TP-Link High-Power Wireless USB Adapter TL-WN422G Bedienungsanleitung

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter Rev:1.0.0 1910010090[...]

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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comp ly with th e limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limit s are designed to pro-vide reasonable protection against har mful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio freque ncy ener gy and, [...]

National Restrictions 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark Bulgaria None General authorization required for outdoor use and public service France Outdoor use limited to 10 mW e.i.r.p. w ithin the band 2454-2483.5 MHz Military Radiolocatio n use. R efarming of the 2.4 GHz band has been o ngoing in recent years to allow current relaxed[...]

CONTENTS Package Co nten ts ........................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 2 1.1 Overview of the Pr oduct .............................................................[...]

- - 1 Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter ¾ One USB extension cable ¾ One TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter Resource CD, including : • Drivers and Utility • User Guide • Other Helpful Information ) Note: Make sure that the package contains the above i[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter ! 1.1 Overview of the Product The adapter is a USB 2.0 pen-size wireless adapter suppo rting IEEE 802.11b/g 2.4GHz radio operation. It provides high-speed wire less connection wi th data rate up to 5[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 3 1.4 System Requirement s The following are the minimum system requirements in order to use the TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter. ¾ PC/AT compatible computer with a USB interface. ¾ Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/ Vista operating system. (Windows 98/ME don’t support USB 2.0, the per[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 4 The image below depicts a network in infrastructure mode. Figure 1-2 Infrastructure mode.[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 5 Chapter 2 Installation Guide 2.1 Before Y ou Be gin During the installation, Windows 98/ME/2000/ XP/2003/Vista may need to copy systems files from its installation CD. Therefore, y ou may need a copy of the Windows installation CD at hand before installing the drivers. 2.2 Inst allation for[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 6 Figure 2-2 Install Shield—C hoose Destination Location 4. Wait a few minutes until the files are copied to the computer. Figure 2-3 Install Shield—Setup S tatus 5. Click on the Finish button to complete the installation.[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 7 Figure 2-4 Installation Complete Now, carefully insert the device into t he USB port of your computer. Windows will automatically detect the de vice and display the icon and below in the taskbar. 2.3 Inst allation for Windows Vist a After you complete the hardware installation, follow the s[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 8 2. Select Device Manager as shown in Figure 2-6, then select Continue in the next screen. Figure 2-6 Select Device management 3. Right-click the adapter icon “ USB2.0 VLAN ” and select “ Update Driver Software ” to proceed.[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 9 Figure 2-7 Driver management 4. Select the method to update the driver software (see Figure 2-8). If you want the system to search the software automatically , select the first type. Otherwise select “ Browse my computer for driver software ” to install the software (best way).[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 10 Figure 2-8 Select the method to install 5. Click the Browse button in the next screen to select t he file which cont ains the driver software for the adapter. After that, click Next to proceed. Figure 2-9 Select the driver software ) Note: Vista X86 is designed for the Vist a of 32bit, Vi [...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 11 6. After that, the installation w ill proceed as shown in Figure2-10. Figure 2-10 Installing ) Note: During the installation, you will see the warni ng box as shown in figur e 2-1 1, please select “Install this driver sof t ware anyway” to proceed. Figure 2-1 1 warning for security 7. [...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 12 Figure 2-12 Complete the installation[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 13 Chapter 3 Uninstall Guide If the device installation is fails by some mist ake, the best way to solve the problem is to completely uninstall the device and utility, and then rerun the “ Setup.exe”. The following are three methods to unins tall the Drivers and Utility. ) Note: TL-WN422G[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 14 Figure 3-2 Confirm Uninstall 4. The process will then remove TL-WN422G Wireless Utility and the drivers from your computer. Choose the first option, then click on the OK button to comp lete the uninstall and restart your computer. Figure 3-3 Uninstall finished 3.2 Uninst all the utility so[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 15 Figure 3-4 Uninstall from programs ¾ Then, process will go to Install Shield Wizard . The screen will pop up the following conversation “Do you want to completely remove the selected application and all of its features” , Click on the OK button to confirm the Uninstalling process. Fig[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 16 Figure 3-6 Uninstalling process finished 3.3 Uninst all the driver software from y our PC 1. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings , and then click Control Panel . 2. Double-click the Syste m icon, click on the Hardware tab in the System window. 3. Click on the [...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 17 Chapter 4 Software Configuration 4.1 St ation Mode Configuration This chapter focuses on how to configure the device in Station mode (wireless LAN client). 4.1.1 Current Network Information The Current Netw ork Information screen displays the current status of the network in station mode. [...