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AirLive WN-200USB User Manual

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    Wn-200usb wireless 11n usb dongle user’s manual.

  • Page 2: Copyright & Disclaimer

    Copyright and disclaimer airlive wn-200usb user’s manual copyright & disclaimer no part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, whether electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or recording without the written consent of ovislink corp. Ovislink corp. Has made the best effort ...

  • Page 3: Table of Contents

    Table of contents i airlive wn-200usb user’s manual table of contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................1 1.1 overview..............................................................................................1 1.2 how ...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    1. Introduction 1 a irlive wn-200usb user’s manual 1 1. Introduction 1.1 overview the wn-200usb provides a wireless network interface for your notebook or pc. Besides common wireless standard 802.11b/g, wn-200usn is also able to access 802.11n wireless network whose data transfer is up to 150mbps. 1...

  • Page 5: 1.4 Features

    1. Introduction airlive wn-200usb v2 user’s manual 2 recommend that you visit our comprehensive website support at www.Airlive.Com . The tech support faq are frequently updated with latest information. In addition, you might find new driver/utility that either increase software functions or provide ...

  • Page 6: Installing The

    2. Installing the wn-200usb 3 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 2 2. Installing the wn-200usb this chapter describes the software and hardware installation procedure for the wn-200usb. For utility configuration, please go to chapter 3 for more details. 1.1 requirement it is important to make sure that...

  • Page 7: 2.4 Software  Installation

    2. Installing the wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 4 2.3 knowing your wn-200usb below are descriptions and diagrams of the product: 2.4 software installation you should install the supplied software before inserting the wn-200usb. 1. Insert the cd-rom into the drive on your pc or notebook. ...

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    2. Installing the wn-200usb 5 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 3. 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. 4. It is recommended that users choose “install driver and airlive wlan utility”. ...

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    2. Installing the wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 6 5. It’s recommended to select “airlive wireless lan utility”, 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 ...

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    2. Installing the wn-200usb 7 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 7. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this message, please click “finish” to complete the driver installation process. 8. After installation is complete, wireless configuration utility will be shown in the de...

  • Page 11: 2.5 Hardware  Installation

    2. Installing the wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 8 wireless connection is established, good signal reception. Wireless connection is established, normal signal reception wireless connection is established, weak signal reception no connection to the wn-200usb. The wn-200usb is unplugged. 2...

  • Page 12: 2.6 Led  Table

    2. Installing the wn-200usb 9 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 2.6 led table the led indicators gives real-time information of systematic operation status. The following table provides descriptions of led status and their meaning. Led color status description on associated with the network off not as...

  • Page 13: 3.1 Important  Information

    3. Configuration of wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 10 the wn-200usb offers two different types of management interface. You can configure through airlive wireless lan utility and built-in windows zero configuration (wzc) which dynamically selects a wireless network to connect. In this cha...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb 11 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual double-click the icon to execute the utility, where you can select the wireless network you wish to join. 3.2.2 menu structure of airlive wireless lan utility the menu structure of airlive wireless lan utility is divided into two parts...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 12 3.2.3 network screen this screen is displayed when you double-click the system tray icon. You can also click the network tab in the top menu when you open the utility program, it will scan all the channels to find all the access points...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb 13 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual ssid the ssid (up to 32 printable ascii characters) is a unique name identified in a wlan. Network type it displays the network type in use, infrastructure for bss, ad-hoc for ibss network. Channel the channel used by the wireless netw...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 14 connect click this button to connect the wireless network. 3.2.3.1 wireless network sequence (order) user have three ways (ssid, channel or signal) to make order of the wireless network, just click the radio buttons in left side of sor...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb 15 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual it indicates network type is infrastructure mode. It indicates network type is ad-hoc mode. 802.11b wireless mode 802.11g wireless mode 802.11n wireless mode it indicates security-enabled wireless network. It shows the information of l...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 16 authentication it will indicate the current authentication mode in use. Encryption it shows the wireless security that the wireless network is using. Network type this will indicate "infrastructure" or "ad-hoc". Ip address it shows the...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb 17 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 3.2.4.1 system config profile name enter or select a suitable name for this profile. Each profile must have a unique name..

