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... for help. Note: The manufacturer is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for any other antenna or transmitter. This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in a particular installation. The antennas used in accordance with part 15 ...and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from all persons and must accept any other antenna or transmitter." CE Mark Warning This device complies with the instructions, may cause undesired operation. Any changes or modifications not expressly...
... for help. Note: The manufacturer is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/ TV technician for any other antenna or transmitter. This device and its antenna must not be co-located or operating in a particular installation. The antennas used in accordance with part 15 ...and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from all persons and must accept any other antenna or transmitter." CE Mark Warning This device complies with the instructions, may cause undesired operation. Any changes or modifications not expressly...
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CONTENTS Chapter 1 Product Overview 1 1.1 Introduction ...1 1.2 Features ...1 1.3 LED Status ...1 Chapter 2 Connect to a Computer 2 Chapter 3 Install Driver and Utility 3 Chapter 4 Join a Wireless Network 6 4.1 TP-LINK Utility...6 4.2 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup 7 4.3 Windows Wireless Utility 10 Chapter 5 Management 12 5.1 Status...12 5.2 Profile...12 5.3 Advanced ...15 5.4 SoftAP (For Windows 7 and above 15 5.5 About...16 Chapter 6 Uninstall Driver and Utility 17 Appendix A: Specifications 18 Appendix B: Glossary 19
CONTENTS Chapter 1 Product Overview 1 1.1 Introduction ...1 1.2 Features ...1 1.3 LED Status ...1 Chapter 2 Connect to a Computer 2 Chapter 3 Install Driver and Utility 3 Chapter 4 Join a Wireless Network 6 4.1 TP-LINK Utility...6 4.2 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup 7 4.3 Windows Wireless Utility 10 Chapter 5 Management 12 5.1 Status...12 5.2 Profile...12 5.3 Advanced ...15 5.4 SoftAP (For Windows 7 and above 15 5.5 About...16 Chapter 6 Uninstall Driver and Utility 17 Appendix A: Specifications 18 Appendix B: Glossary 19
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TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Chapter 1 Product Overview 1.1 Introduction The TP-LINK TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter connects your desktop computer over Wi-Fi to an 11n or other network for applications such as lag-free video streaming, online gaming, and secure Internet surfing. 1.2 Features Dual band support - 2.4GHz or 5GHz channels bring an optimized HD video streaming, file sharing and online experience...
TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Chapter 1 Product Overview 1.1 Introduction The TP-LINK TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter connects your desktop computer over Wi-Fi to an 11n or other network for applications such as lag-free video streaming, online gaming, and secure Internet surfing. 1.2 Features Dual band support - 2.4GHz or 5GHz channels bring an optimized HD video streaming, file sharing and online experience...
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TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Chapter 2 Connect to a Computer Before you begin using your adapter, connect the adapter to your computer. Note: In Windows XP/Vista, a Found New Hardware Wizard window will appear when the adapter is detected. Remove the case panel. Replace the case panel. 6. Please click Cancel. 2 Locate an available PCI-E slot and remove its slot cover. 4. Carefully insert the adapter into...
TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Chapter 2 Connect to a Computer Before you begin using your adapter, connect the adapter to your computer. Note: In Windows XP/Vista, a Found New Hardware Wizard window will appear when the adapter is detected. Remove the case panel. Replace the case panel. 6. Please click Cancel. 2 Locate an available PCI-E slot and remove its slot cover. 4. Carefully insert the adapter into...
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... included in Windows 7 as an example - TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Chapter 3 Install Driver and Utility The Setup Wizard will pop up AutoPlay window. If your CD does not work or your CD drive and click the Run Autorun.exe from the TP-LINK website (www.tp-link.com). In some operating systems, the CD screen will guide you through the installation procedures. We use the...
... included in Windows 7 as an example - TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Chapter 3 Install Driver and Utility The Setup Wizard will pop up AutoPlay window. If your CD does not work or your CD drive and click the Run Autorun.exe from the TP-LINK website (www.tp-link.com). In some operating systems, the CD screen will guide you through the installation procedures. We use the...
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It is recommended to specify the location for the software installation. If you can leave it default. Click Next. 5. Click Next. 4. Click Install. Click Finish. 4 After a few minutes, the installation completes. Choose a setup type. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide 3. Or you want to change install location, click Change to select Install TP-LINK Wireless Configuration Utility and Driver.
It is recommended to specify the location for the software installation. If you can leave it default. Click Next. 5. Click Next. 4. Click Install. Click Finish. 4 After a few minutes, the installation completes. Choose a setup type. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide 3. Or you want to change install location, click Change to select Install TP-LINK Wireless Configuration Utility and Driver.
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Its icon appears on the desktop as and in the Windows system tray as . You can use the TP-LINK utility to Join a Wireless Network. 5 For more guidance, please refer to join a Wi-Fi network with your adapter. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide 6. TP-LINK utility pops up after installation.
Its icon appears on the desktop as and in the Windows system tray as . You can use the TP-LINK utility to Join a Wireless Network. 5 For more guidance, please refer to join a Wi-Fi network with your adapter. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide 6. TP-LINK utility pops up after installation.
