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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Copyright Copyright © 201 1 by PLANET T echnology Corp. All right s reserved. No p art of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or comput er language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechan[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  CE mark W arning This is a class B device, in a domestic environm ent; this pro duct may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to t ake adequate measures. R&TTE Compliance S tatement This equipment complies with all the requirement s of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  CONT ENTS  Chapter 1. Product Introduction .......................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Package content s ............................................................................................................[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Chapter 1. Product Introduction 1.1 Package content s The following items should be contained in the package: ¾ Wireless USB adapter ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ CD (includes driver/u tility/user’s manual) Note: If there is any item missed or damaged, please cont act the seller i[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Chapter 2. Installation 2.1 Driver Inst allation  1. If you had ever inst alled other wireless adapters before, plea se uninstall the existed drive rs and utilities first. 2. The following inst allation is performed in Windows XP . The procedures in other OS are similar .  Befor[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r   Step 3. After the sof tware has been inst alled successfully , choose “ Y es, I w ant to rest art my computer no w. ” an d click “Finish” button to rest art your computer . Step 4. After rest arting the computer , insert the wireless adapter into an empty USB port of your [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Step 6. Choose “ Inst all the software automatically (Recommended) ”, and click “Next” button to install the driver . ‐ 8 ‐  [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r   If  the  screen  below  appears  during  installation,  please  click  “Continue  Anywa y ”  button  to  continue.   Step 7. Once the installation is fini shed, click “Finish” button. After the driver of wireless adapter has bee[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Left-click the new i con will launch PLANET 1 1n USB Wireless LAN Utility , and right-click the icon will show the quick menu of c onfiguration utility . This icon al so uses dif ferent colors to show the st atus of wireless connection: Wireless connection is esta blished, good signal[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Step 3. When the access point you’re looking for is on the list, lef t-click it and then double click it or click “ Add to Profile ”. Step 4. If a password (Network Ke y) is required to access the wireless access point, please input it in “ Network key ” field, and input it [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  All options in this page will be filled automatically according to the access poi nt you wish to add to profile. However , you can still modify any of them to meet your requirement. Profile name Y ou can give a name to this profile, so you can rem ember it s purpose easily . It can be[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  “P ASSPHRASE” you also need to sele ct the length of the key . The passphra se must be identical with the setting of wi reless access point you with to connect. Key index Select WEP key index. For most of acce ss points you can select “1”, but please refer to the setting of th[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r   If you connected to an access point but the connection wa s dropped soon, please check securit y settings and re-ch eck pa ssword spelling.  2.2.2 Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP / V ista / 7 has a built-in wireless network configuration utility , called as “ Windows Ze[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Step 2. Check “ Windo w s Zero Config ” box. Step 3. There is message appeared indicati ng that you’ve been alre ady switched to Windows Zero Config mode.  T o return to use PLANET wirel ess utility , uncheck “ Windows Zero Config ” box.  Step 4. Click “ Star t ” b[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Step 5. Double click “ Net w ork Connections ”. ‐ 16 ‐  [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Step 6. Right-click “ Wireless Network Connection ” (it may have a number as suf fix if you have more than one wireless net work adapter , please make sure you right-click the PLANET Wireless LAN 802.1 1n USB Netw ork Adapter ), then select “ View A vailable Wireless Networks ?[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Step 8. If the access point is pr otected by encry ption, you have to input its Network key or passphrase here. It must match the en cryp tion setting on the access point. If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you’ll not be prompted for network key or pa ssphrase[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Chapter 3. PLANET USB Wireless LAN Utility 3.1 Connection Profile Management If you need to connect to dif ferent wireless access points at dif ferent time, like access point at home, office, cyber-cafe, or public wireless se rv ice, you can save the conne ction parameters (encryption[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  3.1.1 Add a new profile Y ou can setup the conne ction parameters for the specific wireless access point in advance. If you want to create a new profile, click “ Add ” button. Y ou’ll be prompted to input connection parameters for the wi reless access point you wish to connect: [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Required parameters are as follows: Profile name Y ou can give a name to this profile, so you can rem ember it s purpose easily . It can be any phrase to help you remember . Network Name (SSID) The SSID (Service Set IDentifier , i.e. access point”s name). This must be identical with[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  The passphra se must be identical with the setting of wi reless access point you with to connect. Key index Select WEP key index. For most of acce ss points you can select “1”, but please refer to the setting of the access point. Network key / Confirm network key When the encrypti[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  3.1.3 Edit an existing profile If you have added a profile