Planet Technology WNL-U550 manual

Pre-N Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WNL-U550 User Manual V ersion: 1.00 Date: January 2007[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Copyright Copyright © 2007 by PLANET T echnolo gy Corp. All right s reserved. No p art of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, tran scribe d, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or comput er language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic,[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20 cm (8 inch es) during normal operation. R&TTE Compliance S tatement This equipment complies with all the requirement s of DIRECTIVE 1999/5/CE OF THE EUROPEAN P ARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF 9 March 1999 on radio equipm ent an[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l T ABBL E OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................. 2 1.1 Features ............................................................................................................ 2 1.2 Specification ................................[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Chapter 1 Introduction WNL-U550 is a USB2.0 wireless adapter that can operate in either Ad-Hoc mode (Poi nt to Point/Point to Multipoint without an Access P o int) or Infrast r ucture mode (Point to Point/Point to Multipoint with an Access Point). Uses 2.4GHz frequ ency band; it is backward e nvironme[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Factories, Retailers, and Offices that fr equently ch an ge locations and rearrange the workplace 4. Temporary network access Events, exhibitions, construction sites or some important occasion s that require temporary network access. 5. Access to database for mobile w orkers Doctors, nurses, retailers[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Environment al & Mechanical Characteristics Dimensions (D x W x H) 13 x 40 x 97 mm Power 5V Certifications FCC Class B,CE Operating T emp 0~55 degrees C Storage T emp -2 0~80 degr ees C Management Built-in utility or Windows XP Zero Configuration utility Humidity 0~90%, Non - Con densing 1.3 Packa[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 1.6 PLANET WNL-U550 The status LED indicators of the PLANET WNL-U550 are de scribed in the following. z Blue: Power on z Flashing: Indicates the Adapter is tra nsmitting or receiving data. 5[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Chapter 2 Installation Procedure Before you proceed with the install ation, it is necessary that you have enough information about the Wireless USB Adapter . Follow the procedure described b elo w in this chapter to install the USB adapter under Windows 2000 Professional / XP SP2. 2.1 Configuration Ut[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l z The “Welcome to the InstallShield Wiza rd for WNL-U5 50” will display on the screen and click “Next” to continue. z Please select your Country Domain and click “Next” to continue. 7[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l z Please click “Next” to continue. z If your operation system is Windows XP, the below window will pop up. Please select “Continue Anyway” to continue. 8[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l z The program will start installing the WNL- U550 drivers and utility automatically. You will see the below pop-up screen and please inserting WNL-U550 into the USB port on your computer now. z Windows will detect the new driver and show you the “Found New Hardware Wizard”, please select “No, no[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l z When this screen appear to inform you that the USB adapter has not passed Windows Logo testing (WHQL). Click “Continue Anyway” to proceed. z Please click “Continue Anyway” to continue. 10[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l z Please click “Finish” to complete the driver installation. z A screen will appear to inform you that you most restart your computer. Click “Yes” to restart your computer now. 11[...]

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P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Chapter 3 Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a pow erful application that helps y ou configure the WNL-U550 and monitor the link st atus and statisti cs during the comm unication pro cess. When the WNL-U550 is installed, the configuration utility will be displayed automatically . This [...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 3.1 Status Information The menu options available from the system tray ico n are: z Restore – Thi s will display the main screen. z Radio Of f – The wireless adapter is not asso ciated with the network wh en the radio is off. z Exit – T erminate the connection to the WNL-U550. Connection is esta[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l PC (Ad-Hoc) Display 802.1 1b Access Point Select this check box to display 802.1 1b (infrastructu r e) network. Display 802.1 1a Access Point Select this check box to display 802. 1 1a (infrastructure) network. T his function is disable now . Display 802.1 1g Access Point Select this check box to disp[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 3.3 Profile Manager This screen is accessed by clicking the Profile Manager tab on the main screen. Profile Name Enter or select a suit a ble name for this profile. Each profile must have a unique name. Network Name (SSID) If the desired wireless network i s currently available, you can select its SSI[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Prefer Channel Select the channel you would like to use . Authentication Mode This setting has to be consistent with the wireless network that the device intends to connect. Y ou must select the option to match the wireless LAN you wish to join. The available option are: Open System – No authe ntica[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Security Off – Disable the encryption mode. WEP – Enable the WEP Data Encryption. When the item is selected, you have to continue setting the WEP Encryption keys. TKIP – TKIP (T emporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets (a p acket is a kind of message transmit[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l certificate to the client. After vali dating the server’s certificate, the client presents a clie nt certi ficat e to the server for validation. PEAP - PEAP is similar and easier than TLS in that they specify a stand-al one a uthentication protoc ol be used within an encrypted tunnel. LEAP - LEAP is[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 3. Click Open T o delete a profile 1. On the Profile Manager tab , select the profile that you want to delete. 2. Click Delete Profile. T o edit a profile 1. On the Profile Manager t ab , select the profile that you want to edit. 2. Change the profile settings as necessary . 3. Click Save Profile. T o[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 3.4 Advanced Setting Once you have created a profile, as described above, the Advanced Settings t ab will be available on the Profile Manager screen. Do not change settings Enable this check box if you don’t want to modify the settings in this screen. Preamble (2.4GHz) Select the desired channel wid[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l increase it again, but it will likely decrease overall network performance. Select a setti ng within a ra nge of 256 to 2346 bytes. Minor change is recomme nded. The default value is 2346. In some case , you may be able to improve performance by adjusting this value. RTS/CTS Threshold RTS / CTS(Reques[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 3.5 Network Status This screen displays the st atus of the current wireless link. Clic king the Network S t atus tab will display a screen like the following. Link information Current S t atus It will indicate the current link st atus. Network SSID It shows the SSID or network name of the selected wir[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l DHCP Serv er It shows the IP address of the DHCP server . Channel Performance Channel Performance It graphically presents the t ransmission (TX) rate and Receiving (RX) rate over time. Signal Signal It graphically presents the signal strength. 3.6 About This screen displays det ails of the traffic sen[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Appendix A: Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems that may occur during the inst allation and operation of the PLANET WNL-U550. Read the d escriptions below to solve your problems. Q. The PLANET WNL-U550 does not w ork properly . A: 1. Reinsert the PLANET WNL-U5 50 into your PC?[...]

P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 5. In Ad-Hoc mode, both wireless client s will need to have the same SSID. Please note that it might be necessary to set up one client to est abl ish a BSS (Basic S ervice Set ) and wait briefly before setting up other clients. This prevents se veral clients from trying to establish a BSS at the same [...]