TP-Link TL-PA411 manual

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter Rev: 1.0.0 1910010651[...]

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FCC STATEMENT 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 n[...]

TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter Model No.: TL-P A41 1 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 Council Directives:[...]

IV CONTENTS Package Contents ......................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................. 2 1.1 Conventions ........................................................................................... 2 1.2 System R[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 1 Package Contents The A V 500 Mini Powerline Adapter pa ckage contains the following items: ¾ One A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter (There are two A V500 Mini Powerline Adapters in S tarter Kit) ¾ One RJ-45 Ethernet Cable (There are two RJ-45 Ethernet Cables in S tarter Kit) ¾ One Resource CD z This Guide z [...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstandi ng Powerline Adapter . This device is an A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter which transforms your house’s exis ting electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug this A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter into an or[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 3 8. Plug this product directly into a wall socket (100V ac~240V ac). Do not use an extension cord between this product and the AC powe r source. 9. When plugging this product into a wall socket, make sure that the electric al socket is not damaged, and that there is no gas leakage. 10. Place the connecting [...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 4 Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism 2.1 Introduction The Powerline Adapter supports up to 500Mbps data ra te. With this high speed connec tion rate, this Powerline Adapter allows you to setup a hig h speed home network by usi ng your home existing electrical wiring. Simply plug this Powerline Adapte r into an o[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 5 On The adapter is connected to a powerline network. Blinking The adapter is transferring data. Powerline LED Off The adapter isn’t connected to any po werline network or is in power-saving mode. On The Ethernet port is connect ed, but there is no data being transferred. Blinking The Ethernet port is tran[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 6 ) Note: 1. If you press the Pair button for more than 10 se conds, the Powerline Adapter will leave the network which it is associated with and its network name assumes a random value. The Power LED turns of f when it disconnects from the Powerline network. 2. For detailed information about the Pair button[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 7 2.6 Hardware Connection – Internet This section describes how to connect the Powe rline Adapter into your existing ADSL broadband connection via ADSL Ethernet port. Follow the proc edures described below to connect the Powerline Adapter to your ADSL br oadband connection: 1 ． Connect one end of the pro[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 8 ) Note : Do not connect the Powerline adapter to an extens ion lead, powe r strip, extension cord, or surge protector as these may degr ade the network performance.[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 9 Chapter 3 Inst alling Management Utility Please verify that no other Powe rline Adapter or any Encryption Management Utilities are installed before installing the provided software. If other Po werline Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer before installing this provide[...]

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TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 12 S tep 3: After the inst allation, a shortcut to the “Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop.[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 13 Chapter 4 Using the Management Utility After you’d successfully installed the Powerline Adapter hardware and Managem ent Utility software, you can set up or configure the devic es according to your need. This Powerline Utility enables t he users to identify powerline de vices on the powe rline network, [...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 14 ¾ MAC Address: Displays the MAC address of the pow erline adapter connected to the current computer where this m anagement utility is running. ¾ Network Name: Displays the network name of the current n etwork or you can give a name for th e network in which the powerline adapter is. By default, the netw[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 15 4.2 Network The Netw ork tab window shows information of all the power line adapters found on the current logical network. Furthermore, here you can change the N ame of the listed powerline adapters as well as add another device to the current network. ¾ Typ e: Displays the type of the remote device foun[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 16 4.2.1 Rename the Remote Device/Enter Password You can change the name of the remote adapter to an easy-to-re member one. Additionally, you can select the desired adapter and enter its password (Tak e note of the password format) so as to set the network name of this device on System configuration homepage[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 17 4.3 Advanced The third tab window labeled “ Advan ced ” is for Quality of Service. With the proper configuration, the limit bandwidth can be took full advantage. QoS requireme nts are different for various data types such as streaming video or music, voice and raw data. T o provide higher QoS for stre[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 18 ¾ Simple Application Mapping: The group allows you to choose what type of traf fic with the highest user priority you will use your local HomePlug de vice for by pitching one of the following radios. Please select the radio type according to your demand. ¾ Advanced Priority Mapping: The group sets VLAN [...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 19 4.4.1 Upgrade Firmware Click the Upgrade Firmware button to upgrade the version of t he firmware for the adapter and the following dialog will pop up. z NVM : None-volatile memory. It is us ed for upgrading the firmware. z PIB : Parameter Information Block. It contains configuration values that establish [...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 20 If you want to upgrade the version of firmware fo r the device, please select appropriate Firmware and PIB files together . New firmware ve rsions and PIB files are posted at www .tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. ) Note: The parameter information of PIB will restore to the factory default s af [...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 21 Chapter 5 Advanced Feature: How to Use the Pair Buttons 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 adap ters. For the powerline adapter s to communicate with each other they all need to use the [...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 22 Join an existing Powerline A V Network: Powerline adapter A and Powerline adapter B form a HomeplugA V Network, Powerline adapter C wants to join this network. Ste p 1 . Press and hold the Pair button on Powerline adapter C for 1 second. Ste p 2 . Press and hold the Pair button on Powerline adapter A/B fo[...]

TL-P A41 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 23 Appendix A: T roubleshooting The Troubleshooting provides answers to comm on problems regardin g the Powerline Adapter. 1. The Power LED does not light up. Ans. Check the following: a) Make sure that the Powerline Adapter is properly plugged into a power outlet. b) Make sure the power outlet is a ctive (w[...]