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  • Page 1 300Mbps  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r   ...
  • Page 2   WDL‐U700    Copyright Copyright  2013 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 300Mbps Dual Band 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter Model: WDL-U700 Rev: EM-WDL-U700_v1.01 (April, 2013) Part No. 2081-E23200-001...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Windows XP - Use Windows Zero Configure ............28 3.2.2 Windows 7 - Use Windows 7 WLAN AutoConfig ........... 31 Chapter 4. PLANET USB WIRELESS LAN UTILITY................33 Connection Profile Management ..................33 4.1.1 Add a new profile ....................33 4.1.2...
  • Page 5 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    5.1.2 Soft Access Point Security ..................51 Advanced Settings......................53 Access Control List......................54 Connected Devices ......................55 About (AP Mode) ........................ 56 Appendix: Specifications........................57 Appendix: Troubleshooting....................... 59 Appendix: Glossary..........................

  • Page 6: Chapter 1. Product Introduction

    Product Description 2.4G & 5G Dual Band Wireless Connectivity The WDL-U700 is a cost-effective, highly integrated USB Wireless Adapter containing the dual band technology that supports 2.4GHz or 5GHz wireless signals on a Wireless Adapter. It supports up to 300Mbps data rate and fully complies with 802.11a/b/g/n specifications, providing feature-rich wireless connectivity at high standards, and delivering reliable throughput from an extended distance.
  • Page 7 In order to avoid the wireless interference between each other, WDL-U700 provides users the radio frequency of 5GHz for watching HD videos or playing online games additionally. This function makes the WDL-U700 more suitable for multimedia applications requiring wider bandwidth.
  • Page 8 WDL-U700 operation mode between Station mode and Access Point mode. When the WDL-U700 is in the Access Point mode, it turns to a Wi-Fi Hotspot. The Wi-Fi supported devices such as iPhone / Android / Windows Phone / iPad / NDS / PSP can connect to it and share the wireless access easily.

  • Page 9: Product Features

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Product Features  2.4GHz & 5GHz Dual Band Wireless Connectivity  Complies with IEEE 802.11a/n & IEEE 802.11/b/g/n Standard  Built-in internal antennas with 2T2R MIMO technology  Maximal Speed Up to 300Mbps Upload and Download ...

  • Page 10: Software Description

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    LED Indicator Description Flashing Data transmitting or receiving The USB adapter has not been installed or the radio of the wireless USB adapter has been disabled from wireless utility Software Description 1.5.1 Tray Icon ...

  • Page 11: Main Screen

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    1.5.2 Main Screen  Client Mode A. Click these buttons to open the following screens and access the Utility's features. Use the Wi-Fi Direct screens to set up a Wi-Fi Direct connection, Wi-Fi Direct and to share media files such as music or movies.
  • Page 12 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    C. Use this screen to find information on wireless network settings. This shows the name of your wireless network. SSID Rate This shows the speed of your connection. This is the channel assigned to your connection. Change this if interference is a Channel problem on your network.
  • Page 13 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Click these buttons to open the following screens and access the Utility's features. AP Setup Use the AP Setup screen to set up a secure wireless network. Advanced Use the Advanced screen to configure advanced network settings. Access Use the Access Control List screen to configure an access policy for your Control List...

  • Page 14: Chapter 2. Installation

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Chapter 2. INSTALLATION Microsoft Windows Driver Installation 1. If you had ever installed other wireless adapters before, please uninstall the existed drivers and utilities first. 2. The following installation is performed in Windows XP. The procedures in other OS are similar.
  • Page 15 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Step 3. Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM drive. Step 4. Then a webpage will appear. Click the “Windows Utility” hyperlink to initiate the installing wizard. Step 5. Read the License Agreement carefully.
  • Page 16 Anyway” button to continue. Step 7. Please click “Finish” to finish the installation. Step 8. Execute the WDL-U700 utility, and then right-click the tray icon of WDL-U700 from the system task bar. Select “Launch Config Utility” to start setting your wireless network. 16 ...
  • Page 17 And there is also a new icon appeared on the system tray. Left-click the new icon will launch PLANET 11n USB Wireless LAN Utility, and right-click the icon will show the quick menu of configuration utility. This icon also uses different colors to show the status of wireless connection: Wireless connection is established, good signal reception.

