AirLive WN-360USB User Manual

N-360USB

Wireless 11N USB Dongle

User’s Manual

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manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their

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entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential

damages resulting from any defect in the software. Further, this company reserves

the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the

contents thereof without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.

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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 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 or more of the following measures:

1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

3. Connect 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: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party

responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

Country Code Statement

For product available in the USA/Canada market, only channel 1~11 can be

operated. Selection of other channels is not possible.

CAUTION:

Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the grantee of this device

could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other

antenna or transmitter.

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Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposure Statement

This EUT is compliance with SAR for general population/uncontrolled exposure

limits in ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1999 and had been tested in accordance with the

measurement methods and procedures specified in OET Bulletin 65 Supplement C.

This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 5mm

between the radiator & your body.

R&TTE Compliance Statement

This equipment complies with all the requirements of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/EC OF

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL of March 9, 1999 on radio

equipment and telecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual recognition

of their conformity (R&TTE)

The R&TTE Directive repeals and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC

(Telecommunications Terminal Equipment and Satellite Earth Station Equipment) As

of April 8, 2000.

Safety

This equipment is designed with the utmost care for the safety of those who install

and use it. However, special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock

and static electricity when working with electrical equipment. All guidelines of this

and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure

the safe use of the equipment.

EU Countries Intended for Use

The ETSI version of this device is intended for home and office use in Austria,

Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,

the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states:

Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.

EU Countries Not intended for use

None.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I: Product Information ....................................................................... 1

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

1.2 Safety Information..................................................................................................... 2

1.3 System Requirements.............................................................................................. 3

1.4 Package Contents..................................................................................................... 3

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

CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and Configuration....................................... 5

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

2.2 Connect to Wireless Access Point ....................................................................... 12

2.3 Profile Management ............................................................................................... 33

2.4 Advanced Settings .................................................................................................. 37

2.5 View Network Statistics.......................................................................................... 40

2.6 WMM Setting ........................................................................................................... 41

2.7 WPS Configuration ................................................................................................. 43

2.8 Radio On/Off............................................................................................................ 49

2.9 About ......................................................................................................................... 50

2.10 On-line Help........................................................................................................... 51

CHAPTER III: Appendix ....................................................................................... 52

3.1 Specification............................................................................................................. 52

3.2 Troubleshooting....................................................................................................... 53

3.3 Glossary ................................................................................................................... 55

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CHAPTER I: Product Information

1.1 Introduction and safety information

Thank you for purchasing this high-speed wireless network card! Excepting common wireless

standards 802.11b/g, 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 USB 2.0 interface - a very common expansion port of computers - plug this

wireless network card into any empty USB port 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 150Mbps.

 QoS function: control the bandwidth required for different applications.

 Work with 802.11b/g/Draft-N wireless networks.

 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.

 USB 2.0 interface - you can get it installed on your computer in just few seconds!

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1.2 Safety Information

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

instructions:

1. This USB 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 is small enough to put in a child’s mouth, and it could cause serious injury or

could be fatal. If they throw the network card, the card will be damaged. PLEASE KEEP THIS

NETWORK CARD OUT THE REACH OF CHILDREN!

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. If the network card falls into water, DO NOT USE IT AGAIN BEFORE YOU SEND THE CARD TO

THE DEALER OF PURCHASE FOR INSPECTION.

7. 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.

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1.3 System Requirements

 An empty USB 2.0 port (May not be able work with USB 1.1 port, and performance will be

greatly reduced)

 Windows 2000, 2003, XP, or Vista 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:

□ USB wireless network card (1 pcs) ……………………………… 1

□ Protection Cap (1 pcs) …………………………………………… 2

□Quick installation guide (1pcs) …………………. ………………….3

□ Driver/Utility/User manual CD-ROM (1 pcs) ……………………..4

□ Antenna (1 pcs)………………………………………….....………. 5

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1.5 Familiar with your new wireless network card

1. Connector Cap (To protect USB connector when not in use)

2. USB Connector

3. Link/Activity LED

LED Name Light Status Description

Link/

Activity

Flash The network card has linked to a wireless access point and

is receiving or transferring data.

Off No wireless activity.

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CHAPTER II: Driver Installation and

Configuration

2.1 Network Card Installation

Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network card:

1. Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB 2.0 port of your computer when

computer is switched on. Never use force to insert the card, if you feel it’s stuck, flip the card over

and try again.

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

3. 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.

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4. 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.

5. 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’.

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6. 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.

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

‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation process.

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8. 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.

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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.

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.

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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 will launch, and begin to scan for all wireless access points automatically.

AirLive 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:

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z 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.

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