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  • Page 1 WN-360USB Wireless 11N USB Dongle User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 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. WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 3: Federal Communication Commission

    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. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 4 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. WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    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 WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 6: Chapter I: Product Information

    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! WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 7: Safety Information

    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. WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 8: System Requirements

    □ 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 WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 9: 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/ Flash The network card has linked to a wireless access point and Activity is receiving or transferring data. No wireless activity. WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 10: Chapter Ii: Driver Installation And Configuration

    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. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 11 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. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 12 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’...
  • Page 13 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. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 14 7. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation process. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 15 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.
  • Page 16 WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 17: Connect To Wireless Access Point

    The current status of wireless connection will be displayed by AirLive configuration utility icon: Wireless connection is established, good signal reception.
  • Page 18 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.
  • Page 19 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. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 20 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.
  • Page 21 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 3-2 ‘Troubleshooting’. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 22 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. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 23 ‘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. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 24 SSID and input it here, then click ‘OK’ when ready. If the SSID you provided here is wrong, you’ll not be able to connect to this access point. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 25 4. Please ask the owner of the wireless access point you want to connect, and input the correct key here and then click ‘OK’. By checking ‘Show Password’ box, the encryption key you inputted here will be displayed. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 26 You can put the mouse cursor over the AirLive configuration utility icon, and the brief information about link status and signal strength of current wireless connection will be shown as a popup balloon.
  • Page 27 To add a found access point to profile, please select a found access point first (to make it highlighted), then click ‘Add to Profile’ button; to input the information of access point by yourself, please go to ‘Profile’ menu and click ‘Add’ button. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 28 ‘Infrastructure’; for point-to-point wireless connection (i.e. connecting to another computer using Ad Hoc mode), please select Ad hoc here. If you selected an access point from the list above, please keep this field unchanged. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 29 Check this box to set the packet fragment threshold by yourself. You can drag the slider to set the threshold value, or input the value in the box located at right. It’s recommended to keep this value untouched unless you know the effect of changing this value. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 30 Input WPA preshared key here. If encryption is not enabled, or you select ‘WEP’ as encryption type, this field will be disabled and grayed out. WEP Key You can select key type (Hexadecimal or ASCII) and input WEP key here. If WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 31 Authentication administrator of the access point you wish to connect to select a correct tunnel authentication method. This pull down menu is only available when authentication type you use is 'PEAP', ‘TLS / Smart Card', or 'TTLS'. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 32 CA server’s name must be the same with the value you set in ‘Server name’ field; If only the domain name part of full server name must the same with the value you set in ‘Server name’ field, select ‘Domain name must end in specified name’. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 33 Windows XP and Vista has a built-in wireless network configuration utility, called as ‘Windows Zero Configuration’ (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network parameter: 1. Right-click AirLive configuration utility icon and select ‘Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility’.
  • Page 34 3 to step 5. 3. Click ‘Start’ button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click ‘Control Panel’, then click ‘Network and Internet Connections’ in Control Panel. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 35 4. Click ‘Network Connections’. 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 LAN Card), then select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’.
  • Page 36 7. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or 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. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 37 8. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established. WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 38: Profile Management

    (encryption, passphrase, security etc, etc.) as a profile for every access point, so you don’t have to input these parameters every time when you want to connect to a specific wireless access point. To manage profiles, right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utility’.
  • Page 39 2.3.1 Add a profile If you want to click new profile, click ‘Profile’ menu, then click ‘Add’ button. You’ll be prompted to input detailed information of access point, as described in Section 2.2.1.3. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 40 Please select a profile from the list first, then click ‘Edit’ button. You’ll be provided with the contents of selected profile, and you can edit them. Click ‘OK’ to save changes, or click ‘Cancel’ to discard changes. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 41 2.3.3 Delete an existing profile If you no longer need a profile, you can delete it. Select the profile you wish to delete from the list, and click ‘Delete’ button to delete it. WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 42: Advanced Settings

    Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings: 1. Right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’.
  • Page 43 2. Click ‘Advanced’ menu, and the following settings will appear: WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 44 Non-Serving Channel Measurements Limit: When you’re connecting to CCX-compatible access point, check this box to enable measurement on unused radio channels to improve wireless connectivity. After you finish the settings, click ‘Apply’ to apply new settings. WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 45: View Network Statistics

    Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: 1. Right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. Click ‘Statistics’ menu and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed: All connection-related statistics is displayed here.

