Planet WNL-U555HA manual

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PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 2 ‐   Copyright Copyright  201 1 by PLANET T echnology Corp. All rights re served. No part of this publi cation may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, st ored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any f[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  CE mark W arning This is a class B device, in a dome stic environment; this product m ay cause radio interference , in which case the user may be required to t ake adequate measures. R&TTE Compliance S tatement This equipment complie s with all the requirement s of D[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 4 ‐   CON TE NT S  Chapter 1. Product Introduction ...........................................................................................................6 1.1 Package content s ....................................................................[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 5 ‐   Appendix: Glossary ............................................................................................................................ 48[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  Chapter 1. Product Introduction 1.1 Package content s The following items should be contained in the package: WNL-U555HA (Wireless High Power US B adapter) 5dBi High Gain Antenna Quick Installa tion Guide CD (includes driver/ut ility/user ’s manual) Note: If there is a[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  Wirele ss Coverage Plus ! The WNL-555HA is equipped with external 5dBi High-Gain antenna which pro vides strong signal and excellent performance even in the long range or bad environment. With det achable SMA connector design in the WNL-U555HA, it allows users to manuall[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  Sof tware Access Point Function for Wireless Connection Sharing More than just being an adapter for PC and laptop connecting to high speed wireless network, the WNL-U555HA can also become a wireless access point. By applying the USB Wireless LAN Utility included in the p[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  1.3 Product Features .3 Product Features  Detach able RP-SMA connector with 5dBi high gain antenna  Detach able RP-SMA connector with 5dBi high gain antenna  2.4GHz ISM band, unlicensed operation  2.4GHz ISM band, unlicensed operation  Compliant with IEEE [...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  Chapter 2. Installation 2.1 Driver Inst allation Before installi ng the driver and utility of wireless ad apter , do not insert the device into the USB port of your computer .  1. If you had ever installed other wi reless adapters befo re, please uninstall the existed[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r   Step 3. After the sof tware has been inst alled successfully , choose “ Y es, I w ant to rest art my computer now. ” and click “Finish” button to restart your compute r . Step 4. After rest arting the computer , insert the wireless adapter into an empty USB p[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  Step 5. The following window will b e pop-up. Choose “ No, not this time ” and click “Next” button to continue. Step 6. Choose “ Inst all the soft ware automatically (Recommended) ”, and cli ck “Next” button to install the driver . ‐ 12 ‐  ?[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r   If  the  scr een  below  appe ars  during  inst allation,  please  click  “ Continue  Anywa y ”  button  to  continue.   Step 7. Once the installation is fini shed, click “Finish” button. After the driver of wirele[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte 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 configuratio n utility . This icon also uses dif ferent colors to show the status of wireless connection: Wireless connection is esta blished,[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  Step 3. When the access point you’re looking for is on the list, left-cli ck it and then double click it or click “ Add to Profile ”. Step 4. If a password (Net work Key) is required to access the wireless access point, please input it in “ Network key ” field,[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  All options in this page will be filled automatically according to the access point 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 its purpose easily[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 17 ‐   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 [...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte 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 [...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  Step 2. Check “ Wind ows Zero Config ” box.  Step 3. There is message appeared indicating that y ou’ve been alre ady switched to Windows Zero Config mode.  T o return to use PLANET wireless utility , uncheck “ Windows Zero Config ” box.  Step 4. Click [...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  Step 5. Double click “ Network Connections ”. ‐ 20 ‐  [...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  Step 6. Right-click “ Wireless Net w ork Connection ” (it may have a n umber as suf fix if you have more than one wireless network ad apter , please make sure you right-click the PLANET Wireless LAN 802.1 1n USB Net work Adapter ), then select “ V iew Av ailable Wi[...]

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

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte 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, cybe r-cafe, or public wireless service, you can save the con nection parameter[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  3.1.1 Add a new profile Y ou can setup the connection param eters for the spec ific wireless access point i n advance. If you want to create a new profile, clic k “ Add ” button. Y ou’ll be prompted to input connection parameters f or the wireless access point you [...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 25 ‐   Required parameters are as follows: Profile name Y ou can give a name to this profile, so you can remember 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?[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  3.1.2 Remove an existing profile If you want to remove a profile no longer needed, click “ Profile ” label, then select the existing profile you wish to remove, and click “ Remove ” button. 3.1.3 Edit an existing profile If you have added a profile before, and no[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 27 ‐  [...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  3.1.4 Make a copy of existing profile If you need to create a new profile whi ch parameters ar e similar to any existing pr ofile, you can make a copy of a specific profile and edit the copy to save as a new profile. T o do this, select an existing profile, then click ?[...]

