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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter Rev: 1.0.0 1910010712[...]

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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subjec t to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other br ands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders. No part of the specifications ma y be reproduced in any form or by any mean s[...]

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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply wi th the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. Thes e limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a re sidential installation. Th is equipment generates, uses and can radiate r[...]

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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environm ent, this product may cause r adio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. This device has been designed to operate with the antennas listed below, and h aving a maximum gain of 3 dBi. Antennas not included in th i[...]

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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD NCC Notice 經型式認證合格之低功率射頻電機，非經許可，公司、商號或使用者均不得擅自變更頻率、加大 功率或變更原設計之特性及功能。 低功率射頻電機之使用不得影響飛航安全及干擾合法通信；經發現有干擾現象時，應立即停用， 並改善[...]

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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5), and 28 (floors 1-4) Central Science and Technology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbp s High Power Wireless USB Adapter Model No.: TL-WN8200ND T rademark: TP-LINK W[...]

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    CONTENTS Package C ontents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Product O verview ................................................................................. 2 1.1 Introduc tion ..........................................................................................[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 1 Package Contents Please verify that all the pack age contents below are available. ¾ One TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter ¾ Quick Installation Guide ¾ One USB extension cable ¾ One Resource CD for TL-WN8200ND, including: • TP-LINK Wireless Configuration Utility (TWCU) an[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 2 Chapter 1 Product Overview 1.1 Introduction The adapter is a 802.11n client device designed to deliver a high-speed and unrivaled wireless performance for your desktop. With a faster wireless connection, you can get a better Internet experience, such as downloadi ng, gaming, video streaming. Wit[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 3 1.3 Hardware Overview LED status: Status Working Status Off The driver has not been installed; The adapter's radio has been disabled. Flashing Slowly The driver has been installed but no data is being transmitted or received. Flashing Quickly Data is being transmitted or received. ) Note: W[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 4 Chapter 2 Installation 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 should light up when th[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 5 Figure 2-1 2. The InstallShield Wizard window will appear. Click Next to continue. Figure 2-2 3. Choose a setup type. It is recommended to select Install TP-LINK Wireless Configuration Utility and Driver . Selecting Install Driver Only will only install driver. Click Next to continue.[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 6 Figure 2-3 4. Click Change… to specify the destinati on location for the software or you can leave it default. Click Next in the screen below to continue. Figure 2-4 5. Click Install to continue the setup.[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 7 Figure 2-5 6. The utility and drivers will install. This may take 1~2 minutes. Figure 2-6 7. After all the steps above, y ou will see the screen below. Click Finish to complete the setup.[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 8 Figure 2-7 8. After installation, the utili ty configuration page will automat ically pop up as shown in the following figure and the icon will appear in your system tray. To connect to a network, please refer to Chapter 3 Connect to a Wireless Network . Figure 2-8[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 9 Chapter 3 Connect to a Wireless Network With both the hardware and software successfully in stalled into your computer, you can quickly connect to a wireless network usi ng one of the following methods. ¾ Method One: To connect using TWCU (TP-LINK Wi reless Configuration Utility) TL-WN8200ND us[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 10 Connect . If you tick Connect automatically , the adapter will automatic ally connect to your target network next time. Figure 3-2 3. You will be prompted differ ent windows when you choose wireless netwo rk of different security types. 1) Wireless network of WPA/WPA2-Personal If you selected a[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 11 2) Wireless network of WPA/WPA2-Enterprise If you selected a wireless network of the security type WPA/WPA2-Enterpri se, you will be prompted to choose a type of authentication, either certificate or pass word . With Certificate as your authentication, you need to sele ct one specific cert ific[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 12 4. Please wait a few minutes for the connection process. Figure 3-6 5. You have now successfully c onnected to your network. Click Close to enjoy the Internet. Figure 3-7 6. To view more information about t he network currently connected, click Status in the tools section and the page will disp[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 13 Figure 3-8 3.2 T o connect using WPS WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) f unction allows you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly. If the wireless router supports Wi-Fi Protect ed Setup (WPS), you can establish a wireless connection between wireless card and router usi ng either[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 14 Figure 3-9 ¾ Method Two: Open TWCU and click WPS tab. Select Push the button on my access point or w ireless router and then click Connect . Figure 3-10 3. The adapter will be connecti ng to the target network.[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 15 Figure 3-1 1 4. When the following window appears, you hav e successfully connected to the network. Figure 3-12 3.2.2 PIN method There are two ways to confi gure the WPS by PIN method: 1) Enter the PIN from your AP device. 2) Enter a PIN into your AP device. Following are detailed configurat io[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 16 Figure 3-13 2. The adapter will be connecti ng to the target network. Figure 3-14 3. When Figure 3-12 appears, you have success fully connected to the network. 