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AirLive WL-1700USB User’s Manual 

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4.1 Introduction of Main Window 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
A. Main Menu 

The main menu includes five submenus. 

1. Refresh(R) 

When clicking the refresh menu, you can update and re-enumerate the contents of adapter list area. 

4. 

Rt WLAN: Wireless LAN 

Management GUI 

 

C. Properties Area

 

D. Global Control Bar

 

E. Status Bar

 

B. Adapter List Area

 

A. Main Menu

 

Summary of Contents for WL-1700USB

Page 1: ...i WL 1700USB Long Distance Wireless USB Adapter User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...nsure that this document is up to date and accurate more information may have become available subsequent to the production of this guide Content 1 Introduction 1 2 Specification 2 3 Installation Un installation 4 3 1 Installation 4 3 2 Uninstallation 8 4 Rt WLAN Wireless LAN Management GUI 10 4 1 Introduction of Main Window 10 4 2 Station Mode 19 4 3 AP Mode 26 ...

Page 3: ...he IEEE 802 11 b g standards with both short and long preambles to ensure the compatibility of legacy wireless products and new ones saving the panic works for end users to find compatible products 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 WPA PSK en...

Page 4: ...sform FFT Inverse Fast Fourier Transform IFFT provide data rate of 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 and 54Mbps WLAN Frequency Band 2 4 2 497 GHz Industrial Scientific Medical Band Operation Channel Channel 1 11 Coverage Area Indoors 100ft with straight path Compatibility Fully compatible to IEEE 802 11 b g devices Security Hardware based IEEE 802 11i encryption decyption engine including 64 bit 128 bit WEP TKIP...

Page 5: ...UIREMENTS Windows System Windows 2000 XP 32 64 bit Vista 32 64 bit PCs must have a device driver installed It allows you to communicate with WLAN Mini USB Adapter PACKAGE CONTENTS 1 Wireless LAN USB Adapter 2 Installation Software CD 3 User Manual ...

Page 6: ...on was operated under Windows Vista Procedures are similar for Windows 2000 XP Note2 If you have installed the WLAN USB driver utility before please uninstall the old version first 1 Do not plug the wireless LAN USB adapter into your computer USB port before installing the software program Insert the software program CD then auto installation window pops up on following 2 While the following scree...

Page 7: ...AirLive WL 1700USB User s Manual 5 3 Choose a set up language Click Next to process the installation 4 Click Next ...

Page 8: ...AirLive WL 1700USB User s Manual 6 5 Click Install 6 The system starts software installation of the WLAN USB adapter ...

Page 9: ... 9 After click Finish to complete the installation under Windows Vista ALL Programs menu AirLive USB wireless LAN Utility program installed 10 Insert the wireless LAN USB adapter into your computer USB port the computer detect and drive the wireless LAN USB adapter automatically ...

Page 10: ... 2 Uninstallation From Wireless Network Driver and Utility Control Panel Change or Remove Programs A Uninstall the WLAN USB Adapter Driver from Start All Programs Click Uninstall or Change Remove to remove Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver ...

Page 11: ...AirLive WL 1700USB User s Manual 9 B Click Yes if you want to remove Wireless LAN USB Adapter Driver C Click Finish to complete the uninstallation ...

Page 12: ... Menu The main menu includes five submenus 1 Refresh R When clicking the refresh menu you can update and re enumerate the contents of adapter list area 4 4 Rt WLAN Wireless LAN Management GUI C Properties Area D Global Control Bar E Status Bar B Adapter List Area A Main Menu ...

Page 13: ...AirLive WL 1700USB User s Manual 11 2 Set Wizard S 2 1 Wizard 1 Click Set Wizard S menu to enter operation wizard Click AP Setup a wireless network To configure Access Point parameters ...

Page 14: ...AirLive WL 1700USB User s Manual 12 ...

Page 15: ...3 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 security to avoid invalid users 2 3 Wizard 3 This page shows SSID Security settings ...

Page 16: ...AirLive WL 1700USB User s Manual 14 2 4 Wizard 4 Show all settings under AP mode Click Finish to complete wizard setup ...

