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PLANET WNL-U550                                                                                                        User Manual 

 

Factories, Retailers, and Offices that frequently change locations and rearrange the 

workplace 

4. Temporary network access 

Events, exhibitions, construction sites or some important occasions that require 

temporary network access. 

5. Access to database for mobile workers 

Doctors, nurses, retailers, white-collar workers who need access to database while 

roaming in the hospital, retail store or office. 

6. SOHO (Small Office and Home Office) users 

SOHO users who are in need of easy-to-install and wide coverage networking. 

 

1.2 Specification    

   

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 with auto-rate fall 

back 

802.11b: 11, 5.5, 2 and 1Mbps with auto-rate fall back 

Working Mode 

Infrastructure Mode, Ad-Hoc Mode 

 

 

Security 

64/128 WEP 

802.1x 

WPA-PSK(TKIP/AES) 

WPA2-PSK(TKIP/AES) 

WPA-RADIUS 

WPA2-RADIUS 

RF Modulation

 

802.11b: DSSS, CCK, QPSK, BPSK 

802.11g: OFDM 

802.11n: 64QAM, 16QAM, QPSK, BPSK 

Channels

 

2.412~2.462GHz(FCC, Canada)/11 Channels 

2.412~2.4835GHz(Japan, TELEC)/14 Channels 

2.412~2.472GHz(Euro ETSI)/13 Channels 

Media Access Protocol 

CSMA / CA + ACK (Half-Duplex) 

Transmit Power

 

16.5dBm (max.) 

LED Indicators

 

LNK/ACT 

Operating Systems 

Windows 2000 / XP 

 

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Содержание Pre-N Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WNL-U550

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

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 15: ...PLANET WNL U550 User Manual 12...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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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