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WN-370USB Long Range Wireless-B/G/N USB Dongle with Detachable Antenna User’s Manual Live WN-370USB Manual...
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Trademarks All products, company, brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. They are used for identification purpose only. Specifications are subject to be changed without prior notice. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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“Separation Distance” between the User and the EUT:“To maintain compliance with FCC’s RF exposure guidelines, this equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator and your body. Use only the supplied antenna(s).” AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
It provides a full solution of all the IEEE 802.11 b/g/n protocols, which pass the WiFi tests and are compatible with all the wireless products with WiFi logo. If you have a Wireless LAN USB Adapter on hand, it means you can connect to the wireless world without any difficulty. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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Wireless LAN USB Adapter. This user manual will guide you through these exciting features in the following chapters and we is believed that you will be greatly satisfied with its performance and ease of use. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
- Storage Temp : -20℃ to 70℃ - Storage Humidity: 10% to 90% Non-Condensing Physical Specifications 49(L) x 26(W) x 10(H) (not including antenna) - Windows® 98SE/ME/2000/XP/VISTA/, Win 7, Mac and Operating System Support Linux - FCC Part 15 Approval - CE AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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PCs must have a device driver installed. It allows you to communicate with WLAN Mini USB Adapter. PACKAGE CONTENTS 1. Wireless LAN USB Adapter x 1 2. Installation Software CD x 1 3. Quick Setup Guide x 1 4. Antenna x 1 AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
1. Do not plug the wireless LAN USB adapter into your computer USB port before installing the software program. Insert the software program CD, then auto installation window pops up on following: 2. While the following screen pops out, click Install Driver & Utility AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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3. Installation/ Un-installation 3. Choose a set up language. Click Next to process the installation. 4. Click Next AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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3. Installation/ Un-installation 5. Click Install 6. Click Finish to complete the installation AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
3.2 Un-Installation From “Wireless Network Driver and Utility”, “Control Panel” ”Change or Remove Programs”. A. Uninstall the WLAN USB Adapter Driver from “Start”, “All Programs”, Click “Uninstall” (or “Change/Remove”) to remove Wireless LAN USB Adapter driver. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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3. Installation/ Un-installation B. Click “Yes” if you want to remove Wireless LAN USB Adapter Driver. Click “Finish” to complete the Un-installation. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
B. Adapter List D. Global Control E. Status Bar A. Main Menu The main menu includes five submenus. 1. Refresh(R) When clicking the refresh menu, you can update and re-enumerate the contents of adapter list area. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
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4. WLAN: Wireless LAN Management GUI 2. Set Wizard(S) 2.1 Wizard-1 Click Set Wizard(S) menu to enter operation wizard. Click AP: Setup a wireless network. To configure Access Point parameters— AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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Strongly recommend user to setup wireless security to avoid invalid users. 2.3 Wizard-3 This page shows SSID & Security settings. 2.4 Wizard-4 Show all settings under AP mode. Click Finish to complete wizard setup. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
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Enable/disable the presence of E. Status Bar. Without the check mark (v) the E. Status Bar will be hidden. 5. About (A) Click the “About” to show the utility information dialog. The application version and license information are shown in utility information dialog. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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It is easy for users to change the selected adapter by one click. The contents of properties area are dependant on wireless configuration that the selected adapter is set up. If only single adapter is installed on the system, only one adapter is always selected. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
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Checking "Show Tray Icon" and clicking “Close” button, the management GUI will be minimized and stay on the tray icon which is located at the right bottom corner of Windows. If not, management GUI will shut down while clicking "Close" button with unchecked condition AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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User should be aware that while the wireless configuration is in AP mode. The radio off will cause the sub network which belongs to the AP to be disconnected with internet/intranet. Disable Adapter Stop wireless USB device. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
It is easy to use to switch property pages just by clicking left button of mouse on the title of each page. The following six sections describe detailed information of each page. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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Name of wireless network. 6. Signal Strength The average signal quality of packets received from wireless network. We recommend connecting AP with over 70% signal strength. 7. Throughput Diagram Current throughput, including transmission (Tx) and total traffic (Total). AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
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1%, so you may adjust this value according to your environment required. B. Profile Page This page provides profiles management such as add, remove, edit and duplicate just by pressing the respected button. Available Profile(s) The list box shows all the created profiles. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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Set the selected profile as default selection. 6. Available Network Page This page presents all BSS, including AP and IBSS, around this system. You can pick any one of these network connections. C. Available Network(s) Show network connection around this system AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
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2. Wireless Mode 802.11b 802.11g/b 3. 802.11b Preamble Mode Long: higher quality but with lower performance than preamble short mode. Short: Normal quality but with higher performance than preamble long mode. Auto: use the preamble mode of current. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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Wireless LAN USB Adapter on target system. Wake Up: click this button to wake it up . 7. Set Defaults Restore the default value to be current settings. 8. Apply Apply the current settings to GUI. C. Status Page AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
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13. Associated AP MAC: MAC address of connecting AP 14. Up Time (hh:mm:ss): Total connection time F. Statistics Page You could watch the Tx/Rx status of current wireless connection. This page shows a statistic analysis of packet transition. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
The AID field is a value assigned by an AP during association that represents 16-bit ID of a station. It is a unique value assigned by AP. 5. MAC address It is the six two-digit numbers that assemble the MAC address of respected joined station. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
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A dialog of this AP is shown for configuration modification. 7.1. Network Name (SSID) Name of the AP searchable by other wireless nodes. The length of SSID should be shorter than 32 characters. 7.2. Channel Select the wireless channel within current channel plan. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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For example, 10 digits hex number for 64-bit WEP or 26 digits hex number for 128-bit WEP. 7.5. Key index (1 ~4) At most four key index to represent the opposite network key. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
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The DTIM Period field is the number of Beacon intervals between successive DTIMs. 3. Preamble Mode Long: higher quality but with lower performance than preamble short mode. Short: Normal quality but with higher performance then preamble long mode. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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4. WLAN: Wireless LAN Management GUI C. Statistics Page The Tx/Rx status of current wireless connection is shown. A statistic analysis of packet transition is listed. D. ICS Page AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
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4. WLAN: Wireless LAN Management GUI 1. Con Name List all network connections to this system. You can pick up one from the listed item(s) whose network domain you would want to connect to. 2. Apply Execute the current settings. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
Panel -> Network -> file and printer sharing -> I want to be able to give others to access to my files. Q: Slow or poor performance under AP mode A: Try to select another channel for the communicating group or move your device closer to the Access Point. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
A gateway is a hardware and software device that connects two dissimilar systems, such as a LAN and a mainframe. In Internet terminology, a gateway is another name for a router. Generally a gateway is used as a funnel for all traffic to the Internet AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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LANs. TKIP is the next generation of WEP, the Wired Equivalency Protocol, which is used to secure 802.11 wireless LANs. TKIP provides per-packet key mixing, a message integrity check and a re-keying mechanism, thus fixing the flaws of WEP. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
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Most wireless LANs use spread spectrum technology. It offers limited bandwidth, usually under 11Mbps, and users share the bandwidth with other devices in the spectrum; however, users can operate a spread spectrum device without licensing from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are buffered frames at the access point). AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manua...
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EAPOL messages that convey the shared key information critical for wireless security. Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Security issues are a major concern for wireless LANs, AES is the U.S. government’s next-generation cryptography algorithm, which will replace DES and 3DES. AirLive WN-370USB User’s Manual...
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