TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter Rev: 2.0.
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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 instructions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. This equipment has been SAR-evaluated for use in hand. SAR measurements are based on a 5mm spacing from the body and that compliance is achieved at that distance.
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter Model No.: TL-WN321G Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives: Directives 1999/5/EC The above product is in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents: ETSI EN 300 328 V1.7.1: 2006 ETSI EN 301 489-1 V1.8.
CONTENTS Package Contents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction .......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Product Overview .............................................................................................. 2 1.2 Main Features ................................................................................................... 2 1.3 LED Status .........
Appendix B: Specifications ................................................................................
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter ¾ One USB extension cable ¾ One Resource CD for TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter, including: • Drivers and Utility • User Guide • Other Helpful Information ) Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or missing, please contact with your distributor.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Product Overview The adapter is a USB 2.0 pen-size wireless adapter supporting IEEE 802.11b/g 2.4GHz radio operation. It provides high-speed wireless connection with data rate up to 54Mbps, and wireless roaming allows the user to move among different AP without losing the current connection.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 2 Installation Guide 2.1 Hardware Installation 1. Connect one end of the USB 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 the Adapter is plugged in and the PC is on. ) Note: The Adapter can also be plugged into the USB port on your computer directly. 2.2 Software Installation 2.2.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-1 2. Click TL-WN321G to display the drop-down menu. Click User Guide for more detailed configuration. Click Browse CD to read the files on the CD. Click Exit to quit the setup wizard. Select Install Driver&Utility and then the following screen will pop up. Figure 2-2 Preparing Setup 3. Then you’ll see the screen as follow, you can choose what to be installed.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-3 Setup Type 4. As next screen shown, you can select the configuration tool here. Figure 2-4 Setup Type I. If you want to install the TP-LINK Wireless Utility, please select the TP-LINK 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 Configuration Tool and click Next.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 5. Then, choose the destination location. Figure 2-5 Choose Destination Location 6. After that, you will see the next screen as below. Click Install to continue. Figure 2-6 Ready to Install the Program 7. The following screen for installing will appear.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-7 Setup Status 8. 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 successfully, you should see an icon system tray.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 2.3 Uninstall 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 System icon, click on the Hardware tab in the System window. 3. Click on the Device Manager button, double-click Network Adapters, and then right-click TP-LINK Wireless USB Adapter. Figure 2-9 Device Manager 4.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 3 Configuration 3.1 Configuration of Utility TL-WN321G Wireless USB Adapter can be configured by its utility for Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ 7. This section will take the configuration in Windows XP for example and guide you to configure your wireless adapter for wireless connectivity with trustable data security encryption features. The configuration steps in Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ 7 are similar.
TL-WN321G ¾ Export a profile ¾ Activate a profile 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-1 Profile Tab 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. Figure 3-2 Add a new profile ¾ Profile Name - Identifies the configuration profile. This name must be unique. Profile names are not case-sensitive.
TL-WN321G ¾ 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide RTS Threshold - Here you can specify the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. The default value is 2347. ¾ Fragmentation Threshold - This value is the maximum size determining whether packets will be fragmented. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network performance since excessive packages. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended. 2.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 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 Authentication Type is setting to WPA. ¾ Encryption – Displays which encryption type that the driver is using. When you select Open System, Shared-Key System as Network Authentication, there are two options: WEP and Disabled.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 3.1.2 Network Click the Network tab of the Utility and the Network screen with many available wireless network 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 profile, please refer to the 3.1.1 Profile: To Add a new profile.
TL-WN321G ¾ 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Show Authentication Status Dialog- Click the checkbox to show the Authentication Status Dialog. ¾ Apply - Click the Apply button to save the current setting. 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 Statistics tab 3.1.
TL-WN321G ¾ 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide You can also establish a wireless connection by using either Push QSS Button method or PIN method. It is recommended that you choose the simplest method that your AP device supports. ) Note: To build a successful connection by QSS, you should also do the corresponding configuration of the Access Point for QSS or WPS function meanwhile. I.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-10 QSS - Registrar mode ) Note: The default PIN code of the AP always can be found in its label or User Guide. 2) Enter the PIN into my Access Point Choose the Config Mode as Enrollee and click the PIN button on the screen as Figure 3-11. Meanwhile, enter the PIN code of the adapter into the configuration utility of the AP. For the detailed instructions of the AP configuration, please refer to the User Guide of the AP.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 3.1.7 About Click the About tab of the Utility and you will see the following screen with some information about this adapter. Figure 3-12 About ¾ Utility Version - The version of this utility. ¾ Utility Date - The creation date of this utility. ¾ Driver Version - The version of the wireless network adapter driver. ¾ Driver Date - The creation date of the wireless network adapter driver. ¾ Firmware Version -The version of the adapter firmware.
