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  • Page 1 WN-5000USB 802.11n Wireless LAN USB Adapter User’s Manual WN-5000 USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Declaration Of Conformity

    OvisLink Corp. 5F., NO.6, Lane 130, Min-Chuan Rd., Hsin-Tien City, Taipei County, Taiwan Declare that the product 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter WN-5000USB is in conformity with In accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive and 1999/5 EC-R & TTE Directive Clause Description Electromagnetic compatibility and Radio spectrum Matters (ERM);...
  • Page 3 1999/5/CE. ehtojen mukainen Ar šo OvisLink Corp. deklarē, ka WN-5000USB Hér með lýsir OvisLink Corp yfir því að WN-5000USB Latviski [Latvian] atbilst Direktīvas 1999/5/EK būtiskajām prasībām Íslenska [Icelandic] er í samræmi við grunnkröfur og aðrar kröfur, sem un citiem ar to saistītajiem noteikumiem.

  • Page 4: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    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.
  • Page 5 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.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Chapter 2: Driver Installation and Configuration............7 2-1 Network Adapter Installation .....................7 2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point ................. 11 2-2-1 Using AirLive Wireless Utility ................11 2-2-2 Using Windows Zero Configuration..............16 2-3 Connection Profile Management..................20 2-3-1 Make a profile for an access point or wireless device........20 2-3-2 Using 802.1x –...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1: Product Information

    Chapter 1: Product Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this high-speed 802.11b/g/N wireless network adapter! Excepting common wireless standards 802.11b/g, this wireless network adapter is also 802.11 N compatible - data transfer rate is 300Mbps, and that’s six times faster than 802.11g wireless network! 802.11 N also provides wider wireless coverage, so you don’t have to worry if your computer is far from your wireless access point.

  • Page 8: Safety Information

    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 adapter is designed for indoor use only. DO NOT expose this network adapter to direct sun light or rain, snow. 2.

  • Page 9: System Requirements

    1-3 System Requirements An empty USB slot 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 adapter, please check if there’s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for missing items: □...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2: Driver Installation And Configuration

    Chapter 2: Driver Installation and Configuration 2-1 Network Adapter Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network adapter: 1. Insert the wireless network adapter into an empty USB slot of your computer. 2. After you plug in to USB port. The following message will appear on your computer, click ‘Don’t show this message again for this device’.
  • Page 11 Please select ‘Allow’ if Windows indicates that ‘an unidentified program wants access to your computer’. 4. Please read the end user license agreement and click ‘Yes’ to accept license agreement. 5. There are two wireless performance mode you can select here: Optimize for WiFi mode or Optimize for performance mode If you want to enhance wireless performance, please select ‘Optimize for performance mode’.
  • Page 12 communicate with older wireless devices and wireless access point, such as 802.11b devices, but the data transfer rate will be enhanced in this mode. You can select this mode when you only plan to communicate with 802.11 N devices. If you want to keep compatibility and communicate with older wireless devices, please select ‘Optimize for WiFi Mode’.
  • Page 13 7. A new icon will appear at lower-right corner of your computer desktop, you can put the mouse cursor on the icon, and the status of wireless adapter will be displayed as a popup balloon. 8. When you want to configure your wireless connection, please right click on this icon, and a popup menu will appear.

  • Page 14: Connect To Wireless Access Point

    2-2 Connect to Wireless Access Point There are two ways you can configure your wireless network adapter to connect to wireless access point: using the AirLive Wireless configuration utility which comes with wireless adapter driver, and using built-in windows zero configuration utility.
  • Page 15 Tips: Wireless access point (Infrastructure) is a network device which acts as a bridge, to let wired and wireless network devices communicate with each other. AdHoc is another connection type. A computer or network device can build a direct wireless link with other computer or network device directly, without the help of wireless access point.
  • Page 16 Authentication: Shows the authentication mode that access point or wireless device uses. If the wireless access point does not require authentication, you’ll see ‘Unknown’ displayed here. Network Type: Shows the type of wireless connection. If it’s a wireless access point, ‘Infrastructure’ will be displayed here;...
  • Page 17 5. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you have to input WEP passphrase or WPA preshared key. Please ask the owner of the wireless access point you want to connect, and input the correct passphrase / preshared key here, then click ‘OK’. If the value you inputted here is wrong, you will not be able to connect to this wireless access point.
  • Page 18 8. You can put the mouse cursor over the AirLive Wireless configuration utility icon, and the brief information about link status and signal strength of current wireless connection will be shown as a popup balloon. WN-5000 USB User’s Manual...

  • Page 19: Using Windows Zero Configuration

    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 Wireless configuration utility icon and select ‘Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility.
  • Page 20 4. All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here. If the access point you want to use is not displayed here, please try to move your computer closer to the access point, or you can press refresh ) button to rescan access points. Click the access point you want to use if it’s shown, then click ‘Connect’.
  • Page 21 setting of the wireless access point you’re connecting to. If the access point you selected has a name already, you’ll not be prompted to give it a name. 6. 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.
  • Page 22 7. If you can see this message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established. Click ‘Close’ to start network connection. If not, please go back to step 4 and recheck everything. Make sure the SSID or security key / passphrase you inputted is correct.

