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TL-WN881ND 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter User Guide

Chapter 5 AP Mode

In Soft AP mode, the adapter will work as an AP. This function is available only in Windows7.

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