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TP-Link TL-WN727N User Manual

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TL-WN727N

150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter

1910010464
Rev: 3.0.0

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  • Page 1: Mbps Wireless N Usb Adapter

    TL-WN727N 150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter 1910010464 Rev: 3.0.0...

  • Page 2: Fcc Statement

    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS 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

    FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. End users must follow the specific operating instructions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter.

  • Page 4: Declaration Of Conformity

    DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter Model No.: TL-WN727N 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 Product Overview ....................2 Main Features ....................2 LED Status ......................2 Chapter 2 Installation Guide ................. 3 Hardware Installation ..................3 Software Installation..................3 2.2.1 Overview ......................3 2.2.2 Installation Guide ....................

  • Page 6: Package Contents

    The following items should be found in your package: One TL-WN727N 150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter One USB extension cable Quick Installation Guide One Resource CD for TL-WN727N 150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter, including: • Drivers and Utility • User Guide •...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introduction

    TKIP, AES，WPA and WPA2 encryption to prevent outside intrusion and protect your personal information from being exposed. The adapter is easy to install and manage. The TL-WN727N supports QSS function, which can help you create a wireless connection immediately. Quick Setup Wizard is supported and detailed instructions are provided step by step in this user guide.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Installation Guide

    TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 2 I nstallation Guide H ardware Installation 1 1 B There are two ways to install the Adapter. Method 1: Plug the Adapter into the USB port on your computer directly. Method 2: 1.
  • Page 9 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-1 Install Driver&Utility 2. Then you’ll see the screen as below. You can choose which to be installed. Figure 2-2 Setup Type 3. In the following screen, select the configuration tool. - 4 -...
  • Page 10 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-3 Setup Type If you want to install the TP-LINK Wireless LAN 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-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 5. After that, you will see the next screen as below. Click Install to continue. Figure 2-5 Ready to Install the Program 6. The following screen for installing will appear. Figure 2-6 Setup Status 7.

  • Page 12: Uninstall Software

    U ninstall the utility software from your PC 2 4 B On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to All programs TP-LINK, and then click Uninstal-TL-WN727N. Figure 2-8 Uninstall the Utility Follow the Install Shield Wizard to uninstall the utility software from your PC.
  • Page 13 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Click on the Device Manager button, double-click Network adapters, and then right-click TP-LINK Wireless USB Adapter. Figure 2-9 Device Manager Click Uninstall shown in above F igure 2-9 , the system will uninstall the driver software of the adapter from your PC.

  • Page 14: Chapter 3 Configuration

    C onfiguration of Utility 1 4 B TL-WN727N Wireless USB Adapter can be configured by its utility for Windows XP/ Vista/ 7. 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.

  • Page 15: Site Survey

    TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 3.1.1 S ite Survey 2 6 B Click the Site Survey icon on the screen of the Utility and the Site Survey screen with many available wireless network choices will appear. The AP list will be updated every two seconds.
  • Page 16 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Import a profile Export a profile Add a QSS profile Figure 3-3 Profile List - Click to add a new profile. - Deletes an existing profile. - Click to edit an existing profile.
  • Page 17 Infrastructure - All wireless clients will connect to an access point or wireless router. • Ad Hoc - Directly connecting to another computer, for peer-to-peer communication, using wireless network adapters on each computer, such as two or more TL-WN727N wireless adapters. Note: An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point or wireless router.
  • Page 18 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide In the screen that follows, enter the key of the AP in the empty field. Here takes Key 1234567890 for example. If the wireless network you are trying to connect is security-enabled, you must enter the corresponding key to establish a successful connection.
  • Page 19 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Tx Power - Manually force the AP’s transmitting power. Use RTS Threshold - Here you can specify the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. If you are not sure, please leave it default here.
  • Page 20 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide configuration screen will appear as shown in F igure 3-11 . You can make some changes of the profile, for instance, you can change the Profile Name to name it like My Network.
  • Page 21 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Click Save. The profile should then be exported to the specified location. Figure 3-13 Export a Profile 3.1.2.6. A dd a QSS profile 3 7 B Click the Add QSS Profile icon of the Utility and you can configure the QSS function to join an existing network quickly in the following screen.
  • Page 22 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 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 Push-Button Configuration (PBC) method. Step 1 Press the QSS button on your Access Point device.
  • Page 23 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Step 5 The Adapter will search for the AP to establish connection automatically. Figure 3-18 Step 6 Then wait a moment until F igure 3-19 appears. Figure 3-19 II. PIN Method If your Access Point supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup and the PIN method, you can add the...
  • Page 24 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-20 Step 3 Choose the Config Mode as Enrollee and click the Next icon on the screen below. Meanwhile, enter the PIN code of the adapter (here takes 39566720 in the screen for example) into the configuration utility of the AP.
  • Page 25 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Enter a PIN from my Access Point Step 1 Click the Add to Profile icon on the screen as F igure 3-14 Step 2 Select the desired SSID from the QSS AP List (take TP-LINK_Network1 for example) and then tick PIN/numeric code on the screen below.

