TP-Link TL-WPA4230P manual

TL-WP A4230P A V500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender REV1.0.0 191001 1081[...]

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FCC ST A TEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digit al device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion. This equipment genera tes, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if[...]

Canadian Compliance St atement This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s) . Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause interference, and (2)This device must accept any interference, incl uding interference that may cause undes ired operation of the device. Cet appareil est confo[...]

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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: A V500 Passthro ugh Powerline WiFi Extender Model No.: TL-WP A4230P T rademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibilit y that the above pro ducts satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within t he scope of Cou[...]

Import ant Safety Instructions 1. Do not open this product or attempt to servic e it; it may expose you to dan gerous high voltage or other risks. 2. Do not operate this product near water . 3. Do not place or operate this produc t near a radiator or a heat register . 4. Do not expose this product to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids. 5. Do not c[...]

CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 1.1 System Requirement ................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Conventions ...........................................................................[...]

Chapter 4 Connecting to Wireless Network ................................................ 29 4.1 In Windows 8 ................................................................................................................. 29 4.2 In Windows 7 ..........................................................................................................[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outst anding A V500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender . This device is not only a powerline Ethernet extender which transforms your hous e’s existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infras tructure, but als[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Connection 2.1 Before You Begin Please read this User Guide carefully before inst alling and using the equipmen t. The operating distance or range of your wireless connection varies si gnificantly based on the phy sical placement of the powerline extender . Factors that[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 3 2.2 LED Indicator The LED indicator displays inform ation about the de vice’s status. LEDs Name Statu s Indication On The device is on. Off The device is off. Power LED Blinking The device is in the pairing procedure. On The device is connected to a powerline network, but there is no da[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 4 2.3 Physical Interface Here displays the physical items on this device. Integrated Electrical Socket Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Clone Button Power Plug Ethernet Ports Reset Button Pair Button Item Description Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Clone Button Press the button for 2 seconds to start Wi-Fi Clone. Press the button [...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 5 2.4 Hardware Connection Please first make sure that your PC can successfu lly access the Internet via the router . Then connect the powerline devices by followi ng the instructions below . Step 1: Connecting to the Internet This section describes how to connect the powerli ne extender int[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 6 The hardware connection mec hanism is shown bel ow: As soon as the powerline devices are connected following th e step s above, a powerline network is available.[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 7 2.5 Wi-Fi Clone Button for Super Range Extension Wi-Fi Clone button is used for c opying the wireless settings (including SSID and wireless password) from the front wireless router . Wi-Fi Clone S teps: Before taking the step s below , we strongly recomm end you make sure the current wire[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 8  Note: If you want to establish a secure and sep arate wirele ss network from the wireless router , please refer to 3.4.2 Wireless Security to set a dif ferent SSID and passw ord for your powerline extender .[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 9 Chapter 3 Configure the Device This chapter describes how to configure your extender via th e web-base d management page. The A V 500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender is eas y to configure and manage with the web- based (Internet Explorer , Netscape ® Navigator , Firefox, Safari, Oper[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 10 2. Find the model to be configured and click Connect to log in to the web-based management utility . Figure 3-2 Management Utility  Note : If another TL-WP A 4230P is displayed on the screen above and you cannot dec ide which model is the one you are configuring, pl ease refer to the [...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 11  Note: If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web browser has been set to a proxy . Go to T ools >Internet Options>Connecti ons>LAN Settings , in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it . 3.1.2 For Wireless Connecti[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 12 3.2 Status The Status page displays the powerline extender ’s current st atus and configuration. All information is read-only . Figure 3-6 S tatus  Firmware Version - This field displays the current firmwa re ver sion of the powerline extender.  Hardware Version - This field disp[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 13  Wireless - This field displays the current settings or information for wireless. They can be configured on the Wireless → Wireless Settings p age.  Wireless Radio - Indicates whether the wireless radio f eature of the powerline extender is enabled or disabled.  Name (SSID) - [...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 14 area network just through a few settings. Wireless Setti ngs is used for the confi guration of some basic parameters of the powerline extender . Wireless Security provides three different security types to secure your data and thus providing greater security for y our wireless network. M[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 15 When you select your local region from the pull-down list, click the Save button , then the Note Dialog appears. Click OK . Note Dialog  Channel - This field determines which operating frequency will be used. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice inte rf[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 16 Figure 3-10 Wireless Security  Disable Secu rity - Check this radio button to disable wirele ss security . If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 17  WP A/WP A2 - Select WP A/WP A2 based on Radius Server . Figure 3-12 WP A/WP A2  Ve r s i o n - Y ou can select one of following versions.  