TP-Link TL-WN320G User manual

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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. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user
is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
(1) This device may not cause harmful interference.
(2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.
Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
CE Declaration of Conformity
For the following equipment: TL-WN320G
Is herewith confirmed to comply with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on
the Approximation of the Laws of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic
Compatibility (89/336/EEC), Low-voltage Directive (73/23/EEC) and the Amendment
Directive (93/68/EEC), the procedures given in European Council Directive 99/5/EC and
89/3360EEC.
The equipment was passed. The test was performed according to the following
European standards:
 EN 300 328 V.1.4.1 (2003-04)
 EN 301 489-1 V.1.3.1 (2001-09) / EN 301 489-17 V.1.1.1 (2000-09)
 EN 301 893 V.1.2.2 (2003-06)
 EN 60950: 2000
European standards dictate maximum radiated transmit power of 100mW EIRP and
frequency range 2.400-2.4835GHz; In France, the equipment must be restricted to the
2.4465-2.4835GHz frequency range and must be restricted to indoor use.

Package Contents............................................................................................................. 1
Chapter 1: Introduction...................................................................................................... 2
1.1 Overview of the product....................................................................................... 2
1.2 Features............................................................................................................... 2
1.3 LED Status........................................................................................................... 2
Chapter 2: Installation Guide............................................................................................. 3
2.1 Software Installation............................................................................................. 3
2.1.1 Overview.................................................................................................... 3
2.1.2 Software Installation for Windows 2000..................................................... 3
2.2 Hardware Installation ........................................................................................... 6
2.3 Uninstall Software................................................................................................ 6
2.3.1 Uninstall the driver software from your PC................................................. 6
2.3.2 Uninstall the utility software from your PC ................................................. 7
Chapter 3: Configuration................................................................................................... 8
3.1 Network Status..................................................................................................... 8
3.2 Site Scan.............................................................................................................11
3.3 Statistics............................................................................................................. 13
3.4 Encryption.......................................................................................................... 14
3.5 Info..................................................................................................................... 15
3.6 Profile................................................................................................................. 17
3.7 An example for application................................................................................. 18
Appendix A: Specifications.............................................................................................. 19
Appendix B: Glossary...................................................................................................... 20
Appendix C: Contact Information .................................................................................... 22

TL-WN320G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide
Package Contents
The following contents should be found in your box:
 One TL-WN320G Wireless USBAdapter
 One USB extension cable
 Quick Installation Guide
 One TL-WN320G WirelessAdapter Resource CD, including:
• Utility and Drivers
• User Guide
• Other Helpful Information
Note: If any of the listed contents is damaged or missing, please contact the retailer from
whom you purchased the TL-WN320 WirelessAdapter for assistance.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Overview of the product
The TP-LINK TL-WN320G Wireless USB Adapter gives you the flexibility to install your
PC or notebook PC in the most convenient location available, without the cost of running
the network cables.
Its auto-sensing capability allows high packet transfer up to 54Mbps for maximum
throughput, or dynamic range shifting to lower speeds due to distance or operating
limitations in an environment with a lot of electromagnetic interference. It can also
interoperate with all 11Mbps wireless (802.11b) products. Your wireless communications
are protected by up to 128-bit WEP and WPA encryption, so your data stays secure.
1.2 Features
 Complies with IEEE802.11g, IEEE802.11b standards
 Supports WPA data security, TKIP/AES encryption, 64/128-bit WEP encryption
 Supports 54/48/36/24/18/12/9/6/11/5.5/2/1Mbps wireless LAN data transfer rates
 Provides USB interface
 Supports Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure modes
 Supports roaming between access points when configured in Infrastructure mode
 Eases configuration and provides monitoring information
 Supports Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP
 Internal Antenna
1.3 LED Status
LED Indications Status Working Status
Green Lit The adapter has power
Green Flashing The adapter is active.
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Chapter 2: Installation Guide
2.1 Software Installation
2.1.1 Overview
The Adapter’s Setup Wizard will guide you through the installation procedure for
Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP. The Setup Wizard will install the Utility and drivers.
If you install the hardware before the software, the system will prompt “Found New
Hardware Wizard”, click the Cancel button, and run the Setup Wizard program on the
CD-ROM.
The Setup steps for windows 98SE, Me, 2000 and windows XP are very similar. The
following setup steps are for windows 2000.
2.1.2 Software Installation for Windows 2000
1. Insert the Resource CD into your CD-ROM drive, click the Start button and choose
Run. In the field that appears, enter F:\XXX\Setup.exe (if “F” is the letter of your
CD-ROM drive; XXX presents the setup program path, which is labeled on the
Resource CD), figure 2-1 should then appear.