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...Utility You can use the Windows WLAN Autoconfig service (for Windows 8.1/8/7/Vista) and the Wireless Zero Configuration service (for easily adding computers and other devices to a Wi-Fi network and manage the adapter. If you easily connect the adapter to a home network. Option 1: TP-LINK Utility TP-LINK Utility lets you want to join a Wi-Fi network. Select the network you want the adapter to automatically connect to join a Wi-Fi network. 4.1 TP-LINK Utility 1. Enter your wireless router or access point supports WPS. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide...
...Utility You can use the Windows WLAN Autoconfig service (for Windows 8.1/8/7/Vista) and the Wireless Zero Configuration service (for easily adding computers and other devices to a Wi-Fi network and manage the adapter. If you easily connect the adapter to a home network. Option 1: TP-LINK Utility TP-LINK Utility lets you want to join a Wi-Fi network. Select the network you want the adapter to automatically connect to join a Wi-Fi network. 4.1 TP-LINK Utility 1. Enter your wireless router or access point supports WPS. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide...
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Please refer to join it by WPS or by adding a profile in the Profile screen. 4.2 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) WPS can be activated via PBC (Push Button Configuration) and PIN code. Open TP-LINK Utility and click WPS tab. Select Push the button on your Wi-Fi network is not displayed in the list, you can try to PBC or PIN below. PBC 1. Press the WPS/QSS button on my access point or wireless router and click Connect. 7 TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Note: If your router or AP. 2.
Please refer to join it by WPS or by adding a profile in the Profile screen. 4.2 WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) WPS can be activated via PBC (Push Button Configuration) and PIN code. Open TP-LINK Utility and click WPS tab. Select Push the button on your Wi-Fi network is not displayed in the list, you can try to PBC or PIN below. PBC 1. Press the WPS/QSS button on my access point or wireless router and click Connect. 7 TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Note: If your router or AP. 2.
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Select Enter the PIN of your router or AP. Click Connect. 8 Click OK. PIN Option 1 1. Enter the PIN of my access point or wireless router. The following screen indicates a successful connection by WPS. Open TP-LINK Utility and click WPS tab. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide 3.
Select Enter the PIN of your router or AP. Click Connect. 8 Click OK. PIN Option 1 1. Enter the PIN of my access point or wireless router. The following screen indicates a successful connection by WPS. Open TP-LINK Utility and click WPS tab. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide 3.
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.... TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Note: The default PIN of your router or AP is printed on the product label of the adapter, which is generated randomly. The following screen indicates a successful connection by WPS. Option 2 (For Windows XP and Windows Vista only) 1. Click OK. 9 Open TP-LINK Utility and click WPS tab. Log in to the WPS page, enter the PIN of your router, please enter the new one...
.... TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Note: The default PIN of your router or AP is printed on the product label of the adapter, which is generated randomly. The following screen indicates a successful connection by WPS. Option 2 (For Windows XP and Windows Vista only) 1. Click OK. 9 Open TP-LINK Utility and click WPS tab. Log in to the WPS page, enter the PIN of your router, please enter the new one...
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... Connect. Click or (Network icon) on your router or AP, or entering the PIN of your Wi-Fi password when prompted. Note: If you do not see the icon, click the hidden icons arrow on the system tray. (If you want to use your Wi-Fi password when prompted. 10 TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide 4.3 Windows Wireless Utility Follow the instructions in wireless utility: Windows 8.1/8/7, Windows...
... Connect. Click or (Network icon) on your router or AP, or entering the PIN of your Wi-Fi password when prompted. Note: If you do not see the icon, click the hidden icons arrow on the system tray. (If you want to use your Wi-Fi password when prompted. 10 TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide 4.3 Windows Wireless Utility Follow the instructions in wireless utility: Windows 8.1/8/7, Windows...
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... know its wireless settings, such as SSID, security type, and encryption type. Save or manage various Wi-Fi network connection settings. SoftAP - Moreover, you can join a hidden Wi-Fi network that does not broadcast its Driver version. View the information of the current Wi-Fi network connection and of your adapter when it works on or off the SoftAP mode (for Windows 7 and above) and power saving mode, switch between TP-LINK Utility and Windows Wireless Utility (for Windows XP only...
... know its wireless settings, such as SSID, security type, and encryption type. Save or manage various Wi-Fi network connection settings. SoftAP - Moreover, you can join a hidden Wi-Fi network that does not broadcast its Driver version. View the information of the current Wi-Fi network connection and of your adapter when it works on or off the SoftAP mode (for Windows 7 and above) and power saving mode, switch between TP-LINK Utility and Windows Wireless Utility (for Windows XP only...
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... a wireless router or an access point. Network Type - Select your Wi-Fi network from the drop-down list or enter your profile, such as shown in the following figure, and click Save. Enter a name for your network, including choosing the operating frequency band, the security type, the encryption type and setting a security key. 13 Do not enter the profile name that already exists. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide To add a new profile...
... a wireless router or an access point. Network Type - Select your Wi-Fi network from the drop-down list or enter your profile, such as shown in the following figure, and click Save. Enter a name for your network, including choosing the operating frequency band, the security type, the encryption type and setting a security key. 13 Do not enter the profile name that already exists. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide To add a new profile...
