User manual TP-LINK TL-WN321G

[. . . ] TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter 2. 4GHz 802. 11b/g Rev1. 0. 1 COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO. , LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or http://www. tp-link. com I 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. [. . . ] Click the Browse button in the next screen to select the file which contains the driver software for the adapter. After that, click Next to proceed. Figure 2-10 Select the driver software -7- TL-WN321G Note: 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Vista X86 is designed for the Vista of 32bit, Vista X64 is designed for the Vista of 64bit, please select according as you need. If the icon still does not appear, the driver or utility may be installed incorrectly or the adapter is unplugged, please try again. Icon means there is no connection. 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 WIRELESS UTILITY> TL-WN321G Wireless 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. Note: If your OS is Windows XP, you can use Windows XP to configure the wireless network settings. If you want to use Windows XP to configure wireless network settings, just exit the utility. Right-click the icon at the bottom of the screen, and click Exit to exit the utility. 3. 1. 1 Profile Click the Profile tab of the utility and the Profile screen will appear, Figure 3-1. The Profile screen provides tools to: Add a Profile Delete a profile Edit a profile Activate a profile - 11 - TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-1 Profile Tab To create a new profile, click the Add button on the Profile tab, the Profile configuration screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-2. 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 3-1. 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. Note: Do not forget to click the Apply button when you create a new profile for connection. 3. 1. 2 Add or Edit a Configuration Profile To add a new configuration profile, click Add button on the Profile Management tab. To modify a configuration profile, select the configuration from the Profile list and click Edit. The Profile Management dialog box will display a screen similar to that shown in Figure 3-2. Edit the Configuration tab - 12 - TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Profile Name - Identifies the configuration profile. PSM(Power Save Mode) · · CAM(Constantly Awake Mode) ­ Continuous Access Mode. PSM(Power Saving Mode) - Power Saving mode. Network Type ­ Displays the wireless mode, either Ad-hoc or Infrastructure mode Preamble ­ Specifies the preamble setting in 802. 11b. The default setting is Auto Switch (access point mode), which allows both short and long headers in the 802. 11b frames. The adapter can only use short radio headers if the access point supports and uses them. Ad-hoc mode ­ Displays the wireless mode, either Only 802. 11B or 802. 11B/G mode. [. . . ] 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. Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission, statistical techniques embedded in the receiver can recover the original data without the need for retransmission. To an unintended receiver, DSSS appears as low power wideband noise and is rejected (ignored) by most narrowband receivers. [. . . ]