2. You can click the Cancel button to end the installation on the Preparing Setup
screen, figure 2-1. Otherwise, the Setup Wizard will display a screen similar to that
shown in figure 2-2 after a moment.
Figure 2-1 Preparing Setup
3. To continue, click the Next button on the screen, figure 2-2. Click the Cancel button
to end the Installation.
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Figure 2-2 Start Setup
4. The Setup Wizard will ask you to choose a Setup type in figure 2-3. It is
recommended that you select all (including TL-WN320G 1.0 Driver and
TL-WN320G 1.0 Utility). Select TL-WN320G 1.0 Driver only to install driver only,
select TL-WN320G 1.0 Utility to install utility only. You can click the Browse...
button to change the Destination Folder for the software. Click the Next button to
continue the Installation. Click the Back button to return to the previous page, or
click the Cancel button to end the Installation.
Figure 2-3 Select the setup type.
5. While files are copying, you will see a warning box shown in figure 2-4. Please
select YES to continue installation. Our drivers have been tested thoroughly, and are
able to work with the operating system.
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Figure 2-4 Windows 2000 Warning Box
Note: In Windows XP, the warning box is similar to that shown figure 2-5, Please select
Continue Anyway to continue installation.
Figure 2-5 Windows XP Warning Box
6. After the files have been successfully copied, the screen in figure 2-6 will appear.
Click the Finish button to finish the wizard.
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Figure 2-6 Finish
7. After installing the software, Please plug the adapter into your PC. If you need
instructions as to how to do this, please refer to section 2.2 Hardware Installation. If
you have plugged it into you PC already, please un-plug it and plug it back in. The
OS will automatically detect the adapter and automatically setup the driver for the
adapter. If it does not, please follow the setup steps to finish the driver installation.
After installing the driver successfully, you should see an icon, or , appear in
your system tray
2.2 Hardware Installation
1. Connect one end of the USB cable to theAdapter.
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. The LED
should light up when the Adapter is plugged in and the PC is on.
2.3 Uninstall Software
2.3.1 Uninstall the driver software from your PC
1. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click
Control Panel.
2. Double-click the System icon, click on the Hardware tab in the System window that
appears.
3. Click on the Device Manager button, double-click Network Adapters, and then
right-click TL-WN320G 1.0 USB WLAN Adapter.
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Figure 2-7 uninstall driver
4. Click Uninstall..., shown in above figure 2-7, the system will uninstall the driver
software of the adapter from your PC.
2.3.2 Uninstall the utility software from your PC
1. You can uninstall the utility software by clicking the Start>Program>TP-LINK>
TL-WN320G 1.0>Uninstall TL-WN320G 1.0 Utility, shown in figure 2-8:
Figure 2-8 uninstall utility software
2. Please follow the Install Shield Wizard steps, the system will uninstall the utility
software from your PC automatically.
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Chapter 3: Configuration
TP-LINK TL-WN320G Wireless USBAdapter can be configured by its utility. This section
describes how to configure your Wireless USB Adapter for wireless connectivity on your
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption features.
After the Adapter's driver and utility has been installed, the adapter’s tray icon, or
, will appear in your system tray. 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>
TL-WN320G 1.0> TL-WN320G1.0 Utility. If the icon still does not appear, the driver or
utility may be installed incorrectly or the adapter is unplugged, please try again.
Icon , means the connection has been established. Icon , means there is no
connection.
Double-click the icon and the configuration screen of the utility will appear. You can
also run the utility by clicking: Start> Program> TP-LINK> TL-WN320G 1.0>
TL-WN320G1.0 Utility. The utility provides a complete and easy to use set of tools to:
 Display current status information
 Edit and add configured profiles
 Display current diagnostics information
The section below introduces these above capabilities.
Note: If your OS is Windows XP, you can use Windows XP to configure the wireless
network settings. (To use this function, you must update Windows XP to Windows XP
sp1).
If you want to use Windows XP to configure wireless network settings, you should exit
the utility. Right-click the icon , at the bottom of the screen, and click Exit to exit the
utility.
3.1 Network Status
The Network Status tab displays the adapter's current status.
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Figure 3-1 Network Status
The following table describes the items found on the Network Status screen.
 Link Status - Shows whether the station is connected to the wireless network.
 Network Mode - Displays the wireless mode, either Ad-hoc or Infrastructure mode.
 Network Authentication - Displays which authentication type that the driver is
using. There are four options: Open System, Shared-Key System, Auto Switch
and WPA-PSK.
• Open System -IEEE802.11 Open System authentication.
• Shared-Key System -IEEE802.11 Shared Key authentication.
• Auto Switch -Select Shared-Key System or Open System authentication
type automatically based on the wireless station request.
• WPA-PSK -WPA authentication type based on pre-shared passphrase.
