AirLive WN-5000PCI, User Manual

Page 1: ...WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 0 WN 5000PCI 802 11n Wireless LAN PCI Adapter User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ic and electrical apparatus with the basic restrictions related to human exposure to electromagnetic field 10MHz 300GHz General public Safety for information technology equipment including electrical business equipment Manufacturer Importer Position Title Vice President OvisLink Corp 5F NO 6 Lane 130 Min Chuan Rd Hsin Tien City Taipei County Taiwan EN 300 328 V1 7 1 2006 05 Wideband transmission e...

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Page 4: ...nect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio technician for help FCC Caution This device and its antenna must not be co located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions ...

Page 5: ... and the United Kingdom The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states Iceland Liechtenstein Norway and Switzerland COPYRIGHT Copyright 2007 by OvisLink Corp All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electron...

Page 6: ...ation 8 2 2 Connect to Wireless Access Point 13 2 2 1 Using AirLive Wireless Utility 13 2 2 2 Using Windows Zero Configuration 18 2 3 Connection Profile Management 22 2 3 1 Make a profile for an access point or wireless device 22 2 3 2 Using 802 1x Certification 29 2 3 3 Using 802 1x CA Server 31 2 4 View Network Statistics and Link Status 32 2 4 1 Network Statistics 32 2 5 Advanced Settings 36 2 ...

Page 7: ...r rate and wireless coverage With easy to install PCI interface a very common expansion slot of desktop computers and Plug and Play technology even inexperienced computer user can get this wireless network card installed on his or her computer in just few minutes All you have to do is shutdown the computer and remove the cover then insert the wireless network card into any empty PCI slot that s al...

Page 8: ...d installation ask an experienced technician for help 4 The antenna of this network card is small enough to put in a child s mouth ear or nose and it could cause serious injury or could be fatal If they throw the network card or antenna cards or antennas will be damaged PLEASE KEEP THIS NETWORK CARD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN 5 If you found that the network card is not working properly please conta...

Page 9: ...this wireless network card please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items PCI wireless network card 1 pcs 1 Quick installation guide 1 pcs 2 User manual CDROM 1 pcs 3 Antennas 3 pcs 4 1 5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 2 1 3 4 1 PCI Interface 2 Antennas 3 Link LED 4 Tx Rx LED WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 6 ...

Page 10: ...User s Manual 7 LED Name Light Status Description On Linked to a wireless access point Link Off Not linked to any wireless access point Blinking Transferring data currently Tx Rx Off Not transferring data currently ...

Page 11: ...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 2 Switch the computer on and login The following message will appear on your computer click Don t show this message again for this device WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 8 ...

Page 12: ...puter and execute Setup exe program in Driver folder Please select Allow if Windows indicates that an unidentified program wants access to your computer 4 Please read the end user license agreement and click Yes to accept license agreement WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 9 ...

Page 13: ...t be able to communicate with older wireless devices and wireless access point such as 802 11b devices but the data transfer rate will be enhanced in this mode You can select this mode when you only plan to communicate with 802 11 N devices If you want to keep compatibility and communicate with older wireless devices please select Optimize for WiFi Mode When you select one mode please click Next t...

Page 14: ... complete the driver installation process WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 11 7 A new icon will appear at lower right corner of your computer desktop you can put the mouse cursor on the icon and the status of wireless card will be displayed as a popup balloon ...

Page 15: ...n you want to configure your wireless connection please right click on this icon and a popup menu will appear You can click Launch Config Utilities to start configuration program WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 12 ...

Page 16: ...ktop then click Launch Config Utilities 2 Configuration utility will scan for all wireless access points automatically Scan results will be displayed here please check if the wireless access point with the SSID the name of wireless access point you preferred is shown here If the wireless access point you wish to connect does not show here please click Rescan to try again until the one you preferre...

Page 17: ...cess point or wireless device Larger number means better radio strength which often means you re not too far from that access point or wireless device Channel Shows the channel number that access point or wireless device uses Encryption Shows the encryption method that access point or wireless device uses If the wireless access point does not enable encryption you ll see None displayed here Tips W...

Page 18: ...t If the access point you selected does not enable encryption The content of Encryption field of the access point you selected is None you ll be connected to this wireless access point within one minute Please jump to step 6 If the access point you selected enables encryption please proceed to next step WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 15 4 If the wireless access point does not have SSID you ll be prompt...