  • Page 18: Mac Os X 10.X Driver Installation

      WDL‐U700    MAC OS X 10.x Driver Installation The WDL-U700 supports MAC OS X 10.4 / 10.5 / 10.6 / 10.7. To install in MAC OS X operation system, please follow the instructions below to install the USB Wireless Adapter:...
  • Page 19 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Step 2. It will pop up a window “Welcome to the Wireless Utility Installer”, please click “Continue”. Step 3. After read the important information, please click “Install” in the following steps. 19 ...
  • Page 20 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Step 4. Enter your Username and Password of the System. Then, click “OK”. Step 5. The window pops up the notice to remind you that computer will restart while finishing the installing.
  • Page 21 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Step 7. After restart the computer, plug the wireless adapter into the USB port on your computer. Step 8. Right-Click on the Wireless Utility icon displayed in the Mac OS X system tray. Then, click “Open Wireless Utility”.The Wireless Utility network connection menu will appear 21 ...
  • Page 22 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Step 9. Click “Site Survrty”. Choose the AP you would like to connect. Then, click “ADD PROFILE”. Step 10. Select the encryption type of the AP that you connected and fill in encryption key. Click “OK”, and finish the installation and configuration of the wireless adapter! Step 11.
  • Page 23 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    23 ...

  • Page 24: Linux Driver Installation

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Linux Driver Installation The WDL-U700 supports following Linux platform:  Linux Kernel 2.6.18~2.6.38  Linux Kernel 3.0.8 Obtain the Linux driver from the bundled CD or download the official Linux driver...

  • Page 25: Chapter 3. Connecting To Wireless Network

    11n USB ireless LAN Utility. Step 1. Left-click the PLANET Wireless Utility icon located at lower-right corner of the screen, and configuration menu will appear: Step 2. Click “Available Network” icon. Please wait for a while, and all wireless access points nearby which can be reached by the wireless adapter will be displayed here.
  • Page 26 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Step 4. If a password (Network Key) is re quired to access the wireless access point, please confirm the Authentication and Encryption method first, and then key in the password in the “WPA Preshared Key”.

  • Page 27: Windows Zero Configuration

    Configuration” (WZC). You can also use WZC to configure your wireless network pa eter: Step 1. Right-click PLANET Wireless Utility icon, and click “Use Zero Configuration as Configuration Utility”. To return to use PLANET wireless utility, click “Use RaConfig as Configuration Utility”. 27 ...

  • Page 28: Windows Xp - Use Windows Zero Configure

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    3.2.1 Windows XP - Use Windows Zero Configure Step 2. Click “Start” button (should be located at the bottom-left corner of windows desktop), click “Control Panel”, then click “Network and Internet Connections” in Control Panel. Step 3.
  • Page 29 Step 4. Right-click “Wireless Network Connection” (it may have a number as suffix if you have more than one wireless network adapter, please make sure you right-click the PLANET Wireless LAN 802.11n USB Network Adapter), then select “View Available Wireless Networks”.
  • Page 30 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Step 6. If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its Network key or passphrase here. It must match the encryption setting on the access point. If the access point you selected does not use encryption, you’ll not be prompted for network key or passphrase.

  • Page 31: Windows 7 - Use Windows 7 Wlan Autoconfig

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    3.2.2 Windows 7 - Use Windows 7 WLAN AutoConfig AN AutoConfig service is built-in in Windows 7 that can be used to detect and connect to wir eless netwo rk.
  • Page 32 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Step 3: Enter the network security key of the wireless access point. (1) The Connect to a Network box will appear (2) Enter the security key If the access point is protected by encryption, you have to input its Network key or passphrase here.

  • Page 33: Chapter 4. Planet Usb Wireless Lan Utility

    To manage profiles, right-click the PLANET wireless utility icon located at lower-right corner of the screen, then click “Launch Config Utility”.
  • Page 34 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    You’ll be prompted to input connection parameters for the wireless access point you wish to connect: Required parameters are as follows: Object Description  Profile name You can give a name to this profile, so you can remember its purpose easily.
  • Page 35 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Shared – Only wireless devices using a shared key (WEP Key identified) are allowed to connecting each other. WPA – WPA provides a scheme of mutual authentication using either IEEE 802.1x/Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) authentication or pre-shared key (PSK) technology.

  • Page 36: Remove An Existing Profile

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    selected, you have to continue setting the WEP Encryption keys. KIP – TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) changes the temporal key every 10,000 packets (a packet is a kind of message transmitted over a network.) This insures much greater security than the standard WEP security.

