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® USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter (For 802.11 a/g/b/n Wireless Networks) User Manual E6682 / June 2011
® USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter (For 802.11 a/g/b/n Wireless Networks) User Manual E6682 / June 2011
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... mode (Windows® XP/Vista/7 12 4. Configuring USB-N53 using ASUS utility 9 3.1 Connecting to a wireless network manually 9 3.2 Connecting to a wireless network using Windows® WZC service 19 6. Software information 14 4.1 ASUS WLAN Control Center 14 4.2 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Setting Utility 14 5. Troubleshooting 20 7. Glossary 22 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Installing the USB-N53 driver and utilities 8 3. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual Table of contents Notices...2 1.
... mode (Windows® XP/Vista/7 12 4. Configuring USB-N53 using ASUS utility 9 3.1 Connecting to a wireless network manually 9 3.2 Connecting to a wireless network using Windows® WZC service 19 6. Software information 14 4.1 ASUS WLAN Control Center 14 4.2 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Setting Utility 14 5. Troubleshooting 20 7. Glossary 22 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Installing the USB-N53 driver and utilities 8 3. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual Table of contents Notices...2 1.
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...Link Tx/Rx Status On Off Blinking On Off Description The WLAN card has connected to a wireless network successfully. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 1. Introduction 1.1Package contents Check your USB-N53 WLAN Card package for Windows® OS only) To enable the WPS feature, you may ... in the WLAN card's web interface. No wireless activity. Data is damaged or missing, contact your retailer immediately. 1.2 System requirements Before using the USB-N53 WLAN Card, check if your system meets the following items. • ASUS USB-N53 WLAN Card x1 • Warranty card x1...
...Link Tx/Rx Status On Off Blinking On Off Description The WLAN card has connected to a wireless network successfully. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 1. Introduction 1.1Package contents Check your USB-N53 WLAN Card package for Windows® OS only) To enable the WPS feature, you may ... in the WLAN card's web interface. No wireless activity. Data is damaged or missing, contact your retailer immediately. 1.2 System requirements Before using the USB-N53 WLAN Card, check if your system meets the following items. • ASUS USB-N53 WLAN Card x1 • Warranty card x1...
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USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 3. Configuring USB-N53 using ASUS utility 3.1 Connecting to a wireless network manually To connect USB-N53 to band Adapter Setting Utility icon in search for the wireless networks. available network list) and then click Connect. 3. You may click Survey > Search to a station (Ad Hoc mode) manually: ..., current data rate, and radio state. the Windows® system tray, then select Select a network (AP from the Wireless Setting. If Security is completed. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Right-click the ASUS Wireless Dual- 2.
USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 3. Configuring USB-N53 using ASUS utility 3.1 Connecting to a wireless network manually To connect USB-N53 to band Adapter Setting Utility icon in search for the wireless networks. available network list) and then click Connect. 3. You may click Survey > Search to a station (Ad Hoc mode) manually: ..., current data rate, and radio state. the Windows® system tray, then select Select a network (AP from the Wireless Setting. If Security is completed. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Right-click the ASUS Wireless Dual- 2.
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... the WPS function. Click Finish. To connect USB-N53 to the network successfully. WPS is scanning for the network. 10 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter The picture indicates that the AP or station you set up a secure wireless network easily. Select Use the WPS button, then ...click Next. 3. Press the WPS button on the AP 4. IMPORTANT: Ensure that to a WPS-enabled AP or station using WPS The ASUS USB-N53...
... the WPS function. Click Finish. To connect USB-N53 to the network successfully. WPS is scanning for the network. 10 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter The picture indicates that the AP or station you set up a secure wireless network easily. Select Use the WPS button, then ...click Next. 3. Press the WPS button on the AP 4. IMPORTANT: Ensure that to a WPS-enabled AP or station using WPS The ASUS USB-N53...
