AirLive WN-380USB Manual
WN-380USB
Long Range Wireless-B/G/N
Palm Size USB Adapter with
Detachable Antenna
User’s Manual
Page 1: ...AirLive WN 380USB Manual WN 380USB Long Range Wireless B G N Palm Size USB Adapter with Detachable Antenna User s Manual...
Page 2: ...erwise without the prior written permission Trademarks All products company brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies They are used for identification purpose o...
Page 3: ...l may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to...
Page 4: ...oduction 1 2 Specification 3 3 Installation Un installation 5 3 1 Installation 5 3 2 Un Installation 8 4 WLAN Wireless LAN Management GUI 11 4 1 Introduction of Main Window 11 4 2 Station Mode 19 4 3...
Page 5: ...adapter It provides a full solution of all the IEEE 802 11 b g n protocols which pass the WiFi tests and are compatible with all the wireless products with WiFi logo If you have a Wireless LAN USB Ada...
Page 6: ...WPA PSK encryption to the most advanced WPA2 AES encryption WPA2 is the latest security standard currently approved by WiFi standards Saving mode Ad hoc wireless LAN Wake on LAN WOL and other exciting...
Page 7: ...H POWER 11n 22dBm Typical 1 11g 24dBm Typical 1 11b 28dBm Typical 1 Data Rate 11n 40MHz up to 150M 300bps 11n 20MHz up to 72 144Mbps 11g 54 48 36 24 18 12 9 and 6Mbps 11b 11 5 5 2 and 1Mbps with auto...
Page 8: ...EMENTS Windows System Windows 2000 XP 32 64 bit Vista 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 PACKAGE CONTENTS 1 Wi...
Page 9: ...ing descriptions Note1 The following installation was operated under Windows Vista Procedures are similar for Windows 2000 XP Note2 If you have installed the WLAN USB driver utility before please unin...
Page 10: ...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...
Page 11: ...3 Installation Un installation AirLive WN 380USB User s Manual 7 5 Click Install 6 Click Finish to complete the installation...
Page 12: ...am installed 8 Insert the wireless LAN USB adapter into your computer USB port the computer detect and drive the wireless LAN USB adapter automatically 3 2 Un Installation From Wireless Network Driver...
Page 13: ...3 Installation Un installation AirLive WN 380USB User s Manual 9...
Page 14: ...3 Installation Un installation AirLive WN 380USB User s Manual 10 B Click Yes if you want to remove Wireless LAN USB Adapter Driver Click Finish to complete the uninstallation...
Page 15: ...Wireless LAN 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 Stat...
Page 16: ...in menu includes five submenus 1 Refresh R When clicking the refresh menu you can update and re enumerate the contents of adapter list area 2 Set Wizard S 2 1 Wizard 1 Click Set Wizard S menu to enter...
Page 17: ...ment 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 Strongly recommend user to setup wireless secur...
Page 18: ...WLAN Wireless LAN 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 set...
Page 19: ...quickly switched to either Station or AP 4 View V Enable disable the presence of E Status Bar Without the check mark v the E Status Bar will be hidden 5 About A Click the About to show the utility in...
Page 20: ...em with multiple adapter installations are displayed in this area It is easy for users to change the selected adapter by one click The contents of properties area are dependant on wireless configurati...
Page 21: ...onfiguration is determined on previous explanation of submenu Mode The more detailed contents are described in the following wireless configuration sections for both Station and AP mode D Global Contr...
Page 22: ...hile clicking Close button with unchecked condition Radio Off Turn off the radio to save power While the radio is off the links with other wireless network nodes are disconnected User should be aware...
Page 23: ...and Ad Hoc types the properties should look like the picture above Six property pages present different information of current wireless network status Please read the following explanations before yo...
Page 24: ...tatus of station connection to AP 2 Speed Current transition speed in Mbps Mega Bits Per Second 3 Type Current wireless LAN configuration type 4 Encryption Current encryption mode used 5 SSID Name of...
Page 25: ...IP Address assigned network address by DHCP server or self definition in four three digital number format Subnet Mask the only valid value is 2555 255 255 0 Gateway It comes from connected AP Your sy...
Page 26: ...ile 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 Available Network Page This page presents all BSS i...
Page 27: ...file list C Advanced Page 1 Power Save None without power save function Min wake up more frequently to receive packets Max wake up less frequently to receive packets 2 Wireless Mode 802 11b 802 11g b...
Page 28: ...d of Request To Send mechanism The RTS frame will not send out until the packet size over threshold 6 WOL Wake On LAN The wake on LAN is applied for remote control purpose You could wake up a system t...
Page 29: ...7 Data Rate Wireless LAN transition speed 8 Channel Frequency Current channel number 9 Status Wireless network status 10 SSID Name of connecting AP 11 Network Type Indicate current network configurat...
Page 30: ...Wireless LAN Management GUI AirLive WN 380USB User s Manual 26 4 3 Access Point Mode A General Page This page provides general information of this AP including name MAC address and list of joined sta...
Page 31: ...e assigned by an AP during association that represents 16 bit ID of a station It is a unique value assigned by AP 5 MAC address It is the six two digit numbers that assemble the MAC address of respect...
Page 32: ...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 wireless nodes The length of SSID should be shorter than 32 characters...
Page 33: ...thentication and data encryption that provide the best security protection 7 4 ASCII PASSPHRASE The most advanced authentication and data encryption that provide the best security protection z ASCII Y...
Page 34: ...eacon 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 Period field is the number of Beacon intervals betwe...
Page 35: ...4 WLAN Wireless LAN Management GUI AirLive WN 380USB User s Manual 31 C Statistics Page The Tx Rx status of current wireless connection is shown A statistic analysis of packet transition is listed...
Page 36: ...AirLive WN 380USB User s Manual 32 E ICS Page F 1 ConnName List all network connections to this system You can pick up one from the listed item s whose network domain you would want to connect to 2 A...
Page 37: ...the Utility from the attached CD Q The PC Card is linking but can t share files with others A Make sure the file and printer sharing function is enabled You can enable the function by checking the ico...
Page 38: ...uency hopping jumps from one narrow frequency band to another many times per second ESSID An Infrastructure configuration could also support roaming capability for mobile workers More than one BSS can...
Page 39: ...A Network ID unique to a network Only clients and Access Points that share the same SSID are able to communicate with each other This string is case sensitive Static IP Addressing A method of assigni...
Page 40: ...02 11 wireless clients and APs However it used the same key among all communicating devices WEP s problems are well known including an insufficient key length and no automated method for distributing...
Page 41: ...station to send back a CTS Clear to Send packet before sending the actual packet data This setting is useful for networks with many clients With many clients and a high network load there will be man...
Page 42: ...WEP 802 1x Authentication 802 1x is a framework for authenticated MAC level access control defines Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP over LANs WAPOL The standard encapsulates and leverages much o...
