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N Wireless USB Adapter
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    LevelOne User Manual WUA-0603 N Wireless USB Adapter Ver. 2.0.0...

  • Page 2: Fcc Warning

    This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. CE Marking Warning Digital Data Communications, declares that this product (Model-no. WUA-0603) is in compliance with the essential re- quirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Check the Installation................................ 7 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ......................8 4.1. Windows XP / Vista Utility Installation ........................... 8 4.2. LevelOne Wireless Utility Icons ............................. 12 WIRELESS UTILITY CONFIGURATION (FOR WINDOWS XP AND VISTA) ......13 5.1. Profile ....................................13 5.2. Network .................................... 20 5.3.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    1. Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of LevelOne N Wireless USB Adapter. This manual helps to get familiar with the LevelOne N Wireless LAN Adapter. This manual contains detailed instructions in operation of this product. Please keep this manual for future reference.

  • Page 5: Unpacking And Setup

    Package Contents Open the box of the N Wireless USB Adapter and carefully unpack it. The box should contain the following items:  WUA-0603 N Wireless USB Adapter  Quick Installation Guide  CD Manual/Driver/Utility If any item is found missing or damaged, please contact your local reseller for replacement.

  • Page 6: Setup

    2.3. Setup The setup of the Wireless USB Adapter can be performed using the following steps: Visually inspect the USB Adapter and make sure that it is fully plugged in to the USB port. Make sure that there is a well environment that there is no much intrusion to have a better connection.

  • Page 7: Hardware Installation

    3. Hardware Installation 3.1. Installation Procedure for USB Adapter You should install the supplied software BEFORE inserting the Wireless USB Adapter when using Windows 2000, XP or Vista. Note The following installation was operated under Windows XP and Vista. (Procedures are similar for Windows 2000.) If you have installed the Wireless Adapter driver &...

  • Page 8: Software Installation

    4. Software Installation This section will lead you to install the driver and utility of the N Wireless USB Adapter. 4.1. Windows XP / Vista Utility Installation 1. Insert the N Wireless USB Adapter Utility CD into the computer and then the Auto-run screen will appear.
  • Page 9 3. Follow the Install Shield Wizard Instructions. Select “I accept the terms of the license agreement” then click “Next” to start the installation. 4. Select “Install driver and LevelOne WLAN Utility” or “Install driver only” then click “Next” to continue the installation.
  • Page 10 5. For Windows XP only, skip if using Windows Vista Choose whether you want to use the LevelOne Wireless LAN Utility, or the wireless confi- guration tool built into Windows XP. Click “Next” to continue. 6. Follow the on screen instructions and step through the installation procedures.
  • Page 11 Windows XP Windows Vista 10. When the Setup wizard is complete, the LevelOne icon in the system tray will indicate that the Wireless USB Adapter is connected and functioning correctly. Double-click the Leve- lOne icon to open the Wireless Utility.

  • Page 12: Levelone Wireless Utility Icons

    4.2. LevelOne Wireless Utility Icons When the icon in the toolbar represents in full blue color then the signal strength has an excellent performance with the AP, if it represents in half blue color then the signal strength has a fair per- formance with the AP, and if the icon represents in low blue, then the signal strength has a worst performance with the wireless station.

  • Page 13: Wireless Utility Configuration (For Windows Xp And Vista)

    5. Wireless Utility Configuration (For Windows XP and Vista) 5.1. Profile The Profile List keeps a record of your favorite wireless settings at home, office, and other public hot-spots. You can save multiple profiles, and activate the correct one at your preference. The following Figure shows the basic profile section.
  • Page 14 Profile Screen System Config Enter or select a suitable name for this profile. Each profile must Profile Name have a unique name. If the desired wireless network is currently available, you can SSID select its SSID. Otherwise, type in the SSID of the desired wire- less network.
  • Page 15 Auth./Encyp. You MUST select the option to match the Wireless LAN you wish Authentication to join. The available options are: Open - Broadcast signals are not encrypted. This method can be used only with no encryption or with WEP. Shared - Broadcast signals are encrypted using WEP. This me- thod can only be used with WEP.
  • Page 16 The available options depend on the Authentication method se- Encryption lected above. The possible options are: None - No data encryption is used. WEP - If selected, you must enter the WEP data shown below. This WEP data must match the Access Point or other Wireless stations.
  • Page 17 802.1x EAP Method There are 5 methods in the drop-down list. PEAP - Protect Extensible Authentication Protocol. PEAP trans- port securely authentication data by using tunneling between PEAP clients and an authentication server. PEAP can authenti- cate wireless LAN clients using only server-side certificates, thus simplifying the implementation and administration of a secure wireless LAN.
  • Page 18 Select the desired option from the drop-down list. Tunnel Authentica- tion After reconnecting the signal which broke up, you can enable the Session Resump- session resumption to reduce the transferring packet to accele- tion rate the speed. Authentication ID / Enter the required data into the fields.
  • Page 19 To add a profile 1. On the Profile tab, click Add button. 2. Complete and verify the settings on this screen are correct. 3. Click OK. To delete a profile 1. On the Profile tab, select the profile that you want to delete. 2.

