Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto WL-169gE del fabbricante Asus
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User Manual Wireless Local Area Network Card WL-169gE (For 802.1 1g & 802.1 1b Wireless Networks) ® E 2358/ Dec 2005 802.11 g Broad Range.
2 ASUS WLAN Card No part of this manual, includin g the produc ts and softwa re descri bed in it, may be reprod uced, tran smitte d, transcr ibed, stor ed in a retrieval syst em, or translated into an.
ASUS WLAN Card 3 ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. Company address: 15 Li-T e Road, Beitou, T aipei 11259 General (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 W eb site address: www .asus.com.tw General (fax): +886-2-2894-7798 General email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical support General support (tel): +886-2-2894-3447 Online support: http://support.
4 ASUS WLAN Card 1. Introduction ..............................................................................5 Overview ................................................................................................5 Package contents ..............
ASUS WLAN Card 5 Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction 1 . I n tr o d u c t io n Overview T ha nk y ou f or p ur ch as in g th e AS US W LA N Ca rd ! T he AS US WL AN Ca rd is a n ea sy -t o- in st al l a nd us e wi re le ss LA N a da pt er a nd is d es ig ne d to be fu ll y co mp li an t wi th bo th th e IE EE 80 2.
6 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction Package contents Check the following items in your ASUS USB Wireless LAN Adapter package. Contact your retailer if any item is damaged or missing. ASUS USB Wireless LAN Adapter (WL-169gE) USB 2.
ASUS WLAN Card 7 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation 2 . I n s t a l la ti o n System Requirements T o begin using the WLAN Card, you must have the following minimum r eq ui re me nt s: • W in do ws X P/ 20 00 /M E/ 98 SE • U SB 1 .1 o r 2.
Chapter 2 8 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 2 - Installation Installation 7. Carefully insert the WLAN card into your computer ʼs USB2.0 port. Windows will a ut o ma t ic a ll y d e te c t a nd c on f ig u re t he WLAN card using the utilities and drivers installed in the previous steps.
ASUS WLAN Card 9 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation O n e T ou c h W i za r d U s e t he On e T ou ch Wi za rd to se tu p y o u r w i r e l e s s c o n n e c t i o n w i t h a n ex is ti ng w i r e l e s s L A N . 1 . Launch One T ouch Wizard from Start menu and click Next t o s e t u p y o u r wireless network.
Chapter 2 10 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 2 - Installation Installation Co nfigu rin g wi th the WL AN u ti lity (I nf ra st ru ctur e) Us e A SU S W LA N ut li ty t o ge t co nn ec te d wi th a n ex is ti ng w ir el es s ne tw or k. 6. C h e c k t h e Connection t a b t o s e e t h e sign al stre ngth.
ASUS WLAN Card 1 1 Chapter 2 - Installation Chapter 2 Installation Configuring with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc) T he WL AN ca rd su pp or ts Ad Ho c m od e w hi ch al lo ws co mm un ic at io n b et we en wi re le ss s ta ti on s wi th ou t an A P .
12 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce 3 . S o ft w a r e Re fe r e n c e Using the Control Center T he C on tr ol C en te r ta sk ba r ic on d is pl ay s .
ASUS WLAN Card 13 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce T askbar Icon - Left-click Menu Left-clicking the taskbar icon shows the fo ll ow in g me nu : • W i r e l e s s R a d i o O n – T u r n s t h e wireless radio ON.
14 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Status - Status Y ou can view the information about th e WL AN Ca rd fr om th e S ta tu s me nu . T he s ta tu s fie ld s ar e bl an k i f th e WL AN Card is not installed.
ASUS WLAN Card 15 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce S ca nn in g. .. - Th e st at io n is tr yi ng t o au th en ti ca te a nd a ss oc ia te w it h an a cc es s po in t or A d Ho c no de .
16 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Save Configuration When you make settings for a certain working environment, you ma y ne ed t o sa ve y ou r se tt in gs to a pr ofi le so th at yo u ca n ea si ly sw it ch to th e se tt in gs wi th ou t re pe at in g th e configurations.
ASUS WLAN Card 17 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Status - IP Config I P Co n fi g t a b sh o w s a l l t h e c u r r e n t h o s t an d WLA N Ca rd inf or ma ti on in cl udi ng ho st nam e, DN S ser ver s, IP add res s, s u b n e t m a s k a n d d e f a u l t g a t e w a y .
18 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Config - Basic T hi s pa ge en ab le s yo u to c ha ng e th e W LA N Ca rd c on fig ur at io ns . Network T ype In fr ast ru ct ur e – In fr ast ru ct ur e me ans t o e st a b l is h a co n n e ct i on wi t h a n ac c es s point.
