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150Mbps Mini Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide
Chapter 5 Management
TP-LINK Utility provides you with an easy way to manage your adapter. It includes the following
sections:
Status
- View the information of the current Wi-Fi network connection and of the adapter.
Profile - Save or manage various Wi-Fi network connection settings.
Advanced - Turn on or off the SoftAP mode and power saving mode, switch between TP-LINK
Utility and Windows Wireless Utility (for Windows XP only).
SoftAP - Configure the settings of the network shared by your adapter, and view the IP address
of your adapter when it works on SoftAP mode.
About – View your adapter’s Utility version and its Driver version.
Double-click (TP-LINK Utility icon) and click the Status, Profile or Advanced tab to
manage the corresponding section of your adapter.
Note:
For Windows Vista, TP-LINK Utility is not supported.
5.1 Status
You can view the IP address and MAC address of the adapter, the signal strength of the Wi-Fi
network, and other information of the network status as shown in the following figure.
5.2 Profile
The Profile screen lets you save and manage different Wi-Fi network connection settings as
profiles so that you can quickly and simply connect to your network. Moreover, you can join a
hidden Wi-Fi network that does not broadcast its SSID by adding a profile, provided that you
know its wireless settings, such as SSID, security type, and encryption type. For more details,
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