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Click Finish. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 11 Key in 8 digital PIN code from network(AP)'s web user interface, click Next. 3. The screen indicates that your WLAN card has connected to a WPS-enabled AP or station using the PIN code: 1. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual To connect USB-N53 to the network successfully. Select Use PIN code. 2.
Click Finish. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 11 Key in 8 digital PIN code from network(AP)'s web user interface, click Next. 3. The screen indicates that your WLAN card has connected to a WPS-enabled AP or station using the PIN code: 1. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual To connect USB-N53 to the network successfully. Select Use PIN code. 2.
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USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 3.3 Soft AP mode (Windows® XP/Vista/7) The ASUS USB-N53 WLAN Card supports the Soft AP mode. To switch to enable ICS. The General table displays the wireless clients that your wireless clients. Click General table and then click ICS to...that are currently connecting to the Soft AP. 3. Click AP to switch to the ASUS Wireless Access Point Utility icon . 12 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Select a network(station) from the available networks list, then click Apply. IMPORTANT: Before configuring the Soft AP mode, connect your computer...
USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 3.3 Soft AP mode (Windows® XP/Vista/7) The ASUS USB-N53 WLAN Card supports the Soft AP mode. To switch to enable ICS. The General table displays the wireless clients that your wireless clients. Click General table and then click ICS to...that are currently connecting to the Soft AP. 3. Click AP to switch to the ASUS Wireless Access Point Utility icon . 12 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Select a network(station) from the available networks list, then click Apply. IMPORTANT: Before configuring the Soft AP mode, connect your computer...
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... connection status. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual Left-click the ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Setting Utility system tray icon to launch the ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Setting utility. MAC Address - It consists of six groups of two hexadecimal digits (0 through 9 and A through F) separated by colons, e.g. 00:E0:18:F0:05:C0. Displays the available wireless networks. Network Type - Security...
... connection status. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual Left-click the ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Setting Utility system tray icon to launch the ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Setting utility. MAC Address - It consists of six groups of two hexadecimal digits (0 through 9 and A through F) separated by colons, e.g. 00:E0:18:F0:05:C0. Displays the available wireless networks. Network Type - Security...
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...In the Infrastructure mode, your WLAN card to connect to . Launches the Encryption page. Displays the troubleshooting solutions. 16 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual Config - Select the Ad Hoc mode to communicate with each other if they have a maximum of an AP...are supported. Data Rate - Select the Infrastructure mode to select a channel for your WLAN card. Basic Network Type Infrastructure - Ad Hoc - An Ad Hoc network is formed quickly and easily without pre-planning. You cannot use depend on the regulations in or select ...
...In the Infrastructure mode, your WLAN card to connect to . Launches the Encryption page. Displays the troubleshooting solutions. 16 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual Config - Select the Ad Hoc mode to communicate with each other if they have a maximum of an AP...are supported. Data Rate - Select the Infrastructure mode to select a channel for your WLAN card. Basic Network Type Infrastructure - Ad Hoc - An Ad Hoc network is formed quickly and easily without pre-planning. You cannot use depend on the regulations in or select ...
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... are : Disabled and WEP. Offers stronger protection and increases the complexity of the WEP protocol. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 17 For data confidentiality in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.11 specifies a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm to offer transmission privacy similar ... with wireless devices that disables authentication protection for authentication. Sets the network operating in the Infrastructure mode for the network or use the same WEP keys. Encrypts the data before it is developed to others. Shared - USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual Config...
... are : Disabled and WEP. Offers stronger protection and increases the complexity of the WEP protocol. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 17 For data confidentiality in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.11 specifies a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm to offer transmission privacy similar ... with wireless devices that disables authentication protection for authentication. Sets the network operating in the Infrastructure mode for the network or use the same WEP keys. Encrypts the data before it is developed to others. Shared - USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual Config...
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...size threshold. Enable fragmentation by setting a specific packet size threshold. If there is used to select one as the default key. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual Wireless Network Key (WEP) - Key Format - Key Length - For 64bits encryption, each key consists of 10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII... When RTS/CTS is enabled, the router refrains from sending a data frame until another RTS/CTS handshake is Auto. 18 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Preamble Mode - Allows you select WEP in the Data encryption field. 64-bit WEP key uses 5 ASCII characters (10 hexadecimal...
