AirLive WN-300PCI, User Manual

Page 1: ...802 11b g n 2T2R 300Mbps PCI Card WN 300PCI User s Manual ...

Page 2: ... without the written consent of OvisLink Corp OvisLink Corp has made the best effort to ensure the accuracy of the information in this user s guide However we are not liable for the inaccuracies or errors in this guide Please use with caution All information is subject to change without notice All Trademarks are properties of their respective holders ...

Page 3: ...uipment and receiver z Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected z Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help FCC Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the F...

Page 4: ...nect to Wireless Access Point 10 2 3 Profile Management 31 2 4 Advanced Settings 36 2 5 View Network Statistics 38 2 6 WMM Setting 39 2 7 WPS Configuration 41 2 8 Radio On Off 46 2 9 About 47 2 10 On line Help 47 3 Soft AP Function 48 3 1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration 48 3 2 Security Setting 52 3 3 Access Control 55 3 4 Connection Table 57 3 5 Event Log 58 3 6 Statistics 59 3 7 About 6...

Page 5: ...transfer rate Up to 300Mbps WMM function control the bandwidth required for different applications Work with 802 11b g n wireless devices Supports major encryption methods like WEP WPA and WPA2 encryption WPS configuration You don t need an experienced computer technician to help you to get connected Utilizing the software program of the card you can get your computer connected by pushing a button...

Page 6: ...ard by your self warranty will be void 5 If the network card falls into water DO NOT USE IT AGAIN BEFORE YOU SEND THE CARD TO THE DEALER OF PURCHASE FOR INSPECTION 6 If you smell something strange or even see some smoke coming out from the network card switch the computer off immediately and call dealer of purchase for help 1 3 System Requirements An empty PCI slot Windows 2000 XP Vista or Windows...

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Page 8: ...ctors of the card 2 WPS Button Press this button and hold for 3 seconds to start WPS function When WPS is enabled the Link and Tx Rx LEDs will be steadily on 3 Link and Tx Rx LED Definitions LED Name Light Status Description On Link to a wireless access point Link Off Radio is switched to off Blinking Transferring receiving data Tx Rx Off No wireless activity 3 1 2 ...

Page 9: ...on 2 1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card 1 SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF remove the cover and insert the wireless network card into an empty PCI slot of your computer ...

Page 10: ...n the wireless network card and make sure the antenna is securely installed To improve radio reception please adjust antenna to the position shown in the picture 3 The following message will appear on your computer click cancel ...

Page 11: ...he end user license agreement and click I accept the terms of the license agreement then click Next button to accept license agreement 5 It is recommend installing driver and utility if the network card is installing the first time If you want to update the driver only choose Install driver only Click Next to continue ...

Page 12: ...ly access to all functions of this wireless network card If you prefer to use the wireless configuration tool provided by Windows XP or Vista please select Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool then click Next 7 Now you ll see the following message please click Install to start utility installation If you see Found New Hardware message again please ignore it and wait ...

Page 13: ...puter automatically You 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 wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon When you want to configure your wireless connection please right click on this icon and a popup menu will appear You can click Launch Config Utility to start configuration program If you want to close...

Page 14: ...correctly installed it will try to connect to any unencrypted wireless access point automatically If you want to connect to a specific wireless access point or the access point you wish to connect uses encryption you have to configure the wireless network card and input required parameters to get connected to the wireless access point you wish to connect The current status of wireless connection w...

Page 15: ...o connect to wireless access point using the Airlive configuration utility and using built in windows zero configuration utility 2 2 1 Using Airlive Utility Please follow the following instructions to use Airlive 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 Con...

Page 16: ...ile Network etc from menu and corresponding setup items will be displayed at setup area Some function includes more information and can not be fitted in setup area In this case you can click More less button to expand the setup utility window to display more information Menu Setup Area ...

Page 17: ...lick More Less button again and setup utility window will resume to its original size Tip If a setup item requires more information to complete the setup procedure the setup utility window will expand automatically ...

Page 18: ...le for establishing a one to one wireless connection between two wireless devices Before you can connect to any wireless access point or device by infrastructure or Ad Hoc mode there two things you must know a Wireless device s SSID Service Set IDentifier someone will call it access point s name You can scan for the SSID of other wireless devices nearby but if the SSID of the wireless device you w...

Page 19: ...s wireless device and the channel number of this wireless device Means this wireless device is an access point Means this wireless device is a computer Ad Hoc mode point to point connection C The wireless standard supported by this access point is displayed here n for 802 11n g for 802 11g and b for 802 11b WPS icon will appear when the access point supports WPS If the access point uses encryption...

