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802. 1 1g Wireless U S B 2.0 A dapter WL-U356 User ’ s Manual.
2 Co p y right Copyright ã 2004 by PLANE T T echnology Corp . All righ t s reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, s t ored in a retrieval s y stem, or tran.
3 Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Radiation Exposu r e Statement This equipment complies w ith FCC radia t ion e x posure set f orth for an uncontrolled envi r onment.
4 T A BLE OF CONTENTS C H A P T ER 1 I N T RODUC T ION .............................................................. .1 1.1 Featu r e s ............................................................................................. .1 1.2 Applicatio n .
1 Chapter 1 Introduction Complying w ith the IEE E 802. 1 1g s t anda r d, W L-U356 provides simple , reliable, high-speed w ireless connec t ivity for both desktop and laptop users. By combining t w o, s t ate-of - the - art technologies — USB 2.0 and 802.
2 signals can p r ovide w ireless users w ith seamless net w ork access. The Infras t ruc t ure mode is appropria t e for en t erprise-scale w ireless access to a central da t abase o r provides various w ireless applications for mobile use r s. Infrastructure mode also suppor t s r oaming capabilities f or mobile use r s.
3 S o f t A P This featu r e converts the w ireless USB adap t er into a w ireless access point immediately, and you thus can create an ins t ant w ireless net w ork, w hich spares the additional cost of pu r chasing a w ireless access point .
4 1.3 Speci f ica t ion Product 54 M bps W ireless USB Adapter M odels W L- U 356 Attach Inte r face USB 2.0 A-type connector LED Indica t or Link/ACT Operating Frequency / Channel 2.412~2.462GHz (FCC, Canada) / 11 Channels 2.412~2.4835GHz (Japan, TELEC) / 14 Channels 2.
5 1.6 Inst a lla t ion C o nsidera t ions l Be w are of the w alls and ceilings. Each w all or ceiling can r educe your w ireless cover range form 3 - 90 f eet.
6 Chapter 2 Installation Procedure Before you proceed w ith the ins t allation, it is necessary that y ou have enough info r ma t ion about t he W i r eless USB Adapter . Follo w the procedure described belo w in this chapter t o ins t all t he USB adap t er under W indo w s 98SE / ME/2000/ X P/Server 2003.
7 Note: If the above sc r een does not appear, click “ Start ” a t the taskba r . Then, select “ Run ” and type “ E :Utility W L-U356setup.e xe ” , w here E is your C D -RO M drive. C. Y ou may click “ B r o w se ” to specify the destination folder you prefer f or the ins t alla t ion of utilit y .
8 Note: If you r opera t ing system is W indo w s X P/Server 2003, the belo w w indo w w ill pop up . Please select “ Continue Any w ay ” to continue. Note: If you r operating system is W indo w s 2000 , th e belo w w indo w w ill pop up. Please choose “ Y es ” t o go on.
9 2.2 D ri v er Inst a lla t ion Note : The follo w ing ins t allation opera t es under W indo w s X P . The procedure also applies to W indo w s Server 2003.
10 testing ( W H QL) . Click “ Continue Any w ay ” to proceed since t he card has been tested thoroughly to ve r ify the compatibilit y . Note : If your operating sys t em is W indo w s 2000 , the belo w w indo w w ill pop up. Please click “ Y es ” to continue.
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12 Chapter 3 C o nfiguration U t ilit y The Configu r ation Utility is a po w erful tool tha t helps you to configure W L-U356 easily and monitor the s t atus o f w ireless communica t ion .
13 u Mode : Ø S t ation: C onfigure the USB adapter as a w ireless s t ation. Ø Access P oin t : S w itch the USB adap t er into a w ireless access point.
14 3.2 M o re S etting … Y ou can enter this sc r een by clicking the “ M ore Set t ing …” bu t ton. Here you can specify the w ireless net w ork to w hich W L - U351 intends t o connect, enable/disable t he W E P da t a encr y ption, save or load the se t tings into/ fr om the profile, e t c.
15 A d Hoc : This mode enables interconnecting of w ireless adapters w ithou t the presence of an A P or Route r . Ø Encr y ptio n : There are four items f or selection: Disable, W E P , TKI P , and AES . Y ou can con f igu r e the encryption method based on the se t tings in the “ E ncryption Setting ” field.
16 u K e y Length : Select the 64, 128, or 256-bit W E P key to encrypt transmitted da t a. Large r key length w ill provide higher level of securit y , bu t the throughput w ill t hus be a ff ected. u Default K e y I D : Select one of the four keys (1~4) as the specified encryption ke y .
17 u Connection Information : Ø Protocol : There are t w o kinds of protocols for W P A user au t hentica t ion - TLS and PEA P . TLS and PEA P r equi r e a Radius server and the Certificate Authorit y .
18 w ill change into “ A pply ” fo r you to confi r m your ne w settings. 3.4 A d v anced Setting Here you can perfo r m country roaming, enable / disable po w er saving mode, and con f igu r e t he fragmen t ation threshold and R TS/ C TS threshold of W L-U356.
19 Any packet size is la r ger t han it w ill be fragmented. If you hit upon a high p acket e r ror ra t e , try to increase t his value , but t he per f ormance w ill thus be a ff ected.
20 u Connect S t a t ion List: Display all the M AC addresses of the w ireless s t ations associating w ith the A P . u Current Ne t w ork Setting : Displays t he info r mation abou t the cur r ent w ireless net w ork, including Channel, SSID, W E P and T x P o w er Level.
21 w orks in 1 1b or 1 1b/g mi x ed mode, you can choose either “ 1 , 2 M bps ” or “ 1 , 2, 5.5, 1 1 M bps ” . If the A P opera t es in pure 1 1g mode, you can choose one o f the four modes. But fo r bet t er perfo r mance, the last t w o modes ( 1, 2, 5.
22 of 1 1b s t a t ions, use Long Preamble for bette r com p atibilit y . O ther w ise, Short Preamble w ill be a good choice in te r ms of the per f ormance. u M A C A ddress Filter : It enables the A P to cont r ol t he net w ork access by M AC address filte r ing of the w ireless clien t s.
23 Chapter 4 Troubleshoo t ing This section provides solutions to problems usually encounte r ed du r ing t he ins t allation and operation of the USB adapte r . Read the descrip t ion belo w to di f fuse your doub t s. What is t he IEEE 802 . 1 1g s t andard? 802.
24 mili t ary f or use in r eliable, secure , mission-c r itical communication systems. I t is designed to trade o f f band w idth e f ficiency for reliabilit y , in t egrit y , and secu r it y .
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