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- Page 1 54/108Mbps Super G Wireless LAN USB Adapter WL-U357v2 User’s Manual (Version 1.0)
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Page 2: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement
Copyright Copyright © 2006 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 Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to collect such WEEE separately. Revision User’s Manual for PLANET Wireless USB Adapter Model: WL-U357v2 Rev: 1.0 (September. 2006) Part No. EM-WLU357v2...
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Contents Introduction ...1 1.1 Features ...1 1.2 Application ...1 1.3 Specification ...3 1.4 Package Contents ...4 1.5 Minimum System Requirements...5 1.6 Installation Considerations ...5 Installation Procedure...6 2.1 Utility & Driver Installation...6 2.2 Hardware Installation...10 Configuration...12 3.1 Link Information...12 3.2 Configuration ...13 3.3 Advanced...14 3.4 Site Survey ...16 3.5 About US ...18... -
Page 5: Introduction
By combining two, state-of-the-art technologies - USB 2.0 and Super G - WL-U357v2 provides up to 108Mbps data rate in 2.4GHz unlicensed ISM band. Thus makes WL-U357v2 more suitable for multimedia applications which... - Page 6 Ad-hoc mode is a wireless network type in which a group of computers equipped with WL-U357v2 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.
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Page 7: Specification
General Application WL-U357v2 offers a fast, reliable, cost-effective solution for wireless access to the various network scenarios: 1. Remote access to corporate network for information E-mail, file transfer and terminal service. 2. Difficult-to-wire environments Historical or old buildings, public occasions, venues and open area where it is difficult to wire. -
Page 8: Package Contents
Emission type Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) Technology RF Modulation OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM RF Output Power 15dBm 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps Data Rate 802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps Super G: up to 108Mbps 64/128bit WEP Security WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK... -
Page 9: Minimum System Requirements
1.5 Minimum System Requirements Before installation, please check the following requirements with your equipment. • Pentium Based (above) IBM-compatible PC system with one vacancy USB 1.1/2.0 port • CD-ROM drive • Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP and Server 2003 • At least 5MBytes of free disk space for utility and driver installation 1.6 Installation Considerations Beware of the walls and ceilings. -
Page 10: Installation Procedure
Note 1: If you had ever installed the other Wireless Cards before, please uninstall the existed drivers and utilities first. Note 2: Please install the configuration utility before insert WL-U357v2 into the USB port of the computer. Insert Drivers and User’s manual CD to your CD drive, then a welcome web will appear. - Page 11 You can click “Browse” to specify the Destination Folder that you want to install the utility. Or keep the default setting and click ”Next” to continue. You can change the Program Folder name as you wish or use the default name to continue.
- Page 12 Installation will start copy driver and utility to your OS. When this dialog box appear, please click “Continue Anyway”.
- Page 13 Please click “Finish” to complete the installation. Please click “Finish” to restart your PC...
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Page 14: Hardware Installation
2.2 Hardware Installation 1. After PC restart. Please select the correct Country Domain in the pull down list and press “OK” to continue. 2. Please connect WL-U357 to your PC’s USB port. If your PC’s USB interface is not USB 2.0, Windows will prompt you there is a High-Speed device connect to non-High-Speed USB hub. - Page 15 select “Continue Anyway” to continue. After the driver installation complete appears. Please click “Finish”.
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Page 16: Configuration
3. Configuration 3.1 Link Information The default page is as below after you launch the Utility program. Status: Shows the SSID associated, which can be used to identify the wireless network. SSID: Shows current SSID, which must be the same for the wireless client and AP in order for communication to be established. -
Page 17: Configuration
3.2 Configuration This is the page where you can change the basic settings of the Access Point with the minimum amount of effort to implement a secure wireless network environment. SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients and nodes in a wireless network. -
Page 18: Advanced
European (ETSI) domain and 1 to 14 for Japanese domain. Power Mode: There are 3 modes to choose. ●Continuous Access Mode (default) – the USB Dongle is constantly operating with full power and it consumes the most power. ●Maximum Power Save – the USB Dongle consumes the least power and only operates when there is wireless network activity. - Page 19 Auth. Mode: 5 options are available: Open System, Share key, Auto, WPA/WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK and Disable. Select Open System, Share key or Auto for WEP data encryption feature. If one of the three options is selected, it is required to configure the following settings from the next dropping list.
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Page 20: Site Survey
If WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK is selected, click the configuration button. popping window is as the below. Please enter the key. The following will only be activated to allow for configuration when Open System, Share Key or Auto is enabled in “Auth. Mode”. Default Key: select one of the 4 keys to use. - Page 21 Available Network – displays the wireless networks (wireless clients and Access Points) that are in your signal range. Select any one of them to establish communications by simply mouse double-click or click on the “Connect” button. Click “Refresh” button to start scanning for available network again. Profile –...
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Page 22: About Us
3.5 About US This page displays some information about the 108Mbps Wireless Network USB Dongle utility, which includes the version numbers for Driver, Firmware and Utility. When there is new version of software available for upgrade, you will be able to identify by version numbers. -
Page 24: Glossary
4. Glossary Access Point: An internetworking device that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks. Ad-Hoc: An independent wireless LAN network formed by a group of computers, each with a network adapter. AP Client: One of the additional AP operating modes offered by 54Mbps Access Point, which allows the Access Point to act as an Ethernet-to-Wireless Bridge, thus a LAN or a single computer station can join a wireless ESS network through ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange, ASCII, is one of... - Page 25 Bit: A binary digit, which is either -0 or -1 for value, is the smallest unit for data. Bridge: An internetworking function that incorporates the lowest 2 layers of the OSI network protocol model. Browser: An application program that enables one to read the content and interact in the World Wide Web or Intranet.
- Page 26 DSSS: Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum. DSSS generates a redundant bit pattern for each bit to be transmitted. This bit pattern is called a chip (or chipping code). The longer the chip, the greater the probability that the original data can be recovered.
- Page 27 Gateway: a device that interconnects networks with different, incompatible communication protocols. HEX: Hexadecimal, HEX, consists of numbers from 0 – 9 and letters from A – F. IEEE: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which is the largest technical professional society that promotes the development and application of electrotechnology and allied sciences for the benefit of humanity, the advancement of the profession.
- Page 28 Preamble Type: During transmission, the PSDU shall be appended to a PLCP preamble and header to create the PPDU. Two different preambles and headers are defined as the mandatory supported long preamble and header which interoperates with the current 1 and 2 Mbit/s DSSS specification as described in IEEE Std 802.11-1999, and an optional short preamble and header.
- Page 29 Throughput: The amount of data transferred successfully from one point to another in a given period of time. WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an encryption scheme used to protect wireless data communication. To enable the icon will prevent other stations without the same WEP key from linking with the AP.
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Page 30: Troubleshooting
5. 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 31 new generation and has been incorporated into the newly-approved security standard 802.11i. It supports 128, 192 and 256-bit encryption key length and adopts Rijndael algorithm. It is widely believed it is impossible to crack AES. What is DSSS? What is FHSS? And what are their differences? Frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) uses a narrowband carrier that changes frequency in a pattern that is known to both transmitters and receivers.