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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.
CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. National Restrictions 2400.0-2483.5 MHz Country Restriction Reason/remark General authorization required for outdoor use and Bulgaria France public service Outdoor use limited to 10 mW Military Radiolocation use. Refarming of the 2.4 GHz e.i.r.p. band has been ongoing in recent years to allow current within 2454-2483.
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Model No.: TL-WN851ND 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.
CONTENTS Package Contents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 2 1.1 Overview of the Product .......................................................................................... 2 1.2 Features .................................................................................................................. 2 1.
Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ ¾ ¾ One TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Quick Installation Guide One resource CD for TL-WN851ND, including: • • • TP-LINK Wireless Client Utility (TWCU) and Drivers 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-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter! 1.1 Overview of the Product The adapter is a 802.11n client device; it is designed to provide a high-speed and unrivaled wireless performance for your notebook. With a faster wireless connection, you can get a better Internet experience, such as downloading, gaming, video streaming and so on. With the 802.
TL-WN851ND 1.3 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter LED Status Status Off Working Status The driver has not been installed; The adapter's radio has been disabled. Flashing Slowly The driver has been installed but there is no data being transmitted or received. Flashing Quickly There is data being transmitted or received.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Chapter 2 Installation Guide 2.1 Hardware Installation To install the adapter, follow these steps listed below: 1. 2. 3. 4. 2.2 Turn off your desktop PC and disconnect the power. Remove your PC case and locate an available PCI slot on the mianboard. Remove the metal slot cover on the back of the PC. Check with your computer manufacturer for instructions if needed. Slide the PCI Adapter into the PCI slot.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 2-2 3. Soon, Figure 2-3 will display after a moment. Click Next to continue. Figure 2-3 4. After that, you should choose a Setup type. It is recommended that you select Install Client Utilities and Driver. Select Install Driver Only to install driver only (shown in Figure 2-4). Click Next to continue.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 2-4 5. Click Browse to change the destination location for the software, then click Next in the screen below (shown in Figure 2-5). Figure 2-5 6. After that, select the program folder, you should create a new folder name or select one from the Existing Folders list. It is recommended that you keep the default setting. Click Next to continue the installation.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 2-6 7. Choose configuration tool, if you are not sure, please leave it default. Then click Next to continue. Figure 2-7 8. Wait a while for the setup as shown in Figure 2-8.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 2-8 9. After all the steps above, you will see the screen below, click Finish to complete the installation. Figure 2-9 2.2.3 For Windows Vista 1. Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the Figure 2-11 will appear. To continue, select the TL-WN851ND.There will be a menu including: Install Driver & Utility, Install QSS and User Guide.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 2-10 2. Click Install Driver & Utility to load the following screen. Figure 2-11 3. Soon, Figure 2-12 will display after a moment. Click Next to continue.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 2-12 4. Click Yes to continue. Figure 2-13 5. The following page will display and please wait a moment.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 2-14 6. Click Finish to complete the installation. Figure 2-15 2.2.4 For Windows 7 1. Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the Figure 2-16 will appear. To continue, select the TL-WN851ND.There will be a menu including: Install Driver & Utility, Install QSS and User Guide.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 2-16 2. Click Install Driver & Utility to load the following screen. Figure 2-17 3. Soon, Figure 2-18 will display after a moment. Click Next to continue.
TL-WN851ND Figure 2-18 4. Click Yes to continue. Figure 2-19 5. Wait a while for the setup as shown in Figure 2-20.
TL-WN851ND Figure 2-20 6. Then you will see Figure 2-21. Click Finish to complete.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Chapter 3 Configuration Guide 3.1 For Windows XP TP-LINK TL-WN851ND can be configured by TP-LINK Wireless Client Utility (TWCU). This chapter describes how to configure your Adapter for wireless connectivity on your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption features. After Installing the Adapter, the Adapter’s tray icon will appear in your system tray.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 3-1 The following table describes the items found on the Current Status screen. ¾ Profile Name - This shows the name of current selected configuration profile. The configuration of Profile name will be described on the General tab of Profile Management. ¾ Link Status - This shows whether the station is associated to the wireless network. ¾ Wireless Mode - Here displays the wireless mode.
TL-WN851ND ¾ Add a new profile ¾ Modify a profile ¾ Remove a profile ¾ Activate a Profile ¾ Import a Profile ¾ Export a Profile ¾ Scan Available Networks ¾ Order profiles 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 3-2 3.1.2.1. Add or Modify a Configuration Profile To add a new configuration profile, click New on the Profile Management tab. To modify a configuration profile, select the configuration profile from the Profile list and click Modify.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 3-3 2. Edit the Security tab Select the Security tab in the screen above, and then you can edit the fields to configure the profile. To define the security mode, select the radio button of the desired security mode as follows. Figure 3-4 ¾ WPA/WPA2: Wi-Fi Protected Access. ¾ WPA/WPA2 Passphrase: Wi-Fi Protected Access Passphrase. ¾ 802.1x: Enables 802.1x security.
TL-WN851ND ¾ 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Pre-Shared Key (Static WEP): Enables the use of shared keys that are defined on both the access point and the station. To define shared encryption keys, choose the Shared Key radio button and click Configure to fill in the Define Shared Keys window (shown in Figure 3-5). ) Note: The WEP security mode is not available for 802.11n. ¾ None: No security (not recommended).
