TP-Link TL-WN360G, User Manual

Page 1: ...TL WN360G 54M Wireless Mini PCI Adapter Rev 1 0 0 1910010301...

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: ...ed radio TV technician for help This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device m...

Page 4: ...ions 2400 0 2483 5 MHz Country Restriction Reason remark Bulgaria General authorization required for outdoor use and public service France Outdoor use limited to 10 mW e i r p within the band 2454 248...

Page 5: ...thin the scope of Council Directives Directives 1999 5 EC The above product is in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents ETSI EN 300 328 V1 7 1 2006 ETSI EN 301 489 1 V1...

Page 6: ...n for Windows XP 14 3 1 Current Status 14 3 2 Profile Management 15 3 2 1 Add or Modify a Configuration Profile 16 3 2 2 Remove a profile 20 3 2 3 Switch another Profile 20 3 2 4 Export a Profile 20 3...

Page 7: ...Adapter Quick Installation Guide One Resource CD for TL WN360G including TP LINK Wireless Client Utility TWCU and Drivers Other Helpful Information Note Make sure that the package contains the above...

Page 8: ...rence It can also interoperate with all 11Mbps wireless 802 11b products Your wireless communications are protected by up to 152 bit WEP and WPA encryption for high security The Quick Setup Wizard gui...

Page 9: ...nect your PC s power and turn on your notebook PC 2 2 Software Installation 2 2 1 Overview The Adapter s Setup Wizard will guide you through the Installation procedure for Windows 2000 XP86 Vista32 an...

Page 10: ...TL WN360G 54M Wireless Mini PCI Adapter User Guide 4 Figure 2 1 2 Click Driver Win2000_XP to load the following screen Figure 2 2 3 After that Figure 2 3 will appears click Next to continue...

Page 11: ...Guide 5 Figure 2 3 4 Choose a Setup type in Figure 2 4 It is recommended to select Install Client Utilities and Driver Click Next to continue Figure 2 4 5 Click Browse to change the destination locati...

Page 12: ...i PCI Adapter User Guide 6 click Next to continue Figure 2 5 6 Create a new folder name or select one from the Existing Folders list in Figure 2 6 It is recommended to keep the default setting Click N...

Page 13: ...Please read the information carefully in Figure 2 7 and click Next to continue Figure 2 7 8 Choose TP LINK Wireless Client Utility TWCU and Supplicant as a tool to configure the client adapter on the...

Page 14: ...In Figure 2 9 and the system won t reboot after the installation If you choose Install Single Sign On feature set the system will reboot later Click Next to continue Figure 2 9 10 Click OK to continu...

Page 15: ...f how to proceed with the installation as shown below Our drivers have been tested thoroughly and are able to work with the operating system Click Continue Anyway to continue the Installation Figure 2...

Page 16: ...the screen as below click Finish to complete the installation Figure 2 14 2 2 3 Software Installation for Windows Vista 1 Insert the Resource CD into your CD ROM drive and the Figure 2 15 will appear...

Page 17: ...ss Mini PCI Adapter User Guide 11 Figure 2 15 14 Click Driver Vista to load the following screen Figure 2 16 2 Click Next in the screen below shown in Figure 2 17 to continue you can click Cancel to e...

Page 18: ...3 The following page will display and please wait a moment To end the Installation click Cancel Figure 2 18 Note During the installation the system will warn about Windows Security testing please clic...

Page 19: ...TL WN360G 54M Wireless Mini PCI Adapter User Guide 13 Figure 2 19 4 Click the Finish button to complete Figure 2 20...

Page 20: ...oor signal strength and the RSSI is less than 5dB If the icon is yellow 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 RS...

Page 21: ...ons include Infrastructure access point Ad Hoc Configure the network type on the Advanced tab of Profile Management IP Address Displays the computer s IP address Current Channel Shows the currently co...

Page 22: ...ation profile click New on the Profile Management tab To modify a configuration profile select the configuration profile from the Profile list and click Modify The Profile Management dialog box will d...

Page 23: ...er User Guide 17 Figure 3 3 2 Edit the Security tab Edit the fields in the Security tab of Profile Management to configure the profile To define the security mode select the radio button of the desire...

Page 24: ...ow None No security Not recommended Note If the access point which is associated to the wireless adapter has WEP set to be Optional and the client set WEP enabled make sure that Allow Association to M...

Page 25: ...e 802 11b frames The adapter can only use short radio headers if the access point supports and uses them Set to Long Only to override allowing short frames Wireless Mode Specifies 2 4 GHz 54 Mbps or 2...

Page 26: ...y allows the adapter to associate with access points that have the same WEP key For infrastructure access point networks click Preferred APs to specify up to four access points to the client adapter t...

Page 27: ...pear 2 Browse to the directory where the profile is located 3 Highlight the profile name 4 Click Open the imported profile will then appear in the Profiles List Figure 3 9 3 2 6 Scan Available Network...

Page 28: ...f all created profiles in the Available Profiles box 3 Highlight the profiles to add to auto profile selection and click Add The profile will appear in the Auto Selected Profiles box 4 Highlight a pro...

Page 29: ...used to retrieve receiving and transmitting statistics The Diagnostics tab does not require any configuration The Diagnostics tab lists the following receiving and transmitting diagnostics for frames...

Page 30: ...dress of the wireless network adapter Driver The driver name and path of the wireless network adapter driver Driver Version The version of the wireless network adapter driver Driver Date The creation...

Page 31: ...TL WN360G 54M Wireless Mini PCI Adapter User Guide 25 Figure 3 13...

Page 32: ...nnection message like this one Figure 4 1 Icon means the connection has been established Icon means there is no connection If the icon does not appear please follow the steps below 1 Right click the i...

Page 33: ...ter User Guide 27 Figure 4 3 3 To continue click Connect Anyway Click the Cancel button to end the connection Figure 4 4 4 If the connection is successful established the following screen will appear...

Page 34: ...TL WN360G 54M Wireless Mini PCI Adapter User Guide 28 Figure 4 5 Note If the icon still does not appear the driver may be installed incorrectly or the adapter is unplugged please try again...

Page 35: ...t is limited to the environment Radio Data Rate 54 48 36 24 18 12 9 6Mbps or 11 5 5 2 1Mbps Auto Rate Sensing Modulation 1M DBPSK 2M DQPSK 5 5M 11M CCK 6M 9M 12M 18M 24M 36M 48M 54M OFDM Media Access...

Page 36: ...o an unintended receiver DSSS appears as low power wideband noise and is rejected ignored by most narrowband receivers However to an intended receiver i e another wireless LAN endpoint the DSSS signal...

Page 37: ...me SSID This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy A da...