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WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2 COPYRIGHT Copyright ©2008/2009 by this company. All ri ghts reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcri bed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, c hemical, manual o[...]

3 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmf ul interference in a residential installation. This equipmen[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 4 Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure S tatement This EUT is compliance with SAR for general population/uncontrolled exposure limits in ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1999 and had bee n tested in accordance with the measurement methods and procedures specifi ed in OET Bulletin 65 Supplement C. This equipment shoul[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 6 CONTENTS CHAPTER I: Product Information ....................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction and safety information ........................................................................ 1 1.2 Safety Information ....................................................................[...]

1 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual CHAPTER I: Product Information 1.1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this high-spe ed wire less network card! Excepting common wirele ss standards 8 02.1 1b/g, this wireless net work card is also able to access 802.1 1n wireless networks - data transfer rate is 15 0Mbps, and that’ s thr ee [...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2 1.2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please foll ow the following safety instructions: 1. This USB wireless network card is designed for indoor use only . DO NOT expose this network card to direct sun light, rain, or snow . 2. DO NOT p ut this network card at or near hot or h[...]

3 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 1.3 System Requirements  An empty USB 2.0 port (May not be able work with USB 1.1 port, and performa nce will be greatly reduced)  Windows 2000, 2003, XP , or V ista operating system  CD-ROM drive  At least 100MB of available disk sp ace 1.4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this wireless network [...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 4 1.5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. Connector Cap (T o protect USB connector when not i n use) 2. USB Connecto r 3. Link/Activity LED LED Name Light S tatus Description Flash The network card has li nked to a wireless access point and is receiving or transferring dat a. Link/ Activity Off No wireless ac[...]

5 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual CHAPTER II: Driver Inst allation and Configuration 2.1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to inst all your new wireless netwo rk card: 1. Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB 2.0 port of your comput er when computer is switched on. Never use force to insert the card, if[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 6 2. The following message will appear on your computer , click ‘cancel’. 3. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD /DVD ROM d rive of your computer , and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program. Please read t he end user license agreem ent and click ‘I accept the term s of the license agreement’ then click ‘Next’ bu[...]

7 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 4. It is recommend inst alling driver and utility if the network card is installing the first time. If you want to update the driver only , choose ’Insta ll driver only’. Click ‘Next’ to continue. 5. Y ou can choose the configuration tool u sed to configure the wireless network card here. It’s recommended to [...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 8 6. Now you’ll see the following message, please click ‘Install’ to start utility inst allation. If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message agai n, please ignore it and wait.[...]

9 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 7. Please wait while the inst all procedure is running. When you see this me ssage, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the dr iver installation process.[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 10 8. After inst allation is complete, wireless configuration utility will be shown in the desktop of your computer automatically . Y ou will also see an icon at the lower-right corner of your windows system. If you put the mouse cursor on the icon, the status of wi reless card will be displayed as a popup balloon. When [...]

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WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 12 2.2 Connect to Wireless Access Point After the driver is correctly installed, it will try to connect to any unencrypted wireless access point automatically . If you want to connect to a specific wireless acce ss point, or the access point you wish to connect uses encryption , you have to configur e the wireless networ[...]

13 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2.2.1 Using AirLive Utility Please follow the following instructions to use AirL ive configuration utility to connect to wireless access point. 1. Right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then clicks ‘Launch Config Utility’. AirLive setup utility will[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 14 z Y ou can click ‘More / Less’ button again, and setup utility w in dow will resume to its original size. Tip: If a setup item requires more inform ation to complete the setup procedure, the setup utility window will expand automaticall y .[...]

15 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2.2.1.1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices There are two kinds of wireless connectio n mode: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc . Infrastructure mode is used by wireless access point s, which is able to establish wireless co nnection for you and other wireless / wired network clients. Ad-Hoc mode is also know as ‘poi nt-to-poin[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 16 Scan result includes 6 types of information, they are: A The SSID (Service Set Identifier) of wireless device. If nothing is di splayed here, it means the SSID of this wireless device is hi dden. If a symbol appears in front of the name of wireless device, m eans you’ve est ablished connected with that wireless devi[...]

17 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual If you wish to see detailed informatio n for a specific access point, please double-click on it, and you’ll be provided with it s detailed information. There are 4 types of technical informati on: General: Displays basic inf ormation about this access point, such as SSID, MAC Address, authentication / encryption typ[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 18 And here are descriptions of every setup item in setu p area: Item Name Description Sorted by >> Y ou can decide how to sort all listed access point by ‘SSID’, ‘Channel’, or ‘Signal’ (signal strength). Show dBm Check this box to show the signal strength of acce ss point, instead of percent age. Resca[...]

