TP-Link N150 Wireless Nano USB Adapter (TL-WN725N) User Manual

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Chapter 2 Installation 
2.1 Hardware Installation 
Plug the Adapter directly to the USB port on your computer.   
 
 
)Note:   
When the hardware has been successfully insta lled on your computer, you will be prompted 
 Found New Hardware Wizard  (as shown in Figure 2-1 and  Figure 2-2); please click  Cancel, 
and then follow the  Sof

tware Installation  steps to install driver and utility for your adapter. 
 
Figure 2-1 Found New Hardware Wizard in Windows XP  
						

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Figure 2-2 Found New Hardware Wizard in Windows Vista 
2.2  Software Installation 
The adapter’s Setup Wizard will guide you thro ugh the installation procedures for Windows 7, 
Windows Vista, and Windows XP. The procedures  in different systems are quite similar, 
therefore here takes the procedures in Windows 7 for example.   
1.  Insert the Resource CD into y our CD-ROM drive and then select model  TL-WN725N on 
the window that pops up (a s shown in the below Figure 2-3). There will be a m
 enu including: 
Install  Driver&Utility  and User Guide . Click Install Driver&Utility  to begin. 
 
Figure 2-3  
						

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2.  You will be prompted to choose a setup language from a drop-down list of 14 ones; then 
click  OK to proceed. As follows we take  English setup for example. 
 
Figure 2-4 
3. The  InstallShield Wizard window will appear. Click  Next to continue. 
 
Figure 2-5  
						

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4.  Choose a setup type. It is recommended to select Install TP-LINK Wireless 
Configuration Utility and Driver . Selecting Install Driver Only  will only install driver. 
Click Next  to continue. 
 
Figure 2-6 
5. Click  Change…  to specify the destinati on location for the software or you can leave it 
default. Click  Next in the screen below to continue. 
 
Figure 2-7  
						

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6. Click Install to continue the setup. 
 
Figure 2-8 
7.  The utility and drivers will install. This may take 1~2 minutes. 
 
Figure 2-9  
						

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8.  After all the steps above, you will see the screen below. Click  Finish to complete the setup. 
 
Figure 2-10 
9.  After installation, the utili ty configuration page will automat ically pop up as shown in the 
following figure and the icon 
  will appear in your system tray. To connect to a network, 
please refer to 
XChapter 3 Connect to a Wireless Network. 
 
Figure 2-11  
						

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Chapter 3 Connect to a Wireless Network 
With both the hardware and software successfully in stalled into your computer, you can quickly 
connect to a wireless network usi ng one of the following methods. 
¾ Method One: To connect using TWCU  (TP-LINK  Wireless C onfiguration  Utility) 
TL-WN725N uses the TWCU as the management so ftware. The utility provides you an easy 
interface to connect to a network and to change any settings related to the wireless adapter.   
¾  Method Two: To connect using WPS 
By this method, you can connect to your network  quickly on the condition that your Router or 
access point supports WPS or QSS as is called by some other products.   
¾  Method Three: To connect using Windows built-in wireless utility 
Windows users may use the built-in wireless utility  to connect to a wireless network. For specific 
operations, please go to  Section 3.3 To connect using Wi ndows built-in wireless utility
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3.1  To connect using TWCU 
1.  After installation, the util ity configuration page will automatically pop up on the screen. If the 
utility page does not pop  up, you can also launch the  utility by double-clicking on the 
 
icon on your desktop or the icon 
  in your system tray.   
 
Figure 3-1 
2. The  Network page will display all wireless networks that are available in your area. To 
connect to a network, simply highlight t he wireless network name (SSID) and click 
Connect . If you tick  Connect automatically , the adapter will automatic ally connect to your 
target network next time.  
						

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Figure 3-2 
3.  You will be prompted differ ent windows when you choose wireless network of different 
security types. 
1)  Wireless network of  WPA/WPA2-PSK 
If you selected a wireless network of the  security type WPA/WPA2-PSK, you will be 
prompted to enter the password in the  security key field, as shown in Figure 3-3. Or you 
can push th

e  WPS /QSS  button on your Router (if it f eatures the WPS/QSS function) to 
quickly build a connection without entering the security key (password). 
 
Figure 3-3 
)  Note: 
The security key (password) can be found on the  configuration page of your Router or Access 
Point.  
2)  Wireless network of  WPA/WPA2 
If you selected a wireless network of the security type WPA/WPA2, you will be prompted to 
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authentication, you need to select one specific certificate from the drop-down list, as shown 
in  Figure 3-4. With  Passw
 ord as your authentication, you should enter the right user name 
and password in the correspondi ng field, as shown in Figure 3-7. 
 
Figure 3-4 
 
Figure 3-5 
3)  Wireless network of  None 
If you selected a wireless network of  None (that is, no security is set.), you can get directly 
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4.  Please wait a few minutes for the connection process. 
 
Figure 3-6 
5.  You have now successfully c onnected to your network. Click Close to enjoy the Internet. 
 
Figure 3-7 
6.  To view more information about t he network currently connected, click Status in the tools 
section and the page will display information su ch as the network type, channel, rate, etc.