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SETUP AND USER GUIDE

Technicolor TG122n

Summary of Contents for TG122N

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Page 4: ...arks of the Wi Fi Alliance UPnP is a certification mark of the UPnP Implementers Corporation DLNA is a registered trademark DLNA disc logo is a service mark and DLNA Certified is a trademark of the Digital Living Network Alliance Digital Living Network Alliance is a service mark of the Digital Living Network Alliance Microsoft MS DOS Windows Windows NT and Windows Vista are either registered trade...

Page 5: ... Gateways 9 3 1 2 Procedure for All Access Points 10 3 2 Manual Association 11 3 2 1 Association on Windows 7 12 3 2 2 Association on Windows Vista 13 3 2 3 Association on Windows XP 14 4 Wireless Configuration Utility 15 4 1 Link Info 17 4 2 Configuration 18 4 3 Site Survey 19 4 4 Profile 20 4 5 WPS 21 4 6 About 22 5 Troubleshooting 23 5 1 Problems Encountered When Installing the Drivers 24 5 2 P...

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Page 7: ...uide see About this Setup and User Guide on page 1 Sample text indicates an important content related word Example To enter the network you must authenticate yourself Sample text indicates a GUI element commands on menus and buttons dialog box elements file names paths and folders Example On the File menu click Open to open a file Documentation and software updates Technicolor continuously develop...

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Page 9: ...itional access points no wires The Technicolor TG122n LED indicators System Requirements To install the Wireless USB Adaptor your computer must Have a USB port Run one of the following operating systems Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows XP SP1 or higher What do I need to do to before I can use my Wireless USB Adaptor To connect your Wireless USB Adaptor to your wireless...

Page 10: ...4 1 ABOUT YOUR WIRELESS USB ADAPTOR E DOC CTC 20100623 0002 v2 0 ...

Page 11: ...drive Result The CD should autostart If not click Run on the Start menu and enter the following path D Setup exe where D stands for the drive letter of your CD ROM or DVD ROM drive 2 Carefully follow all the instructions 3 Continue with 3 Associate your Wireless USB Adaptor to your Access Point on page 7 Do not connect your wireless device to your computer until you are instructed to do so If your...

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Page 13: ...O YOUR ACCESS POINT E DOC CTC 20100623 0002 v2 0 3 Associate your Wireless USB Adaptor to your Access Point Methods There are two ways to associate your Wireless USB Adaptor to your access point Automatic Association via WPS Manual Association ...

Page 14: ... Following registration methods are supported by your Wireless USB Adaptor Push Button Configuration PBC You have to put both your Wireless USB Adaptor and access point in registration mode PIN code entry You have to enter a PIN code on the Wireless Configuration Utility Check the documentation of your access point to find out which of these methods are supported recommended by your access point T...

Page 15: ...Wireless Configuration Utility icon in the notification area 2 The Wireless Configuration Utility appears 3 Click WPS 4 The WiFi Protected Setup wizard appears 5 Select Push the button on my access point and click Next 6 Shortly press the association button on the Technicolor Gateway 7 The Wireless Configuration Utility prompts you that the wireless configuration was successful ...

Page 16: ...ed Setup wizard appears Following options are available Push the button on my access point If you select this option you will have to push a button on your access point to start the WPS registration Enter the PIN from my access point If you select this option you will have to enter a PIN code provided by your access point If you are using a Technicolor access point you can find this PIN code on a ...

Page 17: ...ows XP proceed with 3 2 3 Association on Windows XP on page 14 If you are using the Access Control List ACL Some access points enable you to allow deny wireless clients to access your network based on their MAC address If you configured this feature on your access point you must add the MAC address of the Wireless USB Adaptor to the ACL You can find this MAC address on the back of your Wireless US...

Page 18: ...A list of the available wireless networks appears Double click your wireless access point 3 Follows the instructions If your wireless access point does not broadcast its network name SSID it will not be displayed in this list Click Open Network and Sharing Center Set up a new connection or network and configure your wireless client manually For more information consult the Windows help ...

