Adapter a Verify that the Network T
44. o os Q os or o2 Lom oo Te 28 ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N manual indd 28 D 4 10 07 12 30 22 PM HI Hm GOE Chapter 5 Glossary 5 Glossary Access Point AP A networking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks access points combined with a distributed system support the creation of multiple radio cells that enable roaming throughout a facility Ad Hoc A wireless network composed solely of stations within mutual communication range of each other no access point Basic Rate Set This option allows you to specify the data transmission rate Basic Service Area BSS A set of stations controlled by a single coordination function Broadband A type of data transmission in which a single medium such as cable carries cy several channels of data at once Channel An instance of medium use for the purpose of passing protocol data units that may be used simultaneously in the same volume of space with other instances of medium use on other channels by other instances 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 802 119 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 tra
45. of the keys as the default on your WLAN Adapter Click the Apply button after you have created the encryption keys the Wireless Settings Utility uses asterisks to mask your keys 64 128bits versus 40 104bits There are two levels of WEP Encryption 64 bits and 128 bits Firstly 64 bits WEP and 40 bits WEP are the same encryption method and can interoperate in the wireless network This lower level of WEP encryption cy uses a 40 bits 10 Hex character as a secret key set by user and a 24 bits Initialization Vector not under user control This together makes 64 bits 40 24 Some vendors refer to this level of WEP as 40 bits and others refer to this as 64 bits Our Wireless LAN products use the term 64 bits when referring to this lower level of encryption Secondly 104 bits WEP and 128 bits WEP are the same encryption method and can interoperate in the wireless network This higher level of WEP encryption uses a 104 bits 26 Hex character as a secret key Set by user and a 24 bits Initialization Vector not under user control This together makes 128 bits 104 24 Some vendors refer to this level of WEP as 104 bits and others refer to this as 128 bits Our Wireless LAN products use the term 128 bits when referring to this higher level of encryption Q S c om L n 2 KJ R o Fo og E fe dp ASUS WLAN Adapter 21 WL 130N manual indd 21 D 4 10 07 12 30 02 PM E G
46. on with an existing wireless LAN ASUS ONE TOUCH WIZARD uo01 ejje su z 1 3 dey9 1 Launch ASUS One Touch Wizard from Start menu and click Next to set up your Welcome to the wireless setup wizard C Configure your wireless LAN settings i E Connect to an existing wireless LAN The Wizard will help you configure your wireless LAN Internet and home network settings The Wizard will now search your wireless LAN environment for available wireless networks The wireless networks found is displayed on the table below Wireless LAN that has the best signal WL 500W 00 17 31 C9 97 D4 Wireless LAN that you want to connect to WL 500W 00 17 31 C9 97 D4 f Available Networks ssID RSSI D wu s00w 1 54 Of D bRoadLanner 6 70 Oft w Faw sno 1 282 TKIPNYPS PSK Y 18 gt Click Next to continue KE Number of known wireless network s 4 Search Again X Cancel lt Back Cue X Cancel 2 Select an AP from the Available Networks field then click Next wireless network ASUS ONE TOUCH WIZARD 3 Connection is complete Click Next 4 to setup the IP address for the WLAN Adapter ASUS ONE TOUCH WIZARD Your wireless LAN card is connected to an Current wireless LAN settings IP settings are assigned automatically if your network supports this capability Otherwise inquire the IP settings with k administrator Station Mode Infrastructure BSSID 00 1
47. r 2 Installation 2 Installation System Requirements To begin using the WLAN Adapter you must meet the following minimum requirements e Windows XP 2000 2003 Vista only driver support PCI slot for personal computer e 128MB system memory or larger 750MHz processor or higher Important Install the WLAN Adapter utilities before inserting the WLAN Adapter into your computer 3 T F D D O 5 z J91dey n Installing ASUS WLAN utilities and driver J NOTE The ASUS WLAN utilities is only for Windows 2000 2003 XP 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 automatically 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 S ASUS WLAN Card Setup ASUS Wireless LAN Card Install ASUS WLAN Card Utilities Driver Uninstall ASUS WLAN Card Utilities Driver Readiinstall User Documentation Explore this CD Browse our Web Site 1 Select your language and click Install ASUS WLAN Card Utilities Driver ASUS WLAN Card Setup ASUS WLAN Card Setup 3 Click Next to use the default Destination 4 Click Next to create short cut Folder or click Browse to select another folder 6 ASUS WLAN Adapter WL 130N manual indd 6 4 10 07 12 29 37 PM 111
