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802.11n Wireless USB Adapter
WNL-U553
User's Manual
Version: 2.00
Date: August 2008

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  • Page 1 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter WNL-U553 User’s Manual Version: 2.00 Date: August 2008...

  • Page 2: Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement

    "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not PLANET, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect in the software.
  • Page 3 Do not dispose of WEEE as unsorted municipal waste and have to collect such WEEE separately. Revision User’s Manual for PLANET 802.11n Wireless USB Adapter Model: WNL-U553 Rev: 2.0 (August 2008)

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ........................5 1-1 F ..............................5 EATURES 1-2 S ..........................5 AFETY NFORMATION 1-3 S ............................5 PECIFICATION 1-4 P ..........................6 ACKAGE ONTENTS 1-5 M ......................6 INIMUM YSTEM EQUIREMENTS CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION .......................... 7 Hardware Installation ..........................

  • Page 5: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Complying with the most innovative 802.11n technology, PLANET delivers a reliable and cost effective solution - WNL-U553. WNL-U553 is a USB2.0 wireless adapter which integrates one transmit channel and two concurrent receive channels; thus, it supports up to 150Mbps upload and 300Mbps download data rate.

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    1-4 Package Contents Before you begin the installation, please check the items of your package. The package should include the following items: WNL-U553 x 1 USB Cable x 1 Quick Installation Guide x 1 CD x 1 (Included driver and User’s Manual) If any above item is missing, contact your supplier as soon as possible.

  • Page 7: Chapter 2: Installation

    Note 1: If you had ever installed the other Wireless Cards before, please uninstall the existed drivers and utilities first. Note 2: Please do NOT insert WNL-U553 to PC’s USB port before installing utility. Insert Drivers and User’s manual CD to your CD drive, then a welcome web will appear.
  • Page 8 When this dialog box appear, please click “Continue Anyway”. Please click “Finish” to complete the installation.

  • Page 9: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation 1. Please connect WNL-U553 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 USB Device Plugged into non-High-Speed USB hub”. Please don’t worry about this and keep installing.
  • Page 10 “Continue Anyway” to continue. After the driver installation complete appears. Please click “Finish”.

  • Page 11: Chapter 3: General Configuration

    Chapter 3: General 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 12: 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. Profile Name: Shows the Profile Name. SSID: Service Set Identifier, which is a unique name shared among all clients in a wireless network.
  • Page 13 Default Key: select one of the 4 keys to use. Network Key: choose the encryption way, either in HEX or ASCII formats, and enter the password in the blank space. Key Length: select 64 or 128 bits as the length of the keys Key Format: HEX or ASCII WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK If using the WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK authentication method, please select the Encryption...

  • Page 15: Site Survey

    3-3 Site Survey This page allows you to enable the Site Survey function to scan for the available wireless network (wireless clients and Access Points) and establish wireless communications with one. Available Network – displays the wireless networks (wireless clients and Access Points) that are in your signal range.

  • Page 16: Profile

    3-4 Profile You can create and manage the created profiles for Home, offices or public areas. By double-clicking on one of the created profile, the setting will adapt to the configuration such as SSID, channel, and WEP settings saved by that particular profile. Add: To add a profile.

  • Page 17: Wps

    3-5 WPS WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) is an optional certification program from the Wi-Fi Alliance that is designed to ease the task of setting up and configuring security on a wireless network. There are two methods used in the WPS as below instruction. Push the button on my access point Using the WPS configuration with the “Push the button on my access point”...
  • Page 18 4) If the WPS configuration was successful, the follow window will show on. 5) If the WPS configuration was failed, the follow window will show on.
  • Page 19 Enter a PIN into my access point Using the WPS configuration with the “Enter a PIN into my access point” method, the configuration steps as below: 1) Selected the “Enter a PIN into my access point”, the PIN will be show on the button of the windows.
  • Page 20 4) If the WPS configuration was successful, the follow window will show on.
  • Page 21 5) If the WPS configuration was failed, the follow window will show on.

  • Page 22: About

    3-6 About This screen displays information about WNL-U553 Adapter, such as the Driver and Utility version. When a new version of the utility becomes available for upgrade, users will be able to identify by version numbers.

  • Page 23: Chapter 4: Troubleshooting

    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 24 What is AES? AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a chip-based encryption method of 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.

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