Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo Operation & User’s Manual

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• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, A-6 Caution Statement of the FCC Radio Frequency Exposure This Wireless LAN radio device has been evaluated under FCC Bulletin OET 65C and found compliant to the requirements as set forth in CFR 47 Sections 2.1091 and 15.247(b)(5) addressing RF Exposure from radio frequency devices. The radiation output power of this Wireless LAN device is far below the FCC radio frequency exposure limits. Nevertheless, this device shall be used in such a manner that the potential for human contact during normal operation – as a mobile or portable device but use in a body- worn way is strictly prohibit. When using this device, a certain

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 3-2 3.1 About the setup utilities After you have installed the WiFi-AP Solo drivers and utilities to your system, you are now ready to setup the WiFi-AP Solo in your network. Make sure that you have selected the most appropriate conguration for your wireless network before you proceed. Refer to section 1.4 for details. Make sure you have connected the supplied antenna to the antenna connector on the motherboard, or the WiFi-AP Solo may not be able to detect other wireless devices in your environment. The WiFi-AP Solo provides two conguration approaches: the setup wizard and the setup utility. The former scheme provides an easy approach to the most frequ

• 2-1 Chapter 2 This chapter provides step by step instructions on installing the WiFi- AP Solo drivers and utilities to your computer. This part also provides information on installing the antenna. Installation

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, A-2 Wireless LAN channels The IEEE 802.11b/g standard for wireless LAN allocated the 2.4 GHz frequency band into 13 overlapping operating channels. Each channel corresponds to a different set of frequencies. The table below shows the center frequencies of each channel. Channel Center Channel Center Frequency Frequency 1 2.412 GHz 8 2.447 GHz 2 2.417 GHz 9 2.452 GHz 3 2.422 GHz 10 2.457 GHz 4 2.427 GHz 11 2.462 GHz 5 2.432 GHz 12 2.467 GHz 6 2.437 GHz 13 2.472 GHz 7 2

• 4-7 IP (Internet Protocol) The TCP/IP standard protocol that denes 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 I

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 3-7 3.2.2 Setting up infrastructure of the station mode In the Infrastructure mode, you can connect to the LAN or Internet, or both, through a wireless AP. 1. To launch the WiFi-AP Solo setupWiFi-AP Solo setup wizard, right-click the system tray icon and select WiFi-AP Solo Wizard . 2. Select Station and click Next . 3. Select Infrastructure and click Next . 4. The wizard searches for available networks. To search again, click Refresh button. Select the wireless network you want to join and click Next .

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 3-21 1. Open the setup utility and click the Survey button to search for available Ad-hoc nodes. Double- click the Ad-hoc node you wish to connect. 5. Click the Status button of the setup utility to check whether the connection is established. 4. To connect WiFi-AP Solo from another wireless station, make suremake sure that the IP address of the station is within the same subnet as that of the WiFi-AP Solo. For example, if the IP address of the WiFi-AP Solo is 192.168.0.1, then the IP address of the station must be 192.168.0.X, where X = 2 ~ 254. When the

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 3-5 5. If you select Share-WEP or WPA- PSK in Step 4, you are required to input a password. You can choose to congure the password in either ASCII or HEX mode. If you choose HEX mode, input 10 hex digits for 64-bit encrytion, or 26 hex digits for 128-bit encryption. Click Next to continue. 6. Select your Internet connection and click Next . 7. The AP mode conguration is complete. Record the setup information on your note and click Finish to quit the ASUS WiFi-AP Solo wizard.

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 2-3 2.1.3 Signal range The signal range of WiFi-AP Solo depends on the operating environment. Obstacles such as walls and metal barriers could reect or absorb radio signals. Devices such as microwave stove can also greatly interfere with the wireless network. Signal range: 802.11g: Indoor 80ft (30m), outdoor (LOS, Light-Of-Sight) 200ft (60m) 802.11b: Indoor 130ft (40m), outdoor (LOS, Light-Of-Sight) 1000ft (310m) By default, the device automatically adjusts the data rate and the closer the wireless station is, the b

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 3-6 As Internet sharing capability is supported via Microsoft ICS (Internet Connection Sharing), the WiFi-AP Solo will only function as a standard access point without Internet sharing capability, once its default network conguration has been altered under the software access mode. This includes changing the range of private IP addresses that are handed out (DHCP allocator), enabling or disabling DNS, and conguring a range of public IP addresses. For more information, refer to the

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 3-26 3.5.2 RollbackfromWindowsZeroCongurationto WiFi-AP Solo If you prefer the WiFi-AP Solo instead of Microsoft® Windows Zero Cong, please follow the steps to rollback. Open WiFi-AP Solo, uncheck the “Windows Zero Cong” item on the global control bar After a while, the property area starts to display network connection.

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 3-18 3.3.4 Setting up infrastructure of the station mode Open the setup utility by double-clicking the utility icon on the desktop. You can setup the wireless card connection (Infrastructure) with a wireless AP and save the settings to a prole. 1. Open the setup utility. Click Survey button to search for available wireless networks. Double-click the AP you want to join. 2. Congure the security settings (if have) in the Wireless Network Properties page. Select the key type, key len

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 1-3 54Mbps speed advantage With data transmission rate up to ve times faster than IEEE 802.11b standards, the WiFi-AP Solo breaks the wireless data transmission speed barrier to give you faster Internet connection and le sharing capabilities. Easy integration The WiFi-AP Solo is compatible with all IEEE 802.11b devices so you can still use your IEEE 802.11b devices in the WiFi-AP Solo network. Access point mode function In AP Mode, WiFi-AP Solo can support up to 64 stations with wireless LAN adapters making it an ideal solution for homes and ofces with single Internet connection or network printer. Moveable omni-directional antenna A moveable

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 3-14 • SSID (Network Name) The name of the network. • Signal Strength The average quality of signal of packets received from the wireless network. We recommend connecting the access point with over 70% signal strength. • Throughput diagram Transition (Tx) performance. • Network Address group • MAC address : six two-digit number of this adapter. • IP address : assigned network address by the DHCP server or self- denition in four three-digital number format. • Subnet mask : the only valid value is 255.255.255.0 • Gateway : AP Mode or Station Mode Sur

• iv 3.3.4 Setting up infrastructure of the station mode ........3-18 3.3.5 Setting up ad-hoc of the station mode ..................3-20 3.4 Setting up wireless security ...............................................3-23 3.5 Windows Zero Conguration .............................................3-25 3.5.1 Swap from WiFi-AP Solo to Windows Zero Conguration..........................

