Planet Technology WL-U357v2 manual

54/108Mbps Super G W ir eless LAN USB Adapter WL-U357v2 User ’ s Manual (V ersion 1.0)[...]

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This equipment compli es with all the requir ements of DIRECT IVE 1999/ 5/CE OF THE EUROPEAN P A RLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF 9 March 1 999 on radio equipment and tel ecommunication terminal Equipment and the mutual rec ognition of their conformity (R&TTE) The R&TTE Directive repe als and replaces in the directive 98/13/EEC (T elecommunicati[...]

Content s 1. Introduction ............................................................................................... 1 1.1 Features ................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Application ............................................................................................. 1 1.[...]

1. Introduction Complying with the IEEE 802.1 1g standard, WL-U357v2 provides simple, reliable, high-speed wireless connectivity for both desktop and laptop users. By combining two, state-of-the-art te chnologies - USB 2.0 and Super G - WL-U357v2 provides up to 108Mbps dat a rate in 2.4GHz unlicensed ISM band. Thus makes WL-U357v2 more suitable for[...]

wireless signals. For enterpris e users, the installation of multiple Access Point s to enlarge the coverage of wireless si gnals can provide wireless users with seamless network access. The Infrastructure mode is appropriate fo r enterprise-scale wireless access to a central database or provides various wir eless applications for mobile users. Inf[...]

General Application WL-U357v2 offers a fast, reliable, cost-e ffective solution for wireless access to the various network scenarios: 1. Remote access to corporate network for information E-mail, file transfer and terminal service. 2. Difficult-to-wire environments Historical or old buildings, public occasions, venues and open area where it is diff[...]

Emission type Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DS SS) Technology RF Modulation OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM RF Output Power 15dBm Data Rate 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps 802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps Super G: up to 108Mbps Security 64/128bit WEP WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK WPA / WPA2 Antenna Internal Patch Antenna Sensitivity IEEE802.11b: 2Mb[...]

1.5 Minimum System Requirement s Before installation, please check the following requirement s with your equipment. • Pentium Based (above) IBM-compat ible PC system with one vacancy USB 1.1/2.0 port • CD-ROM drive • Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP and Server 2003 • At least 5MBytes of free disk spac e for utility and driver installation 1.6 Inst a[...]

2. Inst allation Procedure Before you proceed with the installati on, it is necessary that you have enough information about the W ireless USB Adapter . Follow the procedure described below in this chapter to install the USB adapter under W indows 98SE/ME/2000/XP . 2.1 Utility & Driver Inst allation The following installation operates under W i[...]

4. Y ou can click “Browse” to specify the Destination Folder that you want to install the utility . Or keep the default setting and click ”Next” to continue. 5. Y ou can change the Program Folder name as you wis h or use the default name to continue. Please c lick “Next” for next step. 7[...]

6. Installation will st art copy dr iver and utility to your OS. 7. When this dialog box appear , please click “Continue Anyway”. 8[...]

8. Please click “Finish” to complete the installation. 9. Please click “Finish” to restart your PC 9[...]

2.2 Hardware Inst allation 1. After PC rest art. Please select the correct Country Domain in the pull down list and press “OK” to continue. 2. Please connect WL-U357 to your PC’ s USB port. If your PC’s USB interface is not USB 2.0, Windows will prompt you there is a High-S peed device connect to non-High-S peed USB hub. Please don’t worr[...]

select “Continue Anyway” to continue. 5. After the driver inst allation comp lete appears. Please click “Finish”. 11[...]

3. Configuration 3.1 Link Information The default page is as below afte r you launch the Utility program. Status: Shows the SSID associated, which c an be used to identify the wireless network. SSID: Shows current SSID, which must be t he same for the wireless client and AP in order for communication to be established. Frequency: Shows the current [...]

3.2 Configuration This is the page where you can change the basic settings of the Access Point with the minimum amount of effort to implement a secure wireless network environment. SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network. The SSID must be identical for each clients and nodes in t[...]

European (ETSI) domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain. Power Mode: There are 3 modes to choose. ● Continuous Access Mode (default) – the USB Dongle is constantly operating with full power and it consumes the most power. ● Maximum Power Save – the USB Dongle consumes the least power and only operates when there is wireless network activity.[...]

Auth. Mode: 5 options are available: Open System, Share key, Auto, WPA/WPA2 , WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK and Disable . Select Open System, Share key or Auto for WEP data encryption feature. If one of the three options is selected, it is requir ed to configure the followi ng settings from the next dropping list. If WPA/WPA2 is selected, configuration is enabl[...]

If WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK is selected, click the co nfiguration button. The popping window is as the below. Please enter the key. The following will only be activated to allow for configuration when Open System, Share Key or Auto is enabled in “ Auth. Mode ”. Default Key: select one of the 4 keys to use. Network Ke y : choose the encryption way, eith[...]

Available Network – displays the wireless networks (wireless clients and Access Points) that are in your signal range. Select any one of them to establis h communications by simply mouse double-click or click on the “ Connect ” button. Click “ Refresh ” button to start scanning fo r available network again. Profile – You can create and [...]

3.5 About US This page displays some information about the 108Mbps Wireless Network USB Dongle utility , which includes the ve rsion numbers for Driver , Firmware and Utility . When there is new version of so f tware available for upgrade, you will be able to identify by version numbers. 18[...]

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4. Glossary Access Point: An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. Ad-Hoc: An independent wireless LAN network formed by a group of computers, each with a network adapter. AP Client: One of the additional AP operating modes offered by 54Mbps Access Point, which allows the Access Point to act as an Ethernet-to-[...]

Bit: A binary digit, which is either -0 or -1 for value, is the smallest unit for data. Bridge: An internetworking functi on that incorporates the lowest 2 layers of the OSI network protocol model. Browser: An applicat ion program that enables one to read the content and interact in the World Wide Web or Intranet. BSS: BSS stands for “Basic Servi[...]

DSSS: Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum. DSSS generates a redundant bit pattern for each bit to be transmitted. This bit pattern is called a chip (or chipping code). The longer the chip, the greater the pr obability that the or iginal data can be recovered. Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission, statistical techniques e[...]

Gateway : a device that interconnects netwo rks with different, incompatibl e communication protocols. HEX: Hexadecimal, HEX, consists of numbers from 0 – 9 an d letters from A – F. IEEE: The I nstitute of E lectrical and E lectronics E ngineers, which is the largest technical professional society that prom otes the development and application [...]

Preamble Type: During transmission, the PSDU shall be appended to a PLCP preamble and header to creat e the PPDU. Two different preambles and headers are defined as the mandat ory supported long preamble and header which interoperates with the current 1 and 2 Mbi t/s DSSS specification as described in IEEE Std 802.11-1999, and an optional short pre[...]

Throughput: The amount of data transferred su ccessfully from one point to another in a given period of time. WEP: Wired Equiv alent Privacy (WEP) is an encryption scheme used to protect wireless data communicati on. To enable the icon will prevent other stations without the same WEP key from linking with the AP. Wireless Bridge – One of the addi[...]

5. T roubleshooting This section provides solutions to pr oblems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the USB adapter . Read the description below to dif fuse your doubts. What is the IEEE 802.1 1g standard? 802.1 1g is the latest IEEE standard for high-speed WLAN co mmunications that provides up to 54Mbps data rate in the 2[...]

new generation and has been incorporat ed into the newly- approved security standard 802.1 1i. It supports 128, 1 92 and 256-bit encryption key length and adopts Rijndael algorithm. It is widely believed it is impossible to crack AES. What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what are their differences? Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FH SS) uses a narrow[...]