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    TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter Rev: 1.0.1 1910010306[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subjec t to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trade marks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders. No part of the specificat ions may be reproduced in any form or b y any means or used to make any derivativ[...]

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    FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. End users must follow the specific operating instruct ions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. This eq[...]

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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 150Mbp s High Power Wireless USB Adapter Model No.: TL-WN7200ND T rademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own respon sibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product with in the scope of Council D[...]

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    CONTENTS Package Cont ents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introducti on .......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Product Overview ..................................................................................[...]

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    TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - 1 - Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter ¾ One USB extension cable ¾ One Resource CD for TL-WN7200ND 15 0Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter, including: • Drivers and Utility • User Guid[...]

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    TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - 2 - Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter. The adapter is designed to provide a high-spee d and unrivaled wireless performance for you r computer. With a faster wireless con nection, you can get a bet[...]

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    TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - 3 - 1.3 LED St atus The LED on the top of this card indicates Link /Act status. It blinks when sending and receiving data.[...]

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    TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - 4 - Chapter 2 Installation Guide 2.1 Hardware Inst allation 1. Connect one end of the U SB cable to the Adapter . 2. Connect the other end of the USB cable to the USB port on your computer. Because the Adapter gets its power from the host, there is no external power supply. The LED sh[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 5 - Figure 2-1 Preparing Setup 2. Then you’ll see the screen as follow, you can choose what to be installed. Figure 2-2 Setup Type 3. As next screen, you can select the configuration tool here.[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 6 - Figure 2-3 Setup T ype I. If you want to install the TP-LIN K Wireless Utility, ple ase select the TP-LIN K Configuration Tool and click Next . II. If you only want to use the Microsoft Zero Configuration Tool to configure the wireless connection, please select Microsoft Zero Conf[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 7 - 5. After that, you will see the next screen as below. Click Install to continue. Figure 2-5 Ready to Install the Program 6. The following screen for installing will appear. Figure 2-6 Setup S tatus ) Note: While files are copying, a warning bo x about Windows Logo testing (shown i[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 8 - Figure 2-7 Windows XP W arning Box 7. After the files have been successfully copied, the screen in Figure 2-8 will appear. Click the Finish button to finish the wizard. Figure 2-8 InstallShield Wizard Complete After installing the driver succe ssfully, you should see an icon or ap[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 9 - 2.3 Uninst all Software 2.3.1 Uninstall the driver software from your PC 1. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, and then click Control Panel . 2. Double-click the Syst em icon, click on the Hardware tab in the Syste m window. 3. Click on the Device Man ager button, dou[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 10 - Chapter 3 Configuration 3.1 Configuration of Utility TL-WN7200ND Wireless USB Adapter can be confi gured by its utility for Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista. This section will take the configurat ion in Windows XP for example and guide you to configure your wireless adapter for wireless c[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 11 - ¾ Activate a profile Figure 3-1 Profile T ab 1. To Add a new profile: Click the Add button on the Profile tab, the Profile configuration screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-2 . Enter the Profile Name and choose the SSID from the pull-down list, then click OK to add it. Figur[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 12 - ¾ Fragmentation Threshold - This value is the maximum size determining whether packets will be fragmented. Setting the Fragmentation Thre shold too low may result in poor network performance since excessive packages. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended. 2. To edit a p[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 13 - Figure 3-4 Edit a Profile-Auth.Encry. ¾ Authentication – You can choose the Authentication Type from the pull-down list with three options, Open System , Shared-Key System or LEAP. ¾ 802.1x – It enables when Authenticati on Type is setting to WPA. ¾ Encryption – Display[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 14 - choices will appear as Figure 3-5 . Figure 3-5 Network tab ¾ Rescan: Click the Rescan button to refresh the list at any time. ¾ Add to Profile: Highlight an SSID and click the Add to Profile button to add the network to the profile. The continued steps are similar to add a new [...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 15 - 3.1.4 Statistics Click the Statistics tab of the Utility and you will see the following screen displaying the receiving and transmitting statistical information. Click the Reset Counter button to reset the count of the statistics information. Figure 3-7 S tatistics tab 3.1.5 QSS [...