19 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2.2.1.2 Connect to an Access Point If the wireless access point you wish to connect is found, you can establish connection with it by clicking ‘Connect’ button. Instructions will be given as follow: 1. Click the wireless access point or network dev ice you wish to con nect, it will be highlighted, then click ‘Co[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 20 3. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you will be prompted to input it s WEP key or WP A preshared ke y . 4. Please ask the owner of the wi rele ss access point you want to connect, an d input the correct key here and then click ‘OK’. By checking ‘Show Pa ssword’ box, the encryption key you inputted[...]

21 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual If the value you inputted here is wrong, you will not be able to co nnect to this wireless acce ss point. Authentication type will be selected by th e authentication type of the access point automatically , please don’t change it. However , if you’re connecting to an access point uses 802.1x authentication, you ha[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 22 2.2.1.3 Add an Access Point to Profile If you will connect to some specific wirel ess access point frequently , you can add their information to the profile. Just like the telephone directory , the profile saves all information of access point s, and you can recall them anytime you wish to est ablish connection. Y ou [...]

23 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual The setup utility will expand: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Profile Name Y ou can give this profile a name. Every profile needs a uniqu e name. SSID Please input the SSID of this access point. If you selected an access point from the list, and it s SSID is not hidden, the SSID will [...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 24 Tx Power Y ou can select the wireless output power he re. If you’re not too far from access point (good sign al reception), you can select a lower output power to save energy; for a dist ant access point, you can select a higher output power . It’s suggested to select ‘Auto’ to let setup utility decide the bes[...]

25 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual T o set authentication / encryption information for the access point. Please click ‘Auth. Encry .’ tab: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Authentication Select the authent ication type of the wireless access point or wi reless device you wish to connect. When you’re ad ding a pro[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 26 encryption is not enabled, or you select ‘W P A ’ as encryption type, this field will be disabled and grayed out. Y ou can set up to 4 WEP keys here. There are two types of WEP key: Hexadecim al and ASCII. For Hexadecimal key , you can input number 0-9 and alphabet a-f; for example, ‘001 122aabbcc’; For ASCII [...]

27 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual When you use 'EAP-F AST' as authentic ation type, the protocol setting is always 'Generic T oken Card' and can not be changed. Y ou also need to select ‘Soft T oken’ or ‘S tatic Password’ as password in ‘ID Password’ setting. ’EAP Fast’ authentication type also have a sub-menu to [...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 28 After you complete all information relat ed to the acce ss point, click ‘OK’ to save the profile, or click ‘cancel’ to cancel adding a new profile. If the profile is created, you will see the information in the Profile List. 2.2.2 Using Windows Zero Config uration Windows XP and Vist a has a built-in wireless [...]

29 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2. Right cli ck Windows Zero Config uration icon and select ‘V iew Available Wirele ss Networks’. If you can not find the icon, please follow the procedu res from step 3 to step 5. 3. Click ‘S tart’ button (should be located at the botto m-left corne r of windows desktop), click ‘Control Panel’, then click[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 30 4. Click ‘Network Connections’. 5. Right-cli ck ‘Wireless Network Conn ection’ (it ma y have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network ca rd, please make sure you right-click the ‘AirLive 802.1 1n Wireless LAN Card), then select ‘View Av ailable Wireless Networks’.[...]

31 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 6. All wireless a ccess points in proximity will be di splayed here. If the acce ss point you want to use is not displayed here, please try to move your computer closer to the access poi nt, or you can click ‘Refresh network list’ to rescan access points. Click the a ccess point you want to use if it’s shown, th[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 32 8. If you can see ‘Con nected’ message, the conn ection between your computer and wireless access point is successfull y established.[...]

33 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2.3 Profile Management If you need to connect to dif ferent wireless access point s at dif ferent time, like of access point of your home, office, cybercafe, or public wireless serv ice, you can store the connectio n parameters (encryption, passph rase, security etc, etc.) as a profile for every access point, so you d[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 34 2.3.1 Add a profile If you want to click new profile, click ‘Profile’ menu, then click ‘Add’ button. Y ou’ll be prompted to input detailed information of access point, as described in Section 2.2.1.3.[...]

35 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2.3.2 Edit an existing profile If you have added a profile before, and you wish to change the content of the profile, you can u se this function. Please select a profile from the list first, then click ‘Edit’ button. Y ou’ll be provided with the contents of selected profil e, and you can edit them. C lick ‘OK?[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 36 2.3.3 Delete an existing profile If you no longer need a profile, you can delete it. Sele ct the profile you wish to delete from the list, and click ‘Delete’ button to delete it.[...]