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 3-6 ¾ ¾ Power Save Mode - Please select the power save mode in the drop-down list. • Maximum - Selects maximum mode to let the access point buffer incoming messages for the Adapter. The Adapter will detect the access point if any messages are waiting periodically. • Normal - Normal mode uses maximum when retrieving a large number of packets, then switches back to power save mode after retrieving the packets.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter will be selected automatically. The Adapter must match the wireless mode and channel of the clients it associates. ¾ 802.11 Authentication Mode: Select which mode the Adapter uses to authenticate to an access point: • Auto causes the adapter to attempt authentication using shared, but switches it to open authentication if shared fails. • Open enables an adapter to attempt authentication regardless of its WEP settings.
TL-WN851ND 4. 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Click Save. The profile should then be exported to the specified location. Figure 3-8 3.1.2.5. Import a Profile 1. 2. 3. From the Profile Management screen (shown in Figure 3-2), click Import…. Then the Import Profile will appear below. Browse to the directory where the profile is located. Highlight the profile name. 4. Click Open, the imported profile will then appear in the Profiles List. Figure 3-9 3.1.2.6. Scan Available Networks 1.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 3-10 3.1.2.7. Auto Profile Selection Management The auto selection feature allows the adapter to automatically select a profile from the list of profiles and use it to connect to the network. To add a new profile into the Auto Selected Profiles list, please follow these steps. 1. 2. On the Profile Management screen (shown in Figure 3-2), click Order Profiles….
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter ) Note: The first profile in the Auto Selected Profiles box has highest priority, while the last profile has the lowest priority. 6. 7. Click OK. Check the Auto Select Profiles checkbox on the Profile Management tab (shown in Figure 3-2). ) Note: When auto profile selection is enabled by checking Auto Select Profiles on the Profile Management tab, the client adapter will scan for an available network.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter 3.1.3.1. Check Driver Information Click the Adapter Information button in the screen above, you will see the adapter information, including general information about the wireless network adapter and the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) driver. Access the adapter information from the Diagnostics tab. ¾ Card Name - The name of the wireless network adapter. ¾ MAC Address - The MAC address of the wireless network adapter.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 3-14 means the connection has been established. Icon Icon means there is no connection. To establish a connection, please follow the steps below. 1. Right-click the icon in your system tray, then click Connect to a network. Figure 3-15 2. The following screen will show you available wireless networks. Highlight the one you want to join, and then click Connect. Figure 3-16 3. To continue, click Connect Anyway.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 3-17 4. If the connection is successful established, the following screen will appear, click close to finish the connection. Figure 3-18 3.3 For Windows 7 TP-LINK Wireless Client Utility (TWCU) is not available for Windows 7. So after the Adapter's driver has been installed, we have to use Windows WLAN Autoconfig to establish a connection. Please follow the steps below.
TL-WN851ND 1. Click the icon 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter at the bottom of your screen in your system tray and then you will see the available wireless network list. Select the SSID of your Access Point and click Connect. Figure 3-19 2. If your wireless network is secured, you will be required to enter the security key as shown in Figure 3-20. Enter the passphrase, take 1234567890 for example. And then click OK.
TL-WN851ND 3. 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter If the key entered is correct, you will successfully connect to the network as shown in Figure 3-21.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Chapter 4 QSS Configuration QSS (Quick Secure Setup) function allows you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly. If the wireless router supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), you can establish a wireless connection between wireless card and router using either Push Button Configuration (PBC) method or PIN method. First, the QSS software should be installed. Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the Figure 4-1 will appear.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 4-2 Then, please follow the clue of the Operation System to complete the QSS installation. After that, QSS function can be enabled. Here we will introduce two ways to configure the QSS (For the configuration of QSS, here takes the Wireless Router of our company for example). 4.1 PBC (Push Button Configuration) method 1. Firstly, Press the QSS button directly on the front panel of the Router shown in Figure 4-3. Figure 4-3 2.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 4-4 Figure 4-5 3. Then wait a minute until Figure 4-6 appears. Click Finish to complete the QSS configuration.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 4-6 4.2 PIN method There are two ways to configure the QSS by PIN method: 1) Enter a PIN into your AP device. 2) Enter the PIN from your AP device. Following are the detailed configuration procedure of each way. 4.2.1 Enter a PIN into your AP device 1. Double click the icon on the desktop to open the QSS Utility and then you can see the welcome screen shown as Figure 4-4. Click Next to continue. Figure 4-5 will appear.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 4-7 2. Open the Router’s Web-based Utility and click QSS link on the left of the main menu. Then Figure 4-8 will appear. Figure 4-8 3. Click Add device, then you can see Figure 4-9. Select Enter the new device’s PIN and enter the PIN value of the adapter shown in Figure 4-7, click Connect. Figure 4-9 4. When Figure 4-6 appears, the QSS configuration is complete. 4.2.2 Enter the PIN from your AP device 1. Open the QSS Utility and you will see Figure 4-4.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Figure 4-10 2. When Figure 4-6 appears, the QSS configuration is complete. ) Note: If you generate a new PIN code for your Router, please enter the new one instead.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Appendix A: Specifications Normal Interface 32 bit PCI Interface Standards IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Operating System Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Throughput 300Mbps (Maximal) 27/54/81/108/162/216/243/270Mbps 13.5/27/40.5/54/81/108/121.5/135Mbps Radio Data Rate 13/26/39/52/78/104/117/130Mbps 6.5/13/19.5/26/39/52/58.5/65Mbps 1/2/5.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter Appendix B: Glossary ¾ 802.11b - The 802.11b standard specifies a wireless product 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. ¾ 802.
TL-WN851ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter ¾ Spread Spectrum - Spread Spectrum technology is a wideband radio frequency technique developed by the military for use in reliable, secure, mission-critical communications systems. It is designed to trade off bandwidth efficiency for reliability, integrity, and security.