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 18 ssid if the desired wireless network is currently available, you can select its ssid. Otherwise, type in the ssid of the desired wireless network. Power save mode select either cam (constantly awake mode) or psm (power saving mode). Rt...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb 19 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual authentication you must select the option to match the wireless lan you wish to join. The available options are: z open: broadcast signals are not encrypted. This method can be used only with no encryption or with wep. Z shared: broadc...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 20 wpa preshared key for wpa-psk and wpa2-psk modes, you need to enter the desired value (8~63 characters). Data is encrypted using a 256bit key derived from this key. Other wireless stations must use the same key. Wep key (1~4) this sett...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb 21 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual eap method there are 5 methods in the drop-down list. Z peap: protect extensible authentication protocol. Peap transport securely authentication data by using tunneling between peap clients and an authentication server. Peap can authen...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 22 tunnel id / password enter the id and password for the tunnel. Use client certificate click the checkbox to enable certificate authority server function. Use certificate chain when the eap authentication type such as tls, ttls or peap ...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb 23 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual click advanced tab in the top menu, you can configure the detailed settings in this page. Wireless mode select the desired wireless mode. Enable tx burst tx burst enables the adapter to deliver better throughput during a period of time...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 24 enable ccx (cisco compatible extensions) ccx (cisco compatible extensions) is developed by cisco for the radio monitoring and fast roaming. Z turn on cckm: during normal operation, leap-enabled client devices mutually authenticate with...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb 25 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual frames transmitted successfully frames successfully sent. Frames retransmitted successfully frames successfully sent with one or more reties. Frames fail to receive ack after all retries frames failed to transmit after hitting retry li...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 26 duplicate frames received frames received more than twice. Reset counter click the button to reset counters to zero. 3.2.7 wmm screen click wmm tab in the top menu, and you will see the following screen: wmm enable wmm is short for wi-...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb 27 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual mac address enter the remote system which you want to connect with. When you want to enable this function, you have to make sure that your wireless network supports wmm function and then enter the mac address of the adapter which wants...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 28 rescan click this button to update information on surrounding wireless network. Information display the information about wps on the selected network. List information includes authentication type, encryption type, config methods, devi...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb 29 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 3.2.9 radio on/off button yu can turn the radio signal on/off by clicking this button. The radio signal is on. The radio signal is off. 3.2.10 about screen this screen displays details of the traffic sent or received on the current wir...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 30 this tab shows the following information: z utility version, date z driver version, date z eeprom version z firmware version z phy_address 3.3 using windows zero configuration windows xp and vista has a built-in wireless network config...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb 31 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 4. Click “network connections”..

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 32 5. Right-click “wireless network connection” (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network card, please make sure you right-click the airlive 802.11n wireless dongle), then select “view available wireless n...

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    3. Configuration of wn-200usb 33 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point. If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you’ll not be prompted for security key or passphrase. 8. If you can see ‘connected’ message, the conn...

  • Page 37: Troubleshooting

    4. Troubleshooting airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 34 this section is intended to help you solve the most common problems on the wn-200usb. Question : i can’t find any wireless access point / wireless device in ‘site survey’ function. Answer: z click “rescan” for few more times and see if you can fi...

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    4. Troubleshooting 35 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual question : i can not establish connection with a certain wireless access point answer: z click “connect” for few more times. Z if the ssid of ap which you want to connect is hidden (nothing displayed in “ssid” field in “site survey” function), yo...

  • Page 39: Specifications

    5. Specifications airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 36 this section provides the specifications of wn-200usb, and the following table lists these specifications. Chipset z ralink rt3070(mac/bb/rf) standard z ieee802.11b z ieee802.11g z ieee802.11n bus type z usb 2.0 data rate z 802.11n 20 mhz bw(lgi):...

