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PLANET

 

802.11n

 

Wireless

 

High

 

Power

 

USB

 

Adapte

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Step 3. 

After the software has been installed successfully, choose “

Yes, I want to restart my 

computer now.

” and click “Finish” button to restart your computer. 

 

 
 

Step 4. 

After restarting the computer, insert the wireless adapter into an empty USB port of your 
computer. Never force to insert the adapter if you feel it get stuck. Flip the adapter over and 
try again.   

Then you’ll see the following message pop-up at lower-right corner of the screen. 

 

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Summary of Contents for WNL-U555HA

Page 1: ...PLANET 802 11n Wireless High Power USB Adapter...

Page 2: ...ence in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference...

Page 3: ...equipment All guidelines of this and of the computer manufacture must therefore be allowed at all times to ensure the safe use of the equipment EU Countries Intended for Use The ETSI version of this...

Page 4: ...le 26 3 1 3 Edit an existing profile 26 3 1 4 Make a copy of existing profile 28 3 1 5 Set as the default profile 28 3 2 General Information Status and Network Statistics 30 3 2 1 General Information...

Page 5: ...PLANET 802 11n Wireless High Power USB Adapter 5 Appendix Glossary 48...

Page 6: ...dBi Wi Fi upgradable antenna and high power output to increase over double the wireless coverage and greater sensitivity than standard wireless n adapters It also provides powerful and stable performa...

Page 7: ...range Advanced Wireless Security The WNL U555HA provides advanced security features including 64 128 bit WEP WPA WPA2 and WPA PSK WPA2 PSK with TKIP AES encryption Furthermore in order to simplify the...

Page 8: ...d Access Point mode When the WNL U555HA is in the Access Point mode it turns to a Wi Fi Hotspot The Wi Fi supported devices such as iPhone Android Symbian Windows Phone iPod Touch iPad NDS PSP can con...

Page 9: ...IP AES encryption Supports Software AP mode Supports Software AP mode Supports Wireless QoS WMM Supports Wireless QoS WMM Adjustable Transmit Power Adjustable Transmit Power USB 2 0 attached interface...

Page 10: ...ers and utilities first 2 The following installation is performed in Windows XP The procedures in other OS are similar Please follow the instructions below to install the USB Wireless Adapter Step 1 I...

Page 11: ...uter now and click Finish button to restart your computer Step 4 After restarting the computer insert the wireless adapter into an empty USB port of your computer Never force to insert the adapter if...

Page 12: ...Power USB Adapter Step 5 The following window will be pop up Choose No not this time and click Next button to continue Step 6 Choose Install the software automatically Recommended and click Next butt...

Page 13: ...click Continue Anyway button to continue Step 7 Once the installation is finished click Finish button After the driver of wireless adapter has been installed successfully you ll see another message p...

Page 14: ...AN Utility comes with network adapter or Windows Zero Config utility comes with Windows operating system 2 2 1 PLANET 11n USB Wireless LAN Utility Please follow the instructions below to connect the w...

Page 15: ...cess the wireless access point please input it in Network key field and input it again in Confirm network key field for confirmation Click OK after the password is already properly inputted Network se...

Page 16: ...o another computer network device by ad hoc method When not accessing to wireless access point you have to check this box Channel Select wireless channel for ad hoc connection This option only appears...

Page 17: ...s any of 802 1X you have to select EAP type tunnel and provision mode from dropdown menu This setting must be identical with your 802 1x authentication server Username Identity Domain Password Please...

Page 18: ...ity settings and re check password spelling 2 2 2 Windows Zero Configuration Windows XP Vista 7 has a built in wireless network configuration utility called as Windows Zero Configuration WZC You can a...

Page 19: ...ndicating that you ve been already switched to Windows Zero Config mode To return to use PLANET wireless utility uncheck Windows Zero Config box Step 4 Click Start button should be located at the bott...

Page 20: ...PLANET 802 11n Wireless High Power USB Adapter Step 5 Double click Network Connections 20...

Page 21: ...ANET Wireless LAN 802 11n USB Network Adapter then select View Available Wireless Networks Step 7 All wireless access points in proximity will be displayed here If the access point you want to use is...

Page 22: ...ey or passphrase here It must match the encryption setting on the access point If the access point you selected does not use encryption you ll not be prompted for network key or passphrase Step 9 If y...

Page 23: ...cyber cafe or public wireless service you can save the connection parameters encryption passphrase security etc as profiles for every access point so you don t have to input these parameters every ti...

Page 24: ...new profile You can setup the connection parameters for the specific wireless access point in advance If you want to create a new profile click Add button You ll be prompted to input connection param...

Page 25: ...input a set of passphrase to connect to wireless access point Check ASCII or PASSPHRASE depends on the security setting of access point and input it in the box if you select PASSPHRASE you also need t...

