AirLive WL-1700USB manual

i W L-1700USB Long Distance Wireless USB Adapter User’ s Manual[...]

ii USING THIS DOCUMENT This document provides detailed us er guidelines for Wireless LAN USB Adapter operation and setting-up. Though every ef fort has been made to ensure that this document is up-to- date and accurate, more information may have become available subsequent to the production of this guide. Content 1. Introduction....................[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 1 1 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing Wireless LA N USB Adapt er . Wireless LAN USB Adapter is a perfect combination of both performance and cost-ef fective pr oduct introduced. It is sincerely hoped that you can enjoy the wireless worl d through this solidly profiled wireless adapter . It provides a full [...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 2 Host system connection s Interface Fully complies with USB 2.0 or 1.1 USB date transfer rate USB high speed (480Mbps), and full speed (12M bps) Wireless LAN (WLA N) environment connection s Multimode features WLAN Interface Fully complies with IEEE 802.11 b/g specifications 802.11 b:DQPSK with data scrambling c[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows System : Windows, 2000, XP 32/64 bit, Vist a 32/64 bit PCs must have a device driver inst alled. It allows you to communicate with WLA N Mini USB Adapter . P ACKAGE CONTENTS 1. Wireless LAN USB Adapter 2. Installation Soft ware CD 3. User Ma nual[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 4 W arning! Do not cover o r block the airflow to t he adapter . The ad apter will reach a high temperature during use. 3.1 Installation Before you proceed with the install ation, pl ease notice the following descri ptions. Note1: The following in stallation wa s operated unde r Windows V ist a. (Procedures are s[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 5 3. Choose a set up language. Click Next to proce ss the installation . 4. Click Next[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 6 5. Click Inst all 6. The system st arts software inst allation of the WLAN USB adapter .[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 7 7. Click Finish to complete the installation 9. After click Finish to complete the inst allation, under Windows V ista <ALL Programs> menu, AirLive USB wireless LAN Utility program inst alled. 10. Insert the wireless LAN USB adapter into your computer USB po rt, the computer detect and drive the wireless [...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 8 3.2 Uninstallation From “Wireless Network Driver and Utility”, “Cont rol Panel” ”Change or Remove Program s”. A. Uninstall the WLAN USB Adapter Driver from “S tart”, “All Programs”, Click “Uni nstall” (or “Change/Remove”) to remove Wirele ss LAN USB Adapter driver .[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 9 B. Click “ Ye s ” if you want to remove Wireless LAN USB Adapter Driver . C. Click “ Finish ” to complete the uninst allation.[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 10 4.1 Introduction of Main Window A. Main Menu The main menu includes five subme nus. 1. Refresh(R) When clickin g the refresh menu, you can update a nd re-enum erate the contents of adapter list area. 4 4. Rt WLAN: Wireless LAN Management GUI C. Properties Area D. Global Control Bar E. St atus Bar B. Adapter Li[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 11 2. Set Wizard(S) 2.1 Wizard-1 Click Set Wizard(S) menu to enter opera tion wizard. Click AP: Setup a wireless network. T o configure Access Point parameters.[...]