 Data Encryption - Displays which encryption type that the driver is using. When you
select Open System, Shared-Key System, or Auto Switch as Network
Authentication, there are two options: WEP and Disabled. If you select WPA-PSK
as Network Authentication, there are TKIP and AES options instead of WEP and
Disabled.
 Transmit Key Index - Displays which key group that the adapter is using.
 Network Key - The value of the Key in use. When you select WPA-PSK as
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Network Authentication, this option will change to Passphrase.
 SSID (Service Set Identification)-The IEEE 802.11 wireless network name. For the
wireless devices in a network to communicate with each other, all devices must be
configured with the same SSID. This value is case-sensitive. For example, TP-LINK
is NOT the same as TP-Link.
 Channel - Shows the current channel in use. This field determines which operating
frequency will be used.
 TxRate - Shows the current Transfer rate.
Click the Change button to modify the above items. After you have modified any desired
items on this page, you can click the Connect button to establish the wireless network
connection or click the Undo button to restore previous values.
Figure 3-2 Modify – Shared-Key system
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Figure 3-2a Modify - WPA-PSK
3.2 Site Scan
Click the Site Scan tab of the Utility and the Site Scan screen will appear, figure 3-3. On
the Site Scan screen you can scan the Available Infrastructure andAd Hoc Networks.
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Figure 3-3 Site Scan tab
Click the Re-Fresh button to refresh the list at any time. Highlight an SSID and click the
Connect button to connect to an available network. If the network is encrypted, you
should complete the network encryption items first.
If you want to save the current configuration for the connection, please click the Add to
Profile button and the utility will prompt a screen for configuration, shown in figure 3-4:
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Figure 3-4 Profile
Fill in the above items carefully and click OK to save it. The items found on the Network
Status screen are described below:
 Profile Name - The name of current selected configuration profile.
 Power Save - The power save mode, either CAM or MAX PSP, or Fast PSP
• CAM - Continuous Access Mode.
• MAX PSP - Maximum Power Saving.
• Fast PSP - Fast Power Saving mode.
 Preamble - Specifies the preamble setting in 802.11b. The default setting is Auto
Switch (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.
Note:
1. If you need instructions as to how to configure other items on this screen,
please refer to section 3.1 Network Status.
2. The last four items usually need not change.
3.3 Statistics
The Statistics tab shows receiving and transmitting statistical information.
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Figure 3-5 Statistics tab
 Link State - Displays the current link status for the wireless adapter including Mode,
Connect to SSID and Associate BSSID.
• Mode - Displays the current network mode, either Ad-hoc or Infrastructure.
• Connect to SSID - Displays the current SSID of the wireless network the
adapter has connected to.
• Associate BSSID - Displays the current BSSID of the wireless network the
adapter associated.
 Signal Strength and Signal Quality - Display the strength and quality of the signal.
In Ad-Hoc mode, this item will not be displayed here.
 Turn Radio OFF - The wireless radio of this adapter can be enabled or disabled.
You can turn the wireless radio off by selecting the check-box.
 Statistics Information - This field displays receiving and transmitting statistics
information of the adapter, including Tx OK, Tx Failed, Rx OK and Rx Failed. If you
desire more information about this adapter, please click the Detail button. Click the
Reset button to reset the count of the statistics information.
3.4 Encryption
On this Screen, you can configure the WEP key or view the configured WEP key.
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Figure 3-6 Encryption tab
 Data Encryption: Selects the data encryption type, either WEP or Disabled. If you
select Disabled, the following fields do not need to be filled.
 Transmit Key Index: Selects which the key group that the adapter will use.
 Key #1, Key #2, Key #3, Key #4: The Key groups. You can enter 10 hexadecimal
digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F) or 5 ASCII characters for 64-bit (also called
40bits) encryption. You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f,
A-F) or 13 ASCII characters for 128-bit (also called 104bits) encryption.
Click the Password button to enter the password for viewing the key.
Click the Hide button to hide the keys in "*" format.
Click the View button to view hidden keys. Note: you need to enter the password to view
hidden keys. The password can be set by clicking the Password button.
Click the Apply button to save the keys.
3.5 Info
This screen displays some information about this adapter, including Driver Date, Driver
Version, Utility Date, Utility Version, MAC Address, IP Address, SubMask, Power Save
mode and Preamble.
 Driver Date - The creation date of the wireless network adapter driver.
 Driver Version - The version of the wireless network adapter driver.
 Utility Date - The creation date of this utility.
 Utility Version - The version of this utility.
 MAC Address - The MAC address of the wireless network adapter.
 IP Address - The IP address of the wireless network.
 SubMask - The subnet mask of the wireless network.
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Figure 3-7 Info.
The screen will appear shown in figure 3-8, after you click the Advance button. On this
screen, you can configure Power Save mode and Preamble mode.
Figure 3-8 Advanced configuration
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