Page 19: ...t button and then click Connect to 2 A list of the available wireless networks appears Double click your wireless access point 3 Follow the instructions If your wireless access point does not broadcast its network name SSID it will not be displayed in this list Click Set up a connection or network and configure your wireless client manually For more information consult the Windows help ...

Page 20: ... network key Enter your network key and click Connect Not secured you will get a warning that you are trying to connect to an unsecured network Click Connect Anyway 5 You are now connected to your wireless network If you have more than one wireless client this text will be followed by a number for example Wireless Network 2 Choose the one with the highest number If your wireless access point does ...

Page 21: ... the navigation area Windows XP If your computer runs Windows XP you have two options to configure your Wireless Configuration Utility The Technicolor TG122n Wireless Configuration Utility Windows built in wireless configuration utility To switch to one of these utilities 1 Right click the Wireless Configuration Utility icon 2 Depending on the utility that is currently enabled you can click Set Wi...

Page 22: ...ation of your Wireless USB Adaptor Site Survey Scans all the wireless devices in range Profile Manage your wireless profiles WPS Connect your computer to a WPS enabled access point About Show version information for the driver and utility If you are not using the Technicolor TG122n Wireless Configuration Utility to configure your Wireless USB Adaptor only following items will be displayed Link Inf...

Page 23: ...atus of the wireless connection SSID The network name of the wireless network Wireless Mode can have following values Infrastructure all traffic passes through an access point Ad hoc traffic is sent from one computer to another Encryption The encryption type used to transfer data Tx Rate The maximum speed at which you can send data using this wireless connection Channel The channel currently used ...

Page 24: ...le to connect to your home network and second one to connect to your office network SSID The network name of the wireless network Wireless Mode can have following values Infrastructure all traffic passes through an access point Ad hoc traffic is sent from one computer to another Authentication Allows you to select the authentication method used by your access point Encryption Allows you to select ...

Page 25: ...Network list Following properties are shown for each Access Point in the Available Network list SSID The network name of the wireless network MAC BSSID The MAC address of the access point Signal The signal strength from your wireless adaptor to the listed access point Security Indicates whether the wireless network is secured or not If so the encryption type is shown Channel The channel currently ...

Page 26: ...tween wireless networks for example if you use your laptop at the office as well as at home it might be useful to save these settings to a profile This way you can easily switch between these settings in a few clicks Working with Profiles Click Add to add a new profile Remove to delete an selected profile Edit to change the settings of an existing profile Connect to activate the selected profile ...

Page 27: ...OC CTC 20100623 0002 v2 0 4 5 WPS The WiFi Protected Setup wizard If you click the WPS button the WiFi Protected Setup wizard appears For more information about the WiFi Protected Setup wizard see 3 1 Automatic Association via WPS on page 8 ...

Page 28: ...2 4 WIRELESS CONFIGURATION UTILITY E DOC CTC 20100623 0002 v2 0 4 6 About The About page This tab shows Version information of the drivers and wireless utility Network information of your wireless client ...

Page 29: ...OC CTC 20100623 0002 v2 0 5 Troubleshooting In this chapter This chapter covers following problems Topic Page Problems Encountered When Installing the Drivers 24 Problems Encountered When Connecting To Your Wireless Network 25 ...

Page 30: ...ical damage to the card s connector Try the Technicolor TG122n in another USB port If this also fails test your computer with another wireless USB adapter that is known to operate correctly Make sure your computer is using the latest BIOS check the manual of your computer for details If there are other network adapters in the computer they may be in conflict Remove the other network adapters from ...

Page 31: ...nnot access the Internet be sure you have configured your system for TCP IP The Technicolor TG122n does not connect to my wireless access point If your Technicolor TG122n cannot communicate with a device in the Ethernet LAN when configured for Infrastructure mode check the following Make sure the access point that the Technicolor TG122n is associated with is powered on Check the SSID of the access...

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