Page 20: ...n see the access point you wish to use here If you still can not see the access point you wish to use after clicking Rescan for more than five times please move your computer closer to the location where the wireless access point is or see instructions in Chapter 4 2 Troubleshooting If you wish to see detailed information for a specific access point please double click on it and you ll be provided...

Page 21: ...rt all listed access point by SSID Channel or Signal signal strength Show dBm Check this box to show the signal strength of access point instead of percentage Rescan Click this button to rescan access points You can click this button for several times if the access point you wish to use does not show in the list Add to Profile You can store a specific access point to profile so you can link to tha...

Page 22: ...n click Connect If the access point you selected does not use encryption you ll be connected to this wireless access point within one minute If the access point you selected uses encryption please proceed to step 3 2 If the wireless access point does not have SSID you ll be prompted to input it now Please ask the owner of wireless access point for the exact SSID and input it here then click OK whe...

Page 23: ...19 3 If the wireless access point uses encryption you will be prompted to input its WEP key or WPA preshared key ...

Page 24: ... of the access point automatically please don t change it However if you re connecting to an access point uses 802 1x authentication you have to check 802 1x box and input related information Instructions for 802 1x authentication will be given later 5 If the wireless access point is successfully connected you ll see a symbol appears in front of the name of wireless device You can put the mouse cu...

Page 25: ...phone directory the profile saves all information of access points and you can recall them anytime you wish to establish connection You can add a found access point to profile or input all information of an access point by yourself To add a found access point to profile please select a found access point first to make it highlighted then click Add to Profile button to input the information of acce...

Page 26: ...ID Please input the SSID of this access point If you selected an access point from the list and its SSID is not hidden the SSID will be filled automatically however you can modify the SSID by yourself Network Type Please select the network type Ad hoc or Infrastructure If you re connecting to an access point please select Infrastructure for point to point wireless connection i e ...

Page 27: ...o channel number for AdHoc mode here Power Save Mode Please select CAM constantly awake mode keep wireless radio activity even when not transferring data or PSM Power saving mode switches radio off when not transferring data It s recommended to choose PSM if you re using this network card with notebook computer to help the battery live longer RTS Threshold Check this box to set the RTS threshold b...

Page 28: ... adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device authentication type will be selected automatically and please do not change it If you select LEAP you ll be prompted to input LEAD specific settings Please input LEAP identity password domain name and select encryption type You can check Show Password box so the password you inputted will be displayed as you type but not replace by...

Page 29: ...s of WEP key Hexadecimal and ASCII For Hexadecimal key you can input number 0 9 and alphabet a f for example 001122aabbcc For ASCII key you can input number 0 9 and alphabet a z for example mywepkey12345 The length of WEP key depends on the type of WEP key you selected You can input 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters and 5 or 13 ASCII characters as WEP key Show Password Check this box and all passphr...

Page 30: ...d in ID Password setting EAP Fast authentication type also have a sub menu to set EAP fast specific parameters If you need to use protected authentication credential check Use protected authentication credential box and click Import to load pac credential file to remove a loaded credential file click Remove Session Resumption You can enable or disable session resumption here If you don t know if y...

Page 31: ...main name part of full server name must the same with the value you set in Server name field select Domain name must end in specified name After you complete all information related to the access 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 Configuration Windows ...

Page 32: ...ilable Wireless Networks If you can not find the icon please follow the procedures from step 3 to step 5 3 Click Start button should be located at the bottom left corner of windows desktop click Control Panel then click Network and Internet Connections in Control Panel ...

Page 33: ...live 802 11n Wireless LAN Card then select View Available Wireless Networks 5 All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here If the access point you want to use is not displayed here please try to move your computer closer to the access point or you can click Refresh network list to rescan access points Click the access point you want to use if it s shown then click Connect ...

Page 34: ...d by encryption you have to input its security key or passphrase here It must match the encryption setting on the access point If the access point you selected does not use encryption you ll not be prompted for security key or passphrase ...

Page 35: ...point of your home office cybercafe or public wireless service you can store the connection parameters encryption passphrase security etc etc as a profile for every access point so you don t have to input these parameters every time when you want to connect to a specific wireless access point To manage profiles right click the Airlive configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of com...

Page 36: ...can select a profile from the list all information about selected profile will be listed 2 3 1 Add a profile If you want to click new profile click Profile menu then click Add button You ll be prompted to input detailed information of access point as described in Section 2 2 1 3 ...

