TL-WN350G
54M Wireless PCI Adapter User Guide
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Chapter 3. Configuration
TP-LINK Wireless PCI Adapter TL-WN350G can be configured by TP-LINK Wireless Client Utility
(TWCU). This chapter describes how to configure your TP-LINK Wireless PCI Adapter for
wireless connectivity on your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security
encryption features.
After Installing the Adapter, the Adapter’s tray icon
will appear in your system tray. It appears
at the bottom of the screen, and shows the signal strength using color and the received signal
strength indication (RSSI).
If
the icon is gray, there is no connection.
If the icon is red, there is poor signal strength and the RSSI is less than 5dB.
If the icon is yellow, there is poor signal strength and the RSSI is between 5dB and 10dB.
If the icon is green, there is good signal strength and the RSSI is between 10dB and 20dB.
If the icon is green, there is excellent signal strength and the RSSI is more than 20dB.
Double-click the icon and the
TWCU
will run. You can also run the utility by clicking the
Start>Program>TP-LINK>TWCU>TP-LINK Wireless Client Utility.
The TWCU provides an
integrated and easy tools to:
¾
Display current status information
¾
Edit and add configuration profiles
¾
Display current diagnostics information
The section below introduces these above capabilities.
3.1 Current
Status
The Current Status tab contains general information about the program and its operations. The
Current Status tab does not require any configurations.