Automatic - Select WP A or WP A2 automatically based on the wi reless station's capability and request.  WP A - Wi-Fi Protected Acc[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 18  Key T ype - Y ou can select the WEP key length ( 64-bit , or 128-bit ) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid.  For 64-bit encryption - Y ou can enter 10 hexadeci mal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F , zero key is not permitt ed) or 5 ASCI[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 19  MAC Address - Enter the wireless station's MAC addr ess that you want to control.  Description - Give a simple description of the wireless station.  Statu s - Select a status for this entry , either Enabled or Disabled . T o set up an entr y , follow these instructions: Fi[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 20 4. Click the Add New ... button and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-BE in the MAC Address field, enter Wireless S tation A in the Description field and select Enabled in the Statu s pull-down list. Click the Save button. The filtering rules that configured s hould be similar to the [...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 21  DTIM Interval - Determines the interval of the Deliver y Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). You can specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Intervals. The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval.  Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee [...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 22 3.5 Powerline There are two submenus under the Powerline menu: Netw ork Settings and St ation Settings . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the c orresponding functi on. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below . Figure 3-18 Powerline menu 3.5.1 Net[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 23 Figure 3-20 S tation Settings  MAC Address - The rem ote station's MAC addres s. The value can not be changed.  Device Pass word - The security ID of remote station.  Device Name - The name used for i dentifying a station. To add or modify a station entry, click the Add or [...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 24 Figure 3-22 Add a new station Click the Refresh button to update the curr ent connected stations. Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous butto n to return to the previous page.  Note: You can do Add or Modify operation only when the remote station is conne[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 25 Figure 3-24 Firmware Upgrade New firmware versi ons are posted at http://www .tp-link.com and can be downloaded for fr ee.  Firmware V ersion - Here displays the current firmware version.  Hardw are V ersion - Here displays the current hardware version. The hardware version of the [...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 26 3.6.2 Factory Defaults Selecting S ystem T ools > Factory Default s allows you to restore the factory default settings for the device on the screen shown in Figure 3-25 . Figure 3-25 Restore Factory Defaults Click Restore to reset all configuration se ttings to their default values. ?[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 27 3.6.4 Reboot Selecting S ystem T ools > Reboot allows you to reboot the de vice on the screen shown in Figure 3-27 . Figure 3-27 Reboot the device Click the Reboot button to reboot the device. Some settings of the device will take e f fect only after rebooting, which include:  Chan[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 28 3.6.6 System Log Selecting S ystem T ools > System Log allows you to query the Logs of the device on the screen shown in Figure 3-29 . Figure 3-29 System Log The device can keep logs of all tr affic. Y ou can query the logs to find what happened to the device. Click the Refresh button[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 29 Chapter 4 Connecting to Wireless Network The default SSID is TP-LINK_××××××. (×××××× stand fo r the last six unique numbers of the WLAN MAC which can be found on the label at the bottom of the devi ce.) The default Wireless Password can also be found on the label of the devic[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 30 4. Y ou have joined the hom e network and can surf the Internet now . 4.2 In Windows 7 Windows 7 users may use the built-in wi reless utility . Follow the steps below . 1. Click the icon at the bottom of your desktop, select the SSID of TL-WP A4230P and then click Connect .[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 31 Figure 4-1 2. Input the network key and then click OK . Figure 4-2  Note: If your network is an unsecured network, you will not be prompted to input the network key . 3. Y ou have joined the hom e network and can surf the Internet now .[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 32 Figure 4-3 4.3 In Windows Vista Windows Vista users may use the built-in wireless utility . Follow the steps below . 1. Right-click the icon at the bottom of your screen, then click Connect to a net w ork . Figure 4-4 2. Select the SSID of TL-WP A4230P and then click Connect .[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 33 Figure 4-5 3. Input the netwo rk key and then click OK . Figure 4-6  Note: If your network is an unsecured network, you will not be prompted to input the network key . 4. Y ou have jo ined the home network and can surf the Internet now . Click Close to finish the connection.[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 34 Figure 4-7 4.4 In Windows XP Windows XP users may use the built-in wi reless utility . Follow the steps below . 1. Click the icon at the bottom of your desktop, select the SSID of TL-WP A4230P and then click Connect . Figure 4-8 2. Input the network key and then click Connect .[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 35 Figure 4-9  Note: If your network is an unsecured network, you will not be prompted to input the network key .[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 36 Chapter 5 Pair Button & Reset Button 5.1 Pair (Secure with 128 bits-AES) The Homeplug A V standard uses 128-bit AES (Advanc ed Encryption S tandard) to safely transmit data between powerline dvices. For the powerline devices to communicate with each other , they all need to use the s[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 37 5.3 Reset To reset the powerline device ： Press and hold the Reset button more than 5 seconds, and then release the button. Y ou will see all LEDs begin to flash. At this moment, the default settings have been restored. Be careful, don’t power off when the device is in reset process.[...]

TL-WP A423 0P A V500 Passthrough Pow erline W iFi Extender 38 Appendix A: T roubleshooting Guide 1. The Power LED does not light up. Ans. Check the following: 1) Make sure that the powerline extender is properly pl ugged into a power outlet. 2) Make sure the power outlet is active (worki ng) by plugging another electric device into it. 3) Re-plug t[...]