TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter Rev: 1.0.
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. Copyright © 2010 TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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. This equipment has been SAR-evaluated for use in hand. SAR measurements are based on a 5mm spacing from the body and that compliance is achieved at that distance.
TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter Model No.: TL-WN7200ND 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: Directives 1999/5/EC The above product is in conformity with the following standards or other normative documents: ETSI EN 300 328 V1.7.
CONTENTS Package Contents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction .......................................................................................... 2 1.1 Product Overview .............................................................................................. 2 1.2 Main Features ................................................................................................... 2 1.3 LED Status .........
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: ¾ One TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter ¾ One USB extension cable ¾ One Resource CD for TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter, including: • Drivers and Utility • User Guide • Other Helpful Information ) Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Product Overview Thank you for choosing the TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter. The adapter is designed to provide a high-speed and unrivaled wireless performance for your computer. With a faster wireless connection, you can get a better Internet experience, such as downloading, gaming, video streaming and so on. The TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter complies with IEEE 802.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 1.3 LED Status The LED on the top of this card indicates Link/Act status. It blinks when sending and receiving data.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 2 Installation Guide 2.1 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. The LED should light up when the Adapter is plugged in and the PC is on. 2.2 Software Installation 2.2.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-1 Preparing Setup 2. Then you’ll see the screen as follow, you can choose what to be installed. Figure 2-2 Setup Type 3. As next screen, you can select the configuration tool here.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-3 Setup Type I. If you want to install the TP-LINK Wireless Utility, please select the TP-LINK Configuration Tool and click Next. II. 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. 4. Then, choose the destination location.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless 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.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 2-7 Windows XP Warning Box 7. After the files have been successfully copied, the screen in Figure 2-8 will appear. Click the Finish button to finish the wizard. Figure 2-8 InstallShield Wizard Complete After installing the driver successfully, you should see an icon system tray.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 2.3 Uninstall Software 2.3.1 Uninstall the driver software from your PC 1. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the System icon, click on the Hardware tab in the System window. 3. Click on the Device Manager button, double-click Network Adapters, and then right-click TP-LINK 150Mbps Wireless Lite N Adapter. Figure 2-9 Device Manager 4.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 3 Configuration 3.1 Configuration of Utility TL-WN7200ND Wireless USB Adapter can be configured by its utility for Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista. 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. The configuration steps in Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista are similar.
TL-WN7200ND ¾ 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Activate a profile Figure 3-1 Profile Tab 1. 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. Figure 3-2 Add a new profile ¾ Profile Name - Identifies the configuration profile. This name must be unique. Profile names are not case-sensitive.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide ¾ Fragmentation Threshold - This value is the maximum size determining whether packets 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. 2. 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.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-4 Edit a Profile-Auth.\Encry. ¾ Authentication – You can choose the Authentication Type from the pull-down list with three options, Open System, Shared-Key System or LEAP. ¾ 802.1x – It enables when Authentication Type is setting to WPA. ¾ Encryption – Displays which encryption type that the driver is using. When you select Open System, Shared-Key System as Network Authentication, there are two options: WEP and Disabled.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide choices will appear as Figure 3-5. Figure 3-5 Network tab ¾ Rescan: Click the Rescan button to refresh the list at any time. ¾ Add to Profile: Highlight an SSID and click the Add to Profile button to add the network to the profile. The continued steps are similar to add a new profile, please refer to the 3.1.1 Profile: To Add a new profile.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 3.1.4 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. Figure 3-7 Statistics tab 3.1.5 QSS Click the QSS tab of the Utility and you can configure the QSS function to joint an existing network quickly in the following screen.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power 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. I. 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 QSS Button method. Step 1 Press the QSS button on your Access Point device.
TL-WN7200ND 1) 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 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 as Figure 3-10 shown. And then click PIN button to start the wireless connection without doing any configuration for AP. Figure 3-10 QSS - Registrar mode ) Note: The default PIN code of the AP always can be found in its label or User Guide.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 3.1.6 Radio On/Off You can turn on/off the wireless radio by clicking the icon to red of the Utility. The green icon will turn when the wireless radio is turned off. 3.1.7 About Click the About tab of the Utility and you will see the following screen with some information about this adapter. Figure 3-12 About ¾ Utility Version - The version of this utility. ¾ Utility Date - The creation date of this utility.
TL-WN7200ND 3. 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 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. 4. Click OK to save this profile. 5. Highlight the profile named Test on the profile list and click Activate on the Profile screen. The utility will establish a connection with this AP by configured profile. 3.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-15 Acquiring network address 4. If the connection is finished, the icon will display like the next screen shown.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power 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-WN7200ND 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” to select one of them to be “WAN”.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-3 Config Setting Page ¾ SSID – Enter the SSID of your soft AP, or you can press “<- Use Mac Address” button to keep the Mac Address as your SSID. ¾ Channel – Select the channel from the drop-down list. This field determines which operating frequency will be used. ¾ Beacon – Enter a value between 20-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here. The beacons are the packets sent by the router to synchronize a wireless network.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-4 Access Control Function ¾ ¾ 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. • Reject All - Disable all the MAC addresses in the Access List to access the AP. Mac Address – Manually force the Mac address using the function, and press Add to Access List.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-5 Mac Table Function ¾ MAC Address – The station’s Mac address of the current connection. ¾ AID – Raise value by current connection. ¾ Power Saving Mode – Support Power Saving Mode on the currently connected station. ¾ Status – The link status of the current connection. 4.4 Event Log A record of all event times and messages, shown as below.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-6 Event Log Page ¾ Event Time (yy/mm/dd-hh:mm:ss) – Displays the event time recorded. ¾ Message – Displays all event messages. 4.5 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.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-7 Transmit and Receive statistics 4.6 About The About page displays the wireless card and driver version information as shown in Figure 4-8.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 4-8 About Page - 27 -
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Chapter 5 Example for Application 5.1 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-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter and a PSP device are needed. For software, the TL-WN7200ND Adapter driver should be properly installed. Please operate as follows: Step 1. Connect the website of X-LINK http://www.teamxlink.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Step 4. Open the wireless mode of the PSP device, then start an internet game. 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. Figure 5-2 Step 6. Click Start > Control Panel > Network. Figure 5-3 Step 7.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power 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. Step 9. Launch TP-LINK Wireless Utility, then highlight the Network Name (SSID) beginning with “PSP” in the “Network” page, and click Connect.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power 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.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 5-8 - 32 -
TL-WN7200ND Appendix A: 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide 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. 802.
TL-WN7200ND 150Mbps High Power Wireless 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. It corresponds to the ESSID in the wireless Access Point and to the wireless network name.
TL-WN7200ND Appendix B: 150Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Specifications General Interface Mini-USB Connector Standards IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11b Operating System Windows 2000/ XP/ Vista/ 7 Safety & Emission FCC, CE Frequency 2.4 ~ 2.