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I just bought a TL-WN8200ND adapter and tried to install on my notebook / Win 7x64 system. I could not use the driver CD (no DVD driver), so I downloaded driver and utility sw from tp-link and installed.

The adapter and driver seems to work, the LED on the adapter flashes slowly. TP link utility does not find any networks, nor does Windows. WPS does not work either...

I tried other USB ports
Power saving is off


Windows' Networks Connections show "not connected". Windows' diagnostings say: "The wireless network adapter is experiencing problems" and then "there might be a problem with the driver". Troubleshooting report says:


Details about network adapter diagnosis: Windows couldn't automatically bind the IP protocol stack to the network adapter.Network adapter Wireless - TP-LINK driver information: Description . . . . . . . . . . : TP-LINK 300Mbps High Power Wireless USB Adapter Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . : TP-LINK Provider . . . . . . . . . . . : TP-LINK Version . . . . . . . . . . . : 1015.7.702.2012 Inf File Name . . . . . . . . . : C:\Windows\INF\oem4.inf Inf File Date . . . . . . . . . : 28 Eylül 2012 Cuma 16:45:02 Section Name . . . . . . . . . : RTL8192cu.ndi Hardware ID . . . . . . . . . . : usb\vid_2357&pid_0100 Instance Status Flags . . . . . : 0x180600a Device Manager Status Code . . : 0 IfType . . . . . . . . . . . . : 71 Physical Media Type . . . . . . : 9
Is this hardware faulty? Should I return it?