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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
89/3360EEC. The equipment was passed. The test was performed according to the following European standards: EN 300 328 V.1.4.1 (2003) EN 301 489-1 V.1.4.1 (2002) / EN 301 489-17 V.1.2.1 (2002) EN 60950-1: 2001 European standards dictate maximum radiated transmit power of 100mW EIRP and frequency range 2.400-2.4835GHz; In France, the equipment must be restricted to the 2.4465-2.4835GHz frequency range and must be restricted to indoor use.
Package Contents............................................................................................................. 1 Chapter 1: Introduction...................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Overview of the product ....................................................................................... 2 1.2 Features............................................................................................................... 2 1.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Package Contents The following contents should be found in your box: One TL-WN321G USB Wireless Adapter One USB extension cable Quick Installation Guide One TL-WN321G USB Wireless Adapter Resource CD, including: • • • Utility and Drivers User Guide Other Helpful Information Note: If any of the listed contents is damaged or missing, please contact the retailer from whom you purchased the TL-WN321G USB Wireless Adapter for assistance.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Overview of the product The TP-LINK TL-WN321G Wireless USB Adapter gives you the flexibility to install your PC or notebook PC in the most convenient location available, without the cost of running the network cables.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 2: Installation Guide 2.1 Software Installation 2.1.1 Overview The Adapter’s Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation procedure for Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP. The Setup Wizard will install the Utility and drivers. If you install the hardware before the software, the system will prompt “Found New Hardware Wizard”, click the Cancel button, and run the Setup Wizard program on the CD-ROM.
TL-WN321G 3. 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide To continue, click the Next button on the screen, figure 2-2. Click the Cancel button to end the Installation. Figure 2-2 4. Click Browse to change the destination location for the software in figure 2-3. Click Next to continue the Installation. Click Back to return to the previous page, or click Cancel to end the Installation. Figure 2-3 5. Start Setup Choose Destination Location The Setup Wizard will ask you to choose a Setup type in figure 2-3.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-4 6. Select the setup type. While files are copying, you will see a warning box shown in figure 2-4. Please select YES to continue installation. Our drivers have been tested thoroughly, and are able to work with the operating system. Figure 2-5 7. Windows 2000 Warning Box After the files have been successfully copied, the screen in figure 2-6 will appear. Click the Finish button to finish the wizard.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-6 8. Finish After installing the software, Please plug the adapter into your PC. If you need instructions as to how to do this, please refer to section 2.2 Hardware Installation. If you have plugged it into you PC already, please un-plug it and plug it back in. The OS will automatically detect the adapter and automatically setup the driver for the adapter. If it does not, please follow the setup steps to finish the driver installation.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-7 4. uninstall driver Click Uninstall..., shown in above figure 2-7, the system will uninstall the driver software of the adapter from your PC. 2.3.2 Uninstall the utility software from your PC 1. 2. 3. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon, find the TL-WN321G 1.0 program from the installed program lists, click the Remove button.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Double-click the icon and the configuration screen of the utility will appear. You can also run the utility by clicking: Start> Program> TP-LINK> TL-WN321G 1.0> TL-WN321G1.0 Utility. The utility provides a complete and easy to use set of tools to: Display current status information Edit and add configured profiles Display current diagnostics information The section below introduces these above capabilities.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide To edit a profile, highlight the desired profile name on Profile Name list, and click the Edit button, the Profile configuration screen will appear shown in figure 3-10. To delete a profile, highlight the desired profile name on Profile Name list, and click the Delete button. To switch to another profile, highlight the desired profile name on Profile Name list, and click the Activate button.
TL-WN321G Figure 3-2 2. 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Add Profile - configuration Edit the Authentication and Security tab Figure 3-3 Add Profile – configuration Authentication Type - There are three options: either Open System or Shared-Key System or LEAP. 802.1xSetting – It enables when Authentication Type is setting to WPA. Encryption - Displays which encryption type that the driver is using.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F) or 5 ASCII characters for 64-bit (also called 40bits) encryption. You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F) or 13 ASCII characters for 128-bit (also called 104bits) encryption. 3.2 Link Status The Link Status tab displays the adapter's current status. Figure 3-4 Link Status The following table describes the items found on the Network Status screen.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-5 Site Survey tab Click the Rescan button to refresh the list at any time. Highlight an SSID and click the Connect button to connect to an available network. 3.3 Statistics The Statistics tab show receiving and transmitting statistical information for the following receive and transmit diagnostics for frames received by or transmitted to the wireless network adapter. Click the Reset Counter button to reset the count of the statistics information.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 3.4 Advanced On this Screen, you can configure the WEP key or view the configured WEP key. Figure 3-7 Advanced Wireless mode - Displays the wireless mode, either 802.11B/G mix or 802.11B only. B/S Protection - There are three options: either Auto or Enable, or Close. TxRate - Shows the current Transfer rate. TxBURST - It can translate more data when it enable. Fast Roaming at - Roaming will disable when Transmit Power is below some dBm.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Phy_Address - The MAC address of the wireless network adapter. SubMask - The subnet mask of the wireless network. Default Gateway - The default gateway of the wireless network. Figure 3-8 About 3.7 An example for application Suppose you have an installed and using AP, its SSID is ABC and adopts 64-bit encryption with the key 0123456789. To establish a connection with this AP, you should follow these steps below: 1. Launch TL-WN321G 1.0 Utility. 2. 3.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Appendix A: Specifications Normal Interface A-type USB 2.0 Connector Standards IEEE802.11b; IEEE802.11g Operating System Windows 2000; Windows XP; Windows Me; Windows 98SE Transmission Distance In door up to 100m, out door up to 300m (it is limited to the environment). Radio Data Rate 54/48/36/24/12/9/6/11/5.5/2/1 Mbps (Auto Rate Sensing) Modulation 1M DBPSK; 2M DQPSK; 5.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide adapter, connected as an independent 802.11 wireless LAN. Ad-hoc wireless computers operate on a peer-to-peer basis, communicating directly with each other without the use of an access point. Ad-hoc mode is also referred to as an Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS) or as peer-to-peer mode, and is useful at a departmental scale or SOHO operation. DSSS (Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum) - DSSS generates a redundant bit pattern for all data transmitted.
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - A data privacy mechanism based on a 64-bit or 128-bit or 152-bit shared key algorithm, as described in the IEEE 802.11 standard. Wi-Fi - A trade name for the 802.11b wireless networking standard, given by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standards group promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices.
