AirLive WN-5000USB, User Manual

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

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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: ...allation 7 2 2 Connect to Wireless Access Point 11 2 2 1 Using AirLive Wireless Utility 11 2 2 2 Using Windows Zero Configuration 16 2 3 Connection Profile Management 20 2 3 1 Make a profile for an access point or wireless device 20 2 3 2 Using 802 1x Certification 26 2 3 3 Using 802 1x CA Server 28 2 4 View Network Statistics and Link Status 29 2 4 1 Network Statistics 29 2 5 Advanced Settings 33...

Page 7: ...fer rate and wireless coverage With easy to install USB interface a very common expansion slot of desktop computers and Plug and Play technology even inexperienced computer user can get this wireless network adapter 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 adapter into any empty USB slot t...

Page 8: ...nstallation ask an experienced technician for help 4 The antenna of this network adapter 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 adapter or antenna adapters or antennas will be damaged PLEASE KEEP THIS NETWORK ADAPTER OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN 5 If you found that the network adapter is not working properly ...

Page 9: ...u starting to use this wireless network adapter please check if there s anything missing in the package and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items USB wireless network adapter 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 adapter 1 USB adapter WN 5000 USB User s Manual 6 ...

Page 10: ...pter 1 Insert the wireless network adapter into an empty USB slot of your computer 2 After you plug in to USB port The following message will appear on your computer click Don t show this message again for this device WN 5000 USB User s Manual 7 3 Insert device driver CDOM into the CD DVD ROM drive of your computer and execute Setup exe program in Driver folder ...

Page 11: ...pt license agreement WN 5000 USB User s Manual 8 5 There are two wireless performance mode you can select here Optimize for WiFi mode or Optimize for performance mode If you want to enhance wireless performance please select Optimize for performance mode However wireless compatibility is not guaranteed in this mode If you want to use this mode you may not be able to ...

Page 12: ... 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 to continue If you see Found New Hardware message again please ignore it and wait WN 5000 USB User s Manual 9 6 When you see this message please click Finish to complete the driver installation process ...

Page 13: ...or on the icon and the status of wireless adapter will be displayed as a popup balloon 8 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 Utilities to start configuration program WN 5000 USB User s Manual 10 ...

Page 14: ...desktop 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 prefe...

Page 15: ...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 16: ...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 USB User s Manual 13 4 If the wireless access point does not have SSID you ll be prompt...

Page 17: ...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 USB User s Manual 14 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 18: ...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 USB User s Manual 15 ...

Page 19: ...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 USB User s Manual 16 ...

Page 20: ...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 USB User s Manual 17 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 21: ...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 USB User s Manual 18 ...

Page 22: ...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 USB User s Manual 19 ...

Page 23: ...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 WN 5000 USB User s Manual 20 2 There are two ways to add a new connection profile Create a new profile or Add a pr...

Page 24: ... add a connected wireless access point or wireless device to a profile by clicking Site Survey tab then click Add to Profile button You can set the parameter for this connection here WN 5000 USB User s Manual 21 ...

Page 25: ...o activity when Power Saving not transferring data or PSM Power saving mode switches radio off when not Mode transferring data It s recommended to choose PSM if you re using this network adapter with notebook computer to help the battery live longer Network Type Select network type Ad Hoc or Infrastructure If you re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device it s automatical...

Page 26: ...w what it is Fragment Check the box and you can set fragment threshold Threshold manually here Do not modify default setting unless you know what it is Now click Authentication and Security tab and set the encryption and authentication settings Here are descriptions of every setup items Authentication Select the authentication type of the wireless access point or wireless device you wish Type to c...

Page 27: ...ss point or wireless device the value will be selected automatically and please do not modify it WPA Input WPA preshared key here If encryption is not enabled or you select WEP as Preshared Key encryption type this field will be disabled and grayed 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 wi...

Page 28: ...use and click Activate to use the profile you selected You can only activate a profile a time and the profile which is 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 pr...

Page 29: ... 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 30: ...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 Adapter and can not be changed Identity Please input the identity of tunneled authentication ...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...o 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 500...

Page 33: ...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 USB User s Manual 30 ...

Page 34: ...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 Link Status tab and information about current wireless connection will be displayed WN 5000 USB User s Manual 31 ...

Page 35: ... on the radio signal quality of wireless connection Throughput Displays the rate of data transmitting Tx in Kbps and receiving Rx in Kbps Link Quality Displays link quality radio signal quality When the 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 str...

Page 36: ...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 WN 5000 USB User s Manual 33 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 1...

Page 37: ...t 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 adapter should switch to another wireless access point with better signal quality Only adjust value when you understand ...

Page 38: ...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 39: ...esponding 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 it...

Page 40: ...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 41: ... 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 adapter driver manufacturer and get more information about your wireless network adap...

Page 42: ...ps 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 10 ...

Page 43: ... 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 adapter is firmly inserted into your computer s USB slot If the AirLive Wireless configuration utility s icon is black the network adapter is not detected by your computer Switch the computer off and insert the adapter again If this d...

Page 44: ...ving 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 ...

Page 45: ...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 supp...

Page 46: ...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 47: ... 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...