37 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2.3.4 Activate a profile When you want to connect to a specific wirel ess device in the profile list, y ou can select it and click ‘Activate’ button, to establish connection with it. 1. When you selected a profile and cli ck ‘Act ivate’ button to activate the profile, a icon will be displayed in front of the p[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 38 2. Click ‘Advanced’ menu, and the following settings will appear:[...]

39 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Wireless mode Display the wireless operation mode of the network card. Enable Tx Burst Check this box to accele ra te the data transmit rate. It may not work with all wireless access p oint and wireless devices. Enable TCP Wind ow Size Check this box and[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 40 2.5 V iew Network S tatisti cs The configuration utility provides information about network st atistics and link status. If you want to know how your wirele ss network card works, you can use these functions to g et detailed information about the wireless connection you’re u sing. Please follow the following instruc[...]

41 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2.6 WMM Setting This wireless network card provides WMM (Wi-Fi Mult imedia) function, which can improve the performance of cert ain network applications, lik e audio/video streaming, network telephony (V oIP), and others. When you enable the WM M function of this network card, you can define the priority of different [...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 42 In ‘WMM Setup S tatus’ block, curr ent WMM settings will be displayed. And here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description WMM Enable Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click ‘Apply’ button on the right of this chec k box afte r you check or uncheck this box, so corresponding setti [...]

43 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2.7 WPS Configuration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wi reless n etwork technology which makes wirel ess network setup become very simple. If you have WPS-enabled wireless access point, and you want to establish a se cure connection to it, you don’t hav e to configure the wireless access point and setup d[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 44 2.7.1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. Click ‘WPS’ menu, and the following settings will appear . 3. Set ‘Config Mode’ to ‘Enrollee’, and then pu[...]

45 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual All access points with WPS function enabled will be displayed here. Please make sure the access point you wish to connect is disp layed. If not, please click ‘Rescan’ few more times. Y ou can also click ‘Information’ button to see the detailed information ab out selected access point. 5. S tart PBC pairing pro[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 46 Y ou can click ‘PBC’ button few more times to try again. When an access point is conne cted, you can click ‘Disconne ct’ to disconn ect your wire less network card from a connected access poin t, or select another WPS-ena bled wireless access point, then cli ck ‘Connect’ to establish connection to selected[...]

47 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2.7.2 WPS Setup - PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connect support s PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish conne ction to it: 1. Right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. Click ‘[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 48 point by this way , please make sure the PIN code you provid ed to access point is correct. There are also some options available for WPS confi guration: WPS associate IE: Check this box to se nd the asso ciation request with WPS IE during WPS setup. This is optional and you can use default value if you don’t know w[...]

49 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2.8 Radio On/Off Y ou can switch the wireless radio transceiver on and of f by the utility , so if you want to disable wireless network function, you don’t hav e to remove the network card physically . 1. Right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then cl[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 50 2.9 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version number of the configu ration utility , driver , and other import ant information about your wirel ess network card. Please follow the following instructions to see these i nformation: 1. Right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located [...]

51 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 2.10 On-line Help If you need to know the directions of how to use spec ific function in the utility , please click ‘Help’ button. On-line help documents will be presented in Windows help format. Click this button to view on-line help docum ents.[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 52 CHAPTER III: Appendix 3.1 S pecification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g Interface: USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 Compatible) Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835G Hz (I ndustrial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n (20MHz): MCS0-7 (up to 72Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-7 (up to 150Mbp s) Securit[...]

53 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 3.2 T roubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you’re usin g this wireless network card, don’t panic! Before you call your dealer of purchase for help, please chec k this troubleshooting table, the solution of your problem could be very simple, and you can solve the problem by yourself! Scenario Solution I[...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 54 ‘Phy_Addess’ down, then present this value to the owner of access point so he / she can add the MAC addre ss of your network card to his / her access point’ s list. The network is slow / having problem when transferring large files 1. Move closer to the place where access point is lo cated. 2. Disable ‘Tx Burs[...]

55 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 3.3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.1 1g st andard? 802.1 1g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN co mmuni cations that provides for up to 54 Mbps dat a rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.1 1g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LA N technology for the home, of fice and public networks. 802.1 [...]

WN-360USB User ’ s Manual 56 configured with the same BSS ID. 7. What is WEP? WEP is Wi red Equivalent Privacy , a data pr ivacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .1 1 standard. 8. What is TKIP? TKIP is a quick-fix method to quickly overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security , especially the reus[...]

57 WN-360USB User ’ s Manual produces a signal that is, in ef fect, louder and th us easie r to detect, provided that the receiver knows the p arameters of the spread-sp ectrum signal being broad cast. If a receiver is not tun ed to the right frequency , a spread –spectrum sign al looks like background noise. There are two main alternatives, Di[...]