User manual TP-LINK TL-WN881ND

[. . . ] is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO. , LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or 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. [. . . ] 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 TWCU utility will run. You can also run the utility by clicking the Start>Program>TP-LINK>TWCU 4. 1. 2. 94>TP-LINK Wireless Client Utility. The TWCU utility provides a complete and easy to use set of tools to: Display current status information Edit and add configuration profiles 9 TL-WN881ND/TL-WN552AG/TL-WN553AG Display current diagnostics information The section below introduces these above capabilities. 54M Wireless Adapter User Guide 3. 1 Current Status The Current Status tab contains general information about the program and its operations. The Current Status tab does not require any configurations. Figure 3-2 Current Status The following table describes the items found on the Current Status screen. Profile Name - The name of current selected configuration profile. Set up the configuration name on the General tab of Profile Management. Link Status - Shows whether the station is associated to the wireless network. Wireless Mode - Displays the wireless mode. Configure the wireless mode on the Advanced tab of Profile Management. None: No security (not recommended). Figure 3-7 Define Shared Keys Note: If the access point that the wireless adapter is associating to has WEP set to Optional and the client has WEP enabled, make sure that Allow Association to Mixed Cells is checked on the Security Tab to allow association. To complete WEP encryption configuration, you must select the 802. 11 Authentication Mode as appropriate on the Advanced tab of this Profile Management dialog. Edit the Advanced tab Power Save Mode · Maximum - Selects maximum mode to let the access point buffer incoming messages for the wireless adapter. The adapter will detect the access point if any messages are waiting periodically. Normal - In Normal mode, the adapter will be switched to maximum mode automatically when no large packets are retrieved. Off - turns power saving off, thus powering up the wireless adapter continuously for a short message response time. · · Network Type: Select Infrastructure or Ad Hoc. 802. 11b Preamble: Specifies the preamble setting in 802. 11b. The default setting is Short & Long (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. Set to Long Only to override allowing short frames. Wireless Mode: Specifies 5 GHz 54 Mbps or 2. 4 GHz 54 Mbps or 2. 4 GHz 11 Mbps operation in an access point network. [. . . ] Ad-hoc wireless computers operate on a peer-to-peer basis, communicating directly with each other without the use of an access point. 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. This bit pattern is called a chip (or chipping code). [. . . ]