  • Page 23: Connection Profile Management

    2-3-1 Make a profile for an access point or wireless device 1. Right-click the AirLive Wireless configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’.
  • Page 24 Or, you can add a connected wireless access point or wireless device to a profile by clicking ‘Site Survey’ tab, then click ‘Add to Profile’ button: You can set the parameter for this connection here: WN-5000 USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 25 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Profile Name Please give this profile a name, up to 32 alphanumerical characters and symbols are allowed, but space is not allowed. SSID The SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you selected will be displayed here.
  • Page 26 high setting here if you found that radio reception is bad. If you don’t know which one to use, select ‘Auto’. Preamble This option is only available when the network type is ‘Ad hoc’. You can select ‘Auto’ or ‘Long Preamble’. Please select ‘Auto’ if you don’t know what it is. RTS Threshold Check the box and you can set RTS threshold manually here.
  • Page 27 If you select ‘LEAP’, the following message will be displayed. Please input LEAP identity, password, domain name, and select encryption type. You can check ‘Show Password’ box so the password you inputted will be displayed as you type, but not replace by asterisk.
  • Page 28 Use 802.1x Enable 802.1x wireless authentication. Please click ‘802.1x Setting’ button to set 802.1x parameters. (See next section). After you finish all settings, click ‘OK’ to save settings and exit. The profile you just created will be displayed: Select the profile you wish to use, and click ‘Activate’ to use the profile you selected. You can only activate a profile a time, and the profile which is activated currently will have a check ( ) before its name.

  • Page 29: Using 802.1X - Certification

    2-3-2 Using 802.1x – Certification After you click ‘802.1x Setting’, a new windows will appear: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Authentication Please select an 802.1x authentication type here. The type you select here must be Type identical to the type of the 802.1x authentication type you’re using. Session You can enable or disable session resumption here.
  • Page 30 on your computer. If the authentication type you use is ‘ TLS/Smart Adapter’, this box is always checked. More.. After you clicked this button, you’ll be prompted to select a certificate on your computer. Allow This box is always checked and can not be modified. unauthenticated provision mode Use protected...

  • Page 31: Using 802.1X - Ca Server

    2-3-3 Using 802.1x - CA Server If you want to use CA server, please click ‘CA Server’ tab. And the following message will be displayed: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Use certificate Check this box to enable the use of certificate chain. chain Certificate Please select the issuer of certificate from this dropdown menu.

  • Page 32: View Network Statistics And Link Status

    2-4-1 Network Statistics Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: 1. Right-click the AirLive Wireless configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2. Click ‘Statistics’ tab, and the statistics of wireless connection will be displayed:...
  • Page 33 All connection-related statistics is displayed here. You can click ‘Reset Counter’ to reset the statistics of all items back to 0. Click ‘OK’ to close the window. WN-5000 USB User’s Manual...
  • Page 34 2-4-2 Link Status Please follow the following instructions to check network statistics: 1. Right-click the AirLive Wireless configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. 2. Click ‘Link Status’ tab, and information about current wireless connection will be displayed:...
  • Page 35 These information displayed here are updated every second, and here are descriptions of every item: Status Display the SSID and BSSID of connected wireless access point or wireless device (displayed as SSID <-> BSSID as shown in above picture. If there’s no active connection currently, ‘Disconnected’...

  • Page 36: Advanced Settings

    Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings: 1. Right-click the AirLive Wireless configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’.
  • Page 37 Anyway, you can set this setting to ‘802.11 B only’ when you’re going to communicate with old 802.11b wireless devices and you got problem using other two modes. Wireless This setting helps your network adapter to avoid interference with other wireless Protection devices when there are both 802.11b and 802.11g wireless devices in the same place.
  • Page 38 Cisco used to improve the wireless performance with CCX compatible wireless devices. Check this box if you need to connect to CCX-compatible wireless devices. Turn on CCKM Check this box to enable CCKM (Cisco Centralized Key Management), which enables wireless clients to roam between CCKM-enabled access points in very short time.

  • Page 39: Qos Setting

    Please follow the following instructions to set advanced wireless settings: 1. Right-click the AirLive Wireless configuration utility icon located at lower-right corner of computer desktop, then click ‘Launch Config Utilities’. Click ‘Advanced’ tab, and the following settings will appear:...
  • Page 40 this window will be activated or deactivated respectively. WMM - Power Enable WMM power saving mode to save energy and lets your battery live longer. Save Enable Setting... Click this button to select the WMM data type which will suppress the function of power saving.

  • Page 41: About

    2. Click ‘About’ tab, and the following settings will appear: If you need assistance about network problem, you’ll need these values. You can also click ‘WWW.AIRLIVE.COM’ button to go to the web site of network adapter driver manufacturer and get more information about your wireless network adapter.

  • Page 42: Chapter 3: Appendix

    Chapter 3: Appendix 3-1 Hardware Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/N Interface: USB Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band) Data Rate: 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps 11n (20MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard Interval Support (up to 144Mbps) 11n (40MHz): MCS0-15, 32 with Half Guard Interval Support (up to 300Mbps) Securities: WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2 Cisco CCX V1.0, V2.0 &...

  • Page 43: Troubleshooting

    Nothing happens when I click ‘Launch 1. Please make sure the wireless network adapter is firmly config utilities’ inserted into your computer’s USB slot. If the AirLive Wireless configuration utility’s icon is black, the network adapter is not detected by your computer. Switch the computer off and insert the adapter again.
  • Page 44 adapters with specific MAC address to establish connection. Please go to ‘About’ tab and write the value of ‘Phy_Addess’ down, then present this value to the owner of access point so he / she can add the MAC address of your network adapter to his / her access point’s list.

  • Page 45: Glossary

    3-3 Glossary 1. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high-speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming the next mainstream wireless LAN technology for the home, office and public networks.
  • Page 46 7. What is WEP? WEP is Wired Equivalent Privacy, a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802 .11 standard. 8. What is TKIP? TKIP is a quick-fix method to quickly overcome the inherent weaknesses in WEP security, especially the reuse of encryption keys.
  • Page 47 broadcast. If a receiver is not tuned to the right frequency, a spread –spectrum signal looks like background noise. There are two main alternatives, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS). 14. What is WMM? Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), a group of features for wireless networks that improve the user experience for audio, video and voice applications.

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