WiFi-b™ Card802.11b

®

ii

Checklist

T1414

PCB 1.22 1.24 ...

PCB BIOS

© 2003

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Fea

ture

s

1.1 ................................................................. 1-2

1.2 ................................................................................ 1-2

1.3 ................................................................................ 1-2

1.4 ......................................................................... 1-3

1.5 ................................................................................ 1-3

2.1 ................................................................................ 2-2

2.2 WiFi-b ............................................................. 2-2

2.3 ......................................................................... 2-3

2.4 WiFi-b .................................................................. 2-4

2.5 ................................................................................ 2-4

3.1 ......................................................................... 3-3

3.1.1 ............................ 3-3

3.1.2 Windows XP .......................... 3-2

3.1.3 ......................................................... 3-2

3.2 ................................................................................ 3-3

3.2.1 WiFi-b ................................................. 3-3

3.2.2 Station .................................................................... 3-3

3.2.3 ........................................................................ 3-5

3.3 (ICS) ................................................ 3-10

3.3.1 ............................................ 3-10

3.3.2 ............................................ 3-14

3.3.3 ........................................................... 3-15

iv

Safeguards

4.1 ................................................................................ 4-2

4.1.1 ................................................................ 4-2

4.2 ................................................................. 4-2

4.2.1 Wireless LAN Card Settings ......... 4-3

4.2.2 Help ...................................................................... 4-9

4.2.3 Change Mode .......................................... 4-9

4.2.4 Preferences ........................................... 4-10

4.2.5 .............................................................. 4-10

4.3 ............................................................... 4-10

4.4 Wireless Settings WiFi-b ............... 4-11

4.4.1 Station (STA) ....................................................... 4-11

4.4.2 (Soft AP) ..................................... 4-13

4.5 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) ...................................... 4-16

4.5.1 .............................. 4-16

4.5.2 ............ 4-17

4.6 Network Bridge .............................................. 4-19

A.1 .......................................................................................A-2

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WiFi-bTM

• WiFi-bTM

LED

•

•

• Wi-FiTM

• IEEE82.11b

vii

viii

WiFi-bTM

LED

1-2

1.1

WiFi-b Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b (WLAN)

WiFi-b

1.2

WiFi-b

WiFi-b

WiFi-b ( WiFi-b)

1.3 WiFi-b

(DSSS) 2.4GHz

WiFi-b

11Mbps 5.5Mbps 2Mbps 1Mbps

(WEP)

100 ft (30 ) 1000 ft(300 )

31 ( Windows XP )

1-3

1.4

1.5 WiFi-b

WiFi-b

infrastructure WiFi-bAd Hoc WiFi-b

Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

*

1-4

2-2

1.

2.

3. Wi-Fi

2.2 WiFi-b

2.1

Wi-Fi

Intel Pentium 4 AMD K7/K8

64MB

Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP

P4P800 Deluxe/P4C800 Deluxe/P4P800/P4C800/P4C800-E

Deluxe

BIOS BIOS

3Com V.046 WiFi-b

Wi-Fi PCI Wi-Fi PCI

PCI

Wi-Fi PCI

P4C800 P4C800 DeluxeP4P800 P4P800 Deluxe P4C800-E Deluxe P4P8XP4P800S P4P800S-E Deluxe P4S800 P4S800DP4S800D Deluxe K8V A7V600 A7N8X-E

2-3

2.3 WiFi-b

Wi-Fi

6.

7.

9. WiFi-b

8.

2-4

2.4 WiFi-bWiFi-b Station (STA)

(Software Access Point) Soft AP) STA WiFi-b Soft AP

WiFi-b

2.5 WiFi-b

WiFi-b (Soft AP) - (Internet Connection Sharing ICS)

WiFi-b IP

WiFi-b (Soft AP) - (ICS)(Network Bridge)

WiFi-b ADSL WiFi-b

IP

ADSL

WiFi-b

1

2

ADSL

WiFi-b

2-5

WiFi-b (Soft AP) - Bridge

WiFi-b ADSL IP

WiFi-b (Soft AP) - Bridge

WiFi-b ADSL IP

IP I P

ADSL

WiFi-b3

12

ADSL

WiFi-b3

2-6

WiFi-b Station(STA) -

Station WiFi-b IP

WiFi-b (Soft AP) - Bridge

WiFi-b ADSL WiFi-b

IP

IP IP

2

3

ADSL

WiFi-b

1

ADSL

WiFi-b3

21

3-2

3.1.2 Windows® XP

3.13.1.1

WiFi-b™

Windows 98SE/ME

Setup .exe

1.

