LevelOne WNC-0304USB manual

LevelOne WNC-0304USB 11g USB Adapter w/ LCD WiFi Detector User Manual V1.0. 1-0607[...]

CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 F EATURES .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 S PECIFICA TIONS ...................................................[...]

1 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing LevelOne 11g USB adapter with Wi-Fi Detector. This convenient device instantly detects wireless hotspots anywhere. The backlight LCD display tells the user detailed information about any d etected hotspot. There’s no need to purchase any battery because there is a rechargeable Li-Polymer battery which rec[...]

2 • Suitable for Any Notebook or Desktop P C. 1.2 Specifications • Standard: IEEE 802.11g/b • LCD Size: 96x32 with EL backlight • Battery: 4.2V Rechargeable Li-Polymer Battery • Bus Type: USB 2.0 Type A • Frequency Band: 2.4000~2. 4835GHz (I ndustrial Scientific Medi cal Band) • Modulation: OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM (11g) BPS[...]

3 1.3 Package Contents Before you begin the installation , please check the items of your package. The package should include the following items: • WNC-0304USB • USB Cable • CD Manual/Driver/Utility • Quick Installation Guide If any of the above items is missing, contact your supplier as soo n as possible.[...]

4 2 How to charge the battery of Wi-Fi Detector 1. Remove the cap from th e Wi-Fi Detector, sl ide the power switch to the “ON” position and carefully insert the USB connector into any available USB port on your computer. You will see the recharging screen. The battery strength indicator will be anima ted while the Wi-Fi detector is being rech [...]

5 3 How to use the Wi-Fi Detector 1. Slide the power s witch to the “ON” position. 2. The Wi-Fi detector will automatically enter scan ning mode to detect Wi-Fi signals. In scanning mode the display will display the total number of bo th non-encrypted and encrypted Wi-Fi signals detected. 3. Once scanning mode is complete, the detec tor will en[...]

6 The Icons on the LCD display are displayed as follows: 1. Operating Channel: Indicates the cu rrent operating channel of the detected Wi-Fi signal. 2. Number of AP’s Detected: the left digi t indicates which detected Wi-Fi signal is currently displayed and the right dig it indicates the total amount of Wi-Fi signals detected. 3. Encryption indi[...]

7 In “lock mode” the detec tor constantly re-detec ts and refreshes the signal streng th to this specific SSID so the user can move around to find the op timal spot with strongest signal. Press and hold the “Seek/Lock” button for 4 seconds to unlock the “lock mode”. Seek/Lock[...]

8 4 How to install the driver and utility Before you proceed with the installation, pleas e pay attention to the following descriptions. Note1: Please do not install the USB adapter into your computer before installing the software program from the CD. Note2: The following installation was operated in Windows XP. (Procedures are similar for Windo w[...]

9 Please click “ Next ” to continue the installation. If you want to install the software program in another location, click “ Brow se ” and select an alternative destination. Then, click “ Next ”.[...]

10 The system will display “Software Installation” screen. Click “ Continue Anywa y ” to continue. Click “ Finish ” to co mplete the installation.[...]

11 4.2 Install the USB adapter Plug the USB adapter into the USB port of your computer. The “ Found New Hardw ar e Wizard ” is displayed, s elect “Install the so ftware automatically (Recommended)” and click “ Next ”. Click “ Continue Anyway ” and the system will start to install the USB adapter.[...]

12 Click “Finish” to complete the installation .[...]

13 4.3 Using the Configuration Utility To setup the USB adapter, double- click the icon in the system tra y. For Windows XP, there is a “Windows Zero Confi guration Tool” by default for you to setup wireless clients. If you want to use the Utility of the USB adapter, please follow one of the ways as below. First Way A. Double-click the utility [...]

14 Second Way A. Double-click the icon. B. Click “Advance”. C. Uncheck “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings”.[...]

15 5 How to configure the utility The Configuration Utility is a powerful applicatio n that helps you configure the 11g Wireless LAN USB adapter and monitor the link status during the communication process. The Configuration Utility appears as an icon on the system tray of Windows while the adapter is running. You can open it by double-click on the[...]

16 5.1 Wireless Connection Status When you open the Configuration U tility, the system will scan all the channels to find all the access points/stations within the accessible r ange of your adapter and automatically connect to the wireless device with the highes t signal stre ngth. From the screen, yo u may know all the infomration about the wirele[...]

17 connecting to. The infor mation includes Channel, Type, SSID, TX Rate and Encrypt se ttings. Note: Pleas e refer to Section 5.2 for the description of each item. More Setting For setting more functio ns including disable/enable WEP and Power Saving Mode, etc. Please refer to Section 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 for more detail. Link Status Display the statu[...]

18 5.2 General Connection Setting Click “More Setting”, users are allo wed to setup the wireless connection setting, Encryption Setting of the USB adapter and other advanced functions. Parameter Description General Connection Setting Wireless Mode 802.11b+g Mix Mode, it will auto sc an all available 802.11b and 802.11g wireless station. Channel[...]

19 When the adapter works in 11b mo de, the maximum data rate is 11Mbps so that there are only “Auto /1/2/5.5/11Mbps” options you can select. SSID The SSID (up to 32 printabl e ASCII characters) is the unique name identified in a WLAN. The ID prevents the unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. You may specify a SSID for the adapter and [...]

20 Parameter Description Authentication Mode This setting has to be co nsistent with the wireless networks that the adapter intends to connect. Open System – No authentication is needed among the wireless network. Shared Key – Only wireless station s using a shared key (WEP Key identified) are allowed to connect each o ther. Auto – Auto switc[...]