Page 37: ...ou wish to change the content of the profile you can use this function Please select a profile from the list first then click Edit button You ll be provided with the contents of selected profile and you can edit them Click OK to save changes or click Cancel to discard changes ...

Page 38: ...34 2 3 3 Delete an existing profile If you no longer need a profile you can delete it Select the profile you wish to delete from the list and click Delete button to delete it ...

Page 39: ...can select it and click Activate button to establish connection with it When you selected a profile and click Activate button to activate the profile a icon will be displayed in front of the profile to show that the connection is failed When the connection is successfully established a icon will be displayed ...

Page 40: ...tings to increase data transfer performance or change operation mode Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings 1 Right click the Airlive configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and then click Launch Config Utility 2 Click Advanced menu and the following settings will appear ...

Page 41: ...ith the process of authentication will appear This function is helpful to find out the problem when you can not be authenticated and you can provide this information to authentication server s administrator for debugging purpose Enable CCX Enable Cisco Compatible eXtensions CCX is a wireless feature developed by Cisco used to improve the wireless performance with CCX compatible wireless devices Ch...

Page 42: ...ng instructions to check network statistics 1 Right click the Airlive configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and then click Launch Config Utility 2 Click Statistics menu and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed All connection related statistics is displayed here You can click Transmit or Receive tab to view the statistics of transmitted or r...

Page 43: ...ou can define the priority of different kinds of data to give higher priority to applications which require instant responding Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings 1 Right click the Airlive configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and then click Launch Co...

Page 44: ...battery live longer You also have to select WMM power save modes here AC_BE Best Performance AC_BK Worst Performance AC_VI Video data has priority AC_VO Voice data has priority Direct Link Setup Enable If you have another WMM enabled wireless device you can enter its MAC address here then click Apply button and this network card will establish a direct link to the wireless device you specified her...

Page 45: ...s point Since they may not have a hardware button to press for WPS setup you can use an alternative WPS setup method input the pin code Every WPS compatible wireless network card support pin code configuration method you can just input the code to wireless access point and the wireless access point and wireless network card will do the rest for you This wireless network card is compatible with WPS...

Page 46: ...also set Config Mode to Registrar In this mode this wireless network card will wait for other WPS enabled access points to send WPS pairing requests Please refer to the instruction given by your wireless access point s user manual to understand how to send WPS requests 4 Before you start to establish the wireless connection by using WPS you can click Rescan button to search for WPS enabled access ...

Page 47: ... successfully message means the connection between this wireless network card and access point is successfully established by WPS and the information about access point you connected to will be displayed 6 You can click Detail button to see detailed information of connected access point If you wish to save this connection as a profile you can click Export Profile button and this connection will be...

Page 48: ...t to delete a found access point from the list select it and click Delete button 2 7 2 WPS Setup PIN If the wireless access point you wish to connect supports PIN please follow the following instructions to establish connection 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 WPS Configuration ...

Page 49: ...t with correct PIN code is found you ll be connected to that access point 5 You may have to click PIN for few more times to try again If you still can not connect to access point by this way please make sure the PIN code you provided to access point is correct There are also some options available for WPS configuration WPS associate IE Check this box to send the association request with WPS IE dur...

Page 50: ...this box is checked 2 8 Radio On Off You can switch the wireless radio transceiver on and off by the utility so if you want to disable wireless network function you don t have to remove the network card physically 1 Right click the Airlive configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and then click Launch Config Utility 2 To switch wireless radio on off please click...

Page 51: ...ion 1 Right click the Airlive configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop and then click Launch Config Utility 2 Click About tab and the following information will appear 2 10 On line Help If you need to know the directions of how to use specific function in the utility please click Help button On line help documents will be presented in Windows help format Click t...

Page 52: ... the instructions in following chapters to use the AP function of your wireless card 3 1 Switch to AP Mode and Basic Configuration The operating mode of the wireless card is Station Mode becoming a client of other wireless access points by default If you want to switch to AP mode please right click Airlive utility icon and select Switch to AP Mode After you select Switch to AP Mode the Airlive uti...

Page 53: ...ection If your computer has another network card which is connected to Internet please select it from Name dropdown menu and click Enable ICS if your computer does not have another network card with Internet connection please click Not enable ICS After you click Enable ICS or Not enable ICS you ll see the basic configuration menu of the AP function ...

Page 54: ...the SSID the name used to identify this wireless access point here Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted here excepting space Channel Please select the wireless channel you wish to use The number of channels available here will vary depends on the setting of Country Region Code ...

