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PLANET WNL-U550                                                                                                        User Manual 

 

 

3.1 Status Information 

The menu options available from the system tray icon are: 

z

 

Restore – This will display the main screen. 

z

 

Radio Off – The wireless adapter is not associated with the network when the radio is off. 

z

 

Exit – Terminate the connection to the WNL-U550. 

 

 

 

Connection is established. The number of green bar indicates signal strength. 

 

All red bars are mean that no connection. 

 

WNL-U550 is unplugged. 

 

3.2 Site Survey

 

This screen is displayed when the WNL-U550 utility start.   

 

 

Display PC to 

Select this check box to display ad-hoc (computer-to-computer) networks.

 

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Summary of Contents for Pre-N Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WNL-U550

Page 1: ...Pre N Wireless USB 2 0 Adapter WNL U550 User Manual Version 1 00 Date January 2007...

Page 2: ...sonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the...

Page 3: ...are for the safety of those who install and use it However special attention must be paid to the dangers of electric shock and static electricity when working with electrical equipment All guidelines...

Page 4: ...Requirements 4 1 5 Installation Considerations 4 1 6 PLANET WNL U550 5 Chapter 2 Installation Procedure 6 2 1 Configuration Utility Driver Installation 6 Chapter 3 Configuration Utility 13 3 1 Status...

Page 5: ...and utility supports most popular operating systems Windows 2000 Professional XP SP2 With advanced features and high performance capability the WNL U550 is an excellent choice for constructing a wide...

Page 6: ...ification Interface USB2 0 A type connector Standards Conformance Compliant with IEEE 802 11b IEEE 802 11g IEEE 802 11n draft 1 0 Data Rate Pre N Up to 300Mbps 802 11g 54 48 36 24 18 12 9 and 6Mbps wi...

Page 7: ...patible PC system with one vacancy USB2 0 1 1 port CD ROM drive Windows 2000 XP or above At least 10MBytes of free disk space for utility and driver installation 1 5 Installation Considerations Beware...

Page 8: ...WNL U550 User Manual 1 6 PLANET WNL U550 The status LED indicators of the PLANET WNL U550 are described in the following z Blue Power on z Flashing Indicates the Adapter is transmitting or receiving...

Page 9: ...efore please uninstall the existed drivers and utilities first Note 2 Please install the configuration utility before insert WNL U550 into the USB port of the computer z Insert the bundled CD into the...

Page 10: ...LANET WNL U550 User Manual z The Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for WNL U550 will display on the screen and click Next to continue z Please select your Country Domain and click Next to continue 7...

Page 11: ...PLANET WNL U550 User Manual 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...

Page 12: ...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 not this t...

Page 13: ...ET WNL U550 User Manual 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 continu...

Page 14: ...PLANET WNL U550 User Manual 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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Page 16: ...en the WNL U550 is installed the configuration utility will be displayed automatically This card will auto connect to wireless device which has better signal strength and no wireless security setting...

Page 17: ...sociated with the network when the radio is off z Exit Terminate the connection to the WNL U550 Connection is established The number of green bar indicates signal strength All red bars are mean that n...

Page 18: ...This is the MAC address of the Access Point or Wireless station if the network is an Ad hoc network Security Data encryption and authentication methods used on the wireless network CH The channel used...

Page 19: ...he SSID of the desired wireless network Advanced Setting On the resulting sub screen enter the required data for the advanced settings Network Type Select the desired option z Infrastructure This oper...

Page 20: ...y enters the starting password in their access point or gateway as well as in each wireless stations in the network WPA PSK takes over automatically from that point keeping unauthorized users that don...

Page 21: ...tion Other stations must have matching key values The WEP keys are used to encrypt data transmitted in the wireless network There are two types of key length 64Bits and 128Bits Fill the text box by fo...

Page 22: ...oncern When you have set up LEAP authentication you have to enter the user name and password of your computer Configure WPA Radius For WPA Radius and WAP2 Radius modes click this button to open a sub...

Page 23: ...you want to delete 2 Click Delete Profile To edit a profile 1 On the Profile Manager tab select the profile that you want to edit 2 Change the profile settings as necessary 3 Click Save Profile To ena...

Page 24: ...in the Ad Hoc network Transmit Rate Use this to manually set the speed if desired This default is Auto There are several options including Auto 1 2 5 5 6 9 12 18 24 36 48 54Mbps and MSC 0 15 for you...

Page 25: ...eshold is 0 2346 Typically sending RTS frames is turned off by default threshold 2346 If the packet size the node wants to transmit is larger than the threshold the RTS CTS handshake gets triggered If...

Page 26: ...SID It shows the MAC address of the access point Network Type This will indicate Infrastructure or Ad hoc Security Mode It shows the wireless security that the wireless network is using TX RX Speed It...

Page 27: ...TX rate and Receiving RX rate over time Signal Signal It graphically presents the signal strength 3 6 About This screen displays details of the traffic sent or received on the current wireless networ...

Page 28: ...the driver software from your PC 6 Restart your PC and repeat the hardware and software installation as specified in this User Guide Q I cannot communicate with the other computers linked via Etherne...

Page 29: ...g up other clients This prevents several clients from trying to establish a BSS at the same time which can result in multiple singular BSSs being established rather than a single BSS with multiple cli...

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