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® Wireless N USB Adapter USB-N11 (For 802.11n draft, 802.11g & 802.11b Networks) User Manual E3739 / May 2008
® Wireless N USB Adapter USB-N11 (For 802.11n draft, 802.11g & 802.11b Networks) User Manual E3739 / May 2008
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Software Reference 11 ASUS WLAN Control Center 11 ASUS Wireless Settings Utility 13 Status - Status 13 Status - Version Info 25 Link State 26 Exit Wireless Settings 26 Windows® XP Wireless Options 27 Windows® Vista Wireless Options 29 4. IP Config 16 Status - Troubleshooting 30 5. Basic 17 Config - Encryption 19... with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc 10 3. Connection 15 Status - Ping 16 Config - Advanced 18 Config - Appendix 40 ASUS WLAN Adapter Table of Contents 1. Introduction 5 Package contents 5 Features...5 2. Site Survey 24 About -
Software Reference 11 ASUS WLAN Control Center 11 ASUS Wireless Settings Utility 13 Status - Status 13 Status - Version Info 25 Link State 26 Exit Wireless Settings 26 Windows® XP Wireless Options 27 Windows® Vista Wireless Options 29 4. IP Config 16 Status - Troubleshooting 30 5. Basic 17 Config - Encryption 19... with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc 10 3. Connection 15 Status - Ping 16 Config - Advanced 18 Config - Appendix 40 ASUS WLAN Adapter Table of Contents 1. Introduction 5 Package contents 5 Features...5 2. Site Survey 24 About -
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Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction Package contents Check the following items in your retailer if any item is damaged or missing. 1 x ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter (USB-N11) 1 x Support CD 1 x Quick Start Guide 1 x USB Cable Features High speed networking (11n Draft) for fast download, file transfer, and media streaming Easy setup: Press button on adapter and router for WiFi setup (base on WPS standard) Multiple OS support: Windows, Linux, and Mac ASUS WLAN Adapter Introduction 1. Contact your ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter package.
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction Package contents Check the following items in your retailer if any item is damaged or missing. 1 x ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter (USB-N11) 1 x Support CD 1 x Quick Start Guide 1 x USB Cable Features High speed networking (11n Draft) for fast download, file transfer, and media streaming Easy setup: Press button on adapter and router for WiFi setup (base on WPS standard) Multiple OS support: Windows, Linux, and Mac ASUS WLAN Adapter Introduction 1. Contact your ASUS Wireless LAN Adapter package.
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... Button WPS Push Button: Enable WPS Push Button mode. Carefully insert the WLAN Adapter into your computer's USB slot. Select "Only use our WLAN utilities and disable Windows wireless function". When Setup is complete, click Finish to install the WLAN utilities and driver. • For ...to choose one LED to download Mac driver and utility. Blinking: Transmitting data; LED LED ON: Connected to configure the WLAN Adapter. ASUS WLAN Adapter OFF: Adapter is launched for the Linux OS you are using the utilities and drivers installed in the previous steps. ...
... Button WPS Push Button: Enable WPS Push Button mode. Carefully insert the WLAN Adapter into your computer's USB slot. Select "Only use our WLAN utilities and disable Windows wireless function". When Setup is complete, click Finish to install the WLAN utilities and driver. • For ...to choose one LED to download Mac driver and utility. Blinking: Transmitting data; LED LED ON: Connected to configure the WLAN Adapter. ASUS WLAN Adapter OFF: Adapter is launched for the Linux OS you are using the utilities and drivers installed in the previous steps. ...
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...router. 3. Note: The WPS wizard works only with routers with an existing wireless LAN. 1. The WPS wizard displays the conection status. On the ASUS WLAN Card Settings utility, you can see the USB adapter connected to exit the WPS wizard. Check your router specification before setting ...up your wireless connection with WPS support. Click Finish to the router. Installation WPS...
...router. 3. Note: The WPS wizard works only with routers with an existing wireless LAN. 1. The WPS wizard displays the conection status. On the ASUS WLAN Card Settings utility, you can see the USB adapter connected to exit the WPS wizard. Check your router specification before setting ...up your wireless connection with WPS support. Click Finish to the router. Installation WPS...
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Check the Config page to set the SSID (network name) to see the signal strength. ASUS WLAN Adapter Check the Status page to that of your access point(s). 4. If connection is established, the box ...Apply to get connected with the WLAN utility (Infrastructure) Use ASUS WLAN utility to activate the settings. 5. Installation Configuring with an existing wireless network. Right-click the wireless connection icon and select Wireless Settings. 2. Click OK to see the association state. Ask your wireless AP. 3. Chapter 2 Installation 1. Chapter 2 - Encryption ...