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    5. Specifications 37 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual os requirements z windows vista/xp/2000 produce weight (g) z dimensions z 440 x 161 x 44 mm.

  • Page 41: Network Glossary

    6. Network glossary airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 38 the network glossary contains explanation or information about common terms used in wireless networking products. Some of information in this glossary might be outdated, please use with caution. 100base-fx the ieee standard defines how to transm...

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    6. Network glossary 39 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual speed, and is backward compatible with 10/100base-tx standard. 802.11a an ieee specification for wireless networking that operates in the 5 ghz frequency range (5.15 ghz to 5.850 ghz) with a maximum of 54 mbps data transfer rate. The 5 ghz frequ...

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    6. Network glossary airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 40 also known as “global roaming”. 802.11d is a standard for use in countries where systems using other standards in the 802.11 family are not allowed to operate. 802.11e the ieee qos standard for prioritizing traffic of the voip and multimedia app...

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    6. Network glossary 41 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 802.1x is a security standard for wired and wireless lans. In the 802.1x parlance, there are usually supplicants (client), authenticator (switch or ap), and authentication server (radius server) in the network. When a supplicants request a servi...

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    6. Network glossary airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 42 dynamic hosting configuration protocol. A protocol that enables a server to dynamically assign ip addresses. When dhcp is used, whenever a computer logs onto the network, it automatically gets an ip address assigned by dhcp server. A dhcp server...

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    6. Network glossary 43 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual full duplex the ability of a networking device to receive and transmit data simultaneously. In wireless environment, this is usually done with 2 or more radios doing load balancing. Gateway in the global internet network, the gateways are core r...

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    6. Network glossary airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 44 infrastructure mode a wireless network that is built around one or more access points to provide wireless clients access to wired lan / internet service. The opposite of infrastructure mode is adhoc mode. Ip address ip (internet protocol) is a l...

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    6. Network glossary 45 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual mbps megabits per second. One million bits per second; a unit of measurement for data transmission. Mesh mesh is an outdoor wireless technology that uses spanning tree protocol (stp) and wireless distribution system to achieve self-forming, self...

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    6. Network glossary airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 46 used much like a password, a passphrase simplifies the wep encryption process by automatically generating the wep encryption keys for the company products. Port this word has 2 different meaning for networking. Z the hardware connection point on...

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    6. Network glossary 47 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual rate control it is an ethernet switch’s function to control the upstream and downstream speed of an individual port. Rate control management use “flow control” to limit the speed of a port. Therefore, the ethernet adapter must also have the flow...

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    6. Network glossary airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 48 rssi receiver sensitivity index. Rssi is a value to show the receiver sensitivity of the remote wireless device. In general, remote aps with stronger signal will display higher rssi values. For rssi value, the smaller the absolute value is, the ...

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    6. Network glossary 49 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual ssl secure sockets layer. It is a popular encryption scheme used by many online retail and banking sites to protect the financial integrity of transactions. When an ssl session begins, the server sends its public key to the browser. The browser ...

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    6. Network glossary airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 50 turbo a turbo a is an atheros proprietary turbo mode to increase speed over standard 802.11a mode. It uses channel binding technology to increase speed. There are 2 types of turbo a modes: dynamic turbo and static turbo. In dynamic turbo, the ch...

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    6. Network glossary 51 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual vpn virtual private network. A type of technology designed to increase the security of information transferred over the internet. Vpn creates a private encrypted tunnel from the end user's computer, through the local wireless network, through th...

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    6. Network glossary airlive wn-200usb user’s manual 52 worldwide interoperability for microwave access. A wireless metropolitan network technology that complies with ieee 802.16 and etsi hiperman standards. The orginal 802.16 standard call for operating frequency of 10 to 66ghz spectrum. The 802.16a...

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    6. Network glossary 53 airlive wn-200usb user’s manual wpa wi-fi protected access. It is an encryption standard proposed by wifi for advance protection by utilizing a password key (tkip) or certificate. It is more secure than wep encryption. The wpa-psk utilizes pre-share key for encryption/authenti...