Asus PCE-N53 3.3 Soft AP mode (Windows XP/Vista/7)

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual

ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card

2. Click General table and then click

ICS to enable ICS. The General 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.

To switch to the Soft AP mode:

1. Click AP to switch to the Soft AP

mode.

3.3 Soft AP mode (Windows® XP/Vista/7)

The ASUS PCE-N53 WLAN Card supports the Soft AP mode. In this mode, the

WLAN card acts as a virtual AP.

The picture indicates that your WLAN

card has switched to the Soft AP

mode successfully.

• The ASUS Wireless Dual-band

Card Setting Utility icon in the

system tray switches to the ASUS

Wireless Access Point Utility icon .

IMPORTANT: Before conguring the Soft AP mode, connect your computer to a

wired network to provide network access for your wireless clients.

Contents

Main Page Manufacturer contact information Table of contents Notices Federal Communications Commission Prohibition of Co-location FCC Radiation Exposure Statement CE Mark Warning IC Warning Statement IC Radiation Exposure Statement: Page ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card (&'HFODUDWLRQRI&RQIRUPLW\ '(&/$5$7,212)&21)250,7< Page 1. Introduction 1.2 System requirements 1.1 Package contents 1.3 Hardware Status indicator LED Status Description 2. Installing the PCE-N53 driver and utilities 3.1 Connecting to a wireless network manually 3. Conguring PCE-N53 using ASUS utility 3.2 Connecting to a wireless network using WPS Page 3.3 Soft AP mode (Windows XP/Vista/7) Page 4.1 ASUS WLAN Control Center 4. Software information 4.2 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Setting Utility ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Setting Utility system tray icon Page Conguration - Basic Others Conguration - Encryption Conguration - Advanced Page 6. Troubleshooting How do I verify that my WLAN card is installed properly? My WLAN card cannot connect to any Access Points. My WLAN card cannot connect to a station or WLAN card. The connection quality is bad and the signal strength is weak. The TCP/IP protocol does not bind to the WLAN Card. 7. Glossary COFDM (for 802.11a or 802.11g) Default Key Device Name DHCP (Dynamic Host Conguration Protocol) DNS Server Address (Domain Name System) DSL Modem (Digital Subscriber Line) Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum (for 802.11b) Page ICS IEEE IEEE 802.11 IEEE 802.11a (54Mbits/sec) Compared with 802.11g: IEEE 802.11b (11Mbits/sec) IEEE 802.11g Infrastructure Page Page Page WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) Requirements WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network)