TP-Link Understanding SoftAP Mode for Wireless N USB Adapters

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Wireless N USB Adapter

Chapter 5 AP Mode

In Soft AP mode, the adapter will work as an AP. Suppose that only one computer in your house can access the Internet for various reasons like only one WLAN port is available on your wired broadband router, however, other wireless-capable devices also want to share the Internet. Then the adapter can be configured as an AP under the Soft AP mode, saving you the trouble of having to get a separate access point or a router.

With this feature, a computer can use a single physical wireless adapter to connect as a client to a hardware access point while at the same time acting as a software AP allowing other wireless-capable devices to connect to it.

To switch to this mode, right-click on the utility icon in your system tray and select Switch to SoftAP mode.

Figure 5-1 Or from the Advanced page of the utility, tick ON following figure. Click OK when prompted to confirm

under the SoftAP mode as shown in the the setting.

Figure 5-2

The Soft AP icon should then appear beside Advanced icon in the utility.

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