  • Page 37: Edit An Existing Profile

    If you wish to use a specific profile as the default wireless connection, you can select the profile in the list, and click “Active”. The selected profile will become default selection and PLANET wireless utility will attempt to connect to the selected access point.

  • Page 38: General Information, Status, And Network Statistics

      WDL‐U700    General Information , Status, and Network Statistics The PLANET wireless utility provides the detailed information about the wireless connection you’re using. 4.2.1 General Information If you want to know the general information of the access point you’re connecting to, click “Link Information”...

  • Page 39: Network Transmission Statistics

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    4.2.2 Network Transmission Statistics To view the statistical data of wireless adapter, click “Statistics” icon, and the statistics of wireless nnection will be displayed: ll connection-related statistics is displayed here. You can click “Reset Counter” button to reset the statistics of all items back to 0.

  • Page 40: About / Status

    The descriptions of the function are listed as follow: Object Description The PLANET USB adapter supports 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 2.4GHz + Wireless Mode 5GHz mixed mode. Select the wireless mode that is compatible with the standard supported by the devices on your network. IEEE...
  • Page 41 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    802.11b/g/n all support 2.4GHz while IEEE 802.11a supports 5GHz. If uncertain, leave this setting as its default value. Select Your  2.4GHz: This field displays if IEEE 802.11b/g/n standards are supported. Country’s Region Code From the drop down list, select the appropriate code for your...

  • Page 42: Wi-Fi Protected Setup (Wps)

    WPS-supported wireless access point and the PLANET wireless adapter. Step 1. Right-click PLANET wireless utility icon, and click “Launch Config Utility”. Step 2. Go to Profile List, and then click “WPS” icon. Step 3.
  • Page 43 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    b. Click “Start PBC”. At the same time (within 120 seconds) click the WPS button on the device to which you are connecting. Please activate WPS function of wireless access point now, and the secure connection between wireless adapter and the WPS-supported access point will be established automatically.

  • Page 44: Pin Input Config (Pin)

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    4.4.2 PIN Input Config (PIN) a. To use the PIN method, select “PIN / numeric code” and, in the “WPS AP List” field, select the name of the network to which you connecting. Click the right arrow to save your settings. b.
  • Page 45 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    If you click on the “WPS Profile” button, the following screen appears, allowing you to configure the name of your network connection and security method. In “SSID” type a name for your WPS connection, and select an Authentication and Encryption method.
  • Page 46 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    d. Once connected, your WPS profile appears in the Profile List screen. 46 ...

  • Page 47: Chapter 5. Soft Access Point Mode

      WDL‐U700    Chapter 5. SOFT ACCESS POINT MODE Excepting be a wireless client of other wireless access points, the PLANET wireless adapter can also act as a wireless service provider. You can switch the operation mode of wireless adapter to “Access Point”...

  • Page 48: Switch Between Access Point Mode And Station Mode

    Please follow the instructions below to switch to Access Point mode: Step 1. Right-click PLANET wireless utility icon, and select “Switch to AP Mode”. It requires few seconds to switch mode. After the mode switch is complete, the window of general information about software access point will appear, includes SSID, IP address of the Soft AP and connected wireless clients.

  • Page 49: Configure Ssid And Channel

    300Mbps  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    5.1.1 Configure SSID and Channel To configure software Access Point, click “Config” button, and the “Wireless Network Properties” will be displayed. a. The Network Settings Screen Use the left and right arrows to navigate through the Setup screens. Click the Stop button to cancel setting up your device.
  • Page 50 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    The setup options are listed below: Object Description This indicates the 'Wireless Mode' selected in the previous Network Settings screen. From the drop-down list, select the appropriate 2.4 GHz code for your region.

  • Page 51: Soft Access Point Security

    300Mbps  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    5.1.2 Soft Access Point Security To setup security options for Soft Access Point, configure “Wireless Network Security” as follows: setup item s about wireless security are listed below: Object Description Select the strongest security method supported by your network Authentication Options include Open, Shared, WPA-PS K, WPA2-PSK, or...
  • Page 52 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    security. a. The WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Security Screen  A-PSK Key: Type a security key 8- 63 characters long made up of characters '0'-'9', 'a'-'z', 'A'-'Z', keybo ard symbols and sp aces.

  • Page 53: Advanced Settings

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700     If you select a key format of 'ASCII(5 or 1 3 ASCII c haracters)' in the WEP Key field, type a security key 5 or 13 characters long made up of digits '0'-'9' and letters 'a'-'z' and 'A'-'Z'. Advanced Settings Click “Advanced”...