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AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 13 2.2 Wizard-2 User defines wireless net work Name [SSID](less th an 32 characters). User may skip wireless security . S trongly recommend user to setup wireless se curity to avoid invalid users.. 2.3 Wizard-3 This page sh ows SSID & Security settings.[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 14 2.4 Wizard-4 Show all settings under AP mode. Click Finish to complete wizard setup.[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 15 3. Mode (M) Wireless configuration is quickly swit ched to either [S tation] or [AP]. 4. Vie w (V) Enable/disable the presence of E. S tatus Bar . Wi thout the check mark (v) the E. S tatus Bar will be hidden. 5. About (A) Click the “About” to show the utility information di alog . The application versi on[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 16 B. Adapter List Area All connected adapters on this sy stem with multiple adapt er inst allations are displ ayed in this area. It is easy for users to change t he selected adapter by one click. The contents of p roperties area are dependant on wireless co nfiguration that the sele cted adapter is set up. If on[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 17 C. Properties Area The content s of this area are depende nt on current wire less configuration. The cu rrent configuration is determined on previous explanatio n of submenu “Mo de”. The m ore detailed co ntents are describe d in the following wireless configuration secti ons for both S tation and AP mode.[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 18 Radio Off T urn off the radio to save power . While the radio is off, the links with other wireless network node s are disconnected. User sho uld be aware that while the wi reless configuration i s in AP mode. The radio of f will cause the sub network which bel ongs to the AP to be disconnected wi th internet/[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 19 4.2 Station Mode The following explanations focus o n the properties area. Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc With both Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc types, the pr operties sho uld look like the picture above. Six property pag es present diff erent information of current wireless network st atus. Please read the following [...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 20 A. General Page This page rep resents the general inform ation of this adapter . 1. St atus The status of station conne ction to AP . 2. Speed Current transition speed in Mbps (Mega -Bits-Per-Se cond). 3. T ype Current wireless LAN conf iguration type. 4. Encryption Current encryption mode used. 5. SSID Name o[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 21 7. Throughput Diagram Current throughput, includi ng transmission (Tx) and tot al traffic (T o tal). 8. Network Address Mac Address: six two-digit al number of this Wirele ss LAN USB adapter IP Addres s: assigned network add ress by DHCP server or self-definition in four three-digital number format. ■ Subnet[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 22 1. Add Add a new profile for AP or IBSS (Ad-Hoc mode). 2. Remove Remove the selected profile. 3. Edit Edit contents of selected profile. 4. Duplicate Make copy of selected profile. 5. Set Default Set the selected profile as default selecti on. 6. A vailable Network Page This page present s all BSS, including A[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 23 D. Advanced Page 1. Power Save None: without power save functio n. Min: wake up more frequently to receive p ackets. Max: wake up less frequently to receive packets. 2. Wireless Mode 802.1 1b 802.1 1g/b 3. 802.1 1b Preamble Mode Long: higher quality but with lower performance than preamble short mode. Short: N[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 24 6. WOL (W ake On LAN) The wake-on-LAN i s applied for remote control purpose. Y ou could wake up a system throug h network packet s. For Wireless LAN USB Adapter , only the same adapter on another system could wake it up. Input MAC Address: the six two-digit numbers of Wireless LAN USB Adapter on target system[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 25 5. Channel Set Selected channel plan currently . 6. MAC Address MAC address of this adapter . 7. Dat a Rate Wireless LAN transition sp eed 8. Channel(Frequency ) Current channel number 9. St atus Wireless network st atus 10. SSID : name of connecting AP 11 . N e t w o r k Ty p e Indicate current network config[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 26 4.3 AP Mode A. General Page This page provides g eneral information of this AP , including name, MAC address and list of joined station s. 1. SSID The name of this AP . 2. BSSID Six two-digital numbers of the MAC ad dress of this AP . 3. Association T able It is the list of joined stations to this AP . 4. AID [...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 27 7. Config A dialog of this AP is shown for configuration modification. 7.1. Network Name (SSID) Name of the AP searchable by other wirele ss n odes. The length of SSID shou ld be shorter than 32 characte rs. 7.2. Channel Select the wireless channel within curren t channel plan. 7.3. Network Authentication &[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 28 7.4. ASCII/ P ASSPHRASE The most advanced authentication an d data encryptio n that provide the best security protection. z ASCII: Y ou should provide either 5 or 13 ASCII characters on Network key edit box. z P ASSPHRASE: Y ou could input wo rds on Network Key edit box. 64 bits: The generated p ass key is 64-[...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 29 3. Preamble Mode z Long: higher quality but with lower performance than preamble short mode. z Short: Normal quality but with higher performa nce then preamble long mode. z Auto: select the proper preamble mode by current signal frame information. C. St atistics Page The Tx/Rx status of current wireless conne [...]

AirLive WL-1700USB User ’s Manual 30 D. ICS Page 1. ConnName List all network connections t o this syst em. Y ou can pick up one from the lis ted item(s) whose network domain you would want to connect to. 2. Select Make the desired network connection to public netwo rk. 3. ICS Internet Connection Sharing. It enabl es this AP to create the domain [...]