TP-Link TL-WN322G manual

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Package Contents .......................................................................................................... .. 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................................ .. 2 1.1 Features ...................................................................................[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Package Contents Open the package carefully, and make sure that n one of the items listed below are missing. ¾ One TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter ¾ One USB extension cable ¾ One TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter Resource CD, including : y Drivers and Utility y User Guide y Other Helpful Informat[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 1 Introduction The TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter is a USB 2.0 pen-size wireless adapter supporting IEEE 802.11b/g 2.4G Hz radio operation. It pr ovides high-speed wirele ss connection with data rate up to 54Mbps. Additiona lly , wireles s roaming allows the user to move among different AP w[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 1.4 Network Configuration To better understand how the wireless LAN pr oducts work together to create a wireless network, it might be helpful to depict a few of the possible wireless LAN PC card network configurations. The wireless LA N products can be configured as: Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode This is t[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 1-2 Infrastructure mode. - 4 -[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 2 Inst allation Guide 2.1 Before You Begin Before installing the new drivers of your TL-WN32 2G 54M Wireless USB Adapter, you need to disable all of the Wireless LAN drivers that you have installed. During the installation, Windows 98/ME/2000/ XP/2003/64bit XP may need to copy systems files from[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-2 Install Shield—C hoose Destination Location ¾ Wait a few moments until the files are copied to the computer. Figure 2-3 Install Shield—Setup Status ¾ The first part of the installa tion is complete. Click on the Finish button. - 6 -[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-4 Installation Complete At this point, carefully insert the device into the USB port of your computer. Windows will automatically detect the de vice and display the icon and below in the taskbar . - 7 -[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 3 Uninstall Guide If the device installation is unsuccessful for any reason, the best way to solve the probl em may be to completely uninstall the device and its utility and repeat the installation procedure again. Hereby, customers can us e one of the following two met hods to uninstall the Dri[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide USB Adapter. Figure 3-3 Uninstalling process finished 3.2 Through Programs Follow the steps below in order to uninstall the Drivers and Utility: ¾ Click on Start > programs > TP-LINK> TL-WN 322G Wireless Utility> Uninstall TL-WN322G Wireless Utility. Figure 3-4 Uninstall from programs ¾ Th[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-5 Confirm the Uninstalling process. The process will then remove TL-WN322G Wi reless Utility and the drivers from your computer. Figure 3-6 Uninstalling TL-WN322G Wireless Utility and the dri vers ¾ Click on the Finish button and then remove the TL-WN322G 54M Wire less USB Adapter. - 10 -[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-7 Uninstalling process finished - 1 1 -[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 4 Software Configuration 4.1 Station Mode Configuration This chapter focuses on how to configure the device in Station mode (wireless LAN client) ¾ Current Network Information The Current Network Information screen displays the current status of the wireless radio as a station. Figure 4-1 Curre[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-2 More setting ¾ You can click “ Change ” button to change general connection settings. - 13 -[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-3 More setting—Click Change - 14 -[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-4 More setting—WEP ¾ SSID: Enter the SSID of the network. The SSID 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 yo u would like the device to connect to the [...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 4.1.1.2 WEP Encryption Y ou may select 64, 128 or 256 bit WEP (Wired Equival ent Privacy) key to encrypt data (Default setting is Disable). WEP encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using one of the Keys from a panel. When you use WEP to communicate with the other wireless clients, all the wire[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-6 Disabled WEP key settings ¾ The key is provided via IEEE 802.1X authentication: Place a check in this box is IEEE 802.1X authenticati on is used. By selecting this opt ion, the WEP key settings will be disabled. ¾ Click on the Apply button, and then you can use th e IEEE 802.1X authenticati[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-7 More settings—TKIP ¾ Authentication: Select WPA from the drop-down list. ¾ Encryption: Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list. ¾ Click on the WPA Encryption Setting button. In this section you can configure the setti ngs for TLS or PEAP. TLS (Transport Layer Security) is an IETF stan[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-8 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 ASC II text, enter 8-63 characters, for hexadecimal enter 64 characters). ¾ Certificate: Make sure that you hav[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 4.1.1.4 WP A-PSK Authentication Figure 4-9 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. 4.1.1.5 Profiles Multiple profiles can be created for differen[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-10 More Setting—Profile ¾ Profile Name: Displays the name of current profile . 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 profile name and t[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-1 1 Advanced S etting 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 Wireless network mode configuration The s[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-15 Access point setting - 23 -[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 5 Examples for application 5.1 Configuration of WEP Encryption Suppose you have an installed and using AP , the SSID is TEST and it adopts 64 bit WEP e n c r y p t i o n w i t h t h e k e y “ 1111111111 ” . T o establish a connection with this AP , you should follow five steps below ： Doub[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Ste p 3 ： Click “Change” Figure 5- 3 In WEP key setting dialogue box click “change" to continue our setting. ¾ Key length ： 64 bit ¾ Default key ID ： #1 ¾ Key format ： Hexadecimal ¾ Key value ： e n t e r “ 11111 1 1111 ” i n # 1 Click the close button in to p right left of t[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 5.2 Configuration of PSP Mode There is two part s of this setting ： Part 1 ： Configuration of our TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter Step One ： Select “Access Point” from the drop down list. Figure 5-5 Step Two ： Select “More Setting”, you can use de fault network SSID WLAN-AP , channel [...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 5-6 Remark: Y ou can change the default 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 Two ： Choose ”[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Step Four ： Select SCAN, and let PSP scan the nearer AP automatic ， then choose the default network SSID WLAN_AP of TL -WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter . Step Five ： ”WLAN Security Setting” If you hav en’t set pass phrase. select th e first ”None” .if you have set the pass phase, select [...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Step Nine ： ”Proxy Server” select ”Do Not Use” Step Ten ： Select ”T est Connection” Step Eleven ： T est network connection. After the conf iguration that was set above, we can connect to web successfully . T ill now , we have finished the configuration of PSP mode. - 29 -[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Appendix A: Glossary ¾ IEEE 802.1 1b - The IEEE 802.1 1 b standard specifies a wireless networking at 1 1 Mbps using direct-sequence spread -spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security . IEEE 802.1 1b networks are also referred to[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide ¾ PSK- P re -S hared K ey ¾ TKIP- T emporal K ey I ntegrity P rotocol ¾ AES- A dvanced E ncryption S tandard ¾ TLS- T ransport L ayer S ecurity ¾ TTLS- T unnel T ransport L ayer S ecurity ¾ PEAP- P rotected E xtended A uthentication P rotocol ¾ RADIUS- R emote A uthentication D ial I n U ser S er[...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Appendix B: S pecifications Normal Interface A-type USB 2.0 Connector St andards IEEE 802.1b; IEEE 802.1g Operating System Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP , 2003, 64bit XP T ransmission Dist ance In door up to 100m, out door up to 300m (It is limited to the environment). Radio Dat a Rate 54/48/36/24/18/12/9/6 [...]

TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Appendix C: Cont act Information For help with the Installation or operation of the TP-LINK TL-W N322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter, please contact us. Website: http://www.tp-link.com - 33 -[...]