LevelOne WNC-0304USB User Manual

LevelOne

WNC-0304USB

11g USB Adapter w/LCD WiFi Detector

User Manual

V1.0.1-0607

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................. 1

1.1 FEATURES .......................................................................................................................... 1

1.2 SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................. 2

1.3 PACKA GE CONTENTS ........................................................................................................... 3

2 HOW TO CHARGE THE BATTERY OF WI-FI DETECTOR............................................. 4

3 HOW TO USE THE WI-FI DETECTOR .............................................................................. 5

4 HOW TO INSTALL THE DRIVER AND UTILITY ............................................................. 8

4.1 INSTALL THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY ................................................................................. 8

4.2 INSTALL THE USB ADAPTER .............................................................................................. 11

4.3 USING THE CONFIGURATION UTILITY ................................................................................. 13

5 HOW TO CONFIGURE THE UTILITY ............................................................................ 15

5.1 WIRELESS CONNECTION STATUS......................................................................................... 16

5.2 GENERAL CONNECTION SETTING ........................................................................................ 18

5.3 WEP AND WPA ENCRYPTION ............................................................................................. 21

5.3.1 WEP Setting............................................................................................................... 21

5.3.2 WPA/WPA2 Setting..................................................................................................... 24

5.4 ADVANCED SETTINGS ........................................................................................................ 27

5.5 SOFTWARE AP MODE......................................................................................................... 29

5.5.1 AP Connection Status ................................................................................................. 29

5.5.2 AP General Connection Setting ................................................................................... 30

5.5.3 MAC Address Filter.................................................................................................... 33

6 X-LINK INSTALLATION .................................................................................................. 34

7 TROUBLESHOOTING...................................................................................................... 39

1 Introduction

Thank you for purchasing LevelOne 11g USB adapter with Wi-Fi Detector. This convenient de vice instantly detects wireless hotspots anywhere. The backlight LCD display tells the user detailed information about any detected hotspot. There’s no need to purchase any battery because there is a rechargeable Li-Polymer battery which recharges whenever the detector is inserted in to any USB port.

This Wi-Fi detector also allows the user to go online wirelessly and is de signed to comply with IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN standard. It is suitable for any laptop or desktop computer.

This detector supports 64/128/256-bit WEP data encryption that protects your wireless network from eavesdropping. It also supports WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) and WPA2 that combines IEEE 802.1x and TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) technologies. Client users are required to authorize before accessing to APs or AP Routers, and the data transmitted in the network is encrypted/decrypted by a dynamically changed secret key. This adapter has built-in AES engine which ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information a nd it is the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for the security in the wireless network.

1.1 Features

• Complies with the IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g 2.4GHz standards.

• LCD displays: SSID, Signal Strength, Network type (802.11b/g), Network Mode (infrastructure,

Adhoc), operating channel, number of AP’s detected, battery strength, Link/Act indicator)

• Up to 54Mbps high data transfer rate.

• Support 64/128/256-bit WEP, WPA (TKIP with IEEE 802.1x) and WPA2 (AES with IEEE 802.1x)

functions for high level of security. * WPA2 supports Windows 2000/XP only.

• Supports Software AP function, which turns the wireless station into a wireless AP.

• Complies with IEEE 802.11d co untry roaming standard.

• Support the most popular operating system: Windo ws 98SE/ME/2000/XP.

• Supports USB 2.0/1.1 interface.

• Portable and mini-size design.

• Suitable for Any Notebook or Desktop PC.

1.2 Specifications

• Standard: IEEE 802.11g/b

• LCD Size: 96x32 with EL backlight

• Battery: 4.2V Rechargeable Li-Polymer Battery

• Bus Type: USB 2.0 Type A

• Frequency Band: 2.4000~2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band)

• Modulation: OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM (11g)

BPSK, QPSK, CCK (11b)

• Data Rate: 54/48/36/24/18/12/11/9/6/5.5/2/1Mbp s auto fallback

• Security: 64/128/256-bit WEP Data Encryption, WPA (TKIP with IEEE 802.1x) and WPA2 (AES

with IEEE 802.1x) *WPA2 supports Windows 2000/XP only

• Antenna: Internal Antenna

• Drivers: Windows 98SE/M E/2000/XP/

• Transmit Power: 16dBm (Typical)

• Dimension: 14(H) x 28.5(W) x 91(D)

• Temperature: 32~1 40°F (0 ~60°C)

• Humidity: 0-85% (NonConden sing)

• Certification: FCC, CE

1.3 Package Contents

Before you begin the installation, please check the items of your package. The package should include the following items:

• WNC-0304USB

• USB Cable

• CD Manual/Driver/Utility

• Quick Installation Guide

If any of the above items is missing, contact your supplier as soon as possible.

