WNL-U554A

802.11n Wireless USB Adapter

 
 

 

High Speed 802.11n Wireless Experience
The PLANET WNL-U554A Wireless USB adapter offers a reliable and cost effective wireless extending solution. It adopts IEEE 802.11n technology and is backward compatible with IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g. The WNL-U554A supports USB 2.0 interface that integrates with one transmit channel and one concurrent receive channel to enable the speed up to 150Mbps for both data upload and download.

Wireless Coverage Plus !
The WNL-554A is equipped with external 3dBi hi-gain antenna which provides strong signal and excellent performance even in the long range or bad environment. With detachable RP-SMA connector design in the WNL-U554A, it allows users to manually exchange higher gain antenna for further wireless coverage range.

Advanced Wireless Security
The WNL-U554A provides advanced security features including 64/128-bit WEP, WPA / WPA2 and WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK with TKIP/AES encryption. Furthermore, in order to simplify the security configurations, WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) function is included to offer a convenient and fast connection method for users as well.

Multiple OS Compliant
The WNL-U554A supports most popular operating systems including Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Win7, Linux, and MAC OS X. With high speed capability, users can have higher wireless transmission speed anywhere and anytime.

Software Access Point Function for Wireless Connection Sharing
More than just being an adapter for PC and laptop connecting to high speed wireless network, the WNL-U554A can also become a wireless access point. By applying the USB Wireless LAN Utility included in the package, users can switch the WNL-U554A operation mode between Station mode and Access Point mode. When the WNL-U554A is in the Access Point mode, it turns to a Wi-Fi Hotspot. The Wi-Fi supported devices such as iPhone / Android / Symbian / Windows Phone / iPod Touch / iPad / NDS / PSP can connect to it and share the wireless access easily. Therefore, travelers would then be worry free to connect to Internet wirelessly via the WNL-U554A when there is only wired Internet available anywhere..

Easy Installation Wizard
The WNL-U554A provides an easy installation wizard in 35 languages. It guides users step by step to easily complete the product installation through the whole process.
Easy and Safe Wireless Connection
Connect the WNL-U554A to your PC or laptop/notebook, you can then easily share a secure wireless network for high-speed Internet access, file transmission or media stream at your home or office. Moreover, the WNL-U554A also supports multiple-advanced security features to enhance the safety connection.
 
 
Flexible Wi-Fi Hotspot
The WNL-U554A is one of the best choices for wireless environment. With the built-in Soft AP function in the WNL-U554A, you can flexibly share the xDSL / Cable or 3G/3.5G Internet connection with other people. 
 
• Detachable RP-SMA connector with 3dBi antenna
• 2.4GHz ISM band, unlicensed operation
• Compliant with IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b 
• Provides up to 150Mbps for both data download and upload
• Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) support
• Supports WEP 64/128-bit, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK (TKIP/AES encryption)
• Supports QoS-WMM (WiFi Multi-Media) function / WMM-PS
• Supports Software AP mode
• USB 2.0 / 1.1 attached interface
• Mini-size design
• Supports most popular operating systems including Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Win7, Linux & MAC OS X
Hardware Specification
Hardware version 3.0
Interface USB 2.0, Type-A
Antenna 1 x Detachable RP-SMA connector with 3dBi Antenna (1T1R)
LED 1 x Link / Active (Blue)
Operation Voltage 5V DC, power source from USB port
Dimension (W x D x H) 45 x 18 x 10 mm
Weight 15g
Wireless Specification
Standards Conformance IEEE 802.11n
IEEE 802.11g
IEEE 802.11b
RF Modulation DBPSK, DQPSK, CCK, OFDM
Frequency Band 2412MHz ~ 2483.5MHz
Data Rate 802.11n (20MHz): up to 72 Mbps
     (40MHz): up to 150 Mbps
802.11g: 6/9/12/24/36/48/54Mbps
802.11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps
Wireless Transmit Power ≦20 dBm (EIRP)
Receiver Sensitivity 135M: -68dBm@10% PER
54M: -68dBm@10% PER
11M: -85dBm@8% PER
Operating Mode Ad-Hoc / Infrastructure, Soft AP
Encryption Security WEP 64/128-bit
WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK (TKIP/AES)
WPA / WPA2 (TKIP/AES)
Advanced Wireless Function Supports 802.11e WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia)
Supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) by software
Management The utility included in the package or Windows XP Zero Configuration utility
Operating Systems Windows 2000/XP (x86/x64) / VISTA (x86/x64) / Win7 (x86/x64)
Linux Kernel 2.4 /2.6
Macintosh 10.4/10.5/10.6
Environment
Temperature Operating :0 ~ 40 Degree C
Storage: -40 ~ 70 Degree C
Humidity Operating: 10 ~ 90% (Non-Condensing)
Storage: 5 ~ 95% (Non-Condensing)
 

Datasheet

Date Version Description Download
2011-12-23 1.0 WNL-U554A
 

Quick Guide

Date Version Description Download
2011-04-21 3.0 Initial Release for Hardware version 3.0 and add WNL-U554M.
 

User's Manual

Date Version Description Download
2011-04-21 3.0 Initial Release for Hardware version 3.0 and add WNL-U554M.
 

Utility

Date Version Description Download
2011-08-19 1014.0 Driver Enhances / Bug fixed: Stability improved.
This version of utility and driver can only be used for WNL-U554A(v3). Other hardware version are not suitable.
2011-04-29 1012.1 Release for Hardware version 3.0. Other hardware version are not suitable.
 

EC Declaration

Date Version Description Download
2011-04-21 3.0 EC Declaration