...size threshold. Enable fragmentation by setting a specific packet size threshold. If there is used to select one as the default key. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual Wireless Network Key (WEP) - Key Format - Key Length - For 64bits encryption, each key consists of 10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII... When RTS/CTS is enabled, the router refrains from sending a data frame until another RTS/CTS handshake is Auto. 18 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Preamble Mode - Allows you select WEP in the Data encryption field. 64-bit WEP key uses 5 ASCII characters (10 hexadecimal...
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Left-click the ASUS WLAN Control Center system tray icon, then click Exit. Click Windows Wireless to a wireless network using Windows® WZC service: 1. ASUS WLAN Control Center will be switched off. Configuring USB-N53 using Windows® WZC service To connect your USB-N53 to use it. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 5. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 19
Left-click the ASUS WLAN Control Center system tray icon, then click Exit. Click Windows Wireless to a wireless network using Windows® WZC service: 1. ASUS WLAN Control Center will be switched off. Configuring USB-N53 using Windows® WZC service To connect your USB-N53 to use it. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 5. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 19
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... the access point, station, or WLAN card you want to connect to problems which you want to connect to avoid radio interference. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 6. Double-click Network adapters. 4. How do I verify that my WLAN card is the same as that of the access point you want to connect to....• Check if the Encryption settings of the access point you may encounter when installing or using the ASUS USB-N53 WLAN card. My WLAN card cannot connect to any Access Points. • Check if Network Type is set to the Ad Hoc mode. • Check if the SSID of your WLAN card...
... the access point, station, or WLAN card you want to connect to problems which you want to connect to avoid radio interference. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 6. Double-click Network adapters. 4. How do I verify that my WLAN card is the same as that of the access point you want to connect to....• Check if the Encryption settings of the access point you may encounter when installing or using the ASUS USB-N53 WLAN card. My WLAN card cannot connect to any Access Points. • Check if Network Type is set to the Ad Hoc mode. • Check if the SSID of your WLAN card...
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These limits are imposed by the Microsoft® operating system. Solution: If your PC already has six TCP/IP bindings in Windows® 98 or ten bindings in Windows® Me. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 21 This occurs when your computer already has the maximum number of TCP/IP bindings, remove one of the network adapters from the Network configuration before installing the WLAN Card driver. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual The TCP/IP protocol does not bind to the WLAN Card.
These limits are imposed by the Microsoft® operating system. Solution: If your PC already has six TCP/IP bindings in Windows® 98 or ten bindings in Windows® Me. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 21 This occurs when your computer already has the maximum number of TCP/IP bindings, remove one of the network adapters from the Network configuration before installing the WLAN Card driver. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual The TCP/IP protocol does not bind to the WLAN Card.
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... your network. 22 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Glossary Access Point (AP) A networking device that may be used simultaneously, in which a single medium (such as cable) carries several channels of data at once. Client A client is connected to specify the data transmission rate. Ad Hoc A wireless network composed... a facility. Basic Service Area (BSS) A set of passing protocol data units that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 7. Channel An instance of medium use (on other channels) by a single coordination function.
... your network. 22 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Glossary Access Point (AP) A networking device that may be used simultaneously, in which a single medium (such as cable) carries several channels of data at once. Client A client is connected to specify the data transmission rate. Ad Hoc A wireless network composed... a facility. Basic Service Area (BSS) A set of passing protocol data units that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual 7. Channel An instance of medium use (on other channels) by a single coordination function.
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...-sequence technology being deployed today. The WEP keys generated using the Pass Phrase is not as secure as DHCP client ID or network name. Device Name Also known as manual assignment. COFDM works by breaking one high-speed data carrier into 52 subchannels, each ... called COFDM (coded OFDM). Each subchannel in parallel. Sometimes provided by using DHCP to remember or write them down. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 23 USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual COFDM (for error correction. Each high-speed carrier is 20MHz wide and is about 300KHz wide. COFDM delivers higher...
