PLANET WNL-9331 - Manual

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Thank you for purchasing PLANET 802.11n Wireless PCI
adapter, WNL-9331. 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.
1. Package Content
WNL-9331 x 1
Quick Installation Guide x 1
CD Disk x 1
External Antenna x 1
3. You can bend the antenna to fit actual needs.
4. To improve radio reception, please adjust antennas to the
position shown in the picture.
Rear View
If you want to keep compatibility and communicate with
older wireless devices, please select ‘Optimize for WiFi
Mode’.
After you finish the selection, please click ‘Next’ to
continue. If you see ‘Found New Hardware’ message
again, please ignore it and wait.
2. Insert the bundled CD into the CD-ROM drive to launch
the auto run program. Once completed, a menu screen
will appear.
3. Click the “WNL-9331 Utility” hyperlink to initiate the
install wizard.
4. Read the License Agreement carefully. Click “Yes” to
accept it and continue.
2. Hardware Installation
1. SWITCH THE COMPUTER OFF, remove the cover and
insert the wireless network card into an empty PCI slot
of your computer.
2. Fasten the antennas to the antenna connectors on the
network card by clockwise direction.
3. Utility Installation
Note
1. If you had ever installed 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 similar.
1. Power on the computer. The system will find the new
hardware and display the below message. Click “Cancel”
to skip.
5. It is suggested to use “PLANET Configuration Tool”, which
provides fully access to all functions, to manage the WNL-
9331. Click “Next” to continue.
6. There are two wireless performance mode you can
select here: Optimize for WiFi mode or Optimize
for performance mode If you want to enhance wire-
less 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.
7. Click “Install” to begin the installation.