  • Page 46: Wmm Setting

    Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications. Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings: 1. Right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’.
  • Page 47 Valid values are from 1 to 65535 (seconds), and input ‘0’ for infinity. If you want to remove a specific wireless device from direct link table, select the device and click this button to remove it. WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 48: Wps Configuration

    This wireless network card is compatible with WPS. To use this function, the wireless access point you wish to connect to must support WPS function too. Now, please follow the following instructions to establish secure connection between WPS-enabled wireless access point and your wireless network card. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 49 2.7.1 WPS Setup - PBC (Push-Button Configuration) 1. Right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. Click ‘WPS’ menu, and the following settings will appear. 3. Set ‘Config Mode’ to ‘Enrollee’, and then push the ‘WPS’ button on your wireless access point (the button used to activate WPS standby mode may have another name), or use other way to start WPS PBC standby mode as the instruction given by your wireless access point’s user...
  • Page 50 ‘Export Profile’ button, and this connection will be saved. You can find this connection in ‘Profile’ tab in a later time. 7. Sometime WPS may fail (In the following picture, WPS pairing is failed because no WPS-enabled access point is found): WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 51 You can also click ‘Rotate’ button, and next access point on the list will be selected to establish connection. If you want to delete a found access point from the list, select it and click ‘Delete’ button. WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 52 If the wireless access point you wish to connect supports PIN, please follow the following instructions to establish connection to it: 1. Right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’.
  • Page 53 WPS probe IE: Check this box to send the WPS probe request with WPS IE during WPS setup. This is optional and you can use default value if you don’t know what will be affected. Auto: When in PIN mode, wireless access point to be connected will be selected automatically if this box is checked. WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 54: Radio On/Off

    You can switch the wireless radio transceiver on and off by the utility, so if you want to disable wireless network function, you don’t have to remove the network card physically. 1. Right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’.

  • Page 55: About

    Please follow the following instructions to see these information: 1. Right-click the AirLive configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop and then click ‘Launch Config Utility’. 2. Click ‘About’ tab, and the following information will appear.

  • Page 56: On-Line Help

    If you need to know the directions of how to use specific function in the utility, please click ‘Help’ button. On-line help documents will be presented in Windows help format. Click this button to view on-line help documents. WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 57: Chapter Iii: Appendix

    11n (20MHz): MCS0-7 (up to 72Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-7 (up to 150Mbps) Securities: WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2 Cisco CCX Support Antenna: Internal Antenna Drivers: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista LED: Link/Activity Temperature: 32~104°F (0 ~ 40°C) Humidity: 10-95% (NonCondensing) Certification: FCC, CE WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 58: Troubleshooting

    Nothing happens when I click 1. Please make sure the wireless network card is inserted ‘Launch Config Utility’ into your computer’s USB port. If the AirLive configuration utility’s icon is black, the network card is not detected by your computer.
  • Page 59 4. Disable ‘WMM – Power Save Enable’ in ‘WMM’ tab. 5. There could be too much people using the same radio channel. Ask the owner of the access point to change the channel number. Please try one or more solutions listed above. WN-360USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 60: Glossary

    Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database, or wireless application for mobile workers. 6. What is BSS ID? A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). Computers in a BSS must be WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 61 It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability, integrity, and security. In other words, more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission, but the trade off WN-360USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 62 User can press a software or hardware button to activate WPS function, and WPS-compatible wireless clients and access point will establish connection by themselves. There are two types of WPS PBC (Push-Button Configuration) and PIN code. WN-360USB User’s Manual...

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