21 5.3 WEP and WPA Encryption WEP is an data encryp tion algor ithm, which protects Wireless LAN data in the network against eavesdropping. WEP has been found that it has some security problems. The adapter supports WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) that combines IE EE 802.1x and TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) technologies. Client us ers are req[...]

22 Parameter Description Key Length You may select the 64-bit, 128-bit or 256-bit to e ncrypt transmitted data. Larger key leng th will provide higher level of security, but the throughput will be lower. Default Key ID Select one of the keys ( 1~4) as the encryption key. Key Format Hexdecimal – Only “A-F “, “a-f“ and “0-9“ are allowed[...]

23 meantime, the button will change to “Apply“ for you to confirm your settings.[...]

24 5.3.2 WPA/WPA2 Set ting The adapter can automatically detec t the WPA setting of the AP which the adapter intends to connect to. To connect to the AP, you should setup the same setting as the AP. There are two kinds of WPA mode: WPA and WPA-PSK. WPA is designed for enterprise which requires a RADIUS Server and Certificate Ser ver for the authent[...]

25 In “More Setting“ clicks “WPA Encrypt ion Setting“ to setup WPA security key[...]

26 Parameter Description Connect Information It is the setting for WPA mode. Protocol This adapter supports three ki nds of protocol for authentication including TLS, TTLS and PEAP. These three pr otocols require a certificate which is provided by the Certifica te Server. PEAP and TTLS require a set of user name an d password in addition. To get th[...]

27 5.4 Advanced Settings The “Advanced Setting” allows user to enable/ disable country roaming and power consumption mode, setup the fragmentation threshold and RTS/CTS threshold of the adapter. Parameter Description User Interface Select the display l anguage of the utility. Two languages are enabled: English and Chinese. Country Roaming IEEE [...]

28 saving mode when it is idle, but some compon ents of the adapter is still alive. In this mode, the power consumption is larger than “Maximum Power-Saving“ mode. PSP XLink Mode X L i nk i s a n i n f r a s t r u c t u r e t unneling program which allows you to play Ad- hoc PSP multiplayer games through the Internet. WMM QoS Mode T h e p r i m[...]

29 5.5 Software AP Mode This adapter can run as a wireless AP. The relative configurations of the AP inclu ding channel, SSID, MAC Address Filtering, WEP encryption and so on are described as follows. 5.5.2 AP Connection Status Parameter Description Mode Station – Set the USB adapter a wireless client. Access Point – Turns the USB adapter to fu[...]

30 5.5.2 AP Genera l Connection Setting Click “More Setting”, users are allo wed to setup the AP connection setting, Encryption Setting and other advanced functions. Parameter Description General Connection Setting Channel Select the number of the radio chan nel used by the AP. The wireless adapters which connects to the AP should set up the sa[...]

31 Hide SSID If “Hide SSID“ check box is enabled, the AP will not appear in the site survey list of any wire less adapters. It means Only the wireless adapters set the same SSID can connect to the AP. It aviods the AP being connected b y unauthorized users. Change/Apply C l c i k “ C hange“ will enable you to setup the parameters of “Gene[...]

32 should use the shorter preamble typ e. MAC Address Filter This AP can protect from the unau thorized users by MAC Address filteri ng. Pl ease refe r to Secti on 6.5.3 . Bridge Adapter Wireless adapters connect to the AP can access to the wired network through the bridge adapter . You can select an Ethernet adapter in the list be the bridge betwe[...]

33 5.5.3 MAC Address Fi lter Parameter Description Filter Type Disable – Disable the MAC Address filter function. Accept – Only the wireless adapters with the MAC Address setup in the table can connect to the AP. Reject – The wireless adapters with the MAC Address setup in the table will be rejected to connect to the AP. Filter MAC Address MA[...]

34 6 X-Link Installation Clicks “Advanced Setting” and c heck the “PSP XLink Mode” & “WMM QoS Mode” 1) Open Control Panel -- Æ Internet Connection Right Click “Wireless Network Connec tion” and select “Properties”[...]

35 2) Under “General”, select “Interne t Pr otocol (TCP/IP) and click “Properties”[...]

36 3) Select “Use the following IP ad dress: ” and enter “192.168.0.1” for IP address: “255.255.255.0” for Subnet mask then clicks “OK” 4) Under Wireless Internet Network Enable “Use Windows to configure my wireless network setting” Then select “Advanced”[...]

37 5) Select “Computer-to-computer (a d hoc) networks only” Enable “ Automatically connect to non-preferred networks” Clicks “Close” back to previous page and clicks “OK” to confirm setting 6) Setting completed, p lease turn your PSP into online status 7) Please go to X-L ink official site to dow nload X-Link softw are and register [...]

38 9) Enter username and password when you registered to X-Link official site Clicks “OK” to start online gaming[...]

39 7 Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problem s usually encountered during the installation and operation of the adapter. 1. What is the IEEE 802.1 1g standard? 802.11g is the new IEEE standard for high- speed wireless LAN communications that provides for up to 54 Mbps data rate in th e 2.4 GHz band. 802.11g is quickly becoming th[...]

40 5. What is Infrastructure ？ An integrated wireless and wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastructure is applic able to enterprise scale for wireles s access to central databas e, or wireless application for mobile workers. 6. What is BSS ID ？ A specific Ad hoc LAN is called a Basic Serv ice Set (BSS). Compu[...]

41 12. What is DSSS ？ What is FHSS ？ And w hat are their differences ？ Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) us es a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both tr ansmitter and receiver. Properly s ynchronized, the net effect is to maintain a single logical channel. To an unintended receiver, FHSS appears [...]

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