Check the Config page to set the SSID (network name) to see the signal strength. ASUS WLAN Adapter Check the Status page to that of your access point(s). 4. If connection is established, the box ...Apply to get connected with the WLAN utility (Infrastructure) Use ASUS WLAN utility to activate the settings. 5. Installation Configuring with an existing wireless network. Right-click the wireless connection icon and select Wireless Settings. 2. Click OK to see the association state. Ask your wireless AP. 3. Chapter 2 Installation 1. Chapter 2 - Encryption ...
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... icon and select Wireless Settings. 2. Chapter 2 Installation 3. If the encryption settings of your WLAN Adapter are different from those of the two nodes identical. xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx". 6. Click Apply to make the encryption of the other Ad Hoc nodes, you want to exit the utility. 10 ASUS WLAN Adapter... with and press Connect. 4. Click OK to communicate with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc) The WLAN Adapter supports Ad Hoc mode that allows communication between wireless stations without an AP. 1. Chapter 2 -
... icon and select Wireless Settings. 2. Chapter 2 Installation 3. If the encryption settings of your WLAN Adapter are different from those of the two nodes identical. xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx". 6. Click Apply to make the encryption of the other Ad Hoc nodes, you want to exit the utility. 10 ASUS WLAN Adapter... with and press Connect. 4. Click OK to communicate with the WLAN utility (Ad Hoc) The WLAN Adapter supports Ad Hoc mode that allows communication between wireless stations without an AP. 1. Chapter 2 -
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...is an application which makes it easier to Internet (Infrastructure) ASUS WLAN Adapter 11 Starting the Control Center • Select ASUS WLAN Control Center in Windows Start menu, or • Double-click the ASUS WLAN Control Center icon on the Windows taskbar. The WLAN ...Control Center starts automatically when system boots. When WLAN Control Center is connected to a network (Blue: Connected, Gray: Not Connected) Chapter 3 Software Reference Taskbar Icon and Status Wireless Status Icons (on ...
...is an application which makes it easier to Internet (Infrastructure) ASUS WLAN Adapter 11 Starting the Control Center • Select ASUS WLAN Control Center in Windows Start menu, or • Double-click the ASUS WLAN Control Center icon on the Windows taskbar. The WLAN ...Control Center starts automatically when system boots. When WLAN Control Center is connected to a network (Blue: Connected, Gray: Not Connected) Chapter 3 Software Reference Taskbar Icon and Status Wireless Status Icons (on ...
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... application. • Activate Configuration - Click to launch the Wireless Settings utility. 12 ASUS WLAN Adapter Taskbar Icon - Launch Wireless Settings Double-click the taskbar icon to turn the wireless radio OFF. Click to choose Windows® Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) service or ASUS utilities to customize the Control Center program. Click to configure your WLAN Adapter...
... application. • Activate Configuration - Click to launch the Wireless Settings utility. 12 ASUS WLAN Adapter Taskbar Icon - Launch Wireless Settings Double-click the taskbar icon to turn the wireless radio OFF. Click to choose Windows® Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) service or ASUS utilities to customize the Control Center program. Click to configure your WLAN Adapter...
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...settings, or to monitor the operational status of the access point with one ASUS WLAN device installed on the Windows taskbar and select Wireless Settings. NOTE: If you launch the "Wireless Settings" utility. The status fields are blank if the WLAN Adapter is... is launched, you want when such situation occurs. Software Reference ASUS Wireless Settings Utility Wireless Settings is not installed. Starting Wireless Settings • Click the Windows Start button, select Programs | ASUS Utility | WLAN card | Wireless Settings. You can view the information about the WLAN Adapter from...
...settings, or to monitor the operational status of the access point with one ASUS WLAN device installed on the Windows taskbar and select Wireless Settings. NOTE: If you launch the "Wireless Settings" utility. The status fields are blank if the WLAN Adapter is... is launched, you want when such situation occurs. Software Reference ASUS Wireless Settings Utility Wireless Settings is not installed. Starting Wireless Settings • Click the Windows Start button, select Programs | ASUS Utility | WLAN card | Wireless Settings. You can view the information about the WLAN Adapter from...
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... - Change SSID - Click this button to set the SSID to that you want to join. Current Channel: Displays the radio channel to an available wireless AP. 14 ASUS WLAN Adapter Buttons Rescan - Software Reference Scanning... : The station is a unique identifier for a better link with an access point or Ad Hoc node. Channel...
