AirLive WN-380USB manual

AirLive WN-380USB Manual W N-380USB Long Range Wireless-B/G/N Palm Size USB Adapter with Detachable Antenna User’ s Manual[...]

Copyright and Disclaimer AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual Copyright The contents of this publicati on may not be reproduced in any p a rt or as a whole, stored, transcribed in an information retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, magnetic, electronic, optical, photocopying, manual, o[...]

Copyright and Disclaimer AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual This equipment can generate, use and radiate r adio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructi ons in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communica tions. Operation of this equipm ent in a residential area is likely to cause interferenc[...]

T able of contents AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual T able of content s 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 2. Specification .................................................................................................................. 3 3. Inst [...]

1. Introduction AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 1 1 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing Wireless LAN US B Adapter . Wireless LAN USB Adapter is a perfect combination of both performance and cost-ef fective product introduced. It is sincerely hoped that you can enj oy the wireless world through this solidly profiled wireless adapter . It prov[...]

1. Introduction AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 2 Since the security issue has become one of the most important one in the wireless society , it provides you with the full security coverage from the 64/128bits WEP encryptions, second generation WP A-PSK encryption, to the most advanced WP A2-AES encryption. WP A2 is the latest security standard c[...]

2. S pecification AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 3 2 2. S p ecification St andards IEEE 802.1 1 b/g/n standards compliant Antenna 5dBi Frequency Range 2.400GHz~2.4835GHz Operating Frequency / Channel - 2.412~2.462GHz (Canada, FCC) / 1 1 Channels - 2.412~2.484GHz (Japan, TELE C) / 14 Channels - 2.412~2.472GHz (Euro, ETSI) / 13 Channels Security -[...]

2. S pecification AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Windows System: Windows, 2000, XP 32/64 bit, Vi sta 32/64 bit, and Win 7 32/64bit PCs must have a device driver installed. It allows you to communicate with WLAN Mini USB Adapter . P ACKAGE CONTENTS 1. Wireless LAN USB Adapter 2. Installation Sof tware CD 3. User Manual[...]

3. Installation/ Un-installation AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 5 3 3. Inst allation/ Un-inst allation W arning! Do not cover or block the airflo w to the adapter . The adapter will reach a high temperature during use. 3.1 Installation Before you proceed with the installation, pl ease notice the following descriptions. Note1: The following inst [...]

3. Installation/ Un-installation AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 6 3. Choose a set up language. Click Next to process the installation. 4. Click Next[...]

3. Installation/ Un-installation AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 7 5. Click Inst all 6. Click Finish to complete the installation[...]

3. Installation/ Un-installation AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 8 7. After click Finish to complete the installation, under Windows V ista <ALL Programs> menu, AirLive USB wir eless LA N Utility program installed. 8. Insert the wireless LAN US B adapter into your computer USB port, the computer detect and drive the wireless LAN USB adapter[...]

