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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.
Is here with confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic Compatibility (89/336/EEC), Low-voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) and the Amendment Directive (93/68/EEC), the procedures given in European Council Directive 99/5/EC and 89/3360EEC. The equipment was passed. The test was performed according to the following European standards: ¾ EN300328 V1.7.1 2006 ¾ EN 301 489-17 V1.2.
Package Contents ............................................................................................................1 Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................2 1.1 Features .......................................................................................................2 1.2 LED Status....................................................................................................2 1.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Package Contents Open the package carefully, and make sure that none of the items listed below are missing. ¾ One TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter ¾ One USB extension cable ¾ One TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter Resource CD, including: y y y Drivers and Utility User Guide Other Helpful Information Note: Make sure that none of the items listed above are missing.
TL-WN322G Chapter 1 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Introduction The TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB 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. Additionally , wireless roaming allows the user to move among different AP without losing the current connection.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 1.4 Network Configuration To better understand how the wireless LAN products work together to create a wireless network, it might be helpful to depict a few of the possible wireless LAN PC card network configurations. The wireless LAN products can be configured as: Ad-hoc (peer-to-peer) Mode This is the simplest network configuration with several computers equipped with the PC Cards that form a wireless network whenever they are within range of one another.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 1-2 Infrastructure mode.
TL-WN322G Chapter 2 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Installation Guide 2.1 Before You Begin Before installing the new drivers of your TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter, you need to disable all of the Wireless LAN drivers that you have installed. During the installation, Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/64bit XP may need to copy systems files from its installation CD. Therefore, you may need a copy of the Windows installation CD at hand before installing the drivers. 2.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-2 Install Shield—Choose Destination Location ¾ Wait a few moments until the files are copied to the computer. Figure 2-3 Install Shield—Setup Status ¾ The first part of the installation is complete. Click on the Finish button.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-4 Installation Complete At this point, carefully insert the device into the USB port of your computer. Windows will automatically detect the device and display the icon -7- and below in the taskbar.
TL-WN322G Chapter 3 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Uninstall Guide If the device installation is unsuccessful for any reason, the best way to solve the problem may be to completely uninstall the device and its utility and repeat the installation procedure again. Hereby, customers can use one of the following two methods to uninstall the Drivers and Utility. 3.1 Through Control Panel Follow the steps below in order to uninstall the Drivers and Utility: 1.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide USB Adapter. Figure 3-3 Uninstalling process finished 3.2 Through Programs Follow the steps below in order to uninstall the Drivers and Utility: ¾ Click on Start > programs > TP-LINK> TL-WN322G Wireless Utility> Uninstall TL-WN322G Wireless Utility. Figure 3-4 Uninstall from programs ¾ Then, process will go to Install Shield Wizard.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-5 Confirm the Uninstalling process. The process will then remove TL-WN322G Wireless Utility and the drivers from your computer. Figure 3-6 Uninstalling TL-WN322G Wireless Utility and the drivers ¾ Click on the Finish button and then remove the TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter.
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TL-WN322G Chapter 4 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Software Configuration 4.1 Station Mode Configuration This chapter focuses on how to configure the device in Station mode (wireless LAN client) ¾ Current Network Information The Current Network Information screen displays the current status of the wireless radio as a station. Figure 4-1 Current Network Information 4.1.1 More Setting 4.1.1.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-2 More setting ¾ You can click “Change” button to change general connection settings.