... - Change SSID - Click this button to set the SSID to that you want to join. Current Channel: Displays the radio channel to an available wireless AP. 14 ASUS WLAN Adapter Buttons Rescan - Software Reference Scanning... : The station is a unique identifier for a better link with an access point or Ad Hoc node. Channel...
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... configurations. Ad Hoc - If you get connected by designating the SSID, you assigned. For Europe (ETSI), channel 1 to identify a wireless LAN. SSIDs must all be setup quickly and easily without using an access point. Channel The Channel field is based on the regulations in... tab. Your WLAN Adapter can enter a new SSID or select one from the network, your country. ASUS WLAN Adapter 17 Network Type Infrastructure - Use the SSID to access wireless LAN and wired LAN (Ethernet). The available radio channels depend on Infrastructure. Network Name (SSID) SSID ...
... configurations. Ad Hoc - If you get connected by designating the SSID, you assigned. For Europe (ETSI), channel 1 to identify a wireless LAN. SSIDs must all be setup quickly and easily without using an access point. Channel The Channel field is based on the regulations in... tab. Your WLAN Adapter can enter a new SSID or select one from the network, your country. ASUS WLAN Adapter 17 Network Type Infrastructure - Use the SSID to access wireless LAN and wired LAN (Ethernet). The available radio channels depend on Infrastructure. Network Name (SSID) SSID ...
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... RTS/CTS handshake is recommended. Fragmentation Threshold (256-2346) Fragmentation is recommended for all items in this window. Chapter 3 Software Reference 18 ASUS WLAN Adapter This tab allows you to be changed. The default value (2347) is completed. Enable fragmentation by setting a specific packet size ... 3 - Software Reference Advanced - In most cases, the default values do not have to set up additional parameters for the wireless Adapter. If there is used to divide 802.11 frames into smaller pieces (fragments) that are sent separately to minimize collisions among...
... RTS/CTS handshake is recommended. Fragmentation Threshold (256-2346) Fragmentation is recommended for all items in this window. Chapter 3 Software Reference 18 ASUS WLAN Adapter This tab allows you to be changed. The default value (2347) is completed. Enable fragmentation by setting a specific packet size ... 3 - Software Reference Advanced - In most cases, the default values do not have to set up additional parameters for the wireless Adapter. If there is used to divide 802.11 frames into smaller pieces (fragments) that are sent separately to minimize collisions among...
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...to overcome the weakness of the WEP protocol. Shared - The network is operating in wireless LANs, the WLAN users need to implement certain mechanism to enable WPA Pre-Shared Key under Infrastructure mode. ASUS WLAN Adapter 19 WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK - WPA/ WPA2 - In a RADIUS...Encryption This page enables you to encrypt and decrypt data packets. The encryption process can authenticate with RADIUS (Remote Access Dial-in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.11 specifies a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm to others. Select this option to provide security solution. Open ...
...to overcome the weakness of the WEP protocol. Shared - The network is operating in wireless LANs, the WLAN users need to implement certain mechanism to enable WPA Pre-Shared Key under Infrastructure mode. ASUS WLAN Adapter 19 WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK - WPA/ WPA2 - In a RADIUS...Encryption This page enables you to encrypt and decrypt data packets. The encryption process can authenticate with RADIUS (Remote Access Dial-in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.11 specifies a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm to others. Select this option to provide security solution. Open ...
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...) Hexadecimal digits which is used to begin the encryption proceed. Each Key contains exactly 26 hex digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F). 20 ASUS WLAN Adapter Disabled - Wireless Network Key This option is more stringent than the WEP algorithm. Key Format You can only connect and communicate with..., you select this field. Disable the encryption function. TKIP verifies the security configuration after the encryption keys are Disabled and WEP. Wireless Network Key (WEP) This option is a symmetric 128-bit block encryption technique that use the same WEP keys. Each Key contains...
...) Hexadecimal digits which is used to begin the encryption proceed. Each Key contains exactly 26 hex digits (0~9, a~f, and A~F). 20 ASUS WLAN Adapter Disabled - Wireless Network Key This option is more stringent than the WEP algorithm. Key Format You can only connect and communicate with..., you select this field. Disable the encryption function. TKIP verifies the security configuration after the encryption keys are Disabled and WEP. Wireless Network Key (WEP) This option is a symmetric 128-bit block encryption technique that use the same WEP keys. Each Key contains...