2. WiFi-b

Wireless Option Windows XP®

XP WiFi-b™

WiFi-b™

www.asus.com.tw

3.1.3

/ PDF

:

EXIT

3-3

3.2

3.2.1 WiFi-b™ Station STA

(Soft AP) (AdHoc)

3.2.3

3.2.2 Station

WiFi-b™ Station

WiFi-b™

3-4

TCP/IP

(WEP)

WEP 4-6 WEP

WiFi-b

WEP WiFi-b

WEP

3-5

IP

IP

3.2.3

Windows 98SE/ME/2000 TCP/IP Windows XP WiFi-b ICS

TCP/IP

3-6

(WEP)

( )

SSID ()

WEP 4-6 \

WEP

WEP WEP WiFi-b

3-7

SSID WEP

Soft AP

(ICS) 3-10 3.3

Station

TCP/IP 3.2.2 Station

(SSID)

(SSID)

3-8

(SSID)

(WEP) WEP

WEP 4-6 \

WEP

WEP WEP WiFi-b

3-9

TCP/IP

IP

IP

3-10

2.

3.3.1

ICS

3.3 (ICS)

(ICS) ICS

1.

1.

Windows

I S P

3-11

2.

1.

2.

WiF i -b

3-12

3. () (WiFi-bTM )

4.

7.

5.

6.

4-19

3-13

9.

8.

10.

Windows XP

3-14

2.

3. 2 10 ICS

3.3.2 ICS

(DSL) (cable modem)(LAN):

1.

ICS

1.(ISP)

IP

I P

ICS

3-15

2. 3-11

2 10

3-14

3.3.3 ISDN

ICS

1.

Windows

I S P

2.

3. 3-11

2 10

3-14

3-16

ControlCenter WiFi-b

4-2

4.1Control Center

Control Center

4.1.1access point

Station

Infrastructure (WiFi-b )

Excellent Excellent

(Good ) Good link quality but not

(Fair) (Fair)t

(Poor ) (Poor )

Ad-Hoc (WiFi-b Wi-Fi )

(Soft AP)

4.2

4-3

4.2.1 Wireless LAN Card Settings

\

WiFi-b

- MAC address

SSID- - S S I D

(Service Set Identifier) SSID

SSID

MAC - ASUS WiFi-b MAC Address

- ASUS WiFi-b WiFi-b

- ASUS WiFi-b

- ASUS WiFi-b Disable Radio

- WiFi-b

Wireless LAN CardSettings

ASUS WiFi-b

W i r e l e s s L A N C a r dS e t t i n g s

4-4

\ IP IP

IP TCP/IP IP

DNS WindowsInternet Naming Service (WINS)

IP

- WiFi-b DHCP IP

- WiFi-b DHCP IP

Ping - Ping ping IP

SSID - SSID- -

& - Site Survey 4-8

\

throughput frame Errors

DHCP WiFi-b

4-5

\ Ping Ping

Ping

1. IP Address IP

2. ping count ping

-Timeout()

3. Ping

ping Ping Stop Stop

ping

ping

roundtrip time)

\

-

Infrastructure

Ad Hoc Wi-Fi

4-6

\ WiFi-b

WEP(Wired Equivalent Privacy )

WEP

( )

- hexadecimaldigit ASCII character WEP

- 64-bit 128-bit 64-bit 10 16 5 ASCII 128-bit 26 16

13 ASCII

64-bit 40-bit WEP 40-bit (10 16 )

WiFi-b 24-bit 104-bit 128-bit

SSID - SSID SSID

SSIDnull string

Ad Hoc

Channel - Infrastructure WiFi-b Ad Hoc

Data Rate - Fully Auto WiFi-b 11 5.5 2 1

Mbps

PS Mode - WiFi-b CAM (Constantly Awake

mode) MAX_PSP (Maximum Power Savings) Fast_PSP (Fast power-saving mode)

Others -

4-7

- 64-bit Key 1~ Key 4 10 16 (0~9 a~f A~F) 5 ASCII 128-bit

Key 1~ Key 4 26 16 13 ASCII

- Passphrase 64 Key 1~Key 4

WiFi-b

\ Soft AP Soft AP WiFi-b

Internet Connection Sharing

ICS)