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 18 Figure 4-2 More setting ¾ SSID: Enter the SSID of the network. The SS ID is a unique name shared among all points in your wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all points in the network, and is case-sensitive. Place a check in the any box if you would like the device to connect[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 19 Figure 4-3 More setting—WEP 4.1.2.2 WEP Encryption You can select 64, 128 or 256 bit WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key to encrypt data (Default setting is Disable). ¾ Authentication: Select Open System or Shared Key from the drop-down list. If you are not sure which to choose, please s[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 20 Figure 4-4 WEP Key Setting ¾ Key Length: Select an encryption key length: 64 , 128 or 256 bit . The setting must be the same as the Access Point. ¾ Default Key ID: Since you can specify up to 4 different WEP keys, select the WEP key value that you want to use in the current network confi[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 21 ¾ Click on the Apply button, and then you can use th e IEEE 802.1X authentication. 4.1.2.3 WPA/WPA2 Authentication with TKIP/AES Encryption WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) was designed to improve upon the security features of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). The technol ogy is designed to wor[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 22 authentication server. Figure 4-7 WP A setting ¾ Protocol: Select TLS from the drop-down list. ¾ User Name: Enter the user name that is used for authentication purposes. ¾ Passphrase: Enter a WPA passphrase. For ASCII text, enter 8-63 characters, for hexadecimal enter 64 characters). ¾[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 23 Figure 4-8 WP A-PSK Authentication ¾ Authentication: Select WPA-PSK from the drop-down list. ¾ Encryption: Select an encryption type from the drop-down list. ¾ Click on the Apply button to save the changes. 4.1.2.5 Profiles Multiple profiles can be created for different Network Names (S[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 24 Figure 4-9 More Setting—Profile ¾ Profile Name: Displays the name of current pr ofile. One device can have many profiles, but only one profile can be loaded at a time. ¾ Load: Select a profile from the drop-down list and then click on the Load button. ¾ Save Current: Enter a new profi[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 25 Figure 4-10 Advanced Setting ¾ Power Consumption Setting: If your desktop or notebook is connected to external power, select Continuous Access Mode (CAM) , if your notebook is using a battery, select Maximum Power-Saving Mode , or Fast Power-Saving Mode . 4.2 Access Point mode configurati[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 26 The more setting screen: Figure 4-12 Access point setting[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 27 Chapter 5 Examples for Application 5.1 Example one: Configuration of WEP Encryption Suppose you have an installed and using AP, the SSID is TEST and it adopts 64 bit WEP encryption with the key “1111111111”. To establish a connection with this AP, you should follow five steps below ：[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 28 Figure 5-2 Step Three ： ¾ Key length ： 64 bit ¾ Default key ID ： #1 ¾ Key format ： Hexadecimal ¾ Key value ： enter “1111111111” in #1 Step Four ： Click the close button in top right of the screen, and it will return to the screen of wireless utility. Till now we have fi[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 29 5.2 Configuration of PSP Mode Please ensure the software and hardware environments are established well before configuring. For hardware, at least a PC, a TL-WN422G USB Wireless Adapter and a PSP device are needed. For software, the TL-WN4 22G Adapter driver should be properly installed. T[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 30 Figure 5-5 Remark: You can change the defau lt network SSID and channel by yourself. If you didn’t startup WEP Encryption, any PSP could link in, and t he wireless network won’t be protected by encryption key. Part 2 ： PSP setting Step One ： Choose “Network Settings”. Step Deux[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 31 Step Three ： Establish a new connection, and enter the name of this connection. (Any is ok), we use TEST for example. Step Four ： Select SCAN, and let PSP scan the nearer AP automatic ， then choose the default network SSID WLAN_AP of TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter. Step Fi[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 32 Step Eight ： In “Address Setting” screen, please set IP address. Step Nine ： “Proxy Server” selects “Do Not Use”. Step Ten ： Select “Test Connection”. Step Eleven ： Test network connection. After the configuration that was set above, we can connect to web successful[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 33 Chapter 6 Configuration for Windows Vista After the Adapter's driver has been inst alled, Windows Vista will display a wireless Network Connection message like this one. Figure 6-1 Icon means the connection has been established. Icon means there is no connection. To establish a connec[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 34 Figure 6-3 3. To continue, click Connect Any way . Click the Cancel button to end the connection. Figure 6-4 4. If the connection is successful estab lished, the following screen will appear. Click close to finish the connection.[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 35 Figure 6-5[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 36 Appendix A: Glossary IEEE 802.11b - The IEEE 802.11b standard specifies a wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread- spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP enc ryption for security. IEEE 802.11b networks are also refer[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 37 WPA ( W i-Fi P rotected A ccess) - A wireless security protocol use TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption, which can be used in conjunct ion with a RADIUS server. AP- A ccess P oint PSK- P re -S hared K ey TKIP- T emporal K ey I ntegrity P rotocol AES- A dvanced E ncryption S t[...]

TL-WN422G High-Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - - 38 Appendix B: Specifications General Interface A-type USB 2.0 Connector Standards IEEE 802.1b; IEEE 802.1g Operating System Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista Transmission Distance In door up to 100m, out door up to 300m (It is limited to the environment). Safety & Emission FCC, CE Fr[...]