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TL-WN721N/TL-WN722N/TL-WN821N 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 under the SoftAP mode as shown in the

following figure. Click OK when prompted to confirm the setting.

Figure 5-2

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