TP-Link AV1200 manual

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Powerline Adapter REV1.0.0 191001 1 141[...]

COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications are 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 derivative[...]

FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digita l 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[...]

Safety Information  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.  Don’t disassemble the product, or make repairs yourself. Y ou run the risk of elec[...]

TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: A V 1200 Gigabit Passthrough Powerline Adapter Model No.: TL-P A8010P 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 C[...]

CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ......................................................................................... 1 1.1 System Requirement ..................................................................................... 1 1.2 Important Safety Instructions ..................................................................... 1 1.3 Conve[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 1 Chapter 1 Introduction This device is an A V 1200 Gigabit Passthrough Powe rline Adapter which transforms your house’s existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking in frastructure. Simply plug this A V 1200 Gigabit Passthrough Powerline Adapter into an ordinary AC power outle[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 2 9. When pluggi ng 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 cables properly so that people won’t stumble or walk on it. 11. This product should be operated from the type of power indi[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 3 Item Statu s Indication Y ellow-green Powerline network is in good condition. Red Powerline network is in poor condition. We recommend trying another wall socket. Powerline LED Off The powerline adapter is not connected to any powerline network or is in Power-Saving Mode. Ethernet LED On/[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 4  Note: 1. If the pair button is presse d for about 8 seconds , the powerline adapter will leave the network which it has joined and its new network name assumes a random value. The Powerline LED turns off when it disconnects from the powerline network. 2. For det ailed information abou[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 5 Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism 2.1 Introduction The powerline adapter supports up to 1200Mbps data rate. With this high speed connection rate, this powerline adapter allows you to set up a high s peed home network by usi ng your home existing electrical wiring. Simply plug th is powerline[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 6 2.3 Hardware Connection – Computer For those computers you wish to be networked by powerline adapter , each of the computers must be properly connected with a powerline adapt er through an Ethernet (RJ45) cable. Following are the steps to properly connect the powerline adapter to your c[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 7 2.4 Hardware Connection – Internet This section describes how to connect the power line adapter into your existing ADSL broad band connection via ADSL Ethernet port. Follow the pr ocedures described below to connect the powerline adapter to your ADSL broadband connection: 1 ． Connect [...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 8 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 Power line Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer before insta[...]

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TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 11 S tep 3: After the installation, a sh ortcut to the “PowerLine Utility ” application icon is provided o n the windows desktop.[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 12 Chapter 4 Using the Management Utility After you’d successfully installed the powerline adapt er 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 p[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 13  MAC Address: Displays the MAC address of the pow erline adapter connected to the current computer where this m anagement utility is running.  Network Name: Displays the network name of the current network or yo u can give a name for the network in which the powerline adapter is. B[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 14 4.2 Network The Netw ork tab window shows informati on of all the powerline devices found on the current logical network. Furthermore, here you can change the device name of the list ed powerline devices as well as add another device to the current network.  Type: Displays the type of[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 15 network name of th is device on the System configuration page. To c hange the name of a powerli ne device or enter its password, please follow the steps below: (1) Select the desir ed device and click the Modify button to display the following dialog. (2) Enter a new name for the selecte[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 16 4.3 Advanced The third tab window labeled “ Advanced ” is for Quality of Service. With the prop er configuration, the limit bandwidth can be took full advantage. QoS requirem ents are dif ferent for various data types such as streaming video or music, voice and ra w data. T o provide[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 17  Simple Application Mapping: The group allows you to choose what type of traffic 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.  Advanced Priority Mapping: T[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 18  NVM : None-volatile memory. It is us ed for upgrading the firmware.  PIB : Parameter Information Block. It contains configuration values that establish device network identity, general capab ilities and operational modes. If you want to upgrade the version of firmware for the devi[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 19 4.4.3 Set All Devices’ Network Name The Set All Devices’ Network Name function allows you to change the logical network of all devices that appear on the Network configuration homepage whose Device Password had been entere d for the same logical network. A dialog window will appear t[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 20 Chapter 5 Advanced Feature: How to Use the Pair Button 5.1 Set Up a Secure Powerline Network The Homeplug A V standard uses 12 8-bit AES (Advanced Encryption S t andard) to safely transmit data between powerline adap ters. For the powerline adapter s to communicate with each other they a[...]

TL-P A8010P A V1200 Gigabit Passthrough Po werline Adapter 21 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 ou[...]