• 3-12 In both the Infrastructure and the Ad- Hoc types, ve icons display different information on the current status of the wireless network. The ve icons are: Status,Cong,Survey,Statistics,and Advance. Clicking the icons allow you to go through the property pages. When the wireless conguration is in AP mode, the ICS icon will be enabled. If

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 4-9 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 Alli

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, vi WiFi-AP Solo specications summary IEEE 802.11b/g 802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps WEP 64-bit encryption WEP 128-bit encryption WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) WPA2 (Station mode including 802.1x, TKIP, AES) Access point mode Station mode: Infrastructure mode and Ad-Hoc mode 2.4~2.5GHz 802.11g Indoor: 80ft (30m) Outdoor: 200ft (60m) LOS* 802.11b Indoor: 130ft (40m) Outdoor: 1000ft (310m) LOS* The range varies in different environments up to 64 station

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 1-1 Chapter 1 This chapter describes the general features of the ASUS WiFi-AP Solo wireless solution. The chapter also presents the LED indications, and recommended WiFi-AP Solo network settings. Product introduction

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, iii Features Contents Contents ......................................................................................... iii About this guide ............................................................................... v How this guide is organized .................................................... v Conventions used in this guide ............................................... v WiFi-AP Solo specications summary ............................................ vi Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1.1 Welcome! .............................................................................1-2 1.2 Feature

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, v About this guide This user guide contains the information you need to install and congure your ASUS WiFi-AP Solo wireless solution. How this guide is organized This guide contains the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter describes the general features of the ASUS WiFi-AP Solo wireless solution. The chapter also presents the LED indications, and recommended WiFi-AP Solo network settings. • Chapter 2: Installation This chapter provides step by step instructions on installing the wireless LAN adapter drivers and software applications using the support CD. •

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 3-25 3.5 Windows Zero Conguration The WindowsZeroConguration is a wireless LAN service provided in Microsoft Windows® XP. It provides basic and easy connection of the wireless network. In this chapter, we introduce you the steps to swap between the Windows Zero Conguration and the WiFi-AP Solo. If you prefer Windows Zero Conguration instead through the WiFi-AP Solo, then you should follow the steps in 3.5.1 to switch to Windows Zero Conguration. In addition, you could rollback to WiFi-AP Solo by following the steps in 3.5.2. 3.5.1 Swap from WiFi-AP Solo to Windows Zer

• 2-2 2.1 Installation 2.1.1 System requirements Before installing the WiFi-AP Solo drivers and utilities, make sure that your system meets the following requirements. • ASUS motherboard with WiFi-AP Solo onboard solution • Intel ® Pentium™ 4 • Minimum 128MB system memory • Operating system: Windows ® 2000/ XP/ XP-64bit/ Server 2003/ Server 2003 64-bit �

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, A-3 Country/Region (Regulating Body) Available Channels Hungary (RTT&E/EMC/LVD) Channels 1 to 13 Iceland (RTT&E/EMC/LVD) Channels 1 to 13 Ireland (RTT&E/EMC/LVD) Channels 1 to 13 Italy (RTT&E/EMC/LVD) Channels 1 to 13 Japan (TELEC) Channels 1 to 14 Luxembourg (RTT&E/EMC/LVD) Channels 1 to 13 Malaysia (SIRIM/CMC) Channels 1 to 13 Mexico Channels 9 to 11 Netherlands Antilles (RTT&E/EMC/LVD) Channels 1 to 13 Netherlands/Holland (RTT&E/EMC/LVD) Channels 1 to 13 New Zealand (PTC) Channels 1 to 13 Norway (RTT&E/EMC/LVD) Channels 1 to 13 Portugal (RTT&E/EMC/LVD) Channels 1 to 13 Saudi Arabia Channels 1 to 13 Singapore Channels 1 to 13 Sou

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 3-9 1. Open the WiFi-AP Solo setup wizard byWiFi-AP Solo setup wizard by right-clicking the system tray icon and selecting WiFi-AP Solo Wizard . 3.2.3 Setting up ad-hoc of the station mode If there is no wireless access point in your environment, you can switch your WiFi-AP Solo to the Ad-hoc mode to connect and communicate with other wireless-enabled computers. Refer to section 1.4.3 for network topology. 2. Select Station and click Next . 3. Select Ad-hoc and click Next . If there is no Ad-hoc node in your environment, you are directed to Wireless Network

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 4-8 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 usin

• Asus E3060 WiFi-AP Solo, 3-11 3.3 Setting up via setup utility 3.3.1 HowtolaunchWi-APSolo You can launch Wi-APSolo either from the Windows ® Program menu or the tray icon. The tray icon is an optional quick launch to be enabled by a user. Windows ® Program Menu It is the absolute way to launch the WiFi-AP Solo from the program folder. Tray Icon The tray icon will be not be shown until you enable the Show Tray Icon from the WiFi-AP Solo. When the WiFi-AP Solo icon is shown on the system tray, you cou

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