2 How to charge the battery of Wi-Fi Detector

1. Remove the cap from the Wi-Fi Detector, slide the power switch to the “ON” position and carefully insert the USB connector into any available USB port on your computer. You will see the recharging screen.

The battery strength indicator will be animated while the Wi-Fi detector is being recharged.

The “Link/Act” icon will blink when the Wi-Fi detector is being used as a wireless USB adapter to surf the internet.

2. When the Wi-Fi detector is finished recharging it will automatically stop charging the battery. When it is finished recharging the battery you will see “Charge Finish” displayed on the LCD and the battery strength indicator will stop blinking.

3. If you slide the power switch to the “OFF” position when in recharging, the Wi-Fi detector will stop recharging the battery and you will see “Stop charging” displayed on the LCD and the battery strength indicator will stop blinking.

z Please note that, this adapter cannot be charged through hub devices, charging through

PC only. Charging through hub devices might result damage to the battery.

3 How to use the Wi-Fi Detector

1. Slide the power switch to the “ON” position.

2. The Wi-Fi detector will automatically enter scanning mode to detect Wi-Fi signals.

In scanning mode the display will display the total number o f both non-encrypted and encrypted Wi-Fi signals detected.

3. Once scanning mode is complete, the detector will enter its standard display mode.

The detector automatically sorts the signals by the following criteria: Non-encrypted AP’s according to signal strength followed by encrypted AP’s according to signal strength.

The Icons on the LCD display are displayed as follows:

1. Operating Channel: Indicates the current operating channel of the detected Wi-Fi signal.

2. Number of AP’s Detected: the left digit indicates which detected Wi-Fi signal is currently displayed and the right digit indicates the total amount of Wi-Fi signals detected.

3. Encryption indicator: “WEP” for WEP encryption, “WPA” for WPA encryption, and “WPA2” for WPA2 encryption and “OPEN” indicates it is a non-encrypted signal.

4. “G” indicates the signal is a 802.11g wireless signal. “B” indicates the signal is a

802.11b wireless signal.

5. Signal strength indicator with 5 bars indicating the signal strength.

6. “In” indicates the signal is an infrastructure mode signal, “Ad” indicates the signal is an Ad-hoc mode signal.

7. Battery indicator with 3 bars indicating battery power. When the indicator is emp ty, please recharge the detector by inserting it into PC’s USB port.

8. SSID Indicator: Displays the SSID of the detected Wi-Fi signal, if the SSID is too long the SSID indicator will scroll to dis play the complete SSID.

4. If the user wishes to re-scan/re-detect wireless SSID, just simply press “Seek/Lock” button once. If the user wishes to re-detect a specific discovered SSID, then the user has to hold down the “Seek/Lock” button for 4 seconds to enter “lock mode”. When the detector is in “lock mode” an icon with a capitalized “L” appears in the top middle corner of the screen.

In “lock mode” the detector constantly re-detects and refreshes the signal streng th to this specific SSID so the user can move around to find the op timal spot with strongest signal.

Press and hold the “Seek/Lock” button for 4 seconds to unlock the “lock mode”.

Seek/Lock

4 How to install the driver and utility

Before you proceed with the installation, please pay attention to the following descriptions.

Note1: Please do not install the USB adapter into your computer before installing the software

program from the CD.

Note2: The following installation was operated in Windows XP. (Procedures are similar for Windows

98SE/ME/2000/XP)

Note3: If you have installed the Wireless PC Card driver & utility before, please uninstall the old

version first.

Please follow below instructions to install the USB adapter.

4.1 Install the Configuration Utility

Insert the Installation CD to your CD-ROM Drive. The WNC-0304USB installation menu will start up automatically from the CD.

Click “Install Driver”. If the CD does not startup automatically (this function may be disabled in the Wind ows operating

system), simply browse the CD from Windows and click on the autorun.exe program to access the installation menu.

Please click “Next” to continue the installation.

If you want to install the software program in another location, click “ Browse” and select an alternative destination. Then, click “Next”.

The system will display “Software Installation” screen. Click “Continue An yway” to continue.

Click “Finish” to complete the installation.

4.2 Install the USB adapter

Plug the USB adapter into the USB port of your computer.

The “Found New Hardware Wizard” is displayed, select “I nstall the software automatic ally (Recommended)” and click “Next”.

Click “Continue Anyway” and the system will start to install the USB adapter.

Click “Finish” to complete the install ation.

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