  • Page 20: Network

    5.2. Network The network setting page allows you to set and save different wireless settings. You can activate the suitable profile according to the environment where the wireless connection is used. This screen is displayed when you double-click the system tray icon. You can also click the Net- work tab in the screen.
  • Page 21 Network Screen The SSID (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) SSID is a unique name identified in a WLAN. It displays the Network type in use, Infrastructure Network Type for BSS, Ad-Hoc for IBSS network. The channel used by the Wireless network. Channel Wireless Mode AP support wireless mode.
  • Page 22 To Connect to a Wireless Network Click the name of the wireless network to which you want to connect, and then click Connect. Note that once you are connected to a Wireless network, the Network screen will identify the current wireless network with a blue arrow icon, as shown below. Icons It indicates network type is infrastructure mode.
  • Page 23 Link Status The Link Status section displays the detailed information of the current connection. Click button to show the status screen. Link Screen Link Information Status It will indicate the current link status. It shows the link status. Extra Info It displays the current channel in use.

  • Page 24: Advanced / Ccx

    5.3. Advanced / CCX Click Advanced or CCX tabs of the utility, you can configure the detailed settings in this page. Please note that there is no separate tab for CCX under Windows XP, and the settings men- tioned below are all in the Advanced tab. Windows Vista Screen:...
  • Page 25 Windows XP Screen:...
  • Page 26 Advanced Screen Advanced Wireless Mode Select the desired wireless mode. Enable Tx Burst Tx Burst enables the adapter to deliver better throughput during a period of time but the function only takes effect when connecting with the AP which also supports Tx Burst.
  • Page 27 Enable CCX (Cisco CCX (Cisco Compatible Extensions) is developed by Cisco for the radio monitoring and fast roaming. Compatible eXtensions) Turn on CCKM: During normal operation, LEAP-enabled client devices mutually authenticate with a new access point by performing a complete LEAP authentication, including communication with the main RADIUS server.

  • Page 28: Statistics

    5.4. Statistics Click Statistics tab of the utility, the page will display the transmitted and received results. Statistics Screen Transmit Frames Transmitted Successfully Frames successfully sent. Frames Retransmitted successfully Frames successfully sent with one or more reties. Frames failed to transmit after hitting retry limit. Frames Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries Successfully receive CTS (Clear To Send) after...
  • Page 29 Receive Frames received successfully. Frames Receive Successfully Frames received with CRC error. Frames Receive With CRC Error Frames dropped due to resource problem. Frames Dropped Due To Out-of- Resource Frames received more than twice. Duplicate Frames Received Click the button to reset counters to zero. Reset Counter...

  • Page 30: Wmm

    5.5. Click WMM tab of the utility, and you will see the following screen: WMM Screen WMM is short for Wi-Fi Multimedia. It is a standard created to WMM Enable define quality of service (QoS) in Wi-Fi networks. It is a precur- sor to the upcoming IEEE802.11e WLAN QoS draft standard, which is meant to improve audio, video and voice applications transmitted over Wi-Fi.
  • Page 31 Enter the remote system which you want to connect with. When MAC Address 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 to connect with the remote system.

  • Page 32: Wps

    5.6. WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) can simplify the process of connecting any device to the wireless network by using the push button configuration (PBC) on the Wireless Access Point, or entering a PIN code. You will use the WPS screen when you try to connect the wireless network with the WPS function. WPS Screen It displays the information of surrounding APs with WPS IE from WPS AP List...
  • Page 33 Enter the PIN code displayed in the following field to the WPS PIN Code screen of the access point. When STA is Enrollee, you can use "Renew" button to re-generate new PIN Code. Config Mode Our station role-playing as an Enrollee or an external Registrar. Information about Security and Key in the credential.

  • Page 34: Radio On/Off

    5.7. Radio On/Off You can turn the radio signal on/off by clicking this button. The radio signal is on. The radio signal is off. 5.8. About This page displays the information of version numbers, configuration utility, firmware and other information regarding this wireless USB adapter. Click the www.level1.com button to visit the Le- velOne website for other information.

  • Page 35: Network Planning

    An ad hoc wireless LAN can be used for a small branch office or SOHO operation. Infrastructure Wireless LAN LevelOne WUA-0603 can also provide access to a wired LAN for wireless workstations. An inte- grated wired and wireless LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. A Basic Service Set (BSS) consists of a group of wireless PC users, and an access point that is directly connected to the wired LAN.
  • Page 36 The infrastructure configuration not only extends the accessibility of wireless PCs to the wired LAN, but also increases the effective wireless transmission range for wireless PCs by passing their signal through one or more access points. A wireless infrastructure can be used for access to a central database, or for connection between mobile workers, as shown in the following figure.

  • Page 37: Technical Specifications

    7. Technical Specifications Standards Network Security - WEP-64/128 bit IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0, IEEE 802.11g, - WPA IEEE 802.11b - WPA-PSK Host Interface - WPA2 - WPA2-PSK USB Port Type: USB 2.0, 1.1, 1.0 - 802.1x RADIUS Support Data Transfer Rate - Support WPS configuration 802.11n draft 2.0: 150 ~ 6.5 Mbps Device Management...

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