User manual TP-LINK TL-WN8200ND

[. . . ] This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: · · · · Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. [. . . ] Click Back to return to the previous page, or click Cancel to end the Installation. Figure 2-6 8. The Setup Wizard will notify you of how to proceed with the installation, shown in Figure 2-7. Click OK to continue the Installation. Figure 2-7 6 TL-WN8200ND/TL-WN550G/TL-WN551G 9. 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide While files are copying, you will see a warning box, shown in Figure 2-8. Our drivers have been tested thoroughly, and are able to work with the operating system. Figure 2-8 Note: In Windows XP, the warning box is similar to that shown Figure 2-9, Please select Continue Anyway to continue installation. Figure 2-9 10. 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 RSSI is between 10dB and 20dB. If the icon is green, there is excellent signal strength and the RSSI is more than 20dB. You can also run the utility by clicking the Start>Program>TP-LINK>TP-LINK Wireless Client Utility. The TWCU utility provides a complete and easy to use set of tools to: Display current status information Edit and add configuration profiles Display current diagnostics information The section below introduces these above capabilities. 3. 1 Current Status The Current Status tab contains general information about the program and its operations. The Current Status tab does not require any configurations. Figure 3-1 The following table describes the items found on the Current Status screen. Set up the 11 TL-WN8200ND/TL-WN550G/TL-WN551G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide configuration name on the General tab of Profile Management. The adapter will detect the access point if any messages are waiting periodically. · · Normal - In Normal mode, the adapter will be switched to maximum mode automatically when no large packets are retrieved. Off - turns power saving off, thus powering up the wireless adapter continuously for a short message response time. The default setting is Short & Long (access point mode), which allows both short and long headers in the 802. 11b frames. The adapter can only use short radio headers if the access point supports and uses them. Wireless Mode: Specifies 2. 4 GHz 54 Mbps or 2. 4 GHz 11 Mbps operation in an access point network. The wireless adapter must match the wireless mode of the access point with which it associates. Wireless Mode when Starting an Ad Hoc Network: Specifies 2. 4 GHz 54/11 Mbps to start an Ad Hoc network if no matching network name is found after scanning all available modes. This mode also allows the selection of the channel the wireless adapter uses. If the adapter finds no other ad hoc adapters, the channel that the adapter starts the ad hoc network with will be selected automatically. The wireless adapter must match the wireless mode and channel of the clients it associates. [. . . ] A traditional 802. 11b and 802. 11g product transmission distance is about 300m, A TP-LINK 2x to 3x eXtended RangeTM based client and access point can maintain a connection transmission distance may be up to 830m. 802. 11b - The 802. 11b standard specifies a wireless product networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2. 4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802. 11g - specification for wireless networking at 54 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology, using OFDM modulation and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2. 4GHz, and backward compatibility with IEEE 802. 11b devices, and WEP encryption for security. Ad-hoc Network - An ad-hoc network is a group of computers, each with a wireless adapter, connected as an independent 802. 11 wireless LAN. [. . . ]