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TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-4 More setting—WEP ¾ SSID: Enter the SSID of the network. The SSID is a unique name shared among all points in your wireless network. The SSID must be identical for all points in the network, and is case-sensitive. Place a check in the any box if you would like the device to connect to the first available Access Point with the strongest signal. ¾ Network Type: Select a network type from the drop-down list.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 4.1.1.2 WEP Encryption You may select 64, 128 or 256 bit WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) key to encrypt data (Default setting is Disable). WEP encrypts each frame transmitted from the radio using one of the Keys from a panel. When you use WEP to communicate with the other wireless clients, all the wireless devices in this network must have the same encryption key or pass phrase. ¾ Authentication: Select Open System or Shared Key from the drop-down list.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-6 Disabled WEP key settings ¾ The key is provided via IEEE 802.1X authentication: Place a check in this box is IEEE 802.1X authentication is used. By selecting this option, the WEP key settings will be disabled. ¾ Click on the Apply button, and then you can use the IEEE 802.1X authentication. 4.1.1.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-7 More settings—TKIP ¾ Authentication: Select WPA from the drop-down list. ¾ Encryption: Select TKIP or AES from the drop-down list. ¾ Click on the WPA Encryption Setting button. In this section you can configure the settings for TLS or PEAP. TLS (Transport Layer Security) is an IETF standardized authentication protocol that uses PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) certificate-based authentication of both the client and authentication server.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-8 WPA setting ¾ Protocol: Select TLS from the drop-down list. ¾ User Name: Enter the user name that is used for authentication purposes. ¾ Passphrase: Enter a WPA passphrase. For ASCII text, enter 8-63 characters, for hexadecimal enter 64 characters). ¾ Certificate: Make sure that you have downloaded and installed the certificate on the computer. Then select the appropriate certificate from the drop-down list.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 4.1.1.4 WPA-PSK Authentication Figure 4-9 WPA-PSK Authentication ¾ Authentication: Select WPA-PSK from the drop-down list. ¾ Encryption: Select an encryption type from the drop-down list. ¾ Click on the Apply button to save the changes. 4.1.1.5 Profiles Multiple profiles can be created for different Network Names (SSIDs) and security settings. This allows a user to quickly associate with another network, instead of entering the credentials each time.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-10 More Setting—Profile ¾ Profile Name: Displays the name of current profile. One device can have many profiles, but only one profile can be loaded at a time. ¾ Load: Select a profile from the drop-down list and then click on the Load button. ¾ Save Current: Enter a new profile name and then click on the Save Current button to save the profile.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-11 Advanced Setting ¾ Power Consumption Setting: If your desktop or notebook is connected to external power, select Continuous Access Mode (CAM), if your notebook is using a battery, select Maximum Power-Saving Mode, or Fast Power-Saving Mode. 4.
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TL-WN322G Chapter 5 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Examples for application 5.1 Configuration of WEP Encryption Suppose you have an installed and using AP, the SSID is TEST and it adopts 64 bit WEP encryption with the key “1111111111”. To establish a connection with this AP, you should follow five steps below： Double click “TEST” in available network taskbar to connect this network. Step 1：Double click ”TEST” to connect this network. Figure 5-1 Click “No” to continue.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Step 3：Click “Change” Figure 5-3 In WEP key setting dialogue box click “change" to continue our setting. ¾ Key length： 64 bit ¾ Default key ID：#1 ¾ Key format：Hexadecimal ¾ Key value：enter “1111111111” in #1 Click the close button in top right left of the screen, and it will return to the screen of wireless utility. till now we have finished WEP encryption configuration. Step 6 ： Click here.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 5.2 Configuration of PSP Mode There is two parts of this setting： Part 1：Configuration of our TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter Step One： Select “Access Point” from the drop down list. Figure 5-5 Step Two： Select “More Setting”, you can use default network SSID WLAN-AP, channel 6, and then choose WEP Encryption, and enter WEP keys.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 5-6 Remark: You can change the default network SSID and channel by yourself. If you didn’t startup WEP Encryption, any PSP could link in, and the wireless network won’t be protected by encryption key. Part 2：PSP setting Step One： Choose “Network Settings” Step Two： Choose ”Infrastructure Mode” Step Three： Establish a new connection , enter the name of this connection. (any is ok),we use TEST for example.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Step Four： Select SCAN, and let PSP scan the nearer AP automatic，then choose the default network SSID WLAN_AP of TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter. Step Five： ”WLAN Security Setting” If you haven’t set pass phrase. select the first ”None” .if you have set the pass phase, select the second “WEP”, the pass phase must identical with WEP key that you have set.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Step Nine： ”Proxy Server” select ”Do Not Use” Step Ten： Select ”Test Connection” Step Eleven： Test network connection. After the configuration that was set above, we can connect to web successfully. Till now, we have finished the configuration of PSP mode.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Appendix A: Glossary ¾ IEEE 802.11b - The IEEE 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. IEEE 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks. ¾ IEEE 802.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide ¾ PSK- Pre-Shared Key ¾ TKIP- Temporal Key Integrity Protocol ¾ AES- Advanced Encryption Standard ¾ TLS- Transport Layer Security ¾ TTLS- Tunnel Transport Layer Security ¾ PEAP- Protected Extended Authentication Protocol ¾ RADIUS- Remote Authentication Dial In User Service - 31 -
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Appendix B: Specifications Normal Interface A-type USB 2.0 Connector Standards IEEE 802.1b; IEEE 802.1g Operating System Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, 2003, 64bit XP Transmission In door up to 100m, out door up to 300m (It is limited to the Distance environment). Radio Data Rate Modulation Media Access Protocol 54/48/36/24/18/12/9/6 Mbps 11g OFDM，11/5.
TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Appendix C: Contact Information For help with the Installation or operation of the TP-LINK TL-WN322G 54M Wireless USB Adapter, please contact us. Website: http://www.tp-link.