Page 19: ...this wireless access point Authentication type is selected automatically please don t change it If the access point you selected does not enable encryption and does not require authentication please skip this step WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 16 6 You ll see Connected SSID SSID is the SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you connected to message displayed at lower left corner of confi...

Page 20: ...mouse cursor over the AirLive Wireless configuration utility icon and the brief information about link status and signal strength of current wireless connection will be shown as a popup balloon WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 17 ...

Page 21: ...our wireless network parameter 1 Right click AirLive Wireless configuration utility icon and select Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility 2 Click Start button should be located at the bottom left corner of windows desktop click Control Panel then click Network and Internet in Control Panel 3 Click Connect to a network under Network and Sharing Center WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 18 ...

Page 22: ...ss point or you can press refresh button to rescan access points Click the access point you want to use if it s shown then click Connect REFRESH WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 19 5 If the wireless access point you selected is an unnamed access point i e the SSID of this wireless access point is hidden you ll be prompted input it s name and the name must be identical to the SSID ...

Page 23: ...prompted to give it a name 6 If the access point is protected 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 WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 20 ...

Page 24: ...r computer and wireless access point is successfully established Click Close to start network connection If not please go back to step 4 and recheck everything Make sure the SSID or security key passphrase you inputted is correct WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 21 ...

Page 25: ...e parameters every time you want to connect to a specific wireless access point 2 3 1Make a profile for an access point or wireless device 1 Right click the AirLive Wireless configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Launch Config Utilities 2 There are two ways to add a new connection profile Create a new profile or Add a profile from an existing wirele...

Page 26: ...Or you can add a connected wireless access point or wireless device to a profile by clicking Site Survey tab then click Add to Profile button WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 23 ...

Page 27: ...You can set the parameter for this connection here WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 24 ...

Page 28: ...ou re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device it s automatically selected and you don t have to change it TX Power You can select the radio output power of wireless network card You may not need full radio power if you re not far from wireless access point and only use a high setting here if you found that radio reception is bad If you don t know which one to use select A...

Page 29: ... an existing access point or wireless device the value will be selected automatically and please do not modify it If you select LEAP the following message will be displayed 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 asterisk WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 26 ...

Page 30: ...yed out Wep Key You can select key type Hex or ASCII and input WEP key here If encryption is not enabled or you select WPA as encryption type this field will be disabled and grayed out Show Password Check this box and all passphrases or security keys you inputted will be displayed as you type but not replace your input with asterisk Use 802 1x Enable 802 1x wireless authentication Please click 802...

Page 31: ...activated currently will have a check before its name If you want to change the connection parameters of a specific profile just select it and click Edit button you ll be prompted to input the connection parameters just like you re creating a new profile If you no longer need a profile select the profile then click Delete WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 28 ...

Page 32: ... disable session resumption here If you don t know if you should Resumption enable session resumption or not please ask your 802 1x authentication administrator Identity Please input 802 1x identity here Password Please input the password of 802 1x identity here Domain Name Please input the domain name of 802 1x authentication here This field will be grayed out when authentication type is not EAP ...

Page 33: ...ll be prompted to select a credential file from your computer Protocol You can select the protocol of tunneled authentication here This pulldown menu is only available when authentication type you use is PEAP or TTLS When you use EAP FAST as authentication type the protocol setting is always Generic Token Card and can not be changed Identity Please input the identity of tunneled authentication her...

Page 34: ...ates intermediate certificates Server name Input the server name of CA server here Server name Check this box and the wireless configuration utility will check if the server name of CA must match server you set here is exactly matched with the CA server connected to If they don t exactly match connection will be dropped Domain name Check this box and the wireless configuration utility will check t...

Page 35: ... get detailed information about the wireless connection you re using 2 4 1 Network Statistics Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics 1 Right click the AirLive Wireless configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Launch Config Utilities 2 Click Statistics tab and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed WN 5000...

Page 36: ...All connection related statistics is displayed here You can click Reset Counter to reset the statistics of all items back to 0 Click OK to close the window WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 33 ...

Page 37: ...t current wireless connection will be displayed These information displayed here are updated every second and here are descriptions of every item Status Display the SSID and BSSID of connected wireless access point or wireless device displayed as SSID BSSID as shown in above picture If there s no active connection currently Disconnected will be displayed here WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 34 Extra Inf...

