User's Manual

Archer T4U AC1300 Wireless Dual Band USB Adapter User Guide
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3.3 Management
TP-LINK Utility provides you with an easy way to manage your adapter. It includes the following
sections:
Status
- View the information of the current Wi-Fi network connection and of the adapter.
Profile
- Save or manage various connection settings of your Wi-Fi network.
Advanced
- Turn on or off the SoftAP mode and power saving mode, switch between TP-LINK
Utility and Windows Wireless Utility (for Windows XP only).
SoftAP
- Configure the settings of the network shared by your adapter, and view the IP address
of your adapter when it works on SoftAP mode.
About
– View your adapter’s Utility version and its Driver version.
Open TP-LINK Utility
and click the Status, Profile or Advanced tab to manage the
corresponding section of your adapter.
3.3.1 Status
You can view the IP address and MAC address of the adapter, the signal strength of the Wi-Fi
network, and other information of the network status as shown in the following figure.
3.3.2 Profile
The Profile screen lets you save and manage different Wi-Fi connection settings as profiles so
that you can quickly and simply connect to your network. Moreover, you can join a hidden Wi-Fi
network that does not broadcast its SSID by adding a profile, provided that you know its
wireless settings, such as SSID, security type, and encryption type. For more details, please
refer to the instructions below: To add a new profile
, To join a Wi-Fi network, To manage an
existing profile.