Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto WNL-U550 del fabbricante Planet Technology
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Pre-N Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WNL-U550 User Manual V ersion: 1.00 Date: January 2007.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Copyright Copyright © 2007 by PLANET T echnolo gy Corp. All right s reserved. No p art of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, tran scribe .
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l exposure limits, human proximity to the antenna shall not be less than 20 cm (8 inch es) during normal operation.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l T ABBL E OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................. 2 1.1 Features ..............................................................
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Chapter 1 Introduction WNL-U550 is a USB2.0 wireless adapter that can operate in either Ad-Hoc mode (Poi nt to Point/Point to Multipoint without an Access P o int) or Infrast r ucture mode (Point to Point/Point to Multipoint with an Access Point).
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Factories, Retailers, and Offices that fr equently ch an ge locations and rearrange the workplace 4. Temporary network access Events, exhibitions, construction sites or some important occasion s that require temporary network access.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Environment al & Mechanical Characteristics Dimensions (D x W x H) 13 x 40 x 97 mm Power 5V Certifications FCC Class B,CE Operating T emp 0~55 degrees C Storage T emp -2 0~80 degr ees C Management Built-in utility or Windows XP Zero Configuration utility Humidity 0~90%, Non - Con densing 1.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 1.6 PLANET WNL-U550 The status LED indicators of the PLANET WNL-U550 are de scribed in the following. z Blue: Power on z Flashing: Indicates the Adapter is tra nsmitting or receiving data.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Chapter 2 Installation Procedure Before you proceed with the install ation, it is necessary that you have enough information about the Wireless USB Adapter . Follow the procedure described b elo w in this chapter to install the USB adapter under Windows 2000 Professional / XP SP2.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l z The “Welcome to the InstallShield Wiza rd for WNL-U5 50” will display on the screen and click “Next” to continue.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l z Please click “Next” to continue. z If your operation system is Windows XP, the below window will pop up.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l z The program will start installing the WNL- U550 drivers and utility automatically. You will see the below pop-up screen and please inserting WNL-U550 into the USB port on your computer now.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l z When this screen appear to inform you that the USB adapter has not passed Windows Logo testing (WHQL).
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l z Please click “Finish” to complete the driver installation. z A screen will appear to inform you that you most restart your computer.
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P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Chapter 3 Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is a pow erful application that helps y ou configure the WNL-U550 and monitor the link st atus and statisti cs during the comm unication pro cess.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 3.1 Status Information The menu options available from the system tray ico n are: z Restore – Thi s will display the main screen. z Radio Of f – The wireless adapter is not asso ciated with the network wh en the radio is off.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l PC (Ad-Hoc) Display 802.1 1b Access Point Select this check box to display 802.1 1b (infrastructu r e) network. Display 802.1 1a Access Point Select this check box to display 802. 1 1a (infrastructure) network.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 3.3 Profile Manager This screen is accessed by clicking the Profile Manager tab on the main screen. Profile Name Enter or select a suit a ble name for this profile.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Prefer Channel Select the channel you would like to use . Authentication Mode This setting has to be consistent with the wireless network that the device intends to connect. Y ou must select the option to match the wireless LAN you wish to join.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Security Off – Disable the encryption mode. WEP – Enable the WEP Data Encryption. When the item is selected, you have to continue setting the WEP Encryption keys.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l certificate to the client. After vali dating the server’s certificate, the client presents a clie nt certi ficat e to the server for validation. PEAP - PEAP is similar and easier than TLS in that they specify a stand-al one a uthentication protoc ol be used within an encrypted tunnel.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 3. Click Open T o delete a profile 1. On the Profile Manager tab , select the profile that you want to delete. 2. Click Delete Profile. T o edit a profile 1. On the Profile Manager t ab , select the profile that you want to edit.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 3.4 Advanced Setting Once you have created a profile, as described above, the Advanced Settings t ab will be available on the Profile Manager screen. Do not change settings Enable this check box if you don’t want to modify the settings in this screen.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l increase it again, but it will likely decrease overall network performance. Select a setti ng within a ra nge of 256 to 2346 bytes. Minor change is recomme nded. The default value is 2346. In some case , you may be able to improve performance by adjusting this value.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 3.5 Network Status This screen displays the st atus of the current wireless link. Clic king the Network S t atus tab will display a screen like the following. Link information Current S t atus It will indicate the current link st atus.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l DHCP Serv er It shows the IP address of the DHCP server . Channel Performance Channel Performance It graphically presents the t ransmission (TX) rate and Receiving (RX) rate over time. Signal Signal It graphically presents the signal strength.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l Appendix A: Troubleshooting This chapter provides solutions to problems that may occur during the inst allation and operation of the PLANET WNL-U550. Read the d escriptions below to solve your problems. Q.
P L A N E T W N L - U 5 5 0 U s e r M a n u a l 5. In Ad-Hoc mode, both wireless client s will need to have the same SSID. Please note that it might be necessary to set up one client to est abl ish a BSS (Basic S ervice Set ) and wait briefly before setting up other clients.
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