Why cannot I find or connect to my wireless networks? Troubleshooting Updated 08-07-2018 07:02:18 AM This Article Applies to: 39663 Note: Before you do these troubleshooting, please kindly check whether the adapter you use is Archer T1U. For this model, it only supports 5GHz network. So if the router you use only provides 2.4GHz network, ‘you can’t find the 5GHz network any more. Please enable hotspot via your phone and check whether it can be found by your adapter.
4) Go to Control Panel->Network and Sharing Center, try to disable this adapter and then re-enable it. 5) Contact the computer/wireless adapter/device’s support for help if necessary.
Q2: Can find other networks, but cannot find my wireless network 1) Check the WLAN LED indicator on your wireless router/modem, and make sure it is on or flashing. Check Wi-Fi On/Off button and make sure Wi-Fi is enabled. 2) Check whether you have disable the SSID broadcast on your router. If Hide SSID is selected, you can’t find your networks any more. 3) Make sure your computer/device is still within the range of your router/modem. Try moving closer if you are currently too far away.
Usually you can only find it on the back panel of your wireless router/modem. If you cannot find the PIN or PIN incorrect, you may choose “Connecting using a security key instead”, and then type in the Network Security Key/Wireless Password. If it continues on saying network security key mismatches, it is suggested to confirm the wireless password on your wireless router/modem. Please contact your router’s support for help if you don’t know how to confirm the wireless password.
2) Windows was unable to connect to XXX / cannot join this network / taking longer than usual to connect to this network. There are various causes of this kind of problem: too weak wireless signal, incorrect wireless settings on the router, or too much interference and problems of the wireless adapter. Try the following solutions: a. Check the wireless signal strength of your network. If it is weak (1~3 bars), please move closer to the router and try again. b. Check the wireless settings on the router.
c. Change the wireless Channel of the router to 1, 6, or 11 (for 2.4GHz network) to reduce interference from other networks. Please contact your router’s support for help if you don’t know how to change router settings. d. Change the wireless security encryption and channel width to 20MHz. e. Try to connect via WPS. Press the WPS button on the router and then press WPS button on the adapter. For more details, you can refer to FAQ-302. f.
Note: This article applies to the situation that failed to install the adapter through .EXE program and the adapter has .inf file to download. (please download the latest driver from TP-Link official site, and extract the zip file to see whether your adapter has .inf file.) Before the installation, please make sure the adapter is connected to the computer and is detected by the system. Step 1 Click on Start, and go to Run… Step 2 Input “devmgmt.msc” and click OK.
Step 4 Select No, not this time.
Step 5 Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced).
Step 6 Select Don´t search. I will choose the driver to install.
Step 7 Select Show All Devices.
Step 8 Click Have Disk.
Step 9 Click Browse....
Step 10 Point to the inf. file in the driver folder, and then click Open.
Note: Is your computer running the 32-bit or 64-bit version please click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Properties. If "x64 Edition" is listed under System, you’re running the 64-bit version of Windows XP. If you don’t see "x64 Edition" listed under System, you’re running the 32-bit version of Windows XP. The edition of Windows XP you're running is displayed under System near the top of the window. Step 11 Click Next.
Step 12 Click Continue Anyway.
Step 13 Click Finish. As yet, the adapter has been successfully installed. You can go to Device Manager and check Network Adapters.
How to Setup an Ad Hoc Wireless Network with Windows Built-in Utility (Windows XP) User Application Requirement Updated 12-16-2014 02:31:03 AM 50601 This Article Applies to: The Ad Hoc mode, also called peer to peer mode, allows nodes to communicate directly (point-to-point) without the need for an AP, as in the following Figure. There is no fixed infrastructure. Nodes need to be in range with each other in order to communicate.
Ad Hoc mode An Ad Hoc WiFi network should at least consist of 2 clients. In this tutorial, we also take just two computers for instance: computer A and computer B. NOTE: Before we proceeding, please make sure the Windows Zero Configuration (WZC) service is started. If you are not sure about this, please click here to check the settings. Part 1: Create an Ad Hoc network profile on computer A Step 1 Go to Control Panel -> Network Connections and find Wireless Network Connection.
Step 2 On Wireless Networks tab, click Add button.
On Association tab of Wireless network properties window, please type a phrase for Network Name [SSID]. In our scenario, we take adhoctest for example. Then go to the bottom and tick This is a computer-to-computer [ad hoc] network; wireless access points are not used. Then click OK. Step 4 After Step 3, there should be a profile named adhoctest in Preferred Networks. Click OK to save all the settings.
Part 2: Manually configure an IP address on computer A Step 5 Right click Wireless Network Connection and select Properties.
Step 6 On General tab, please double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Step 7 Tick Use the following IP address, and input the IP address and Subnet mask. Then click OK.
Step 8 Click OK on Wireless Network Connection Properties window.