48. roperability and compatibility of IEEE 802 11b wireless networking products and to promote that standard for enterprise small business and home environments WPA Wi Fi Protected Access Wi Fi Protected Access WPA is an improved security system for 802 11 It is part of the 802 11i draft security standard WPA 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 authentication servers in enterprise security solutions Requirements 1 A WPA compatible access point or Wireless router 2 Operating system updates that support WPA In Windows XP an updated Windows Zero Configuration service is needed Users can download the Windows XP WPA patch here http www microsoft com downloads details aspx displaylang zh tw amp FamilyID 2726F 32F D52B 4F84 ACE8 F7FC20195769 Please note that this patch requires the installation Windows XP Service Pack 1 which is available here http www microsoft com WindowsXP pro downloads servicepacks sp1 default asp O N Q 3 G Jajdeyng For earlier Windows Operating systems a WPA capable supplicant is required such as Funk Software
49. rtual MAC address used by computers participating in the Ad Hoc network ASUS WLAN Adapter 13 WL 130N manual indd 13 4 10 07 12 29 53 PM Ww O lt Chapter 3 Software Reference Scanning The station is trying to authenticate and associate with an access point or Ad Hoc node Disconnected The WLAN Adapter is installed to the system but not yet connected to a wireless device SSID Displays the Service Set Identifier SSID of the device that the adapter is either associated or intending to join MAC address Shows the hardware address of the WLAN Adapter MAC address is a unique identifier for networking devices typically written as twelve hexadecimal digits from 0 through 9 and A through F separated by colons i e 00 E0 18 F0 05 C0 Current Channel Displays the radio channel to which the adapter is currently tuned This number changes as the radio scans the available channels When data transmition is in processing this number displays the radio channel which the adapter is currently using Current Data Rate Display the data rate that the adpter support When data transmition is in processing this number displays the current data rate in megabits per second Mbps N O SF ne TS Q D w p gt 40 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 St
50. the Wireless Network Connection Status page i Wireless Network Connection Status fk General Support Connection Status Connected Network WL 500W Duration 00 00 10 Speed 270 0 Mbps Signal Strength Activity Sent Received L Packets 2293 52 View Wireless Networks O D mp D ag oo 1 The General page shows status duration speed and signal strength Signal strength is represented by green bars with 5 bars indicating excellent signal and 1 bar meaning poor signal o le eF Q Lo OD JJ D h OD D O p Wireless Network Connection Properties PIK General Wireless Networks Advanced Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings Available networks To connect to disconnect from or find out more information about wireless networks in range click the button below View Wireless Networks Preferred networks Automatically connect to available networks in the order listed below q wl 500w Automatic Move down Learn about setting up wireless network configuration 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 icon identifies the currently connected access point Click Properties to set the authentication of the wireless con
51. tter signal You can uncheck it if w Auto Roaming default 1 w office Existing LAN Configuration 1 Existing LAN Configuration 2 Existing LAN Configuration 3 bid Wireless Settings Activate Configuration Mobile Manager Site Monitor 2 Help gt 8 Preferences 2 About Control Center you want to connect to a specified AP using a particular profile X Exit Control Center Q S c om 2 n 2 QD Fo og E e dp 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 WLAN Adapter is correctly installed Status Connection IP Config Throughput bytes sec Transmitted 0 ived 0 Frame Error Transmitted 0 ived 0 Connection Quality Signal Strength Link Quality Excellent 34 Excellent 100 100 00 80 00 60 00 40 00 20 00 0 00 Link Quality Signal Strength Frame Sent Received Transmitted The number of frames that were transmitted Received The number of frames that were received Frame Error Transmitted The number of frames that were not successfully transmitted Received The number of frames that were not successfully received Connection Quality Signal Strength Shows the link quality of the access point or Ad Hoc node the WLAN Adapter is currently connected to Ratings are Excellent Good Fair and Poor Overall Connection Qu
52. ype is in Infrastructure mode b Verify that the SSID of your WLAN Adapter is set to the same SSID of an access point c Verify that the Encryption type is the same as that of an access point If you enabled WEP encryption you must also set the same WEP Keys on both sides ASUS WLAN Adapter 27 ke I BE De re Go O Ors fe men lt Ww Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Cannot connect to a Station WLAN Adapter Follow the procedure below to configure your WLAN Adapter a b Verify that the Network Type is in Ad Hoc mode Verify that the SSID of your WLAN Adapter is set to the same SSID of the other station or another WLAN Adapter Verify that the Channel of the WLAN Adapter is Auto or set to the same channel of the other station or another WLAN Adapter Verify that the Encryption type is the same as the other station or another WLAN Adapter If WEP encryption is enabled you must set the same 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 E

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