Page 17: ...d 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 information dialog The application version and license information are shown in utility information dialog ...

Page 18: ... 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 configuration that the selected adapter is set up If only single adapter is installed on the system only one adapter is always selected ...

Page 19: ... in the following wireless configuration sections for both Station and AP mode D Global Control Bar Each control item on this bar affects the adapter or management GUI directly Show Tray Icon Checking Show Tray Icon and clicking Close button the management GUI will be minimized and stay on the tray icon which is located at the right bottom corner of Windows If not management GUI will shut down whi...

Page 20: ...twork nodes are disconnected User should be aware that while the wireless configuration is in AP mode The radio off will cause the sub network which belongs to the AP to be disconnected with internet intranet Disable Adapter Stop wireless USB device E Status Bar The hints or status of the management GUI are presented in the status bar ...

Page 21: ...e above Six property pages present different information of current wireless network status Please read the following explanations before you reviewing these pages it could help you to well understand the wireless environment around the system It is easy to use to switch property pages just by clicking left button of mouse on the title of each page The following six sections describe detailed info...

Page 22: ... 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 wireless network 6 Signal Strength The average signal quality of packets received from wireless network We recommend connecting AP with over 70 signal strength ...

Page 23: ...gned 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 system can not connect internet with this field empty B Profile Page This page provides profiles management such as add remove edit and duplicate just by pressing the respected button Available Profile s The list box s...

Page 24: ...Set Default Set the selected profile as default selection 6 Available Network Page This page presents all BSS including AP and IBSS around this system You can pick any one of these network connections C Available Network s Show network connection around this system 1 Refresh Rescan network connection around this system 2 Add to Profile Create profile for selected network connection and add it to p...

Page 25: ...e short mode Short Normal quality but with higher performance than preamble long mode Auto use the preamble mode of current 4 Fragment Threshold The threshold of fragment length Higher threshold increase data transition performance with good signal quality However in a poor signal quality environment data throughput might be worse on high fragment threshold than low fragment threshold 5 RTS Thresh...

Page 26: ...another system could wake it up Input MAC Address the six two digit numbers of Wireless LAN USB Adapter on target system Wake Up click this button to wake it up 7 Set Defaults Restore the default value to be current settings 8 Apply Apply the current settings to GUI E Status Page 1 NDIS Driver Version Driver version 2 Short Radio Header Yes 3 Encryption Current encryption mode 4 Authenticate Authe...

Page 27: ...number 9 Status Wireless network status 10 SSID name of connecting AP 11 Network Type Indicate current network configuration type 12 Power Save Mode Current setting power save mode 13 Associated AP MAC MAC address of connecting AP 14 Up Time Total connection time F Statistics Page You could watch the Tx Rx status of current wireless connection This page shows a statistic analysis of packet transit...

Page 28: ...is AP 4 AID Association ID The AID field is a value 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 respected joined station 6 Life Time It is the timer that counts down from 10 minutes whenever the AP connects the station successfully If an STA associated ...

Page 29: ...yption 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 Encryption WEP you decide to setup the basic data encryption with a defined network key z Shared Key WEP You decide to apply both authentication and data encryption to prevent una...

Page 30: ...ata packets z Hexadecimal While both ASCII and PASSPHRASE are not checked you should input hexadecimal number in the network key box For example 10 digits hex number for 64 bit WEP or 26 digits hex number for 128 bit WEP 7 5 Key index 1 4 At most four key index to represent the opposite network key B Advanced Page Users could setup the advanced characteristics of network packet for transmission on...

Page 31: ... than preamble short mode z Short Normal quality but with higher performance then preamble long mode z Auto select the proper preamble mode by current signal frame information C Statistics Page The Tx Rx status of current wireless connection is shown A statistic analysis of packet transition is listed ...

Page 32: ... Make the desired network connection to public network 3 ICS Internet Connection Sharing It enables this AP to create the domain to share this internet intranet network connection 4 Firewall Any of a number of security schemes that prevents unauthorized users from gaining access to a computer network or that monitors transfers of information to and from the network 5 Apply Execute the current sett...

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