AirLive WN-300PCI User Manual

WN-300PCI

802.11b/g/n 2T2R 300Mbps PCI Card

User’s Manual

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user’s guide. However, we are not liable for the inaccuracies or errors in this guide.

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FCC Statement

Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one of the following measures:

z Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

z Increase the separation between the equipment 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 FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. For product available in the USA/Canada market, only channel 1~11 can be operated. Selection of other channels is not possible.

This device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operation in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

IMPORTANT NOTE

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement:

This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance

20cm between the radiator & your body.

Table Contents

1. Introduction ................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Introduction and safety information.......................................................................................1

1.2 Safety Information .................................................................................................................1

1.3 System Requirements.............................................................................................................2

1.4 Package Contents ................................................................................................................... 2

1.5 Familiar with your new wireless network card......................................................................4

2. Installation and Configuration..................................................................... 5

2.1 Network Card Installation......................................................................................................5

2.2 Connect 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....................................................................................................................................60

4. Appendix ...................................................................................................... 61

4.1 Specification.........................................................................................................................61

4.2 Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................61

4.3 Glossary ...............................................................................................................................63

1. Introduction

1.1 Introduction and safety information

Thank you for purchasing this high-speed wireless network card! Excepting common wireless standards 802.11b/g/n, this wireless network card is also able to access 802.11n wireless networks - data transfer rate is 150Mbps, and that’s three times faster than

802.11g wireless network!

With easy-to-install PCI interface - a very common expansion port of computers - plug this wireless network card into any empty PCI slot of your computer, just that simple!

Other features of this wireless network card including:

 High-efficiency antenna expands the scope of your wireless network.

 High-speed data 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 or entering an 8-digit code. Pressing the

button on the network card, the WPS connection can be activated as well.

 PCI interface - you can get it installed on your computer in just few seconds!

1.2 Safety Information

In order to keep the safety of users and your properties, please follow the following safety

instructions:

1. This wireless network card is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this network

card to direct sun light, rain, or snow.

2. DO NOT put this network card at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom.

Also, do not left this wireless network card in the car in summer.

3. This network card will become hot when being used for long time (This is normal and is

not a malfunction). DO NOT put the network card on a paper, cloth, or other flammable

objects after the network card has been used for a long time.

4. There’s no user-serviceable part inside the network card. If you found that the network

card is not working properly, please contact your dealer of purchase and ask for help. DO

NOT disassemble the network card 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 7 operating system

 CD-ROM drive

 At least 100MB of available disk space

1.4 Package Contents

Before you starting to use 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) …………………………….

□ 3dBi Dipole Antenna (2 pcs) ……………………………..…….

□ Quick Installation Guide (1 pcs) ………………………….…….

□ Driver/Utility/User Manual CD-ROM (1pcs) …..………………

1.5 Familiar with your new wireless network card

1. Antennas

Two 3dBi dipole antennas are enclosed with the PCI card. Please secure the antennas to

Reverse SMA connectors 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

2. Installation and Configuration

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.

2. Install the antenna on 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.

The following message will appear on your computer, click ‘cancel’.

Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute

‘Setup.exe’ program. Please read the 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.

You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here.

It’s recommended to select ‘Airlive Configuration Tool’, which provides fully 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’.

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.

Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this message, please

click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation process.

After installation is complete, wireless configuration utility will be shown in the desktop of

your computer 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.

HERE!

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 the configuration utility, please click ‘Exit’.

Please note that if you stopped config utility by ‘Exit’ function, you’ll not be able to maintain

the wireless link to the access point you wish to use. In this case, you can start config utility

again by clicking ‘Airlive Wireless Utility’ icon from ‘Start’ -> ‘All Programs’ -> ‘Airlive

Wireless’, as shown below.

2.2 Connect to Wireless Access Point

After the driver is 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.

NOTE: In Vista, the network card will not connect to any unencrypted wireless

access point automatically.

The current status of wireless connection will be displayed by Airlive configuration utility

icon:

Wireless connection is established, good signal reception.

Wireless connection is established, normal signal reception.

Wireless connection is established, weak signal reception.

Connection is not established yet.

Wireless network card is not detected.

There are two ways you can configure your wireless network card to 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 Config Utility’.

Airlive setup utility (RaUI) will launch, and begin to scan for all wireless access points automatically.

Setup

Area

3. RaUI consists two parts: Menu and setup area. You can select a setup function (Profile,

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:

You can click ‘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.

2-2-1-1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices

There are two kinds of wireless connection mode: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc. Infrastructure

mode is used by wireless access points, which is able to establish wireless connection for

you and other wireless / wired network clients.

Ad-Hoc mode is also know as ‘point-to-point’ mode, and in this mode, wireless devices

such as computer or PDA will not be capable to establish wireless connection with more

than one wireless device, and is suitable 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 wish to connect is hidden, you must know exact SSID before

you can establish connection with it.

b. If the wireless device you wish to connect uses encryption, you must know its

encryption key.

Please launch Airlive setup utility and it will scan for wireless access points near by:

Scan results will be displayed here, please check if the wireless device (access point or

another computer) with the SSID you wish to connect is shown here.

Scan result includes 6 types of information, they are:

A B C D E

A: The SSID (Service Set Identifier) of wireless device. If nothing is displayed here, it

means the SSID of this wireless device is hidden.

If a symbol appears in front of the name of wireless device, means you’ve established connected with that wireless device.

B: The type of this 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

WPS icon will appear when the access point supports WPS. If the access point uses

encryption, a key icon will appear.

Note: When the access point supports WPS and WPS icon

see the key icon here even through the access point uses encryption.

D Shows the signal strength of access point by percentage.

E Shows the bar graph of the signal strength.

, ‘g; for 802.11g , and ‘b’ for 802.11b .

is appeared, you will not

If you can not see the access point you wish to connect here, please click ‘Rescan’ button

to scan for access point again, until the one you preferred is displayed. You may have to

click ‘Rescan’ for more than two times before you can 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 with its detailed information.

There are 4 types of technical information:

General: Displays basic information about this access point, such as SSID, MAC

Address, authentication / encryption type, channel etc.

WPS: If this access point supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup), related information will

be displayed here.

CCX: If this access point supports CCX (Cisco Compatible eXtension), related

information will be displayed here.

802.11n: If this access point complies with 802.11n draft, related information will be

displayed here.

And here are descriptions of every setup item in setup area:

Item Name Description

Sorted by >> You can decide how to sort 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 that access point directly next time, without

inputting authentication key again.

To add an access point to profile, you have to select an

access point from the list first, then click ‘Add to Profile’

button. Detailed instructions will be given below.

Connect Connect to a selected access point. You have to select an

access point from the list first and then click ‘Connect’ to

connect to the selected access point.

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