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TL - PA 4 0 20 A V500 2 - p o rt Powerline Adapter REV1.0. 0 191001 1 139.
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FCC ST ATEMENT This equip ment has been t ested and fou nd to comply with the limits for a C lass B digital d evice, pursu ant to part 15 o f the FCC Rules. These limits are design ed to provid e reasona ble protectio n against harmfu l interferen ce in a residenti al install ation.
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TP - LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LT D DECL ARA TION O F CONF ORMIT Y For the follow ing equi pment: Product Des cription: A V500 2-p ort Powerline A da pter Model No.
CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduc tion .................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Conv entions ....................................................................................
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter Chapter 1 Intr oduc tion Congratu lations o n your p urchase o f this outst andin g Power line Adapter . Th is device is a n A V 500 2-p ort Powerline A dapter which t ransfor ms your ho use’ s existi ng electri cal wiring i nto a ubiqu itous net working infrastruct ure.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter 9. When plugg ing this produ ct into a wall soc ket, ma ke sure th at the electrical s ocket is not damaged, and that t here is no gas lea kage. 10. Place the conne cting cab les proper ly so that peop le won’t st umble or w alk on it.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter Chapter 2 Con necti ng Me chanis m 2.1 Introduction The Powerl ine Ad apter s upport s up to 5 00 Mbps data rate. W ith this high s peed conn ection rat e, this Powerline Adapter allows y ou to setup a high speed home netw ork by using y our home exist ing electrical wiring.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter No te: The adapter w ill automati cally sw itch to Power - Saving Mode fiv e minutes afte r the dev ice connected to it is turned of f. 2.3 Phy sical Int erface There are t hree phys ical int erfaces on th is Powerl ine A dapter .
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter 2.5 Hardware Connection – Computer For those co mputers you wish to be netw orked by Power line Adapt er , each of the co mputers must be properly connected w ith a Power line Adapter through an Et hernet ( RJ45 ) cable.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter 2.6 Hardware Connection – Inter net This section desc ribes how to connect t he Powerline Adapt er into your ex isting ADSL broadband connectio n via A DSL Ethernet port .
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter No te : Do not con nect the Powerline a dapter t o an exte nsion lead, power st rip, extension cord, or surge protector as t h ese may degrade the n etwor k performa nce.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter Chapter 3 Installing M anagement Utility Please veri fy that no ot her Powerline Ad apter or any Encrypt ion Mana gement Uti lities are inst alled be fore installin g the provided s oftwar e.
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TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter Step 3: After the insta llation, a shor tcut to the “Powerline Utilit y” application ic on is prov ided on the windows des ktop.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter Chapter 4 Using t he Mana geme nt Utili t y After you’d su ccessful ly installed the Pow erline Ad apter har dware and Man agement Utility softw are, y ou can set up or co nfigure t he dev ices accord ing to y our need.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter M AC Add re s s : Displays the MAC addre ss of the pow erline adapter connected t o the current com pu ter wher e this ma nageme nt utility is running.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter 4.2 Ne tw ork The Netw o rk tab window shows infor mation of al l the p owerlin e a dapt er s found on the cur rent log ica l networ k. Furt hermore, her e you can chan ge the Na me of the list ed powerl ine adapters as well as add another dev ice to the curr ent net work.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter 4.2.1 Re name the R emote D evi ce/Enter Pass word You can change t he name of the r emote adapter t o an easy - to - reme mber one.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter 4.3 A dvanced The thi rd tab window labeled “ A dvanced ” is for Quality of Service. Wi th the pr oper configur ation, t he limit bandwidth ca n be too k full advanta ge. QoS req uirement s are dif ferent for v arious dat a types such as streamin g video or music, voice and raw data.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter Simple A pplica tion Mappi ng: The group allow s you to choose w hat ty pe of traffic w ith the highest use r priority you will use your local Ho mePlug dev ice for by pitc hing one of the following rad ios.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter 4.4.1 Upgrade Fi rm ware Clic k the Upgr ade Fir mwar e button to upgrade t he version of the firmwar e for the adapter and the followin g dialog will pop up. N VM : N one - volatile memor y. It is used for up grading the firmware.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter If you want to upgrade t he v ersion of fir mware for the devic e , please select appr opriate Fir mware and PIB f iles together . New firmware versions and PIB f il es are posted at www . tp - li nk .com and can be download ed for free.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter Chapter 5 Ad va n c e d Feat ure: H ow to U se the P air B ut ton 5.1 Set Up a Secur e Po werline N et work The Homeplug A V standa rd uses 128 - bit AES (Advance d Encry ption Standar d) to safe ly transm it data between p owerlin e adapt ers.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter Press and ho ld the Pair button for more t han 15 sec onds, and then r elease t he button. Y ou will see al l LEDs go of f momentarily , and then begin to flash. When the Power LED t urn s sol id, the res et proces s is completed.
TL - PA4 0 20 A V500 2-p ort Powe rline A dapter Appendix A: T r oublesh ooting The Troub leshoot ing provides an swers t o common p roblems r egardin g the Power line Adapter . 1. The Pow er LE D does not light up. Ans . Check the follow ing: 1. Ma ke sure that the Powerline Adapter is properly plugged into a pow er outlet .
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