  • Page 54: Access Control List

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Access Control List you’re not going to open your computer and wireless resources to the public, you can use MAC address filtering function to enforce your access control policy, so only wireless clients with MAC address you defined by this function ca n be connected to your software access point.

  • Page 55: Connected Devices

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    the access control list have access to your network. Type a MAC address in hexadecimal format without additional MAC Address characters (e.g. colons or hyphens). Adds the MAC address in the MAC Address field to the MAC address control list.

  • Page 56: About (Ap Mode)

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Indicates whether the connection with the associated device supports Power Saving Mode power-saving. Provides detailed information on facto rs affecting the data transfer rate. IEEE 802.11n specific information includes the MCS (modulation Tx Rate (Mbits) and coding scheme) index value applied in a connection, the BW (bandwidth), GI (guard interval), and the transmission rate of the...

  • Page 57: Appendix: Specifications

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Appendix: Specifications Product 300Mbps Dual Band 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter Model WDL-U700 Hardware Specification Chipset Ralink RT5572 Interface USB 2.0, Type-A Antenna Type Internal antenna 1 x Link / Active (Amber)
  • Page 58 Linux Kernel 2.4 /2.6 Macintosh 10.4/10.5/10.6 Certification Emission CE, FCC Environment Operating Temperature 0°C~40°C (32°F~104°F) Humidity 10% ~ 90%, non condensation Package  WDL-U700 (300Mb ps 802.11n Wireless USB adapter) Package Content  Quick Installation Guid  CD (includes driver/utility/user’s manual 58 ...

  • Page 59: Appendix: Troubleshooting

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Appendix: Troubleshooting Symptom : The LED is off. Make sure the Wireless USB adapter is inserted properly. Otherwise Remedy : contact your vendor. Symptom : The LED is always on not blinking. Make sure that you have installed the driver from attached CD.

  • Page 60: Appendix: Glossary

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Appendix: Glossary 1. IEEE 802.11 Standard The IEEE 802.11 Wi reless LAN standards subcommittee, which is formulating a standard for the dustry. 2. A ccess Poin An internetworking d evice that seamlessly connects wired and wireless networks toget her.

  • Page 61: Static Ip Addressing

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    10. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Infrastructure. An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central database, or wirele .
  • Page 62 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    refer to the entire suite of related protocols. 9. Transmit / Receive The wireless throughput in Bytes per seco nd averaged over two seconds. 20. Wi-Fi Allian The Wi-Fi Alliance is a nonprofit international association formed in 1999 to certify interoperability of wireless Local Area Network products based on IEEE 802.11 specification.
  • Page 63 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    asymmetric packet reception (all send packets, for example). You may want to try lowering your fragmentation threshold. This will cause packets to be broken into smaller fragments. These small fragments, if corrupted, ca n be resent faster than a larger fragment.
  • Page 64 300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    1. 802.1x Authentication 802.1x is a framework for authenticated MAC-level access control, defines Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over LANs (WAPOL). The standard encapsulates and leverages much of EAP, which was defined for dial-up authentication with Point-to-Point Protocol in RFC 22 84.

  • Page 65: Appendix: Faq

    300Mbps  Dual  Band  802.11n  Wireless  USB  Adapte r    WDL‐U700    Appendix: FAQ   What is WMM? Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), a group of features for wireless networks that improve the user s. WMM is based on a subset of the IEEE experience for audio, video and voice application 802.11e WLAN QoS draft standard.

  • Page 66: Ec Declaration Of Conformity

    *Model Number WDL-U700 * Produced by: Manufacturer’s Name : Planet Technology Corp. Manufacturer’s Address: 10F., No.96, Minquan Rd., Xindian Dist., New Taipei City 231, Taiwan (R.O.C.) is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the 1999/5/EC R&TTE.
  • Page 67 ΤΙΣ ΟΥΣΙΩΔ ΕΙΣ ΑΠΑΙΤΗΣΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΙΣ ΛΟΙΠΕΣ disposições da Directiva 1999/5/CE. ΣΧΕΤΙΚΕΣ ΔΙΑΤΑΞΕΙΣ ΤΗΣ ΟΔΗΓΙΑΣ 1999/5/ΕΚ Por medio de la presente, PLANET Technology Español Slovensky Výrobca PLANET Technology Corporation, Corporation, declara que 802.11n Wireless USB týmto deklaruje, že táto 802.11n Wireless U Adapter cumple con los requisitos esenciales y Adapter je v súlade so základnými...

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