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    TL-WP A4220 300Mbp s A V500 WiFi Powerline Extender TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender REV1.0.0 1910010849[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications ar e subjec t to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specificat ions may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivativ[...]

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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[...]

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    Safety Information z When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut of f the product; when there is no power button, the only wa y to completely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source. z Don’t disassemble the product, or make repairs yourself. Y ou run the risk of electric[...]

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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5), and 28 (floors 1-4) Central Science and T echnology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 W iFi Powerline Extender Model No.: TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 [...]

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    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[...]

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    CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 1 1.1 System Requirement ................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Package Contents ......................................................................[...]

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    3.6.6 System Log .......................................................................................................................... 29 Chapter 4 Connecting to Wireless Network ................................................ 30 4.1 In Windows 7 .................................................................................................[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outst anding 300Mbps A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender . This device is not only a 500Mbps/ 200Mbps powerline Ethernet adapter whic h transforms your house’s existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous netwo[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 2 1.3 Conventions The extender , or TL-WP A4220/TL- WP A281, or devic e mentioned in this User Guide stands for TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbps A V500/A V200 WiFi Po werline Extender without any explanations . Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up [...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 3 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 . F[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 4 LEDs Name Statu s Indication Solid The device is on. Off The device is off. Power LED Blinking The device is in the pairing procedure. Solid The device is connected to a powerline network, but there is no data being transferred. Off The device isn’t connected to any powerline[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 5 2.3 Physical Interface There are four physical items on this device. Item Description Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Clone Button Press the button for 2 seconds to start Wi-Fi Clone. Press the button for 5 seconds to enable or disable the wireless function. Ethernet Port T wo 10/100 Mbps Ethernet[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 6 2 ． Connect the other end of the Ethernet (RJ45) cable to an available Ethernet port of your wireless router . 3 ． Plug the powerline extender or pow erline adapter into a wall socket. 4 ． Check and confirm the LEDs status. (The Power LED and Ethernet LED on the p owerlin[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 7 The hardware connection mec hanism is shown bel ow: As soon as the powerline devices are connected following the step s above, a powerl ine network is available.[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 8 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 tep s: Before taking the step s below , please make sure the current wireless pas[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 9 ) 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 feren t SSID and passphrase for your powerline extender .[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 10 Chapter 3 Configure the Device This Chapter describes how to configure your Ac cess Point via the web-based management page. The 300Mbps A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender is easy to configure and manage with the Web-based (Internet Explorer , Netscape ® Navigator , Firefo[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 11 2. Find the model to be configured and click Connect to log in the Web-based management utility . Figure 3-2 Management Utility ) Note : If another TL-WP A4220 is displayed on the screen above and you cannot decide which model is the one you are configuring, please refer to th[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 12 ) 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>Connections>LAN Settings , in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it . 3.1.2 For Wireless [...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 13 3.2 Status The St atu s page displays the powerline extender ’s current st atus and configuration. All information is read-only . Figure 3-6 S tatus ¾ Firmware Version - This field displays the current firmwa re ver sion of the powerline extender. ¾ Hardware Version - This[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 14 ¾ Wireless - This field displays the current settings or information for wireless. They can be configured on the Wireless → Wireless Settings p age. z Wireless Radio - Indicates whether the wireless radio f eature of the powerline extender is enabled or disabled. z Name (SS[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 15 the powerline extender an ideal solution for your wire less network. Here you can create a wireless local 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[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 16 function of the powerline extender in a region other than one of those s pecified in this filed. If your country or region is not list ed, please contact your local government agency for assistance. When you select your local region from the pull-down list, click the Save butt[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 17 WP A/WP A2 and WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK. The default passw ord can be found on the label at the bottom of the device. Wireless security can be configured on the following screen shown as Figure 3-10. Figure 3-10 Wireless Security ¾ Disable Security - Check this radio button to disa[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 18 • WEP Key Format - Y ou can select ASCI I or Hexadecimal format. