1. 1. By George Smith-Moore Installation of a wireless NIC
2. 2. Installation of the wireless NIC Once the wireless NIC has been physically installed, you must install the software, If you do not, the device may not work!
3. 3. Installing the Wireless NICs software. If the computer cannot connect to the internet, install the driver through the disk provided. Otherwise use the driver on the internet. This is due to the fact that the manufacturers website would produce the latest rivers without 'bug'
4. 4. Click the setup application! When using the installation disk, click the setup.exe, this allows the program to install all of the necessary drivers.
5. 5. Installing the Wireless NIC software Now that the application has launched, click the corresponding model (the one you have installed, if you are not sure, it will say on the box)
6. 6. Install Shield Wizard Once you have selected your model, the install shield wizard will launch. You can install the driver only but the configuration utility is an add-on which is recommended by TP-LINK
7. 7. File location You can change the file location but for simplicity I would recommend that you let the program create and install to the default folder. Changing the file location does not produce many benefits, yet it can be a way to0 better manage the system. Once you have chosen the file location press, next and then install.
8. 8. Installation Now that the program is installing, please wait until it has finished.
9. 9. Installation complete! Now that the installation of the driver is complete, press finish. Now the program can be loaded up.
10. 10. TP-LINK GUI Once the application has booted up, you can use it to connect to the internet. Connecting to the internet is shown above, first choose your network, secondly type in the password if required, thirdly off you go!
11. 11. Checking the internet. Once the connection has finished you get a pop-up message as shown. If you click on the status tab once connected, it will give you information about the network and your connection.
12. 12. Check the driver. To check if the driver has installed correctly, you can check in the device manager. Under the tab network adapters, if the TP-LINK adapter is shown (without an exclamation mark next to the image), then it has installed correctly.
13. 13. Benefits A clear benefit of installing the drivers is that you can now use the internet. Another benefit of installing the drivers, is the accompanying software, this is an easy to read piece of equipment to connect and monitor the internet.
14. 14. TESTING THE TPLINK
15. 15. TESTING THE TPLINK