User manual TP-LINK TL-WN861N

[. . . ] is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO. , LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or TL-WN861N Draft N Wireless CardBus Adapter 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. [. . . ] Click Continue Anyway to continue the Installation. 8 TL-WN861N Draft N Wireless CardBus Adapter 2) Figure 2-11 In Windows 2000, the warning screen is shown below (Figure 2-12), and please select Yes to continue installation. Figure 2-12 11. After all the steps above, you will see the screen below, click Finish to complete the installation. 9 TL-WN861N Draft N Wireless CardBus Adapter Figure 2-13 10 TL-WN861N Draft N Wireless CardBus Adapter Chapter 3. Configuration TP-LINK TL-WN861N can be configured by TP-LINK Draft N Wireless Client Utility (11NWCU). This chapter describes how to configure your Adapter for wireless connectivity on your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption features. After Installing the Adapter, the Adapter's tray icon will appear in your system tray. It appears at the bottom of the screen, and shows the signal strength using color and the received signal strength indication (RSSI). If the icon is gray, there is no connection. If the icon is red, there is poor signal strength and the RSSI is less than 5dB. If the icon is yellow, there is poor signal strength and the RSSI is between 5dB and 10dB. If the icon is green, there is good signal strength and the RSSI is between 10dB and 20dB. If the icon is green, there is excellent signal strength and the RSSI is more than 20dB. Double-click the icon and the 11NWCU will run. You can also run the utility by clicking the Start Program TP-LINK TP-LINK Draft N Wireless Client Utility TP-LINK Draft N Wireless Client Utility. The Wireless adapter must match the wireless mode of the access point with which it associates. 17 TL-WN861N Draft N Wireless CardBus Adapter Wireless Mode when Starting an Ad Hoc Network: Specifies 2. 4 GHz 300/54/11 Mbps to start an Ad Hoc network if no matching network name is found after scanning all available modes. This mode also allows the selection of the channel that the Wireless Adapter uses. The channels available depend on the regulatory domain. If the adapter finds no other ad hoc adapters, the channel that the adapter starts the ad hoc network with will be selected automatically. The Adapter must match the wireless mode and channel of the clients it associates. 802. 11 Authentication Mode: Select which mode the Adapter uses to authenticate to an access point: · · Automatic causes the adapter to attempt authentication using shared, but switches it to open authentication if shared fails. Open System enables an adapter to attempt authentication regardless of its WEP settings. It will only associate with the access point if the WEP keys on both the adapter and the access point match. Shared-key only allows the adapter to associate with access points that have the same WEP key. · For infrastructure (access point) networks, click Preferred APs. . . to specify four access points at most to the client adapter that attempts to be associated to the access points. The four access points have different priorities; the frontal has the higher priority. Figure 3-7 3. 2. 2 1. [. . . ] Because a fixed frequency is not used, and only the transmitter and receiver know the hop patterns, interception of FHSS is extremely difficult. Infrastructure Network - An infrastructure network is a group of computers or other devices, each with a Wireless Adapter, connected as an 802. 11 wireless LAN. In infrastructure mode, the wireless devices communicate with each other and to a wired network by first going through an access point. An infrastructure wireless network connected to a wired network is referred to as a Basic Service Set (BSS). [. . . ]