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... another adapter among the drop-down list. Click the SoftAP tab, and complete the settings, then click Apply for Software enabled Access Point. SoftAP mode - After switching to SoftAP mode, the SoftAP icon appears in other wireless devices nearby can switch to SoftAP mode, right-click the utility icon in your computer, you can either use . Once ON is disabled. In Windows XP. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide 5.3 Advanced Select wireless configuration...
... another adapter among the drop-down list. Click the SoftAP tab, and complete the settings, then click Apply for Software enabled Access Point. SoftAP mode - After switching to SoftAP mode, the SoftAP icon appears in other wireless devices nearby can switch to SoftAP mode, right-click the utility icon in your computer, you can either use . Once ON is disabled. In Windows XP. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide 5.3 Advanced Select wireless configuration...
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... the network shared by your adapter. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Soft AP mode: Select ON or OFF to enable or disable this IP Address. When another key instead of the adapter when it means that the Internet connection is recommended that you should select the corresponding Local Area Connection so as the UI version (Utility version) and the Driver version. Right-click (TP-LINK Utility icon) in SoftAP mode.
... the network shared by your adapter. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Soft AP mode: Select ON or OFF to enable or disable this IP Address. When another key instead of the adapter when it means that the Internet connection is recommended that you should select the corresponding Local Area Connection so as the UI version (Utility version) and the Driver version. Right-click (TP-LINK Utility icon) in SoftAP mode.
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... uninstallation. TP-LINK Wireless Configuration Utility, then follow the on -screen instructions to complete the uninstallation. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Chapter 6 Uninstall Driver and Utility The software uninstallation steps vary a bit in different systems, please follow the appropriate instructions for your Windows operating system: Windows 8/8.1, Windows XP/Vista/7. Windows 8/8.1 Uninstall driver: Go to Start > Apps, and find the TP-LINK application. Click Uninstall - Uninstall utility: Go to Start > Apps...
... uninstallation. TP-LINK Wireless Configuration Utility, then follow the on -screen instructions to complete the uninstallation. TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide Chapter 6 Uninstall Driver and Utility The software uninstallation steps vary a bit in different systems, please follow the appropriate instructions for your Windows operating system: Windows 8/8.1, Windows XP/Vista/7. Windows 8/8.1 Uninstall driver: Go to Start > Apps, and find the TP-LINK application. Click Uninstall - Uninstall utility: Go to Start > Apps...
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... character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. MIMO uses multiple transmitter and receiver antennas to -peer basis, communicating directly with each with a Wireless Adapter, connected as a Basic Service Set (BSS). A Service Set Identification is typically the configuration parameter for wireless networking at 54 Mbps using OFDM modulation and operating in a single network is referred to the ESSID in the IEEE 802.11 standard. For the wireless devices in radio band at...
... character (maximum) alphanumeric key identifying a wireless local area network. MIMO uses multiple transmitter and receiver antennas to -peer basis, communicating directly with each with a Wireless Adapter, connected as a Basic Service Set (BSS). A Service Set Identification is typically the configuration parameter for wireless networking at 54 Mbps using OFDM modulation and operating in a single network is referred to the ESSID in the IEEE 802.11 standard. For the wireless devices in radio band at...
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... by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standards group promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices. WPA - (Wi-Fi Protected Access) - alphanumeric characters) format. A trade name for use over the network. A wireless security protocol uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption, which can be used in HEX (hexadecimal - TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide WEP network, you must determine...
... by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, see http://www.wi-fi.net), an industry standards group promoting interoperability among 802.11b devices. WPA - (Wi-Fi Protected Access) - alphanumeric characters) format. A trade name for use over the network. A wireless security protocol uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) encryption, which can be used in HEX (hexadecimal - TL-WDN3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band PCI Express Adapter User Guide WEP network, you must determine...
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... panel. Note: In Windows XP, a Found New Hardware Wizard window will pop up utility window and click Connect. Please click Cancel. 2 Install Driver and Utility You can also download the driver and utility at www.tp-link.com A: Insert the CD and run the CD manually. TL-WDN3800 TL-WDN3800 Install Driver and Utility User Guide 300TML-bWpsDNT3P20-0LINK TL-WDN3200 Browse CD EXIT 3 Join a Wireless Network Option 1: Via TP-LINK Utility Select your Wi-Fi network, and click Connect. TL-WDN3800 7106505431 REV2.0.0 For more...
... panel. Note: In Windows XP, a Found New Hardware Wizard window will pop up utility window and click Connect. Please click Cancel. 2 Install Driver and Utility You can also download the driver and utility at www.tp-link.com A: Insert the CD and run the CD manually. TL-WDN3800 TL-WDN3800 Install Driver and Utility User Guide 300TML-bWpsDNT3P20-0LINK TL-WDN3200 Browse CD EXIT 3 Join a Wireless Network Option 1: Via TP-LINK Utility Select your Wi-Fi network, and click Connect. TL-WDN3800 7106505431 REV2.0.0 For more...