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  • Page 1: User Manual

    802.11g Wireless LAN USB Adapter w/SMA connector WL-U356A User Manual...

  • Page 2: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    Copyright ã 2004 by PLANET Technology Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be Copyright 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 Potential restrictive use France: Only channels 10,11,12 and 13 Revision User’s Manual for PLANET 802.11g Wireless LAN USB Adapter Model: WL-U356A Rev: 1.0 (October, 2004) Part No. EM-WLU356A...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 F EATURES 1.2 P ACKAGE ONTENTS CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION PROCEDURES 2.1 I NSTALL TILITY OFTWARE 2.2 I NSTALL RIVER CHAPTER 3 WIRELESS CLIENT MODE CONFIGURATION 3.1 W IRELESS ONNECTION TATUS 3.2 C ONFIGURING ENERAL ETTINGS 3.3 C...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Internet over your existing wireless network easily, without disassembling your computer. The WL-U356A has support data rate up to 54Mbps, and can auto-negotiate to be compatible with any IEEE 802.11b/g device. Support of 64, 128 and 256bit WEP...

  • Page 6: Chapter 2 Installation Procedures

    Step 1: Insert the provided Drivers and User’s Manual CD into your CD drive to initiate the autorun program. Once completed a menu screen will appear. Step 2: Click on “Configuration Utility” hyper link in WL-U356A field to initiate the installation. If the menu screen is not shown, you can click “Start” button and choose “Run”.
  • Page 7 Step 4: Click “Next” to accept the default destination folder for the software or click “Browse” to manually select a destination folder. Step 5: For Windows XP, click “Continue Anyway” at the Windows Logo Compatibility screen.

  • Page 8: Install Driver

    Windows 98SE or Me CD during the driver installation. Be sure to have your Windows 98SE or Me CD ready. Step 1: After the PC restart, insert WL-U356A into the USB port of the PC. Step 2: Select “Install the software automatically” and click “Next”.
  • Page 9 Step 3: For Windows XP, click “Continue Anyway” at the Windows Logo Compatibility screen. For Windows 2000, click “Yes” at the Digital Signature screen.
  • Page 10 For Windows 98SE or Me, insert the Windows 98SE or Me CD if prompted to do so and click “OK”. Step 4: Click “Finish”. Restart the PC if you are prompted to do so.

  • Page 11: Chapter 3 Wireless Client Mode Configuration

    The configuration utility will be initiated automatically after PC restarts. It is a powerful application that helps you to configure the WL-U356A and monitor the status of the communication process. By double click the icon on the system tray, you can see the configuration utility appear.

  • Page 12: Wireless Connection Status

    3.1 Wireless Connection Status When the configuration utility is activated, it will scan all channels to locate available access points. This screen displays all information of current wireless connection.
  • Page 13 Parameters Description Select from “Station” or “Access Point”. For more information Mode regarding Access Point Mode configuration, please refer to the Chapter 4. Network Adapter Displays the name of the USB adapter. Lists all the available wireless router/access point in your area. Available Network You can click on the “Refresh”...

  • Page 14: Configuring General Settings

    “Auto” to allow the adapter to automatically select the optimum rate. Tx Rate When WL-U356A connects to an USB1.1 port, Tx Rate will be fixed to 802.11b standard. The Max. transfer rate will be 11Mbps. You can enter the SSID of the wireless router/access point you SSID wish to connect to.

  • Page 15: Configuring Encryption Security

    Shared Key: With the same WEP key between the stations in this Authentication algorithm, this type will use packets with encryption by transferring a challenge text which will be acknowledge by both side of the stations. In order to choose which authentication algorithm will be used, you must know which one the station supports this algorithm first.
  • Page 16 Parameters Description Key Length Select the appropriate encryption key length. Default Key ID Select which of the four Key Values you want to use. Select either Hexadecimal (0-9, A-F) or ASCII (any number or Key Format letter). Enter the applicable key values. Up to four key values may be entered.

  • Page 17: Wpa-Psk Configuration

    3.3.2 WPA-PSK Configuration Step1: Please click on “Change” in the General Connection Setting. Step 2:Select “TKIP” or “AES” for Encryption, “WPA PSK” for Authentication Mode, and click “Apply”. The encryption method and authentication mode must be identical to the settings of the wireless router/access point you wish to connect to.

