TP-Link TL-WN321G User Manual
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- Page 1 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter Rev:1.0.2 1910010186...
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Page 2: Fcc Statement
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. -
Page 3: Ce Mark Warning
This equipment complies with FCC RF radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. “To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, this grant is applicable to only Mobile Configurations. -
Page 4: Declaration Of Conformity
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 54M Wireless USB Adapter Model No.: TL-WN321G 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:... -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS Package Contents ....................1 Chapter 1. Introduction ..................2 Overview ........................2 Main Features ......................2 LED Status ......................... 2 Chapter 2. Installation .................... 3 Hardware Installation ....................3 Software Installation....................3 Overview ......................... 3 Installation Guide ......................3 Uninstall Software ...................... 8 Uninstall the driver software from your PC ..............8 Uninstall the utility software from your PC..............8 Chapter 3. -
Page 6: Package Contents
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: One TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter One USB extension cable One TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter Resource CD, including: • Drivers and Utility •... -
Page 7: Chapter 1. Introduction
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter! Overview The 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, and wireless roaming allows the user to move among different AP without losing the current connection. -
Page 8: Chapter 2. Installation
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 2. Installation 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. - Page 9 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 2. Click TL-WN321 G to display the drop-down menu. Click User Guide for more detailed configuration. Click Browse CD to read the files on the CD. Click Exit to quit the setup wizard. Select the Driver appropriate to your computer's operating system , and then the following screen will pop up.
- Page 10 4. As next screen, you can select the configuration tool here. Figure 2-3 Setup Type If you want to install the TL-WN321G Wireless Utility, please select the TP-LINK Configuration Tool and click Next. 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.
- Page 11 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 5. After that, you will see the next screen as below. Click Install to continue. Figure 2-4 Ready to Install the Program 6. The following screen for installing will appear. Figure 2-5 Setup Status Note: During the installation, the system will warn about Windows Logo testing, please click Continue Anyway to continue the installation.
- Page 12 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 7. After the files have been successfully copied, the screen in Figure 2-6 will appear. Click the Finish button to finish the wizard. Figure 2-6 InstallShield Wizard Complete After installing the driver successfully, you should see an icon appear in your system tray.
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Page 13: Uninstall Software
Click Uninstall shown in above Figure 2-7, the system will uninstall the driver software of the adapter from your PC. Uninstall the utility software from your PC On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to All programs TP-LINK TWCU, and then click Uninstall-TL-WN321G. - 8 -... - Page 14 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-8 Uninstall the utility Follow the Install Shield Wizard to uninstall the utility software from your PC. - 9 -...
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Page 15: Chapter 3. Configuration
It means the utility is running on your system. If the utility does not run, you can run the utility by clicking: Start> Program> TP-LINK> TWCU> TL-WN321G Wireless Utility. If the icon still does not appear, the driver or utility may be installed incorrectly or the adapter is unplugged, please try again. - Page 16 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-1 Profile Tab 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.
- Page 17 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 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. 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.
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Page 18: Network
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-4 Edit a Profile-Auth.\Encry. Authentication – You can choose the Authentication Type from the pull-down list with three options, Open System, Shared-Key System or LEAP. 802.1x – It enables when Authentication Type is setting to WPA. Encryption –... -
Page 19: Advanced
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide choices will appear as Figure 3-5. Figure 3-5 Network tab Rescan: Click the Rescan button to refresh the list at any time. Add to Profile: Highlight an SSID and click the Add to Profile button to add the network to the profile. -
Page 20: Statistics
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 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. - Page 21 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Note: To build a successful connection by QSS, you should also do the corresponding configuration of the Access Point for QSS or WPS function meanwhile. PIN Method If your Access Point supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup and the PIN method, you can add the adapter to the network by the following two ways: Enter a PIN from my Access Point Choose the Config Mode as Registrar and enter the PIN of AP into the field under the Pin Code...
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Page 22: Radio On/Off
EEPROM Version - The version of this EEPROM. Phy_Address - The MAC address of the wireless network adapter. Note: For more help information, you can click the http://www.tp-link.com button on the screen to connect to website of our company. An example for application Suppose you have an installed and using AP, the SSID is TPLINK and it adopts 64-bit encryption with the key 0123456789. -
Page 23: Configure With Windows Xp Wireless Zero Configuration
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide below: Launch TL-WN321G Wireless Utility. Click the Profile tab of the utility and click the Add button on the screen that appears. 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. - Page 24 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 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 3-14 shown. Figure 3-14 Acquiring network address 4.
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Page 25: Chapter 4. Ap Mode
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 4. AP Mode Click the icon to switch to AP Mode. In this mode you can use the TL-WN321G as a soft AP. Figure 4-1 Note: At this time, if your PC have Installed other network card (wireless or wire), you will be prompted “ICS Select WAN Adapter”... -
Page 26: Access Control
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-3 Config Setting Page SSID – Enter the SSID of your soft AP, or you can press “<- Use Mac Address” button to keep the Mac Address as your SSID. Channel – Select the channel from the drop-down list . This field determines which operating frequency will be used. -
Page 27: Mac Table
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-4 Access Control Function Access Policy – This field allows you to start the function or not. System default is disabled. • Disable - Disable the Access Policy feature. • Allow All - Allow all the MAC addresses in the Access List to access the AP. •... -
Page 28: Event Log
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-5 Mac Table Function MAC Address – The station’s Mac address of the current connection. AID – Raise value by current connection. Power Saving Mode – Support Power Saving Mode on the currently connected station. Status –... -
Page 29: Statistics
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-6 Event Log Page Event Time (yy/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss) – Displays the event time recorded. Message – Displays all event messages. Statistics The statistics page displays detailed counter information based on the 802.11 MIB counters. The information is translated into a format easier for the user to understand. -
Page 30: About
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-7 Transmit and Receive statistics About The About page displays the wireless card and driver version information as shown in Figure 4-8. - 25 -... - Page 31 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-8 About Page - 26 -...
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Page 32: Chapter 5. Example For Application
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 5. Example for Application 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-WN321G Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter and a PSP device are needed. - Page 33 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Step 5. Right-click “My Computer” and select Management. In the prompt page, click Device Manager, then right-click “TL-WN321G Wireless Lite-N USB Adapter “and select Properties. Then set the value of “PSP Xlink Mode” as Enable following the red marked instruction in the figure.
- Page 34 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 5-4 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 5-5 Note: Please set the IP address in different network segment with the other network card to avoid conflict.
- Page 35 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 5-6 Step 10. Check whether your PSP device is detected in the Diagnostics mode of Kai as Figure 5-7 shown: Click the icon first and then click the folder Figure 5-7 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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Page 37: Chapter 6. Appendix A: Glossary
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 6. Appendix A: Glossary 802.11b - The 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. 802.11b networks are also referred to as Wi-Fi networks. - Page 38 TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide alternatives, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS). SSID - A Service Set Identification is a thirty-two character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. For the wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be configured with the same SSID.
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Page 39: Chapter 7. Appendix B: Specifications
TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 7. Appendix B: Specifications General Interface A-type USB 2.0 Connector Standards IEEE 802.1g, IEEE 802.1b Operating System Windows 98SE, 2000, XP, Vista Safety & Emission FCC, CE Frequency 2.4 ~ 2.4835 GHz 54M -68dBm Sensitivity 11M -83dBm...