3.2.2.2. Enter a PIN into your AP device 1. Open TWCU and click WPS tab. Select Enter the PIN of this device into my access point or wi[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 17 Figure 3-15 2. Open your router’s Web-bas ed Utility and click WPS link on the left of the main menu. Then click Add device and the following figure will appear. Ente r the PIN value of the adapter in the empty field besi de PIN and then click Connect . Figure 3-16 3. When Connect successfull[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 18 Figure 3-17 Figure 3-18 3.3 T o connect using Windows built-in wireless utility 3.3.1 In Windows 7 Windows 7 users may use the built-in wi reless utility. Follow the steps below. 1. Left-click the wireless icon in your system tray (lower -right corner). The utility will display any available wi[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 19 Figure 3-19 2. If the network you would like to connect is se curity-enabled, enter the same security key or passphrase that is on your ro uter. Or push the W PS button on the router or access point (You will be prompted to push the button on t he window if WPS function is supported as shown in[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 20 Figure 3-21 3.3.2 In Windows Vista Windows Vista users may use the built-in wireless utility. Follow the steps below. 1. Open the wireless utility by ri ght-clicking on the wireless computer icon in your system tray as shown in the figure below. Select Connect to a network . Figure 3-22 2. The [...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 21 Figure 3-23 3. If the network you would like to connect is se curity-enabled, enter the same security key or passphrase that is on your router. If the network to be connected is not secure, the connection will be built without entering a key. Figure 3-24 4. You have now successfully connected t[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 22 Figure 3-25 3.3.3 In Windows XP Windows XP users may use the built-in wire less utility. Follow the steps below. 1. Right-click on the utility icon in your system tray (lower-right corner). Select Swi t ch to Windows wireless configuration tool . Figure 3-26 Or double-click the utility icon to [...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 23 Figure 3-27 Figure 3-28 2. Right-click on the wireless computer icon in y our system tray (lower-right corner). Select View Available Wireless Networks . Figure 3-29 3. The utility will display any available wireless networks in your area. Click on a network (displayed using the SSID) and click[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 24 Figure 3-30 4. If the network is security-enabled, you will be prompted to enter the key as shown below. If not, you will connect to the network directly without entering a key. Figure 3-31[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 25 Chapter 4 Management This section will show you how to configure your TL-WN8200 ND adapter using the TP-LINK Wireless Configuration Utility (TWCU). The TL-WN8200ND adapter uses the TP-LINK Wireless Configuration Utility as the management software. The utility provides users with an easy interfa[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 26 Figure 4-2 Figure 4-3 The following items can be found on the screen. ¾ Profile Name: Enter a name for your profile (e.g . Home, Office, CoffeeShop). The same name is not allowed. Please also note t hat no space is allowed between words. ¾ SSID: Select the target network from the drop-down li[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 27 ) Note: You will see Figure 4-2 if you selected the security type WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK ; while, if you selected the security type WPA/WPA2 (-Enterprise), Figure 4-3 will be displayed. ¾ Encryption Type: From the drop-down menu, select the encryption type that is the same as on your router or acces[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 28 Figure 4-5 4.1.3 Delete a profile To delete an existing profile, hi ghlight the profile name and click Remove on the bottom of the screen or press the Delete button on your key board. When the following figure appear s, click OK to continue. Figure 4-6 4.2 Advanced The following configurat ions[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 29 Figure 4-7 4.3 About The About screen gives you information about th e Driver and Utility ve rsions of the adapter. Right-click on the icon in your system tray and select About from the list. Figure 4-8[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 30 Figure 4-9[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 31 Chapter 5 AP Mode In Soft AP mode, the adapt er will work as an AP. Suppose that only one computer in your house can access the Inter net for various reasons like only one WLAN port is available on your wired broadband router, however, other wireless-capable devices also want to share t he Inte[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 32 The Soft AP icon should then appear beside Adva nced icon in the utility. Figure 5-3 ¾ SoftAP mode: Select to enable or disable the function. ¾ Internet Connecting Share(ICS): Specify a connection throug h which devi ces connected to your AP can access the Internet. ¾ SSID: Enter the name fo[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 33 Chapter 6 Uninstall Software 6.1 Uninst all the utility soft ware from your PC 1. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, click All programs Æ TP-LINK , and then click Uninstall-TP-LINK Wireless Configuration Utility . Figure 6-1 Uninstall Utility 2. Follow the Install Shield Wizard to[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 34 Figure 6-3 6.2 Uninst all the driver software from your PC 1. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, click All programs Æ TP-LINK , and then click Uninstall-TL-WN8200ND Driver . Figure 6-4 Uninstall Driver 2. Following the steps, then the system will uninstall the driver software of t[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 35 Appendix A: Specifications Normal Interface USB 2.0 Interface Standards IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Button Wi-fi Protected Setup (WPS) Button Operating System Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Throughput Tx: 150Mbps Rx: 300Mbps Radio Data Rate 11b: 1/2/5.5/11Mbps 11g: 6/9/12/18/[...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 36 Appendix B: Glossary ¾ 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wirele ss product networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-s pectrum (DSSS) technology and oper ating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP enc ryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to [...]

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    TL-WN8200ND 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter 37 ¾ Spread Spectrum - Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for use in reliable, se cure, mission-critical communications systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability, integrity, and security. In other words, mor[...]