TP-Link TL-WN323G, User Manual

Page 1: ...TL WN323G 54M Wireless USB Adapter REV 1 0 0...

Page 2: ...are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation tran...

Page 3: ...ifferent from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the f...

Page 4: ...ongoing in recent years to allow current relaxed regulation Full implementation planned 2012 Italy If used outside of own premises general authorization is required Luxembourg None General authorizati...

Page 5: ...r Windows XP 3 Chapter 3 Configuration 7 3 1 Set Wizard 7 3 2 General Status 9 3 3 Profile Management 10 3 3 1 Add or Edit a Configuration Profile 11 3 3 2 Remove a configuration profile 16 3 3 3 Dupl...

Page 6: ...One TL WN323G 54M Wireless USB Adapter Quick Installation Guide One Resource CD for TL WN323G including Wireless Utility and Drivers User Guide Other Helpful Information Note Make sure that the packag...

Page 7: ...s in an environment with a lot of electromagnetic interference It can also interoperate with all 11Mbps wireless 802 11b products Your wireless communications are protected by up to 128 bit WEP and WP...

Page 8: ...stalling the software please plug the adapter into your PC After that you will be prompted Found New Hardware Wizard click the Cancel button and run the Setup Wizard program on the CD ROM The Setup st...

Page 9: ...r Guide 4 Figure 2 1 Step 2 Click Next on the screen as below shown in Figure 2 2 to continue Meanwhile you can also click Cancel to exit the installation Figure 2 2 Step 3 After that the next screen...

Page 10: ...appear To exit the Installation click Cancel Figure 2 4 Note During the installation a warning box about Windows Logo testing shown in Figure 2 5 may pop up please click Continue Anyway to continue th...

Page 11: ...TL WN323G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 6 Figure 2 5 Step 5 Click the Finish button to complete Figure 2 6...

Page 12: ...there is poor signal strength and the RSSI is between 5dB and 10dB If the icon is green there is good signal strength and the RSSI is between 10dB and 20dB If the icon is green there is excellent sign...

Page 13: ...ick Refresh button to update the wireless network show in Figure 3 2 Then select the wireless network and click Next Figure 3 2 Step 3 After that select the network authentication and data encryption...

Page 14: ...ompts Unsecured network click OK to continue 3 2 General Status Choose the tab General as shown in Figure 3 4 the left filed displays the type of the adapter the right field displays the status about...

Page 15: ...o get the IP address from the AP Show Tray Icon Select the option to display the icon on the bottom of the desktop Disable Adapter If you select the option the adapter can t work Radio Off If you sele...

Page 16: ...3 5 3 3 1 Add or Edit a Configuration Profile Click the button Add or Edit you should select an existed profile first to edit it on the screen above you can configure the profile as shown in Figure 3...

Page 17: ...n t select the option the system will search the available channel to connect Wireless network security This configure the security for the adapter Note You should configure the security for the adapt...

Page 18: ...a encryption as WPA 802 1X WPA2 802 1X or WEP 802 1X EAP TYPE Select the EAP type for the 802 1x configuration the options are GTC TLS LEAP TTLS PEAP Tunnel Select the tunnel MD5 GTC TLS MSCHAP V2 The...

Page 19: ...he Key index 1 and click the OK to save the configuration 2 Shared Key authentication When you select the Shared Key as the authentication the only available data encryption is WEP Note The configurat...

Page 20: ...elect the WPA2 PSK as the authentication the available data encryptions are TKIP and AES Please select the one according your need Note The configuration for WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK are similar you can r...

Page 21: ...802 1x and WPA 802 1x are similar you can refer to WPA 802 1x authentication to configure it 7 WEP 802 1x When you select the WEP 802 1x as the authentication the only available data encryption is WEP...

Page 22: ...ame for the configuration profile 3 3 4 Set default configuration profile Follow the steps below to select a configuration profile as default Once the adapter wants to connect a wireless network it wi...

Page 23: ...t at any time Step 2 Highlight a network name and click Add to Profile to connect to an available network Fill in the Profile name and click OK to create the new configuration profile for that network...

Page 24: ...ts max mode to let the access point buffer incoming messages for the Wireless USB Adapter The Adapter will detect the access point if any messages are waiting periodically Wireless Mode Select the wir...

Page 25: ...54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 20 Figure 3 13 3 7 Statistics Click the tab Statistics as shown in Figure 3 12 to view the traffic statistics about the connection Click the Reset to refresh the in...

Page 26: ...Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 21 Figure 3 14 3 8 Wi Fi Protected Setup Click the tab Wi Fi Protected Setup as shown in Figure 3 15 then PIN and PBC methods are available to configure the adapter for...

Page 27: ...er can t connect the AP 3 8 1 PIN Method Step 1 Click the Pin Input Config PIN button in Figure 3 15 and then the following dialog box will pop up I If you have specified your AP to connect please cli...

Page 28: ...PIN Code displays on the screen shown in Figure 3 17 Now you should enter the pin code into your AP Figure 3 17 Step 3 Finally the adapter will create the profile and connect to the AP automatically...

Page 29: ...18 3 8 2 PBC Method Step 1 Click the Push Button Config PBC button in Figure 3 15 and then the following screen will appear Figure 3 19 Step 2 Meanwhile push the PBC button on the AP and the adapter w...

Page 30: ...TL WN323G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 25 Step 3 Finally you can see the status screen as below This is a new connection for Wi Fi network Figure 3 20...

Page 31: ...Safety Emission FCC CE Frequency 2 4 2 4835 GHz Spread Spectrum Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS Wireless Radio Data Rate 54 48 36 24 18 12 9 6 Mbps 11g OFDM 11 5 5 2 1 Mbps 11b DSSS Auto Rate Sen...

Page 32: ...gnal is recognized as the only valid signal and interference is inherently rejected ignored FHSS Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum FHSS continuously changes hops the carrier frequency of a conventiona...

Page 33: ...Equivalent Privacy A data privacy mechanism based on a 64 bit or 128 bit or 152 bit shared key algorithm as described in the IEEE 802 11 standard Wi Fi A trade name for the 802 11b wireless networkin...