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- Page 1 802.11g Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WL-U356 User’s Manual...
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Page 2: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement
Copyright Copyright ã 2004 by PLANET Technology Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of PLANET. - Page 3 The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain (with 2 Frequency channel restrictions), Sweden and United Kingdom. The ETSI version of this device is also authorized for use in EFTA member states Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Revision User’s Manual for PLANET Wireless USB Adapter Model: WL-U356 Rev: 1.0 (June. 2004) Part No. EM-WLU356...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
HAPTER NTRODUCTION 1.1 Features ... 1 1.2 Application ... 1 1.3 Specification ... 4 1.4 Package Contents ... 4 1.5 Minimum System Requirements ... 4 1.6 Installation Considerations... 5 HAPTER NSTALLATION 2.1 Configuration Utility Installation... 6 2.2 Driver Installation ... 9 HAPTER ONFIGURATION 3.1 Wireless Connection Status... -
Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction
Access point. For old buildings, open areas, or frequently changing environments, just install the WL-U356 on your desktop or laptop, and thus you can get connected to the wired Ethernet through a wireless Access Point. SOHO users can then access the Internet and share all kinds of data with the other wired or wireless clients within the coverage of wireless signals. - Page 6 It enables you to construct wireless networking in no time without any access point. Ad-hoc mode is a wireless network type in which a group of computers equipped with WL-U356 or other wireless adapters are connected together to form an independent wireless LAN. All computers operating in this mode must be configured to share the same radio channel.
- Page 7 This feature converts the wireless USB adapter into a wireless access point immediately, and you thus can create an instant wireless network, which spares the additional cost of purchasing a wireless access point. It makes WL-U356 a compact wireless access point with all basic functions contained in an ordinary access point.
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Page 8: Specification
1.3 Specification Product 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter Models WL-U356 Attach Interface USB 2.0 A-type connector LED Indicator Link/ACT 2.412~2.462GHz (FCC, Canada) / 11 Channels Operating Frequency / 2.412~2.4835GHz (Japan, TELEC) / 14 Channels Channel 2.412~2.472GHz (Euro ETSI) / 13 Channels... -
Page 9: Installation Considerations
1.6 Installation Considerations Beware of the walls and ceilings. Each wall or ceiling can reduce your wireless cover range form 3-90 feet. Properly position your Access Points, Residential Gateways, and computers so that the number of walls or ceilings residing between Access Points and clients is minimized. -
Page 10: Chapter 2 Installation Procedure
Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM drive to launch the autorun program. Once completed, a menu screen will show up as follows. Click the “Configuration Utility” hyperlink in the WL-U356 field to initiate the installation procedure. You will see the below InstallShield Wizard window. Please click “Next” to continue. - Page 11 Note: If the above screen does not appear, click “Start” at the taskbar. Then, select “Run” and type “E:\Utility\WL-U356\setup.exe”, where E is your CD-ROM drive. You may click “Browse” to specify the destination folder you prefer for the installation of utility.
- Page 12 Note: If your operating system is Windows XP/Server 2003, the below window will pop up. Please select “Continue Anyway” to continue. Note: If your operating system is Windows 2000, the below window will pop up. Please choose “Yes” to go on.
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Page 13: Driver Installation
CD to complete the entire procedure. Just click “Yes” to continue. Insert WL-U356 into a vacant USB port on the computer. Windows will automatically detect the device. Choose “Install the software automatically (Recommended)”. - Page 14 testing (WHQL). Click “Continue Anyway” to proceed since the card has been tested thoroughly to verify the compatibility. Note: If your operating system is Windows 2000, the below window will pop up. Please click “Yes” to continue. When the driver is installed, click “Finish” to complete the installation procedure.
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Page 16: Chapter 3 Configuration Utility
The Configuration Utility is a powerful tool that helps you to configure WL-U356 easily and monitor the status of wireless communication. By double-clicking appear as follows: Note: It is highly recommended that you use PLANET utility tool to configure WL-U356 rather than Windows XP/ Server 2003 Wireless Zero Configuration unless you prefer the latter. - Page 17 “Connect this site” button. Current Network Information: Displays the information about the wireless network which WL-U356 is connected to. The information includes Channel, Type, SSID, TX Rate and Encryption settings. Please refer to the section 3.2 for detailed descriptions of each item.
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Page 18: More Setting
SSID: Shows the SSID of the current associated wireless network. Ø Any: If “Any“ check box is enabled, WL-U356 will survey and connect to one of the available wireless networks without checking the consistency of the channel and SSID with the specified wireless device. -
Page 19: Wep And Wpa Encryption
Advanced Setting: Click this for more advanced setting. Please refer to the Section 3.4 for detailed descriptions. Ø Information: To view the basic information of WL-U356. Please refer to the Section 3.5 for detailed descriptions. 3.3 WEP and WPA Encryption 3.31 WEP Setting... -
Page 20: Wpa Setting
Key Length: Select the 64, 128, or 256-bit WEP key to encrypt transmitted data. Larger key length will provide higher level of security, but the throughput will thus be affected. Default Key ID: Select one of the four keys (1~4) as the specified encryption key. Key Format: Ø... - Page 21 Connection Information: Ø Protocol: There are two kinds of protocols for WPA user authentication- TLS and PEAP. TLS and PEAP require a Radius server and the Certificate Authority. The main difference between the 2 protocols is TLS requires both the radius server’s and the client’s certificates, while PEAP requires only the server’s certificate.
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Page 22: Advanced Setting
3.4 Advanced Setting Here you can perform country roaming, enable/disable power saving mode, and configure the fragmentation threshold and RTS/CTS threshold of WL-U356. User Interface: Select the display language of the utility. Two languages are available: English and Traditional Chinese. -
Page 23: Information
Any packet size is larger than it will be fragmented. If you hit upon a high packet error rate, try to increase this value, but the performance will thus be affected. Keeping the default setting applies to most scenarios. RTS/CTS Threshold: This feature focuses on solving the “Hidden Note” issue and avoiding subsequent collisions. -
Page 24: Access Point Setting
Connect Station List: Display all the MAC addresses of the wireless stations associating with the AP. Current Network Setting: Displays the information about the current wireless network, including Channel, SSID, WEP and Tx Power Level. More Setting: Press this button for further settings including disable/enable WEP, MAC address Filter and Bridge Adapter, etc. - Page 25 works in 11b or 11b/g mixed mode, you can choose either “1, 2 Mbps” or “1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps”. If the AP operates in pure 11g mode, you can choose one of the four modes. But for better performance, the last two modes (1, 2, 5.5, 11, 6, 12, 24Mbps and 6, 12, 24 Mbps) are recommended.
- Page 26 of 11b stations, use Long Preamble for better compatibility. Otherwise, Short Preamble will be a good choice in terms of the performance. MAC Address Filter: It enables the AP to control the network access by MAC address filtering of the wireless clients. Ø...
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Page 27: Chapter 4 Troubleshooting
This section provides solutions to problems usually encountered during the installation and operation of the USB adapter. Read the description below to diffuse your doubts. What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? 802.11g is the latest IEEE standard for high-speed WLAN communications that provides up to 54Mbps data rate in the 2.4GHZ band. - Page 28 military for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communication systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability, integrity, and security. In other words, more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission, but the trade off produces a signal that is, in effect, louder and thus easier to detect, provided that the receiver knows the parameters of the spread-spectrum signal being broadcast.