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 16 - ) Note: To build a successful connection by QSS, you s hould also do the corresponding configuration of the Access Point for QSS or WPS function meanwhile. I. PBC Method If your Access Point is equipped with a push-but ton for Wi-Fi Protected Setup, you can connect the adapter to[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 17 - 1) Enter a PIN from my Access Point Choose the Config Mode as Registrar and enter the PIN of AP into the field under the Pin Code as Figure 3-10 shown. And then click PIN button to start the wire less connection without doing any configuration for AP. Figure 3-10 QSS - Registrar [...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 18 - 3.1.6 Radio On/Off You can turn on/off the wirele ss radio by clicking the icon of the Utility. The green icon will turn to red when the wireless radio is turned off. 3.1.7 About Click the About tab of the Utility and you will see the fo llowing screen with some information about[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 19 - 3. The Profile configuratio n screen will appear, please enter Test for the Profile Name, TPLINK for the SSID, select Infrastructure for the Network Mode, select WEP for the Data Encryption and enter 012345678 9 for Network key. 4. Click OK to sav e this profile. 5. Highlight the[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 20 - Figure 3-15 Acquiring network address 4. If the connection is fini shed, the icon will display like the next screen shown. Figure 3-16 Finish[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 21 - Chapter 4 AP Mode Click the icon to switch to AP Mode. In this mode you can use the TL-WN7200ND as a soft AP. Figure 4-1 ) Note: At this time, if your PC have Installed other netwo rk card (wireless or wire), you will be prompted “ICS Select WAN Adapter” to sele ct one of the[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 22 - Figure 4-3 Config Setting Page ¾ SSID – Enter the SSID of your soft AP, or you ca n press “ <- Use Mac Address ” button to keep the Mac Address as your SSID. ¾ Channel – Select the channel from the drop-down list . This field determines which operating frequency will[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 23 - Figure 4-4 Access Control Function ¾ Access Policy – This field allows you to start the func tion or not. System default is disabled. • Disable - Disable the Access Policy feature. • Allow All - Allow all the MAC addresses in the Access List to access the AP. • Reject Al[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 24 - Figure 4-5 Mac Table Function ¾ MAC Address – The station’s Mac address of the current connection. ¾ AID – Raise value by current connection. ¾ Power Saving Mode – Support Power Saving Mode on the currently connected station. ¾ Status – The link status of t he curre[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 25 - Figure 4-6 Event Log Page ¾ Event Time (yy/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss) – Displays the event time recorded. ¾ Message – Displays all event messages. 4.5 S tatistics The statistics page displays det ailed counter information based on the 802 .11 MIB counters. The information is translate[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 26 - Figure 4-7 Transmit and Receive statistics 4.6 About The About page displays the wireless card and driver version information as shown in Figure 4-8 .[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 27 - Figure 4-8 About Page[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 28 - Chapter 5 Example for Application 5.1 Configuration of PSP XLink Online game Please ensure the software and hardware environm ents are well established before configuring. For hardware, at least a PC, a TL-WN720 0ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter and a PSP device are nee[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 29 - Step 4. Open the wireless mode of the PSP dev ice, then start an internet game. Step 5. Right-click “ My Computer ” and select Management . In the prompt page, click Device Manager , then right-click “TP-LINK 150Mbps Wi reless Lite N Adapter “and select Properties . Then [...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 30 - Figure 5-4 Step 8. In the prompt page shown below, select Use the Follo w ing IP Address , and set the IP and Subnet mask. After completing setting, click OK . Figure 5-5 ) Note: Please set the IP address in different network s egment with the other network card to avoi d conflic[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 31 - Figure 5-6 Step 10. Check whether your PSP device is detect ed in the Diagnostics mode of Kai as Figure 5-7 shown: Click the icon first and then click the folder . Figure 5-7 Step 11. Click the icon on the right top corner to enter t he Arena Mode, highlight the arena of your wan[...]

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    150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide TL-WN7200ND - 32 - Figure 5-8[...]

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    TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - 33 - Appendix A: Glossary 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-s pectrum (DSSS) technology and o perating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP enc ryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred [...]

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    TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - 34 - Spectrum (FHSS). SSID - A S ervice S et Id entification is a thirty-two c haracter (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. For the wi reless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This [...]

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    TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide - 35 - Appendix B: Specifications General Interface Mini-USB Connector Standards IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Operating System Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ 7 Safety & Emission FCC, CE Frequency 2.4 ~ 2.4835 GHz Sensitivity 150M: -67dBm 54M: -76dBm 11M: -92dBm Spread Spectrum[...]