before, and now you wish to change the setting s of the profile, you can use this function. Please select the profile from the list first, then click “ Edit ” button. The contents of the sele cted profile will appear . Aft[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  3.1.4 Make a copy of existing profile If you need to create a new profile which parameters are similar to any existing profile, you can make a copy of a specific profile and ed it the copy to save as a new profile. T o do this, select an existing profile, then click “ Duplicate ” [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Y ou’ll be prompted to input a new profile name. Please use an identical name that does not exist in the profile list. 3.1.5 Set as the default profile If you wish to use a specific profile as the default wireless connection, you can se lect the profile in the list, and click “ Se[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  3.2 General Information, S t atus, and Network St atistics The PLANET wireless utility provides the det a iled information about t he wireless connection you’re using. 3.2.1 General Information If you want to know the general information of the access point you’re conne cting to, [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  All general information like signal strengt h and link quality will be displayed here. The information is very useful when you encounter some problems in co nnecting to access point. If you wish to get a new IP address from DHCP server , you can click “ ReNew IP ” button. 3.2.2 St[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  3.2.3 Network Transmission Statistics T o view the statistical data of wirele ss adapter , click “ Sta ti s t i c s ” label, and the st atistics of wireless connection will be displ ayed: ‐ 28 ‐  [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  All connection-related st atistics is displayed here. Y ou can click “ Reset ” button to reset the statistics of al l items back to 0. 3.3 Miscellaneous Settings There are some other functions provided by PLANET wireless utility , and you can access these functions from the bottom[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  The descriptions of the function are listed as follow: Show T ray Icon Check this box to show an icon on syste m tray . Uncheck this box to hide it. Radio Of f Switch wireless radio off. Wirel ess network functionalities are disabled. Disable Adapter Disable wireless adapter . All fun[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Step 2. Click “ Wi-Fi Protect Setup ” label. Step 3. Y ou can choose which WP S method to us e, PIN Input Config (PIN) or Push Button Config (PBC), and WPS-supported wireless access p oint must use the same method. See the next two chapters for de t ailed instructions of each WPS [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  If you select “ Ye s ”, a list of all WPS-supported AP nea rby will be displayed. Y ou can click “ Refresh ” button to rescan. Click an access point you want to connect and click “ Select ” button. If you select “ No ”, wi reless adapter will prompt you to enter 8-digi[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  3.4.2 Push Button Config (PBC) This is the easiest way to est ablish secure co nnection by WPS, but if there’re more than one WPS-supported access poi nt usi ng Push-Button config, please use PIN Input Co nfig (PIN) instead. Please click “ Push Button Config (PB C) ” button. ‐[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Then a message window will appear: Please activate WPS function of wireless access point now , and the secure connection between wireless ada pter and the WPS-supported access p oint will be esta blished automatically . ‐ 34 ‐  [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Chapter 4. Soft Access Point Excepting be a wireless client of other wirele ss acce ss points, the PLANET wireless adapter can also act as a wireless servi ce provider . Y ou can switch the op eration mode of wireless adapter to “Access Point” mode to simulate the function of a re[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  It requires few second s to switch mode. After the mode switch is complete, the windo w of general information about sof tware access point will appear , includes SSID an d connected wirele ss clie nts. ‐ 36 ‐  [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  S tation mode icon: Access Point icon: 4.1.1 Configure SSID and Channel T o configure software Access Point, click “ Config ” button, and the “ Wireless Network Properties ” will be displayed. ‐ 37 ‐  [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Please note that Ad-Hoc mode is not available when the wireless a dapter is in Access Point mode. The se tup options are listed below: Network Name (SSID) Please input the SSID (the name used to identify this wireless access point) here. Up to 32 numerical characters can be accepted h[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  The setup items about wireless security are listed below: Network Authentication Select network aut hentication mode from dropdo wn menu. Data Encrypti on Select data encryption met hod from dropdown menu. ASCII / P ASSPHRASE If the encryption method is WEP , check either “ASCII” [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  4.2 Advanced Settings Click “ Advanced ” label to setup a dvanced settings of sof tware access point. If you don’t know the meaning and affect s of these settings, please keep them as default. The setup items are listed below: Beacon Interval Please input wireless beacon time in[...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Click “ Reset ” button to rese t the value of every item back to “0”. 4.4 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Y ou can assign a network adapter on your co mputer as the path for all wireless client s to get connected to Internet. If you have only one network adapter (except the [...]

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    PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  USB  Ada pte r  Click “ Apply ” button to save changes (“ Apply ” button is grayed out when no changes are made in this label). ‐ 42 ‐  [...]

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    PLANET TECHNOLOGY CORPORA TION e-mail: sales@planet.com .tw http://www .planet.com.tw 10F ., No.96, Minquan Rd. , Xindian Dist., New T aipei City , T aiwan, R.O.C. T el:886-2-2219-9518 Fax:886- 2-2219-9528 EC Declaration of Conformity For the following equipment: *T ype of Product : 802.1 1n Wireless USB Adapter *Model Number : WNL-U554 / WNL-U5 54[...]