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... (not under user control). This together makes 64 bits (40 + 24). You can interoperate in the wireless network. Some vendors refer to this higher level of WEP as your WLAN Adapter. Software Reference Select one ...on the downward arrow, selecting the number of the key you can interoperate in the wireless network. Our Wireless LAN products use the term 128 bits when referring to this lower level of the ...when referring to this as 64 bits. Our Wireless LAN products use , and clicking the "Apply" button. Chapter 3 Software Reference ASUS WLAN Adapter 21 Chapter 3 -
... (not under user control). This together makes 64 bits (40 + 24). You can interoperate in the wireless network. Some vendors refer to this higher level of WEP as your WLAN Adapter. Software Reference Select one ...on the downward arrow, selecting the number of the key you can interoperate in the wireless network. Our Wireless LAN products use the term 128 bits when referring to this lower level of the ...when referring to this as 64 bits. Our Wireless LAN products use , and clicking the "Apply" button. Chapter 3 Software Reference ASUS WLAN Adapter 21 Chapter 3 -
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... tunnel and achieve server-side authentication in Config-Encryption tab. Software Reference Config - EAP ensures mutual authentication between a wireless client and a server that resides at the network operations center. Chapter 3 Software Reference 22 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 3 - TTLS: TTLS authentication uses certificates to authenticate the server, while maintaining similar security properties to...
... tunnel and achieve server-side authentication in Config-Encryption tab. Software Reference Config - EAP ensures mutual authentication between a wireless client and a server that resides at the network operations center. Chapter 3 Software Reference 22 ASUS WLAN Adapter Chapter 3 - TTLS: TTLS authentication uses certificates to authenticate the server, while maintaining similar security properties to...
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Software Reference 3. Enter the required networking settings on the wireless networks available to the WLAN adapter and their parameters. • SSID: The SSID of this AP with WPS secured setup stored in the profile list. Chapter 3 Software Reference Survey - The picture on the right shows the profile of the available networks. • Channel: The channel used by each network. 24 ASUS WLAN Adapter Click Finish to continue. 4. Chapter 3 - When done, click Next to exit the WPS wizard. Site Survey Use the Site Survey tab to view statistics on the screen.
Software Reference 3. Enter the required networking settings on the wireless networks available to the WLAN adapter and their parameters. • SSID: The SSID of this AP with WPS secured setup stored in the profile list. Chapter 3 Software Reference Survey - The picture on the right shows the profile of the available networks. • Channel: The channel used by each network. 24 ASUS WLAN Adapter Click Finish to continue. 4. Chapter 3 - When done, click Next to exit the WPS wizard. Site Survey Use the Site Survey tab to view statistics on the screen.
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... name, driver version and hardware version. The value is helpful in determining which network to connect to a dBm value. • Security: Wireless network encryption information. All devices in the "Available Network" list. About - The program version information field includes the Copyright and utility version.... BSSID: The media access control (MAC) address of the access point or the Basic Service Set ID of the Ad Hoc node. ASUS WLAN Adapter 25 Chapter 3 - This information is then normalized to . Your version numbers will be different from the "Available Network" ...
... name, driver version and hardware version. The value is helpful in determining which network to connect to a dBm value. • Security: Wireless network encryption information. All devices in the "Available Network" list. About - The program version information field includes the Copyright and utility version.... BSSID: The media access control (MAC) address of the access point or the Basic Service Set ID of the Ad Hoc node. ASUS WLAN Adapter 25 Chapter 3 - This information is then normalized to . Your version numbers will be different from the "Available Network" ...
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Use the icon to view the current signal status. Software Reference Link State WLAN Adapter "Link State" icon appears on the left side of the WLAN Adapter Settings. Excellent Link Quality (Infrastructure) Good Link Quality (Infrastructure) Fair Link Quality (Infrastructure) Poor Link Quality (Infrastructure) Not linked (Infrastructure) Exit Wireless Settings To exit Wireless Settings, you can click OK or Cancel. Chapter 3 - Chapter 3 Software Reference 26 ASUS WLAN Adapter
Use the icon to view the current signal status. Software Reference Link State WLAN Adapter "Link State" icon appears on the left side of the WLAN Adapter Settings. Excellent Link Quality (Infrastructure) Good Link Quality (Infrastructure) Fair Link Quality (Infrastructure) Poor Link Quality (Infrastructure) Not linked (Infrastructure) Exit Wireless Settings To exit Wireless Settings, you can click OK or Cancel. Chapter 3 - Chapter 3 Software Reference 26 ASUS WLAN Adapter