PLANET WNL-U553 User Manual
Thank you for purchasing PLANET 802.11n Wireless USB
Note
adapter, WNL-U553. This quick installation guide illustrates
the driver and utility installation steps. For more information,
please refer to the User’s manual in the bundled CD.
Package Content
WNL-U553 x 1
Quick Installation Guide x 1
CD Disk x 1
USB Cable x 1
Installation
1. If you had ever installed the other
Wireless Cards before, please uninstall
the existed drivers and utilities first.
2. The installation below is performed in
Windows XP system. The installations in
Windows 2000 and Vista are silimar.
4. Read the License Agreement carefully. Click “Yes” to ac
cept it and continue.
5. It is suggested to use “PLANET Conguration Tool”, which
provides fully access to all functions, to manage the WNLU553. Click “Next” to continue.
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1. Insert the USB wireless network card into an empty USB
2.0 port of your computer when computer is switched on.
Never use force to insert the card, if you feel it’s stuck,
ip the card over and try again.
2. The system will nd the new hardware and display the
below message. Click “Cancel” to skip.
6. There are two wireless performance mode you can select
here:
Optimize for WiFi mode
Optimize for performance mode
If you want to enhance wireless performance, please
select ‘Optimize for performance mode’. However, wireless
compatibility is not guaranteed in this mode. If you want to
use this mode, you may not be able to communicate with
older wireless devices and wireless access point, such as
802.11b devices, but the data transfer rate will be enhanced
in this mode. You can select this mode when you only plan
to communicate with 802.11 Draft-N devices.
If you want to keep compatibility and communicate with
older wireless devices, please select ‘Optimize for WiFi
Mode’.
After you nish the selection, please click ‘Next’ to continue.
If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message again, please
ignore it and wait.
3. Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM drive to launch
the auto run program. Once completed, a menu screen
will appear. Click the “2000/XP Utility” hyperlink to initiate the install wizard.
7. Click “Install” to begin the installation.
PLANET Technology Corp.
2011-E23120-000
www.planet.com.tw
Wireless LAN
Quick Installation Guide
WNL-U553
300Mbps
802.11n Wireless USB Adapter
Wireless Connection at Wire Speed
8. If the screen appears during installation, please click
“Continue Anyway” to continue.
9. Please click “Finish” to nish the installation.
10. The WNL-U553 utility will appear on the screen. Please
select the AP you would like to connect and press “Connect” button to link it. Please click”OK” to continue.
11. Lastly, please select “Site Survey” option and click
For more information, please refer to the User’s manual in
the bundled CD.
“Rescan” button to scan all available Access Points. To
choose an AP from the list and click ”Connect” button to
link.
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