Page 38: ...link quality is better the wireless link speed will be better too Link quality is displayed by percentage and a descriptive word Good normal weak and low Signal Strength 1 Displays radio signal strength 1 Signal Strength 2 Displays radio signal strength 2 Noise Level Displays the percentage or level of noise unusable signal If the value of this item is high data transfer rate will drop dBm Check t...

Page 39: ...he AirLive Wireless configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Launch Config Utilities Click Advanced tab and the following settings will appear Here are descriptions of every setup items WN 5000 PCI User s Manual 36 Wireless mode Select wireless operation mode available options are 802 11 B G mix 802 11 B only and 802 11 B G N mix You can select 802 11...

Page 40: ... TCP window size Window Size automatically to get better performance It should be safe for most of wireless environments but if you found some problem on data transfer uncheck this box Fast Roaming at Check this box and you can adjust the threshold of when this wireless network card should switch to another wireless access point with better signal quality Only adjust value when you understand what...

Page 41: ...nnecting to CCX compatible access point check this box to Measurement enable radio measurement function to improve wireless connectivity Non Serving When you re connecting to CCX compatible access point check this box to Channel enable measurement on unused radio channels to improve wireless connectivity Measurements Limit Limit the time used for said measurement to a certain time Default value is...

Page 42: ...onding 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 Wireless configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Launch Config Utilities Click Advanced tab and the following settings will appear Here are descriptions of every setup items...

Page 43: ...en WMM enabled wireless devices Please click Apply button on the right of this check box after you check or uncheck this box so corresponding settings in this window will be activated or deactivated respectively MAC Address Input the MAC address of another WMM enabled wireless device you wish to establish a direct link here then click Apply to add this MAC address to DLS address table Timeout Valu...

Page 44: ...s configuration utility icon located at lower right corner of computer desktop then click Launch Config Utilities 2 Click About tab and the following settings will appear If you need assistance about network problem you ll need these values You can also click WWW AIRLIVE COM button to go to the web site of network card driver manufacturer and get more information about your wireless network card P...

Page 45: ...54Mbps 11n 20MHz MCS0 15 32 with Half Guard Interval Support up to 144Mbps 11n 40MHz MCS0 15 32 with Half Guard Interval Support up to 300Mbps Securities WEP 64 128 WPA WPA2 Cisco CCX V1 0 V2 0 V3 0 Compliance Antenna External 3 Antennas with Two TX and Three RX Connector RP SMA Drivers Windows 2000 XP 2003 Vista Server LEDs Link TX RX Transmit Power 16dBm 2dBm Temperature 32 131 F 0 55 C Humidity...

Page 46: ...to the place where the wireless access point or wireless device is located Nothing happens when I click Launch config utilities 1 Please make sure the wireless network card is firmly inserted into your computer s PCI slot If the AirLive Wireless configuration utility s icon is black the network card is not detected by your computer Switch the computer off and insert the card again If this doesn t ...

Page 47: ...g problem when transferring large files 1 Move closer to the place where access point is located 2 Enable Wireless Protection in Advanced tab 3 Try a lower TX Rate in Advanced tab 4 Disable Tx Burst in Advanced tab 5 Enable WMM in QoS tab if you need to use multimedia telephony related applications 6 Disable WMM Power Save Enable in QoS tab 7 There could be too much people using the same radio cha...

Page 48: ... and 1 Mbps B A protection mechanism called RTS CTS that governs how 802 11g devices and 802 11b devices interoperate 2 What is the IEEE 802 11b standard The IEEE 802 11b Wireless LAN standard subcommittee which formulates the standard for the industry The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufactures to communicate 3 What does IEEE 802 11 feature support The product sup...

Page 49: ...rambling On the software side WLAN series offer the encryption function WEP to enhance security and Access Control Users can set it up depending upon their needs 12 What is DSSS What is FHSS And what are their differences Frequency hopping spread spectrum FHSS uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitter and receiver Properly synchronized the net ...

Page 50: ... 15 What is WMM Power Save WMM Power Save is a set of features for Wi Fi networks that increase the efficiency and flexibility of data transmission in order to conserve power WMM Power Save has been optimized for mobile devices running latency sensitive applications such as voice audio or video but can benefit any Wi Fi device WMM Power Save uses mechanisms included in the IEEE 802 11e standard an...