  • Page 18: Wpa Configuration

    Step 3: Click on “WPA Encryption Setting” and click “Change” in the appeared dialog box. Step 4: Enter the appropriate passphrase in the “Passphrase” field under the “Pre-shared Key” section and click “Apply”. (The passphrase must be identical to the passphrase set on your wireless router/access point and it has to be a string between 8 to 63 ASCII characters long).
  • Page 19 Step 2: Select “TKIP” or “AES” for Encryption, “WPA” for Authentication Mode, and click “Apply”. The encryption method and authentication mode must be identical to the settings of the wireless router/access point you wish to connect to. Step 3: Click on “WPA Encryption Setting” and click “Change” in the appeared dialog box.

  • Page 20: Configuring Profile

    Step 5: All available certificates for TLS or PEAP will be displayed in the “Certificate” drop-down list. Please select a proper one for user or server authentication. Step 6:Click “Apply” to finish the configuration. 3.4 Configuring Profile...

  • Page 21: Advanced Settings

    To load a profile, select the profile from the drop-down list and click “Load”. To delete a profile, select the profile from the drop-down list and click “Delete”. 3.5 Advanced Settings Click “Advanced Setting” button in “More Setting” dialog box for configure advanced settings of WL-U356A.
  • Page 22 Mode”. This mode applies to laptops. Its implementation will also cause additional overhead to your wireless network. WL-U356A is World Mode supported. You may enable World Mode or select the country that you are stay manually for operate Frequency Domain.

  • Page 23: Information

    256 to 2432 bytes. It is recommended limiting a long packet to prevent each station waiting too long to transmit a data. 3.6 Information Click “Information” button in “More Setting” dialog box to view the driver and utility version and MAC Address of WL-U356A.

  • Page 24: Chapter 4 Access Point Mode Configuration

    You can configure the USB Adapter as an access point for other wireless clients on your network. Note: You will not be able to access the Internet if you configure WL-U356A as an access point. To allow other wireless clients to access the Internet, you will need to configure your computer as a router and a DHCP server.
  • Page 25 Click “Change” to configure the Access Point mode settings. Parameters Description Channel Select the channel you want to use. Basic Rate Select the applicable transfer rate. SSID Enter the desired SSID for the access point. Hide SSID Check to disable ESSID broadcast function. After click “Change”...

  • Page 26: Configuring Encryption Security

    know which one the station supports this algorithm first. It is a way of transmitting the packets that will be fragmented. Choose a setting within a range of 256 to 2432 bytes. It is Fragmentation recommended to fragment the packet when the link quality is Threshold bad, it is to prevent the wasting time of resending a long packet that is lost.

  • Page 27: Configuring Mac Address Filter

    Default Key ID Select which of the four Key Values you want to use. Select either Hexadecimal (0-9, A-F) or ASCII (any number or Key Format letter). Enter the applicable key values. Up to four key values may be entered. Note the following rules when entering Key values: •...

  • Page 28: Specification

    Specification Interface Complaint with USB 2.0 / 1.1 standard Standards Compliant with 802.11b / 802.11g Conformance Data Transfer Rate IEEE802.11b：1 / 2 / 5.5 / 11Mbps (auto sensing) IEEE802.11g：6 / 9 / 12 / 18 / 24 / 36 / 48 / 54Mbps (auto sensing) Operating Mode Infrastructure Mode, Ad-Hoc Mode and Access Point Mode.

  • Page 29: Appendix

    Appendix This section provides some technology document of IEEE802.11g. Read the description below to know the standards about IEEE802.11g What is the IEEE 802.11g standard? ü The IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN standard subcommittee that formulates the standard for the industry. The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufactures to communicate.
  • Page 30 What is Spread Spectrum? ü Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the 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.

  • Page 31: Glossary

    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. ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange, ASCII, is one of the two formats that you can use for entering the values for WEP key.
  • Page 32 (CSMA/CD) to avoid having collisions occur a second time. This works best if the time allocated is short compared to packet length and if the number of situations is small. CSMA/CD: Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection, which is a LAN access method used in Ethernet.
  • Page 33 Service Data Unit (MSDU) into several MAC Protocol Data Units (MPDU) in smaller size. The RF transmission can not allow to transmit too big frame size due to the heavy interference caused by the big size of transmission frame. But if the frame size is too small, it will create the overhead during the transmission.
  • Page 34 Roaming: A LAN mobile user moves around an ESS and enjoys a continuous connection to an Infrastructure network. RTS: Request To Send. An RS-232 signal sent from the transmitting station to the receiving station requesting permission to transmit. RTS Threshold: Transmitters contending for the medium may not be aware of each other.

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