  • Page 26: Link Information

    TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Step 4 Click Start PIN on the following screen. Figure 3-25 Start PIN Step 5 When F igure 3-19 appears, the configuration is complete. Note: The default PIN code of the AP always can be found in its label or User Guide.
  • Page 27 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Network Type - The type of network and the station currently connected are shown here. The options include: • Infrastructure (access point) • Ad Hoc Central Channel - The channel of the currently connected AP.

  • Page 28: Advanced

    TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Retransmitted Successfully - Successfully retransmitted frames numbers. Fail To Receive ACK After All Retries - Frames failed transmit after hitting retry limit. Figure 3-29 Receive Statistics Received Successfully - The number of frames successfully received.

  • Page 29: About

    TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Wireless Mode - Specifies 2.4 GHz 150 Mbps, 2.4 GHz 54 Mbps or 2.4 GHz 11 Mbps operation in an access point network. The Wireless adapter must match the wireless mode of the access point with which it associates.

  • Page 30: Configure With Windows Xp Wireless Zero Configuration

    TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Click the Profile icon of the utility and click the Add button on the screen that appears. The Profile configuration screen will appear, please select SSID TPLINK from the drop-down list. Enter Test for the Profile Name, and select Infrastructure for the Network Type, then click Next to the next page.
  • Page 31 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Note: If you have not installed SP2 for Windows XP, the screen above will not be available. 3. Enter the key and click Connect to continue. Figure 3-34 Enter Network Key 4. If the connection is finished, you will see the screen as F igure 3-35 shows.

  • Page 32: Chapter 4 Ap Mode

    Chapter 4 A P Mode Click the icon to switch to AP Mode. In this mode you can use the TL-WN727N 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 33 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Step 1. Click Config AP icon, the following screen will pop up. Click Next to continue. Figure 4-4 Config AP SSID - Enter the SSID of your soft AP, for example, you can name it My Network instead of the default name SoftAP-2A.

  • Page 34: Advanced

    TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide establish a successful connection with your AP. Figure 4-7 A dvanced 1 7 B Click the Advanced icon, the following screen will appear. Here you can make some advanced settings and click Apply to make these settings take effect.
  • Page 35 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-9 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 36 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-10 Add an Mac Address to the List Figure 4-11 Remove an existing Mac Address from the List - 31 -...

  • Page 37: Associate List

    TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-12 Clear All MAC Addresses A ssociate List 1 9 B F igure 4-13 shows the link status page. It displays detailed station information of current connection. Figure 4-13 Mac Table Function...

  • Page 38: About

    TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 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 - The link status of the current connection.

  • Page 39: Chapter 5 Example For Application

    Please ensure the software and hardware environments are well established before configuring. For hardware, at least a PC, a TL-WN727N 150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter and a PSP device are needed. For software, the TL-WN727N Adapter driver should be properly installed.
  • Page 40 TL-WN727N 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 “TP-LINK 150Mbps Wireless Lite N Adapter “and select Properties. Then set the value of “PSP Xlink Mode” as Enable following the red marked instruction in the figure.
  • Page 41 TL-WN727N Wireless N 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 42 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide Step 10. Check whether your PSP device is detected in the Diagnostics mode of Kai as F igure shown: Click the icon first and then click the folder Figure 5-6 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.

  • Page 43: Appendix A: Glossary

    TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide A ppendix 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 44 TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide 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. This is typically the configuration parameter for a wireless PC card.

  • Page 45: Appendix B: Specifications

    TL-WN727N Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide A ppendix B: Specifications General Interface USB 2.0 Connector Standards IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Operating System Windows XP/ Vista/ 7 Safety & Emission FCC, CE Frequency 2.4 ~ 2.4835 GHz 130M: -68dBm...

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