3. Installation/ Un-installation AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 9[...]

3. Installation/ Un-installation AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 10 B. Click “ Ye s ” if you want to remove Wi reless LAN USB Adapter Driver . Click “ Finish ” to complete the uninstallation.[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 11 4 4. WLAN: Wireless LAN Management GUI 4.1 Introduction of Main Window A. Main Menu C. Properties Area B. Adapter List D. Global Control E. Status Bar[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 12 A. Main Menu The main menu includes five submenus. 1. Refresh(R) When clicking the refresh menu, you can update and re-enumerat e the contents of adapter list area. 2. Set Wizard(S) 2.1 Wizard-1 Click Set Wizard(S) menu to en ter operation wizard. Click AP: Setup a wirele s[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 13 2.2 Wizard-2 User defines wireless network Name [SSID] (less than 32 characters). User may skip wireless security . S trongly reco mmend user to setup wireless security to avoid invalid users.[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 14 2.3 Wizard-3 This page shows SSID & Security settings. 2.4 Wizard-4 Show all settings under AP mode. Click Finish to complete wizard setup.[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 15 3. Mode (M) Wireless configuration is quickly swit ched to either [S tation] or [AP]. 4. V iew (V) Enable/disable the presence of E. S tatus Bar . Without the check mark (v) the E. S tatus Bar will be hidden. 5. About (A) Click the “About” to show the utility informatio[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 16 B. Adapter List Area All connected adapters on this sy stem with multiple adapter installations are displayed in this area. It is easy for users to change the se lected adapter by one click. The contents of properties area are dependant on wir eless configuration that the s[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 17 C. Properties Area The contents of this area are dependent on current wireless c onfiguration. The current configuration is determined on previous expl anation of submenu “Mode”. The more detailed contents are described in the following wireless configuration sections f[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 18 minimized and stay on the tray icon which is lo cated at the right botto m corner of Windows. If not, management GUI will shut down while clicking "Close" button with unchecked condition Radio Off T urn off the radio to save pow er . While the radio is off, t he l[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 19 E. St atus Bar The hints or st atus of the management GUI are pres ented in the status bar . 4.2 Station Mode The following explanations focus on the properties area. Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc With both Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc types, the properties should look like the pi[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 20 A. General Page This page represent s the general information of this adapter . 1. St atus The status of st ation connection to AP . 2. Speed Current transition speed in Mbps (Mega-Bit s-Per-Second). 3. T ype Current wireless LAN configuration type. 4. Encryption Current en[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 21 7. Throughput Diagram Current throughput, including transmission (T x) and total traf fic (T otal). 8. Network Address Mac Address: six two-digital number of this Wireless LAN USB adapter IP Address: assigned network address by DHCP serv er or self-definition in four three-[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB 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 selection. 6. A vailable Network Page This[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 23 1. Refresh Rescan network connection around this system. 2. Add to Profile Create profile for selected network c onnection and add it to profile list. C. Advanced Page 1. Power Save None: without power save function. Min: wake up more frequently to receive packet s. Max: wa[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 24 4. Fragment Threshold The threshold of fragment length. Higher th reshold increase data transition performance with good signal quality . However , in a poor signal quality envir onment, data throughput might be worse on high fragment thres hold than low fragment threshold.[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 25 1. NDIS Driver V ersion Driver version 2. Short Radio Header Ye s 3. Encryption Current encryption mode. 4. Authenticate Authentication state 5. Channel Set Selected channel plan currently . 6. MAC Address MAC address of this adapter . 7. Dat a Rate Wireless LAN transition [...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 26 4.3 Access Point Mode A. General Page This page provides general information of th is AP , including name, MAC address and list of joined stations.[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 27 1. SSID The name of this AP . 2. BSSID Six two-digital num bers of the MAC address of this AP . 3. Association T able It is the list of joined stations to this AP . 4. AID (Association ID) The AID field is a value assigned by an AP duri ng association that represents 16-bit[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 28 7. Config A dialog of this AP is shown for configuration modification. 7.1. Network Name (SSID) Name of the AP searchable by other wireles s nodes. The length of SSID should be shor ter than 32 characters. 7.2. Channel Select the wireless channel wi thin current channel pla[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 29 7.3. Network Authenticat ion & Dat a Encryption There are three types of authentication: z Open System It is combined with data encryption type to be WEP or to be disabled. Encryption ~ disabled: you decide to open this AP to every one without network authentication. En[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 30 B. Advanced Page Users could setup the advanced c haracteristics of network packet for transmission on this page. 1. Beacon Interval This filed indicates the interval between each beacon that this AP sends out in unit of TU (1024 micro-seconds). 2. DTIM Period The DTIM Peri[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 31 C. St atistics Page The Tx/Rx status of current wireless connection is shown. A statistic analysis of packet transition is listed.[...]

4 . WLAN: Wireless LA N Management GUI AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 32 E. ICS Page F. 1. ConnName List all network connections to this system . Y ou can pick up one from the listed it em(s) whose network domain you would want to connect to. 2. Apply Execute the current settings.[...]

5. Appendix AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 33 5 5. Appendix 5.1 Troubleshooting Q: The LED is off. A: Make sure the PC Card is inserted properly. Otherwise cont act your vendor. Q: The LED is always on not blinking. A: Make sure that you have install ed the driver from attached CD. Otherwise contact your vendor. Q: The LED is blinking but the PC[...]

5. Appendix AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 34 An internetworking device that seamlessl y connects wired and wireless networks together . Ad Hoc An Ad Hoc wireless LAN is a group of comput ers, each with a WLAN adapter , connected as an independent wireless LAN Ad Hoc wireless LAN is applicable at a departm ental scale for a branch or SOHO operat[...]

5. Appendix AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 35 ISM Band The FCC and their counterpart s outside of the U.S. have set aside bandwid th for unlicensed use in the so-called ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band. S pectrum in the vicinity of 2.4 GHz, in particular , is being made available (Indus trial, Scientific and Medical) band. S pectrum[...]

5. Appendix AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 36 T ransmit / Receive The wireless throughput in Bytes per second averaged over two seconds. Wi-Fi Alliance The Wi-Fi Alliance is a nonprofit internationa l association formed in 1999 to certify interoperability of wireless Local Area Network products based on IEEE 802.1 1 specification. The goal of t [...]

5. Appendix AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 37 This means the spatial reuse ra tio of p arallel transmissions is high. In contrast, with a large fragment threshold, the overl ap is small and the spatial reuse ratio is low . However high fragment threshold leads to low fragment ov erhead. Hence there is a trade-off between spatial re-use and fragm[...]

5. Appendix AirLive WN-380USB User’s Manual 38 T emporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) The T emporal Key Integrity Protocol, pronounc ed tee-kip, is part of the IEEE 802.1 1i encryption standard for wireless LANs. TKIP is the next generation of WEP , the Wired Equivalency Protocol, which is used to se cure 802.1 1 wireless LANs. TKIP provides per[...]