Page 55: ...5 MKKI TELEC 6 ISERAL Channel 3 to 9 7 ISERAL Channel 5 to 13 Please note that only change the country code if you are in different country For example when operating this product in US only channels 1 11 can be operated Selection of other channels is not permitted under FCC regulations No forwarding among wireless clients Check this box and wireless clients will not be able to share data with eac...

Page 56: ... idle time for the wireless access point Default value is 300 Do not modify this value unless you know what will be affected To save changes click Apply button Or you can click Default to reset all values to factory default value 3 2 Security Setting This wireless card supports wireless encryption in AP mode which will encrypt the data being transferred over the air to enhance data security level ...

Page 57: ... PSK and WPA PSK WPA2 PSK If you want to disable wireless data encryption you must select Open Encryption Type Please select an encryption mode The available options in this setting item will vary depending on the authentication type you select If you select Not Use data will not be encrypted and people with some networking knowledge will be able to read the data you transfer with proper tool ...

Page 58: ...ypes of WEP key Hex number 0 to 9 and ASCII characters A to F and ASCII all alphanumerical characters plus symbols Please select the type of WEP key first and then input the WEP key according to the type of WEP key you selected If you want to use WEP 64 bits encryption please input 10 characters if you select HEX or input 5 characters if you select ASCII If you want to use WEP 128bits encryption p...

Page 59: ... your computer and wireless resources to the public you can use MAC address filtering function to enforce your access control policy so only wireless clients with MAC address you defined by this function can be connected to your software access point ...

Page 60: ...s access point Reject All Reject wireless clients with MAC address listed here to be connected to this access point MAC address Input the MAC address of the wireless client you wish to allow or reject here No colon or hyphen required Add Add the MAC address you inputted in MAC address field to the list Delete Please select a MAC address from the list then click Delete button to remove it Remove Al...

Page 61: ...57 3 4 Connection Table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point please select Mac Table tab from the utility ...

Page 62: ...plays the capability of power saving function of this wireless client Status Displays additional information of this wireless Connection like current wireless operating mode and data transfer rate 3 5 Event Log This software access point will log all wireless related activities as a log Click Event Log tab and the event log will be displayed You can click Clear to remove all entries in the log ...

Page 63: ...istics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works click Statistics tab and the event log will be displayed You can click RESET COUNTERS button to reset all counters to zero ...

Page 64: ...60 3 7 About The About tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility driver and other important information about your wireless access point ...

Page 65: ...WPA WPA2 Cisco CCX Support IEEE 802 1x Antenna External One Dipole Antenna 2T2R Drivers Windows 2000 XP Vista Windows7 LEDs Link Tx Rx Temperature 32 104 F 0 40 C Humidity 10 90 NonCondensing Certification FCC CE 4 2 Troubleshooting If you encounter any problem when you re using this wireless network card don t panic Before you call your dealer of purchase for help please check this troubleshootin...

Page 66: ...ler of purchase for help 2 Reboot the computer and try again 3 Remove the driver and re install 4 Contact the dealer of purchase for help I can not establish connection with a certain wireless access point 1 Click Connect for few more times 2 If the SSID of access point you wish to connect is hidden nothing displayed in SSID field in Site Survey function you have to input correct SSID of the acces...

Page 67: ... 11g defines the use of the same OFDM modulation technique specified in IEEE 802 11a for the 5 GHz frequency band and applies it in the same 2 4 GHz frequency band as IEEE 802 11b The 802 11g standard requires backward compatibility with 802 11b The standard specifically calls for A A new physical layer for the 802 11 Medium Access Control MAC in the 2 4 GHz frequency band known as the extended ra...

Page 68: ...ic Service Set BSS Computers in a BSS must be configured with the same BSS ID 7 What is WEP WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm as described in the IEEE 802 11 standard 8 What is TKIP TKIP is a quick fix method to quickly overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security especially the reuse of encryption keys TKIP is involved in the IEEE ...

Page 69: ...al data can be recovered Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission statistical techniques embedded in the radio can recover the original data without the need for retransmission To an unintended receiver DSSS appears as low power wideband noise and is rejected ignored by most narrowband receivers 13 What is Spread Spectrum Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio f...

Page 70: ...can be transmitted in a shorter time while allowing the Wi Fi device to remain longer in a low power dozing state 16 What is GI GI stands for Guard Interval It s a measure to protect wireless devices from cross interference If there are two wireless devices using the same or near channel and they are close enough radio interference will occur and reduce the radio resource usability 17 What is STBC...