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characte rs in the specified length. He xadecimal format st ands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9 , a-f, A-F) in the specified length. • WEP K[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 19 Figure 3-13 WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK • Ve r s i o n - Y ou can select one of following versions. 9 Automatic - Select WP A-PSK or WP A2-PSK automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. 9 WP A-PSK - Pre-shared key of WP A. 9 WP A2-PSK - Pre-shared key [...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 20 Figure 3-15 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry ¾ MAC Address - Enter the wireless station's MAC addr ess that you want to control. ¾ Description - Give a simple description of the wireless station. ¾ Statu s - Select a status for this entry , either Ena[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 21 For example: If you desire that the wirel ess station A with MAC ad dress 00-0A-EB-00- 07-BE is able to access the device, while all other wi reless stations cannot access the de vice, you should confi gure the Wire less MAC Address Filtering list by following these steps: 1. [...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 22 ¾ RTS Threshold - Specifies the RTS (Request to Send) Thre shold. If the packet is larger than the specified RTS Threshold size, t he device will send RTS frames to a particular receiving station and negotiate the sending of a data fram e. The default value is 2346. ¾ Fragme[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 23 ) Note: This page will be refreshed aut omatically every 5 seconds. 3.5 Powerline There are two submenus under the Powerline menu (shown in Figure 3-8): Netw ork Settings and St ation Settings . Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corres pondi ng function.[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 24 Figure 3-20 S tation Settings ¾ MAC Address - The remote station's MAC addres s. The value can not be changed. ¾ Device Passw ord - The security ID of remote station. ¾ Device Name - The name used for i dentifying a station. To add or modify a station entry, click the [...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 25 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[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 26 Figure 3-24 Firmware Upgrade New firmware versi ons are posted at http://www .tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. ¾ Firmware V ersion - Here displays the current firmware version. ¾ Hardware V ersion - Here displays the current hardware version. The hardware version [...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 27 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[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 28 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 af ter rebooting, which includ[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 29 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 Refr[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 30 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 device.) The default Wireless Password can also be found on the label of[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 31 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 home network an d can surf the Internet now . Figure 4-3[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 32 4.2 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 work . Figure 4-4 2. Select the SSID of TL-WP A4220 and then click Connect . Figure 4-5[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 33 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 joined the ho me network and can surf the Internet now . Click Close to finish the connection. Figure 4-7[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 34 4.3 In Windows XP Windows XP users may use the built-in wi reless utility . Follow the step s below . 1. Click the icon at the bottom of your desktop, select the SSID of TL-WP A4220 and then click Connect . Figure 4-8 2. Input the network key and then click Connect . Figure 4-[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 35 1. Click the icon at the bottom of your desktop, select the SSID of TL-WP A 4220 and then click Connect . 2. Input the network security key and then click Next . ) Note: If your network is an unsecured network, you will not be prompted to input the network key . 3. Click to se[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 36 4. Y ou have joined the home network an d can surf the Internet now .[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 37 Chapter 5 Pair Button and 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 [...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 38 Ste p 2 . Within two minutes, press and hold the Pair button on Powerline device A/B for one second. Ste p 3 . Wait for about 60 secon ds while your powerlin e devices are connecting. The Power LED on powerline device A/B and C will stop flashing and become solid light when th[...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 39 Appendix A: T roubleshooting Guide The Troubleshooting Guide pr ovides answers to common problems regardi ng the powerline Ethernet adapter. 1. The Power LED does not light up. Ans. Check the following: 1) Make sure that the powerline extender is properly plugged into a power [...]

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    TL-WP A4220/TL-WP A281 300Mbp s A V500/A V200 WiFi Powerline Extender 40 Appendix B: S pecifications HARDWARE FEATURES Standards and Protocols HomePlug AV, IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.11b/g/n Interface 2*10/100Mbps Ethernet Port Plug Type EU, UK Button Pair, Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Clone, Reset LED Indicator PWR, PLC, ETH, WiFi/Wi-Fi Clone Dimensions ( W x [...]