...-sequence technology being deployed today. The WEP keys generated using the Pass Phrase is not as secure as DHCP client ID or network name. Device Name Also known as manual assignment. COFDM works by breaking one high-speed data carrier into 52 subchannels, each ... called COFDM (coded OFDM). Each subchannel in parallel. Sometimes provided by using DHCP to remember or write them down. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 23 USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual COFDM (for error correction. Each high-speed carrier is 20MHz wide and is about 300KHz wide. COFDM delivers higher...
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...the chipping sequence. Direct-sequence systems communicate by the computers on your home network is established by interference. Intercepting and decoding a directsequence transmission requires a ... signal is less than a 1 or 2 Mbps wireless device since coverage area decreases as bandwidth increases. 24 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter The ratio of 11Mchips/s for 802.11b) Spread spectrum... IEEE 802.11b specifications. The wireless device uses a constant chip rate of chips per chip at high speeds. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual DNS Server Address (Domain...
...the chipping sequence. Direct-sequence systems communicate by the computers on your home network is established by interference. Intercepting and decoding a directsequence transmission requires a ... signal is less than a 1 or 2 Mbps wireless device since coverage area decreases as bandwidth increases. 24 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter The ratio of 11Mchips/s for 802.11b) Spread spectrum... IEEE 802.11b specifications. The wireless device uses a constant chip rate of chips per chip at high speeds. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual DNS Server Address (Domain...
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.... Firewall A firewall determines which is a unique identifier for your wireless network. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 25 This option allows you to run over 10-BaseT cables. This lower level of its wireless clients. Gateway A network point that manages all devices on wireless networks. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual Encryption This provides wireless data transmissions with the access point to establish connection...
.... Firewall A firewall determines which is a unique identifier for your wireless network. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 25 This option allows you to run over 10-BaseT cables. This lower level of its wireless clients. Gateway A network point that manages all devices on wireless networks. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual Encryption This provides wireless data transmissions with the access point to establish connection...
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...11a (54Mbits/sec) Compared with the rest of the computers on the other emerging wireless technologies, such as Bluetooth. The 802.11b spectrum is relatively free of interference. 26 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Like Ethernet and Fast Ethernet, 802.11b and 802.11a use an identical MAC ... to 11 Mbps. The 802.11a standard, on your network are sent through this computer is connected to the Internet, all the communications to 54 Mbps, is called OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing). USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual ICS ICS is a set of specifications for LANs ...
...11a (54Mbits/sec) Compared with the rest of the computers on the other emerging wireless technologies, such as Bluetooth. The 802.11b spectrum is relatively free of interference. 26 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter Like Ethernet and Fast Ethernet, 802.11b and 802.11a use an identical MAC ... to 11 Mbps. The 802.11a standard, on your network are sent through this computer is connected to the Internet, all the communications to 54 Mbps, is called OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing). USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual ICS ICS is a set of specifications for LANs ...
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...Channel corresponds to different channels in the same area without them interfering with 802.11b devices but also mediates wireless network traffic in an inverse relationship. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 27 As a result, you can have up to twelve access points set to a different set of frequencies...The laws of frequencies. This makes access point channel assignment much less likely because of the less-crowded 5GHz band. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual The 802.11a standard gains some of its performance from 2.4GHz will lead to 11Mbps for direct sequence spread ...
...Channel corresponds to different channels in the same area without them interfering with 802.11b devices but also mediates wireless network traffic in an inverse relationship. ASUS Wireless Dual-band Adapter 27 As a result, you can have up to twelve access points set to a different set of frequencies...The laws of frequencies. This makes access point channel assignment much less likely because of the less-crowded 5GHz band. USB-N53 Wireless Dual-band Adapter Manual The 802.11a standard gains some of its performance from 2.4GHz will lead to 11Mbps for direct sequence spread ...