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User Manual E6391 / February 201 1 PCE-N10 Wireless Local Area Network Card (For 802.1 1 g/b/n W ireless Networks) ®.
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Manufacturer contact information ASUST eK Computer Inc. (Asia-Pacic) Company address: 15 Li-T e Road, Beitou, T aipei 1 1259 T elephone: +886-2-2894-3447 Fax: +886-2-2890-7798 E-mail: info@asus.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 1 ASUS WLAN Card T able of contents Notices....................................................................................................... 2 1. Introduction ........................................................
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 2 ASUS WLAN Card Federal Communications Commission This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 3 ASUS WLAN Card CE Mark W arning This is a Class B product, in a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. Operation Channels: Ch1~1 1 for N.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 4 ASUS WLAN Card Ant. Antenna T ype Connector Gain (dBi) Remark A Dipole Antenna Reversed-SMA 5.00 TX / RX B Dipole Antenna Reversed-SMA 3.00 TX / RX C Dipole Antenna Reversed-SMA 3.00 TX / RX D Dipole Antenna Reversed-SMA 2.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 5 ASUS WLAN Card EC Declaration of Conformity We, the undersigned, Manufacturer: ASUSTek COMPUTER INC. Address, City: No. 150, LI-TE RD., PEITOU, TAIPEI 112, TAIW AN R.O.C. Country: TAIWAN Authorized representative in Europe: ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Address, City: HARKORT STR.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 6 ASUS WLAN Card Manufacturer: ASUST eK Computer Inc. T el: +886-2-2894-3447 Address: No. 150, LI-DE RD., PEITOU, T AIPEI 1 12, T AIWAN Authorised representative in Europe: ASUS Computer GmbH Address: HARKORT STR. 21-23, D-40880 RA TINGEN, DEUTSCHLAND Authorised distributors in T urkey: BOGAZICI BIL GISA Y AR SAN.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 7 ASUS WLAN Card 1. Introduction 1.2 System requirements Before using the PCE-N10 WLAN Card, check if your system meets the following requirements: • Windows ® V ista/XP/7 • Standard PCI-E slot • 512MB system memory or larger • Optical disk drive 1.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 8 ASUS WLAN Card T o install the driver and utilities for your ASUS PCE-N10 WLAN Card: 1. Place the bundled Support CD into the optical drive. An Autorun screen appears if the Autorun function is enabled on your computer.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 9 ASUS WLAN Card 3.1 Connecting to a wireless network manually T o connect PCE-N10 to a station (Ad Hoc mode) manually: 2. Y ou may click Survey > Search to search for the wireless networks. Select a network (AP from the available network list) and then click Connect .
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 10 ASUS WLAN Card 3.2 Connecting to a wireless network using WPS The ASUS PCE-N10 WLAN Card supports the WPS function that helps you set up a secure wireless network easily .
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 1 1 ASUS WLAN Card 3. Click Finish . The picture indicates that your WLAN card has connected to the network successfully . 1. Select Use PIN code . 2. Key in 8 digital PIN code from network(AP)'s web user interface, click Next.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 12 ASUS WLAN Card 2. Click General table and then click ICS to ena ble ICS. The Gene ral table displays the wireless clients that are currently connecting to the Soft AP . 3. Select a network(station) from the available networks list, then click Apply .
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 13 ASUS WLAN Card T o disable the access control function, select Disable from the Access Control Policy dropdown list. T o allow a wireless client to associate with the WLAN card: 1. Select Accept from the Access Control Policy dropdown list 2.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 14 ASUS WLAN Card 4.1 ASUS WLAN Control Center ASUS WLAN Control Center includes ASUS WLAN Card Setting Utility (Station mode) and ASUS Wireless Access Point Utility (Soft AP mode) which help you manage your WLAN card easily .
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 15 ASUS WLAN Card Left-click the ASUS WLAN Card Setting Utility system tray icon to display the following options: • Wireless Radio On - T urns the wireless radio ON. • Wireless Radio Off - T urns the wireless radio OFF .
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 16 ASUS WLAN Card Cong - Basic Network T ype Infrastructure - Select the Infrastructure mode to establish a connection with an AP . Ad Hoc - Select the Ad Hoc mode to communicate with a station. An Ad Hoc network is formed quickly and easily without pre-planning.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 17 ASUS WLAN Card Cong - Encryption The Encryption page allows you to set up the encryption settings for your WLAN card. For data condentiality in a wireless environment, IEEE 802.1 1 species a Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm to offer transmission privacy similar to wired network.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 18 ASUS WLAN Card Wireless Network Key (WEP) - This option becomes congurable when you select WEP in the Data encryption eld. 64-bit WEP key uses 5 ASCII characters (10 hexadecimal digits). 128-bit WEP key uses 13 ASCII (26 hexadecimal digits).
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 19 ASUS WLAN Card 1. Left-click the ASUS WLAN Control Center system tray icon, then click Exit . ASUS WLAN Control Center will be switched off. Click Windows Wireless to use it. T o connect your PCE-N10 to a wireless network using Windows ® WZC service: 5.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 20 ASUS WLAN Card 6. T roubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems which you may encounter when installing or using the ASUS PCE-N10 WLAN card. Contact a qualied service technician for assistance if the problem still exists after you have performed the troubleshooting solutions.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 21 ASUS WLAN Card The TCP/IP protocol does not bind to the WLAN Card. This occurs when your PC already has six TCP/IP bindings in Windows ® 98 or ten bindings in Windows ® Me. These limits are imposed by the Microsoft ® operating system.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 22 ASUS WLAN Card 7. 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 .
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 23 ASUS WLAN Card COFDM (for 802.1 1a or 802.1 1g) Signal power alone is not enough to maintain 802.1 1b-like distances in an 802.1 1a/g environment. T o compensate, a new physical-layer encoding technology was designed that departs from the traditional direct-sequence technology being deployed today .
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 24 ASUS WLAN Card DNS Server Address (Domain Name System) DNS allows Internet host computers to have a domain name and one or more IP addresses.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 25 ASUS WLAN Card Encryption This provides wireless data transmissions with a level of security . This option allows you to specify a 64-bit or a 128-bit WEP key . A 64-bit encryption contains 10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII characters.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 26 ASUS WLAN Card ICS ICS is used to share one computer ’s Internet connection with the rest of the computers on your network. When this computer is connected to the Internet, all the communications to and from the Internet on your network are sent through this computer which is called the host computer .
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 27 ASUS WLAN Card Compared with 802.1 1g: 802.1 1a is a standard for access points and radio NICs that is ahead of 802.1 1g in the market by about six months. 802.1 1a operates in the 5GHz frequency band with twelve separate non-overlapping channels.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 28 ASUS WLAN Card IP (Internet Protocol) The TCP/IP standard protocol that denes 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.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 29 ASUS WLAN Card NIC (Network Interface Card) A network adapter inserted into a computer so 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.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 30 ASUS WLAN Card Radio Frequency (RF) T erms: 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.
PCE-N10 WLAN Card User Manual 31 ASUS WLAN Card WP A (Wi-Fi Protected Access) Wi-Fi Protected Access (WP A) is an improved security system for 802.1 1.
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