User manual AIRLIVE WL-1700USB

[. . . ] Long Distance Wireless USB Adapter WL-1700USB User's Manual i USING THIS DOCUMENT This document provides detailed user guidelines for Wireless LAN USB Adapter operation and setting-up. Though every effort has been made to ensure that this document is up-to-date and accurate, more information may have become available subsequent to the production of this guide. Content 1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The current configuration is determined on previous explanation of submenu "Mode". The more detailed contents are described in the following wireless configuration sections for both Station and AP mode. D. Global Control Bar Each control item on this bar affects the adapter or management GUI directly. Show Tray Icon 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 17 AirLive WL-1700USB User's Manual Radio Off Turn off the radio to save power. While the radio is off, the links with other wireless network nodes are disconnected. 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. E. Status Bar The hints or status of the management GUI are presented in the status bar. AirLive WL-1700USB User's Manual 18 4. 2 Station Mode The following explanations focus on the properties area. Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc With both Infrastructure and Ad-Hoc types, the properties should look like the picture above. Six property pages present different information of current wireless network status. Please read the following explanations before you reviewing these pages, it could help you to well understand the wireless environment around the system. 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. 19 AirLive WL-1700USB User's Manual A. General Page This page represents the general information of this adapter. 1. Status The status of station connection to AP. Speed Current transition speed in Mbps (Mega-Bits-Per-Second). Type Current wireless LAN configuration type. Encryption Current encryption mode used. Signal Strength The average signal quality of packets received from wireless network. We recommend connecting AP with over 70% signal strength. AirLive WL-1700USB User's Manual 20 7. Throughput Diagram Current throughput, including transmission (Tx) and total traffic (Total). [. . . ] Shared Key + WEP You decide to apply both authentication and data encryption to prevent unauthorized login. WPA-PSK + TKIP & WPA2-PSK + TKIP The most advanced authentication and data encryption that provide the best security protection. 27 AirLive WL-1700USB User's Manual 7. 4. ASCII/ PASSPHRASE The most advanced authentication and data encryption that provide the best security protection. ASCII: You should provide either 5 or 13 ASCII characters on Network key edit box. [. . . ]