ASUS WLAN Card 19 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Data Rate Se le ct the tran smi t data ra te (fi x or aut o) . Th e data ra tes sup port ed for the W LA N Ca rd s ar e: F ul ly Au to – T he a da pt er w il l ad j us t to t he m os t su it ab le t ra ns mi ss io n ra te .
20 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Preamble Mode T hi s pa ra me te r i s u se d to co nt ro l w he th er fr am es wi ll tr an sm it wi th th e Lo ng or Sh or t Pr ea mb le . Th e de fa ul t va lu e is L on g P re am bl e.
ASUS WLAN Card 21 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Network Authentication S i n c e t h e r e i s n o p r e c i s e b o u n d i n wi re le ss LA Ns , th e WL AN us er s ne ed to implement certain mechanism to provide security soluction.
22 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Data encryption For Open and Shared authentication mode, the configuration options of encry ption type ar e Dis abled and WE P .
ASUS WLAN Card 23 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce 2 . Automatic Generation - T ype a combination of up to 64 letters, nu mb er s, or sy mb ol s in th e Pa ss ph ra se b ox , th e Wi re le ss Se tt in gs Ut il it y au to ma ti ca ll y us es a n al go ri th m to g en er at e fo ur W EP Ke ys .
24 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Survey - Site Survey Us e t he S it e S ur ve y ta b t o vi ew st at is ti cs on th e w ir el es s ne tw or ks av ai la bl e to t he W LA N Ca rd a nd t he ir p ar am et er s.
ASUS WLAN Card 25 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Buttons S ea rc h – S ca n a ll av ai la bl e wi re le ss n et wo rk s an d sh ow t he s ca n r es ul t in th e “ A va il ab le N et wo rk ” li st .
26 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Link State W L A N Ca r d “L in k St at e ” ic on ap pe a r s on th e l ef t s id e o f t he W L A N Ca rd Se tt in gs . U se t he i co n t o vi e w th e c u r r e n t si gn al s t a t u s .
ASUS WLAN Card 27 Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce Windows ® XP Wireless Options T he wi re le ss op ti on s w in do w s ho wn be lo w is on ly av ai la bl e fo r W in do ws ® XP . It ap pe ar s wh en yo u ru n th e Co nt ro l Ce nt er ut il it y at th e fir st ti me .
28 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 3 - Software Reference Chapter 3 So ft war e Re fe re nce T o s et u p t he w ir el es s c on ne ct io n pr op er ti es , r ig ht -c li ck th e wi re le ss ic on on t he ta sk ba r an d se le ct Op en Ne tw or k Co nn ec ti on .
ASUS WLAN Card 29 Chapter 4 - T roubleshooting Chapter 4 T roubleshooting 4 . T ro u b l e s ho ot i n g Th e foll owi ng tro ubl es ho ot in g guid es prov ide ans wers to so me of the mo re co mm on pr ob le ms , wh ic h yo u m ay en co un te r wh il e in st al li ng or us in g WL AN Card products.
ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 4 - T roubleshooting Chapter 4 T roubleshooting 30 Cannot connect to a Station (WLAN Card) Fo ll ow t he p ro ce du re b el ow t o co nfi gu re y ou r WL AN C ar d. a . V er if y th at t he “ Ne tw or k T y pe ” is i n “A d Ho c” m od e.
ASUS WLAN Card 31 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary 5 . G l o s s ar y Access Point (AP) An 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 .
32 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary 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.
ASUS WLAN Card 33 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Direct-sequence syste ms commun icate by continuously transmi tting a re dundant pattern of bits called a chipping sequence.
34 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary 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.
ASUS WLAN Card 35 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary The 802.1 1b spectrum is plagued by saturation from wireless phones, microwave ovens and other emerging wireless technologies, such as Bluetooth. In contrast, 802.1 1a spectrum is relatively free of interference.
36 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary 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.
ASUS WLAN Card 37 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary Packet A basic message unit for communication across a network. A packet usually includes routing information, data, and sometimes error detection information.
38 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 5 Chapter 5 - Glossary Glossary TCP (T ransmission 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 .
ASUS WLAN Card 39 Chapter 6 - Appendix Chapter 6 Appendix 6 . A p pe n d i x FCC W arning Statement Th is d ev ic e co mp li es w it h P ar t 15 o f th e FC C Ru le s.
40 ASUS WLAN Card Chapter 6 - Appendix Chapter 6 Appendix T e st in g fo r el ec tr ic s af et y ac co rd in g to E N 60 95 0- 1 ha s be en c on du ct ed . T he s e a re c on si de re d re le va nt a nd s uf fic ie nt . Pr ot ec ti on r eq ui re me nt s fo r el ec tr om ag ne ti c co mp at ib il it y – Ar ti cl e 3 .
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