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PL ANET 802.11n Wi r e l e s s High Pow er USB Ada pte r .
PL ANET 802.11n W ireless High Pow er USB Adapte r ‐ 2 ‐ Copyright Copyright 201 1 by PLANET T echnology Corp.
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.
PL ANET 802.11n W ireless High Pow er USB Adapte r ‐ 4 ‐ CON TE NT S Chapter 1. Product Introduction ....................................................................................................
PL ANET 802.11n W ireless High Pow er USB Adapte r ‐ 5 ‐ Appendix: Glossary .............................
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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 .
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 .
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.
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 .
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 ”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 wireles.
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.
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 .
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ”.
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.
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.
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 .
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 ”.
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.
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.
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 Secur.
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.
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”.
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).
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
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