Page 26: ...to remove and click Remove button 3 1 3 Edit an existing profile If you have added a profile before and now you wish to change the settings of the profile you can use this function Please select the...

Page 27: ...PLANET 802 11n Wireless High Power USB Adapter 27...

Page 28: ...elect an existing profile then click Duplicate button You 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 profi...

Page 29: ...PLANET 802 11n Wireless High Power USB Adapter 29...

Page 30: ...sing 3 2 1 General Information If you want to know the general information of the access point you re connecting to click General label All general information like signal strength and link quality wi...

Page 31: ...tus If you want to know the status of your wireless network card click Status label 3 2 3 Network Transmission Statistics To view the statistical data of wireless adapter click Statistics label and th...

Page 32: ...atistics is displayed here You can click Reset button to reset the statistics of all items back to 0 3 3 Miscellaneous Settings There are some other functions provided by PLANET wireless utility and y...

Page 33: ...n to manage wireless connections See chapter 2 2 2 3 4 Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS Wi Fi Protected Setup WPS is the latest wireless network technology which makes setting up wireless network more quickl...

Page 34: ...ch WPS method to use PIN Input Config PIN or Push Button Config PBC and WPS supported wireless access point must use the same method See the next two chapters for detailed instructions of each WPS met...

Page 35: ...e into your access point without selecting an access point in advance After you select Yes or No in previous step wireless adapter will attempt to connect to WPS supported access point and an 8 digit...

Page 36: ...Push Button Config PBC This is the easiest way to establish secure connection by WPS but if there re more than one WPS supported access point using Push Button config please use PIN Input Config PIN i...

Page 37: ...Power USB Adapter 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 supported access point will...

Page 38: ...nction of a real wireless access point by software And all other computers and Wi Fi supported devices can connect to your computer wirelessly even share your internet connection service 4 1 Switch be...

Page 39: ...er Step 2 Select Mode M and then click Access Point It requires few seconds to switch mode After the mode switch is complete the window of general information about software access point will appear i...

Page 40: ...Wireless High Power USB Adapter Station mode icon Access Point icon 4 1 1 Configure SSID and Channel To configure software Access Point click Config button and the Wireless Network Properties will be...

Page 41: ...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 be accepted here excepting space...

Page 42: ...mode from dropdown menu Data Encryption Select data encryption method from dropdown menu ASCII PASSPHRASE If the encryption method is WEP check either ASCII or PASSPHRASE box and input it in the box...

Page 43: ...Beacon Interval Please input wireless beacon time interval here DTIM Period Please input DTIM Delivery Traffic Indication Message here Preamble Mode Select wireless frame preamble mode long or short...

Page 44: ...et the value of every item back to 0 4 4 Internet Connection Sharing ICS You can assign a network adapter on your computer as the path for all wireless clients to get connected to Internet If you have...

Page 45: ...PLANET 802 11n Wireless High Power USB Adapter Click Apply button to save changes Apply button is grayed out when no changes are made in this label 45...

Page 46: ...Channels Japan TELEC 2 412 2 484GHz 14 Channels Data Rate 802 11b 11 5 5 2 and 1 Mbps with auto rate fall back 802 11g 54 48 36 24 18 12 9 and 6Mbps 802 11n 20MHz up to 72Mbps 802 11n 40MHz up to 150M...

Page 47: ...n does not appear in your icon tray Remedy Make sure that you have installed the Utility from the attached CD Symptom The PC Card is linking but can t share files with others Remedy Make sure the file...

Page 48: ...trum This is the method the wireless cards use to transmit data over the frequency spectrum The other method is frequency hopping Direct sequence spreads the data over one frequency range channel whil...

Page 49: ...d set of rules that specify how a conversation is to take place including the format timing sequencing and or error checking 15 SSID A Network ID unique to a network Only clients and Access Points tha...

Page 50: ...transmit signals but rather uses radio or infrared to transmit packets through the air Radio Frequency RF and infrared are the commonly used types of wireless transmission Most wireless LANs use spre...

Page 51: ...s to establish and maintain communications in an orderly fashion Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions Before a station enters power save mode the station needs th...

Page 52: ...less High Power USB Adapter 52 32 Advanced Encryption Standard AES Security issues are a major concern for wireless LANs AES is the U S government s next generation cryptography algorithm which will r...

Page 53: ...rma PLANET Technology Corporation o wiadcza e 802 11n Wireless High Power USB Adapter spe nia wszystkie istotne wymogi i klauzule zawarte w dokumencie Directive 1999 5 EC PLANET Technology Corporation...

Page 54: ...il Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to 99 5 EC R TTE For the evaluation regarding the R TTE the following standards were applied EN 300 328 V1 7 1 2006 10 EN 30...

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