TL-WN321G 5. 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Highlight the profile named Test on the profile list and click Activate on the Profile screen. The utility will establish a connection with this AP by configured profile. 3.2 Configure with Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration 1. Right click the icon on the bottom of the desktop first and you will see Figure 3-13. Double click the Use Zero Configuration as Configuration utility option to enable Wireless Zero Configuration function.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-15 Acquiring network address 4. If the connection is finished, the icon will display like the next screen shown.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 4 AP Mode 4.1 For Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista The configuration steps for AP Mode in Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista are similar. This section will take the configuration in Windows XP for example. For the configurations in Windows 2000/ Vista, please refer to the instructions in Windows XP. Click the icon to switch to AP Mode. In this mode you can use the TL-WN321G as a soft AP.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-3 Config Setting Page ¾ SSID – Enter the SSID of your soft AP, or you can 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 be used. ¾ Beacon – Enter a value between 20-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here. The beacons are the packets sent by the router to synchronize a wireless network.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-4 Access Control Function ¾ ¾ Access Policy – This field allows you to start the function 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 All - Disable all the MAC addresses in the Access List to access the AP. Mac Address – Manually force the Mac address using the function, and press Add to Access List.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 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 the current connection. 4.1.4 Event Log A record of all event times and messages, shown as below.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 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. 4.1.5 Statistics The statistics page displays detailed counter information based on the 802.11 MIB counters. The information is translated into a format easier for the user to understand.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-7 Transmit and Receive statistics 4.1.6 About The About page displays the wireless card and driver version information as shown in Figure 4-8.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-8 About Page 4.2 For Windows 7 Right click the icon to switch to STA+AP Mode. In this mode you can use the TL-WN321G as a soft AP. Figure 4-9 ) Note: At this time, if your PC have Installed other network card (wireless or wire), you will be prompted “ICS Select WAN Adapter” to select one of them to be “WAN”.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-10 The following screen for basic configuration will appear. Figure 4-11 ¾ SSID – Enter the SSID of your soft AP. ¾ Max Number of Peers – Configure the max number of Adapters can be connected to the network. ¾ Authentication – Display which Authentication type that your soft AP is using. ¾ Encryption – Display which Encryption type that your soft AP is using.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 5 Example for Application 5.1 Configuration of PSP XLink Online game Please ensure the software and hardware environments are well established before configuring. For hardware, at least a PC, a TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter and a PSP device are needed. For software, the TL-WN321G Adapter driver should be properly installed. Please operate as follows: Step 1. Connect the website of X-LINK http://www.teamxlink.co.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Step 5. Right-click “My Computer” and select Management. In the prompt page, click Device Manager, then right-click “TP-LINK Wireless USB Adapter “and select Properties. Then set the value of “PSP Xlink Mode” as Enable following the red marked instruction in the figure. Figure 5-2 Step 6. Click Start > Control Panel > Network. Figure 5-3 Step 7. Right-click Wireless Network Connection icon , and select Properties.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 5-4 Step 8. In the prompt page shown below, select Use the Following 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 segment with the other network card to avoid conflict. Step 9. Launch TP-LINK Wireless Utility, then highlight the Network Name (SSID) beginning with “PSP” in the “Network” page, and click Connect.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 5-6 Step 10. Check whether your PSP device is detected 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 the Arena Mode, highlight the arena of your wanted game, and then join or start a new game.
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TL-WN321G Appendix A: 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Glossary 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.4GHz, and WEP encryption for security. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks. 802.
TL-WN321G 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide alternatives, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS). SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card.
TL-WN321G Appendix B: 54Mbps Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Specifications General Interface USB 2.0 Connector Standards IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Operating System Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ 7 Safety & Emission FCC, CE Frequency 2.4 ~ 2.
