TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter Rev: 1.0.
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FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement This device has been tested for compliance with FCC RF Exposure (SAR) limits in the typical laptop computer configuration and this device can be used in desktop or laptop computers with side mounted PCMCIA slots. This device cannot be used with handheld PDAs (personal digital assistants). This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operated in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. CE Mark Warning This is a class B product.
CONTENTS Package Contents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction............................................................................................. 2 1.1 Product Overview ................................................................................................ 2 1.2 Main Features...................................................................................................... 2 1.3 LED Status.........
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter ¾ One USB extension cable (for 100 meters) ¾ One Resource CD for TL-WN827N Wireless N 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-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter. The adapter is a draft 802.11n client device; it is designed to provide a high-speed and unrivaled wireless performance for your computer. With a faster wireless connection, you can get a better Internet experience, such as downloading, gaming, video streaming and so on. The TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter complies with IEEE 802.11n (Draft 2.0), IEEE 802.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 1.3 LED Status The LED on the top of this card indicates Link/Act status. It blinks at green light when sending and receiving data. 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.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-1 Preparing Setup 2. To continue, the following Figure 2-2 will appear within seconds. You can select the configuration tool here. Figure 2-2 Setup Type I. If you want to install the TL-WN827N Wireless Utility, please select the TP-LINK Configuration Tool and click Next.
TL-WN827N II. 3. Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 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. After that, you will see the next screen as below. Click Install to continue. Figure 2-3 Ready to Install the Program 4. The following screen for installing will appear.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Note: While files are copying, a warning box about Windows Logo testing (shown in Figure 2-5) may pop up, please click Continue Anyway to continue the installation for our drivers have been tested thoroughly and are able to work with the operating system. Figure 2-5 Windows XP Warning Box 5. After the files have been successfully copied, the screen in Figure 2-6 will appear. Click the Finish button to finish the wizard.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 2.3 Uninstall Software 2.3.1 Uninstall the driver software from your PC 1. 2. 3. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, and then click Control Panel. Double-click the System icon, click on the Hardware tab in the System window. Click on the Device Manager button, double-click Network Adapters, and then right-click TL-WN827N Wireless USB Adapter. Figure 2-7 Device Manager 4.
TL-WN827N 2. Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-8 Uninstall the utility Following the Install Shield Wizard to uninstall the utility software from your PC.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 3 Configuration 3.1 Configuration of Utility TL-WN827N Wireless USB Adapter can be configured by its utility for Windows 2000, XP, Vista. 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 are similar.
TL-WN827N ¾ Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Activate a profile 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. ¾ SSID - The IEEE 802.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 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. To edit a profile: Highlight the desired profile name on Profile List, and click the Edit button, the Profile configuration screen will appear shown in Figure 3-3.
TL-WN827N Wireless N 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-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 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-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide function is selected. ¾ 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-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide (PBC) 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 WPS, you should also do the corresponding configuration of the Access Point for WPS function meanwhile. I. PBC Method If your Access Point is equipped with a push-button for Wi-Fi Protected Setup, you can connect the adapter to the Access Point by PBC method.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 3.1.6 Radio On/Off You can turn on/off the wireless radio by clicking the icon to red of the Utility. The green icon will turn when the wireless radio is turned off. 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 3-10 About ¾ Utility Version - The version of this utility. ¾ Utility Date - The creation date of this utility.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 2. Click the Profile tab of the utility and click the Add button on the screen that appears. 3. The Profile configuration screen will appear, please enter Test for the Profile Name, TPLINK for the SSID, select Infrastructure for the Network Mode, select WEP for the Data Encryption and enter 0123456789 for Network key. 4. Click OK to save this profile. 5. Highlight the profile named Test on the profile list and click Activate on the Profile screen.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide ) Note: If you have not installed SP2 for Windows XP, the screen above will not be available. 3. During the connection, you will see the screen as Figure 3-13 shown. Figure 3-13 Acquiring network address 4. If the connection is finished, the icon will display like the next screen shown.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 4 Example for Application 4.1 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-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter and a PSP device are needed. For software, the TL-WN827N Adapter driver should be properly installed. Please operate as follows: Step 1. Connect the website of X-LINK http://www.teamxlink.co.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Step 5. Right-click “My Computer”, and select Management. In the prompt page, click Device Manager, then right-click “TL-WN827N 11N wireless adapter “and select Properties. Then set the value of “PSP Xlink Mode” as Enable following the red marked instruction in the figure. Step 6. Click Start > Control Panel > Network. Figure 4-2 Step 7. Right-click Wireless Network Connection icon , and select Properties.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-3 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 4-4 Step 9. Launch TL-WN827N Wireless Utility, then highlight the Network Name (SSID) beginning with “PSP” in the “Network” page, and click Connect.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-5 Step 10. Check whether your PSP device is detected in the Diagnostics mode of Kai as Figure 4-6 shown: Click the icon first and then click the folder . Figure 4-6 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-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Appendix A: Glossary 802.11n - 802.11n builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output). MIMO uses multiple transmitter and receiver antennas to allow for increased data throughput via spatial multiplexing and increased range by exploiting the spatial diversity, perhaps through coding schemes like Alamouti coding. The Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC) [3] was formed to help accelerate the IEEE 802.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 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. In other words, more bandwidth is consumed than in the case of narrowband transmission, but the trade off produces a signal that is, in effect, louder and thus easier to detect, provided that the receiver knows the parameters of the spread-spectrum signal being broadcast.
TL-WN827N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Appendix B: Specifications General Interface A-type USB 2.0 Connector Standards IEEE 802.11n (Draft 2.0), IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Operating System Windows 2000, XP, Vista Transmission Distance In door up to 100m, out door up to 300m (depending on the environment). Safety & Emission FCC, CE Frequency 2.4 ~ 2.