Airlive WN-300PCI User Manual

802.11b/g/n 2T2R 300Mbps PCI Card WN-300PCI User’s Manual

6 2. Install the antenna on the wireless network card, and make sure the antenna is securely installed. To improve radio reception, please adjus

7 4. Insert device driver CDROM into the CD/DVD ROM drive of your computer, and execute ‘Setup.exe’ program. Please read the end user license agr

8 6. You can choose the configuration tool used to configure the wireless network card here. It’s recommended to select ‘Airlive Configuration To

9 8. Please wait while the install procedure is running. When you see this message, please click ‘Finish’ to complete the driver installation pro

10 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 wi

11 Wireless connection is established, good signal reception. Wireless connection is established, normal signal reception. Wireless connection is

12 3. RaUI consists two parts: Menu and setup area. You can select a setup function (Profile, Network, etc.) from menu, and corresponding setu

13 You can click ‘More / Less’ button again, and setup utility window will resume to its original size. Tip: If a setup item requir

14 2-2-1-1 Scan for Other Wireless Devices There are two kinds of wireless connection mode: Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc. Infrastructure mode is us

15 Scan results will be displayed here, please check if the wireless device (access point or another computer) with the SSID you wish to connect

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16 If you can not see the access point you wish to connect here, please click ‘Rescan’ button to scan for access point again, until the one you p

17 There are 4 types of technical information: General: Displays basic information about this access point, such as SSID, MAC Address, authent

18 2-2-1-2 Connect to an Access Point If the wireless access point you wish to connect is found, you can establish connection with it by clickin

19 3. If the wireless access point uses encryption, you will be prompted to input its WEP key or WPA preshared key.

20 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 ‘Sh

21 You can also click More / Less button ( ) to see detailed information of connected access point: 2-2-1-3 Add an Access Point to Profile If

22 The setup utility will expand: Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Profile Name You can give this profile

23 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 th

24 To set authentication / encryption information for the access point. Please click ‘Auth. \ Encry.’ tab: Here are descriptions of every setu

25 device you wish to connect. When you’re adding a profile from an existing access point or wireless device, the encryption type will be selected au

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26 Item Name Description EAP Method Select 802.1x EAP method from dropdown menu. Please ask the administrator of the access point you wish to c

27 you can select the certificate here. Server Certification tab Use this tab to use server-based certification. Please select a CA (Certificate Auth

28 2. Right click Windows Zero Configuration icon and select ‘View Available Wireless Networks’. If you can not find the icon, please follow th

29 Click ‘Network Connections’. 4. Right-click ‘Wireless Network Connection’ (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless

30 6. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its security key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setti

31 7. If you can see ‘Connected’ message, the connection between your computer and wireless access point is successfully established. 2.3 P

32 Click the ‘Profile’ menu. All profiles will be listed in ‘Profile List’, and you can select a profile from the list, all information about sele

33 2-3-2 Edit an existing profile If you have added a profile before, and you wish to change the content of the profile, you can use this functi

34 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

35 2-3-4 Activate a profile When you want to connect to a specific wireless device in the profile list, you can select it and click ‘Activate’ b

Table Contents 1. Introduction ... 1 1.1 Introductio

36 2.4 Advanced Settings This wireless network card provides several advanced settings for experienced wireless users. You can change these setti

37 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Wireless mode Display the wireless operation mode of the network card. Enab

38 2.5 View Network Statistics The configuration utility provides information about network statistics and link status. If you want to know how yo

39 2.6 WMM Setting This wireless network card provides WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) function, which can improve the performance of certain network appl

40 In ‘WMM Setup Status’ block, current WMM settings will be displayed. And here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description WM

41 2.7 WPS Configuration Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the latest wireless network technology which makes wireless network setup become very sim

42 3. Set ‘Config Mode’ to ‘Enrollee’, and then push the ‘WPS’ button on your wireless access point (the button used to activate WPS standby mod

43 All access points with WPS function enabled will be displayed here. Please make sure the access point you wish to connect is displayed. If not,

44 click ‘Connect’ to establish connection to selected access point, if there are more than one WPS-enabled access point found. You can also cli

45 3. The PIN code of your wireless network card is an eight-digit number located at the upper-right position of configuration utility. Remember

1 1 1. Introduction 1.1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing this high-speed wireless network card! Excepting common wire

46 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

47 2.9 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility, driver, and other important informatio

48 3 3. Soft-AP Function Excepting become a wireless client of other wireless access points, this wireless card can act as a wireless service pr

49 A configuration window will appear after you switch the operation mode to ‘AP’, which asks you to assign an existing network card with interne

50 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description SSID Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless acce

51 Wireless Mode Select the operation mode of the access point here. Use Mac Address Click this button to use the MAC address of the wireless ca

52 Beacon(ms) You can define the time interval that a beacon signal should be send. Default value is 100. Do not modify this value unless you kn

53 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Authentication Type Please select a wireless authentication type you wish

54 WPA Pre-shared Key Please input the WPA pre-shared key here. Only clients with the same pre-shared key you inputted here will be able to conne

55 3.3 Access Control If you’re not going to open your computer and wireless resources to the public, you can use MAC address filtering function t

2 2. DO NOT put this network card at or near hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not left this wireless network card in the c

56 Here are descriptions of every setup item: Item Name Description Access Policy Select the policy type of your access rule. Disable: Allow

57 3.4 Connection Table If you want to see the list of all wireless clients connected to this access point, please select ‘Mac Table’ tab from the

58 Here are descriptions of every field: Item Name Description MAC Address Displays the MAC address of this wireless client. AID The serial n

59 3.6 Statistics If you want to know detailed information about how your software access point works, click ‘Statistics’ tab, and the event log

60 3.7 About The ‘About’ tab provides you the information about version number of the configuration utility, driver, and other important informati

61 4 4. Appendix 4.1 Specification Standards: IEEE 802.11b/g/n (2T2R) Interface: 32Bit PCI Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scient

62 Scenario Solution I can’t find any wireless access point / wireless device in ‘Site Survey’ function. 1. Click ‘Rescan’ for few more times a

63 The network is slow / having problem when transferring large files 1. Move closer to the place where access point is located. 2. Enable ‘Wire

64 3. What does IEEE 802.11 feature support? The product supports the following IEEE 802.11 functions: z CSMA/CA plus Acknowledge Protocol z

65 10. Can Wireless products support printer sharing? Wireless products perform the same function as LAN products. Therefore, Wireless produc

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66 applications, each with different latency and throughput requirements, compete for network resources. By using WMM, end-user satisfaction is m

4 1.5 Familiar with your new wireless network card 1. Antennas Two 3dBi dipole antennas are enclosed with the PCI card. Please secure the ante

5 2 2. Installation and Configuration 2.1 Network Card Installation Please follow the following instructions to install your new wireless network