Wireless LAN features
| Wi-Fi |
Y |
| Top Wi-Fi standard |
IEEE 802.11n |
| Wi-Fi standards |
IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b |
Ports & interfaces
| USB ports quantity |
1 |
| Host interface |
USB |
| Internal |
N |
Networking
| Frequency band |
2.412 - 2.4835 GHz |
| Modulation |
CCK, DQPSK, OFDM, DBPSK |
Performance
| Mac operating systems supported |
Y |
| Receiver sensitivity |
135M: -68dBm@10% PER\n54M: -68dBm@10% PER\n11M: -85dBm@8% PER |
Additionally
| Wireless technologies |
Wireless |
| Transfer rate (Mbps) |
150 Mbit/s |
Wireless USB Adapter, USB 2.0, 802.11b/g/n, 2412MHz - 2483.5MHz, 1x Internal Omni-directional Antenna, WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK, 7.4g
<b>High Speed 802.11n Wireless Experience</b>
The PLANET WNL-U554 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-U554 USB 2.0 supports interface that integrates one transmit channel and one concurrent receive channel, it enables the speed up to 150Mbps for both data upload and download.
<b>Advanced Wireless Security</b>
The WNL-U554 provides advanced security features including 64/128-bit WEP, WPA / WPA2 and WPA-PSK / WPA2-PSK with TKIP/AES encryption. Moreover, 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.
<b>Multiple OS Compliant</b>
The WNL-U554 supports most popular operating systems including Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Win 7, Linux, and MAC OS X. With high speed capability, users can have higher wireless transmission speed anywhere and anytime.
<b>Software Access Point Function for Wireless Connection Sharing</b>
Ever experience that there is only wired Internet access available in the hotel room so you could not have your PDA, Smart Phone, or iPad access to Internet simultaneously? Or, you have to wait for Internet access in turn with your room mate? More than just being an adapter for PC and laptop connecting to high speed wireless network, the WNL-U554 can also become a wireless access point. By applying the PLANET 11n USB Wireless LAN Utility included in the package, users can switch the WNL-U554 operation mode between Station mode and Access Point mode. When the WNL-U554 is in the Access Point mode, it turns to a Wi-Fi Hotspot and can share wireless connection with the Wi-Fi devices such as iPhone / Android / Symbian / Windows Phone / iPod Touch / iPad / NDS / PSP.