Soft AP Windows XP

Soft AP/STA - WiFi-b

(Ad Hoc ) Station Soft

AP WiFi-b

Soft AP

-

4-16 WiFi-b

4-19

\ WiFi-b

4-8

\ - WiFi-b

BSSID - IEEE MAC address

SSID - SSID(service set identifier)

CH - D i r e c t s e q u e n c e

Channel

RSSI - RSSI(Received SignalStrength Indicator) dBm

Type - AP Infrastructure STA Ad Hoc

WEP - (On) (Off) WEP

- ICS

-

ICS In te rne t Connec t i onSharing)

4.4.2 (Soft AP)

4-9

WiFi-b WiFi

- WiFi-b

- WirelessSettings

- WiFi-b W i r e l e s sSettings

-

4.2.2 Control Center

Help Wireless

Settings

Help help

4.2.3

WiFi-b Station (STA)( S o f t

AP)

4-13 WiFi-b

(Soft AP)

4-10

4.3

WiFi-b

WiFi-b

&

Windows XP 18

WiFi-b Station Mode (STA)

4.2.5 About

4.2.4

4-11

4.4 Wireless Settings WiFi-b

Wireless Settings WiFi-b Station (STA) (Soft AP) STA

WiFi-b Soft AP WiFi-b

Wi-Fi Soft AP Windows XP

4.4.1 Station (STA) WiFi-b Station (STA)

Windows 98SE/ME/2000

1. Windows

Wireless Settings

2.

3.RSSI RSSI

4.

Infrastructure

5. W i F i - b(SSID) WiFi-b(SSID)

(SSID)

(SSID) null string

4-12

6. WEP

WiFi-b

WEP ON OFF) 4-6 WEP

Windows XP WiFi-b Station (STA)

Wireless Settings

1. Windows

Wireless Settings

2. Soft AP

Station

7. WiFi-b

4-13

4.4.2 (Soft AP) WiFi-b (Soft AP)

Soft AP WiFi-b 31

WiFi-b

Windows XP

IEEE 802.11b

Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

1.

3. 2 7 WiFi-b

STA

3. AP Station

4. 2 7 WiFi-b

STA

2. Station Mode

4-14

1.

3. Soft AP

WiFi-b (Soft AP) WiFi-b soft AP :

Wireless Settings

1. Windows

Wireless Settings

2. Soft AP

Soft AP

2. Station Mode

3.

4-15

Soft AP Soft AP Wireless Settings

MAC

MAC

MAC address - M A C

address

AID - ID

Power Saving Mode -

Event Log

4-16

4.5 (ICS) WiFi-b Soft AP

(Internet Connection Sharing ICS) ICS Windows XP

ICS WiFi-b ICS

4.5.1

ICS :

1.

Soft AP Soft AP

2.

3.

4.

Infrastructure STA (station) SSID WEP

5.

4-17

3.

4.

4.5.2

WiFi-b ICS Windows XP

PPPoE

:

1. Windows

2.

4-18

5.

6.

7. ISP

8. ISP

4-19

9.

10. Wire less

Settings

4.5.1

ICS

4.6 Network BridgeN e t w o r k

Bridge LAN segment

ICS

WiFi-b

1.

Soft AP

2.

4-20

4.

5. <Ctrl>

7.

6.

WiFi-b WiFi-b W i r e l e s s

Settings

3.

Appendix

I E E E8 0 2 . 1 1 b

A-2

A.1

WiF i -b TM WiFi-bTM

1.

2.

3. Windows 2000/XP

Windows 98SE/ME

4.+ ASUS 802.

11b...] ASUS 802.11gNetwork Adapter...

( ) X ( )

A-3

1.

2. WiFi-bTM

3.

W iF i -B TM 1. WiFi-bTM

Infrastructure( )

2. WiFi-bTM

S S I DSSID

3. WiFi-bTM

4. WiFi-bTM MAC

5. WiFi-bTM

WiFi-bTM

A-4

1. WiFi-bTM

2.I P

D N S

3.

1. WiFi-bTM

Ad Hoc( )

2. WiFi-bTM

SSID SSID

3. WiFi-bTM

4. WiFi-bTM

A-5

Ad Hoc 1. WiFi-bTM

2. IP

D N S

3.

1.

2.

3.

A-6

A.2IEEE 802.11b 2.4 GHz 14

WiFi-b //

/

(FCC) (IC) Channels 1 to 11

(ETSI) Channels 1 to 13

(MKK) Channels 1 to 14

Channels 1 to 11

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 2.442 GHz 14 2.484 GHz

Channels 1,6 11 WiFi-b

Wi-Fi 25 MHz