Part 3: Scan for Ad Hoc network on computer B Step 9 Right click Wireless Network Connection, select View available wireless networks
Step 10 Find adhoctest(which is set up on computer A) network in the scan window. Then double click it and click connect Anyway? Part 4: Manually configure an IP address on computer B The steps are the same as which were done on computer A (Step 5 to Step 8). The point is that we need assign a different IP address for computer B, and it must be in the same subnet with computer A. In our scenario, we can take 192.168.1.20/255.255.255.0.
Here until, all the basic settings for building an Ad Hoc network have been finished. If we open the network scan window again, we can see the adhoctest network says Connected.
How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 7 User Application Requirement Updated 09-22-2017 09:46:13 AM 696387 This Article Applies to: Note: This article applies to the situation that failed to install the adapter through .EXE program and the adapter has .inf file to download. (please download the latest driver from TP-Link official site, and extract the zip file to see whether your adapter has .inf file.
Step 1 Insert the adapter onto your computer. Step 2 Right click Computer, and then click Manage. Step 3 Open Device Manager. Right click the adapter and then click Update Driver Software....
Step 4 Click Browse my computer for driver software.
Step 5 Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.
Step 6 Highlight Show All Devices and click Next.
Step 7 Click Have Disk.
Step 8 Click Browse.
Step 9 Point to the inf file in the driver folder, and then click Open. Note: Please click start button, right click Computer and go to properties to confirm operating system and system type of your computer.
Step 10 Click Next.
Step 11 Click Install this driver software anyway.
Step 12 Click Close.
What should I do when the driver for my adapter is not allowed on my windows computer User Application Requirement Updated 02-22-2013 15:56:04 PM 25594 This Article Applies to: When we are trying to install the network adapter, we may get the following warning: Case 1
Case 2 Case 3
We get these messages because the TP-Link driver has not been digitally signed by Microsoft Windows. But the driver is harmless to your system or your computer. Just go on with your installation. Here are solutions for these cases: Solution for Case 1 Click on Continue Anyway, go on installing. Solution for case 2 Click on install this driver software anyway, go on installing. Solution for case 3 1. Click on OK. 2. Right click on My computer menu, go to Properties.
3. Go to Hardware -> Driver Signing -> check Ignore, click on OK.
How to Manually Install Adapters on Windows 8? User Application Requirement Updated 09-22-2017 09:47:01 AM 82975 This Article Applies to: Note: This article applies to the situation that failed to install the adapter through .EXE program and the adapter has .inf file to download. (please download the latest driver from TP-Link official site, and extract the zip file to see whether your adapter has .inf file.
First, please move your cursor to the right corner of computer screen, and you will see the right-side bar shows up, then click Start icon. (You can also directly press the Windows Key on your keyboard, which is normally between Ctrl and Alt keys. It turns you into Desktop screen also.
Then please follow the steps below: 1. Insert the adapter onto your computer. 2. Download the updated software and extract it. 3. Right click on Computer Icon, and then click Manage . NOTE : If you are not an administrator, you will be prompted to type an administrator password, and then click Yes.
4. Open Device Manager . Right click the adapter and then click Update Driver Software… .
5. Click Browse my computer for driver software . 6. Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer .
7. Highlight Show All Devices and click Next .
8. Click Have Disk .
9. Click Browse . 10. Select the inf file in the driver folder, and then click Open .
NOTE : athw8 is for 32-bit operating system, athw8x is for 64-bit operating system. Please click start button, right click Computer and go to properties to confirm operating system and system type of your computer. 11. Select the devicer you want to install for this hardware and Click Next .
12. Click Yes . 13. Wait a moment .
14. Click Close .
Appendix for Windows 8 64 bit If the installation was failed under Windows 8 64 bit and you encountered the error message below:
Please connect your computer to Internet with a cable and go back to step 5. 5.
6. Wait a moment 7.
How to install adapters on Windows 8 if plug-and-play fails? User Application Requirement Updated 03-24-2015 01:53:31 AM 40002 This Article Applies to: Before the installation, please download the latest Windows 8 driver of your adapters and refer to FAQ 451 to install it manually. Solution 1: Please scan for driver automatically in the Windows 8 system files. Step 1 Right click Computer, and then click Manage.
Note: If you are not an administrator, you’ll be prompted to type in an administrator password, and then click Yes. Step 2 Open device manager, right click on your adapter, and then click Scan for hardware changes.
Then in several seconds, the driver will be installed automatically. Solution 2: Please try to upgrade the driver in the Windows 8 system files.
Step 2 Click Browse my computer for driver software. Step 3 Browse to find the drivers, and then click Next.
Tip: Please tick Include subfolders. Step 4 The driver will be installed automatically, and then please click Close. Solution 3: If your computer has access to the Internet via another adapter, you can also search the available driver automatically from the Internet.
Right click on your adapter, and then click Update Driver Software… Step 2 Click Search automatically for updated driver software.
The driver will be installed automatically, and then please click Close.