Asus PCE-N53 4. Software information

PCE-N53 Wireless Dual-band Card Manual

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ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card

4.1 ASUS WLAN Control Center

ASUS WLAN Control Center includes ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Setting

Utility (Station mode) and ASUS Wireless Access Point Utility (Soft AP mode)

which help you manage your WLAN card easily.

4. Software information

To launch WLAN utility, click Start > All Programs > ASUS Wireless LAN Card.

The system tray icon switches as is shown in the picture.

4.2 ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Setting Utility

ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Setting Utility provides you with an easy interface

to set up wireless connections. This section explains the buttons, elds, and

conguration options on the user interface.

ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Setting Utility system tray icon

Right-click the ASUS Wireless Dual-band Card Setting Utility

system tray icon to display the following options:

• Wireless Settings - Launches the ASUS Wireless Dual-

band Card Setting Utility.

• Activate Conguration - Activates a preset prole.

• Help - Launches the help le.

• WPS - Launches the WPS wizard.

• About Control Center - Displays the version of your Control Center.

• Exit Control Center - Closes the ASUS WLAN Control Center.

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)