• The Quick Installation Guide (QIG) can be found where you find this guide or inside the package of the product. • Specifications can be found on the product page at http://www.tp-link.com. • Our Technical Support contact information can be found at the...
Chapter Get to Know About Your Adapter This chapter introduces what the adapter can do and shows its appearance. This chapter contains the following sections: • Product Overview • LED Status...
Chapter 1 Get to Know about Your Adapter Product Overview TP-Link Wireless USB Adapter connects your computer to a Wi-Fi network for video streaming, online gaming, secure internet surfing and internet calls. • Compatible with 802.11b/g/n products • The adapter with sleek miniature design is so small that once plugged in, can be left in a computer’s USB port...
Chapter Connect to a Computer This chapter introduces how to connect the adapter to your computer.
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Chapter 2 Connect to a Computer Before you start using your adapter, insert the adapter into a USB port on your computer directly. After connecting your adapter to the computer, please follow the instructions in the appropriate chapter for your operating system: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux.
Chapter Windows This chapter introduces how to install your adapter’s driver, use your adapter to join a wireless network, and uninstall your adapter in a Windows system. The adapter is equipped with a Setup Wizard, which can guide you through the installation process. This chapter includes the following sections: •...
Autoplay window. Note: 1. You can also download the driver from the product’s Support page at www tp-link com. 2. In some operating systems, the CD screen will pop up automatically. Otherwise, run the CD manually. Select TL-WN725N and follow the instructions to complete the installation.
Windows operating system: Windows 8/8.1/10, Windows Vista/XP/7. • Windows 8/8 1/10 Go to Start menu to find the TP-Link application. Click Uninstall TP-Link TL-WN725N, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the uninstallation. • Windows Vista/XP/7 Go to Start >...
Chapter Mac OS X This chapter introduces how to install your adapter’s driver and utility, use your adapter to join a wireless network, manage your adapter and uninstall your adapter in Mac OS This chapter includes the following sections: • Install Driver and Utility •...
We take the steps in Mac OS X 10.10 as an example - the steps may vary slightly for other versions of Mac OS. Download the driver and utility from this product’s Support page from TP-Link’s official website www.tp-link.com. Note: The CD is included in the package.
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Click Restart to finish the installation. After restarting the computer, the TP-Link Utility icon will appear on the menu bar in the upper-right corner of the screen. To use the utility to join a Wi-Fi network with your adapter, refer to Join a Wireless Network.
Join a Wireless Network There are two options of using the adapter to join a Wi-Fi network. Option 1: TP-Link Utility TP-Link Utility lets you easily connect the adapter to a Wi-Fi network and manage the adapter. Option 2: WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) is a network security standard for easily adding computers and other devices to a home network.
WPS can be activated via PBC (Push Button Configuration) and PIN code. Please refer to PBCor below. • PBC 1. Press the WPS/QSS button on your router or AP. 2. Within 2 minutes, click the TP-Link Utility icon on the menu bar, and then click at the bottom of the network list.
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Mac OS X 3. Click PBC. 4. The following screen indicates a successful connection by WPS. Click OK. • PIN 1. Click the TP-Link Utility icon on the menu bar, and then click at the bottom of the network list.
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Chapter 4 Mac OS X 2. Click PIN. 3. Within 2 minutes, log in to the web management page of your router or AP. Go to its page, enter the PIN of the adapter in the corresponding field and click Connect. 4.
Chapter 4 Mac OS X Management TP-Link Utility provides you with an easy way to manage various connection settings of your Wi-Fi network. Click the TP-Link Utility icon on the menu bar, and then click Open Wireless Utility at the bottom of the network list.
Chapter 4 Mac OS X Preferred Networks displays the networks that you once connected to. The networks’ status and information are displayed on the table. • To join a Wi-Fi network If you want to join a Wi-Fi network that is listed on the profile screen, select the profile and click Apply in the bottom right corner.
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Chapter 4 Mac OS X Enter the password of you computer and when the “Uninstall Complete” message appears, the uninstallation is complete.
Chapter Linux This chapter introduces how to install your adapter’s driver in a Linux system.
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Chapter 5 Linux Visit the TP-Link’s website at http://www.tp-link.com, and go to TL-WN725N’s product page. Then find the compatible version of driver in the support page. Download and install the driver on your computer.
1. On your computer, please right click Computer icon and go to Manage; 2. Open the Device Manager and go to Network adapters, and then find the corresponding TP-Link adapter, right click it and then go to Properties;...
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3. If you can see “This device is working properly.” in the red box, you have already installed the driver successfully. T3. What should I do if can’t connect to the Wi-Fi after installing the driver? • Refer to to check if you have installed the driver for your adapter successfully . •...
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There is a character string “Ver:X. Y ” (for example, Ver:2.0) in the Serial Number field, and the number X is the hardware version of the adapter. • Visit and follow the second method to find the http://www.tp-link.com/faq-46.html hardware version of the adapter.
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Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-Link Technologies Co., Ltd. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. 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.
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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.
OPERATING FREQUENCY(the maximum transmitted power) 2412MHz—2472MHz (20dBm) EU declaration of conformity TP-Link hereby declares that the device is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of directives 2014/53/EU and 2011/65/EU. The original EU declaration of conformity may be found at http://www.tp-link.com/en/ RF Exposure Information This device meets the EU requirements (2014/53/EU Article 3.1a) on the limitation of...
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device and its antenna(s) must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Déclaration d’exposition aux radiations: Cet équipement est conforme aux limites d’exposition aux rayonnements IC établies pour un environnement non contrôlé. Cet équipement doit être installé et utilisé avec un minimum de 20 cm de distance entre la source de rayonnement et votre corps.