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PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  3.2 General Information, S tatus, and Network S tatistics The PLANET wireless utility provi des the det ailed inform ation about the wirele ss connection you’re using. 3.2.1 General Information If you want to know the general information of the access point you’re co[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  3.2.2 Status If you want to know the sta tus of your wireless netwo rk card, click “ Stat us ” label: 3.2.3 Network Transmission Statistics T o view the st atistical data of wirele ss adapter , click “ Sta ti s t i c s ” label, and the st atistics of wireless con[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  All connection-related st atistics is displayed here. Y ou can click “ Reset ” button to reset the st atistics of all items back to 0. 3.3 Miscellaneous Settings There are some other functions provided by PL ANET wireless utility , and you can access thes e functions[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte 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 ada[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  Step 1. Right-click PLANET wireless utility icon, and click “ Open Config Utility ”. Step 2. Click “ Wi-Fi Protect Setup ” label. Step 3. Y ou can choose which WPS method to use, PIN Input Config (PIN) or Push Button Config (PBC) , and WPS-supported wireless a cc[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte 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 poi nt you want to conne ct and click “ Select ” button. If you select “ No ”, wi reless adapter will prompt you[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte 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) ?[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  High  Pow er  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 adapter and the WPS-sup ported access point will be est ablished automatically .[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte 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 service provide r . Y ou can swit ch the operation mode of wireless adapter to “Access Point” mode to simulate the fu[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  High  Pow er  USB  Ada pte r  Step 2. Select “ Mode(M) ”, and then click “ Access Point ”. It requires few second s to switch mode. After the mode switch is co mplete, the window of general information about sof tware access poi nt will appear , includes SSID and connected wireless clie[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  S tation mode icon: Access Point icon: 4.1.1 Configure SSID and Channel T o configure sof tware Access Point, click “ Config ” button, and the “ Wireless Network Properties ” will be displayed. ‐ 40 ‐  [...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  Please note that Ad-Hoc mode is not available when the wireless a dapter is in Access Point mode. The setup 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 [...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  4.1.2 Soft Access Point Security T o setup security options for Soft Ac cess Point, configure “Wireless Net w ork Security” as follows: The setup items about wireless security are listed below: Network Authentication Select network aut hentication mode from dropdown [...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte 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 af fects of these settings, pl ease keep them as default. The setup items are listed below: Beacon Interv al Please input wireles[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  Wi r e l e s s  High  Pow er  USB  Ada pte r  4.3 Wireless T ransmission St atistics Click “ Stat is t ic s ” label and the data statistics abo ut so ftware acce ss point will be displayed. Click “ Reset ” button to rese t the value of every item back to “0”. 4.4 Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Y[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  Click “ Apply ” button to save changes (“ Apply ” button is grayed out when no changes are m ade in this label). ‐ 45 ‐  [...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 46 ‐   Appendix: Specifications Product 802.1 1n Wireless High Power USB Adapter Model WNL-U555HA Hardware S pecification Interface USB 2.0, T ype-A Antenna 1 x Detachable RP-SMA connector with 5dBi Antenna LED 1 x Link / Active (Blue) Operation V oltag[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 47 ‐   Appendix: Troubleshooting Symptom : The LED is off. Remedy : Make sure the PC Card is inserted properly. Otherwise co ntact your vendor. Symptom : The LED is always on not blinking. Remedy : Make sure that you have installed the d river from atta[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 48 ‐   Appendix: Glossary 1. IEEE 802.1 1 St andard The IEEE 802.1 1 Wireless LAN standards subcommitt ee, which is formulatin g a standard for the industry . 2. Access Point An internetworking device that seaml essly c onnect s wired and wirel ess netw[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 49 ‐   10. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics En gineers Infrastructure. An integrated wireless and wi red LAN is called an Infrastructure configuratio n. Infrastructure is applicable to enterpri se scale for wireless access to central databa [...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 50 ‐   19. T ransmit / Receive The wireless throughput in Bytes per second averaged over two seconds. 20. Wi-Fi Alliance The Wi-Fi Alliance is a nonprofit intern ational asso ciation formed in 1999 to certify interoperability of wireless Local Area Netw[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 51 ‐   corrupted, can be resent faster than a large r fr agment. Fragment ation increases overhead, so you'll want to keep this value as close to the maximum value as possibl e. 26. RTS(Request T o Send) Threshold The RTS threshold is the p acket s[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 52 ‐   32. Advanced Encryption St andard (AES) Security issues are a major conc ern for wireless LANs, AES is the U.S. government’s next-generation cryptography algorithm, which will replac e DES and 3DES.[...]

PL ANET  802.11n  W ireless  High  Pow er  USB  Adapte r  ‐ 53 ‐   EC Declaration of Conformity English Hereby , PLANET T echnology Corporation, declares that this 802.1 1n Wir eless High Power USB Adapter is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. Liet[...]

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 High Power USB Adapter *Model Number : WNL-U555 [...]