TP-Link TL-WA890EA manual

TL-WA890EA N600 Unive rsal Dual Band Wi Fi Entertainm ent Adapter with 4 Ports REV.:1.0.0 1910010832[...]

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FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to c omply with the limits for a Cl ass B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of t he FCC Rules. These li mits are designed to provide reasonable protec tion against harmf ul interference in a res idential ins tallation. T his equipment gen erates, uses and c an radiate radio frequenc y energy [...]

CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domesti c environment, t his product may c ause radio interference, in which case the user m ay be required to t ake adequate measure s. National R estrictions This device is int ended for home and office use in all EU countri es (and other countries following the EU directive 199 9/5/EC) without a ny[...]

Industry Canada Statement Complies with t he Canadian ICES - 003 Class B specificat ions. Cet appareil numériq ue de la classe B es t conforme à la norme NMB - 003 du Canada. This device compli es with RSS 210 of Industry Canada. This Class B device meets al l the requirements of the Canadian interferenc e - causing equipme nt regulations. Cet ap[...]

Safety Informatio n  When produc t has power button, the power button i s one of the way to shu t off the product; w hen there is no power b utton, the only way to c ompletely shu t off power is to di sconnect the product or the power ada pter from the power sourc e.  Don’t disassembl e the product, or m ake repairs yourself . You run the r[...]

TP - LINK TECHNOLO GIES CO., L TD TP - LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Building 24 (floors 1, 3, 4, 5) , and 28 (floors 1 - 4) Centr al Science and Technology Park, Shennan Rd, Nanshan, Shenzhen, China DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equi pment: Product Descri ption: N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Enter tainment Adapter w ith 4 Ports Model [...]

CONTENTS Package Contents .................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 2 1.1 Product Overview ...................................................................................[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 1 Package Contents The following i tem s should be found in your p ackage :  TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Dual Band WiFi Entert ainment Adapter wit h 4 Ports  Ethernet Cable  USB Cable and Power A dapter  Quick Instal lation Guide  Resource CD for TL -WA [...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 2 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Product Overvie w The N600 Universal Dual B and WiFi Entertainment Adapt er with 4 Ports TL -WA 890EA c an bring all of your home or off ice’s Internet - enabled devices into the world of wireless . By connecting them to TL -WA 890EA , th[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 3 Figure 1-2 Detail Explanati on : Item Status I ndication WPS /RESET Button Press the button for 1 - 2 sec onds to enable WPS function . Press the button f or 5 - 8 seconds to reset TL - WA 890EA. LED When the WPS LE D keeps blinking , TL - WA890EA is connecting to th[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 4 Chapter 2 Hardware Inst allation 2.1 Before Y ou Begi n  A good knowledge of the LEDs and its i ndication will facilit ate your quick installation of t he Entertainment A dapter.  Keep the Entertainment Adapter away from any devic es that might c ause wireless [...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 5 2) Connect you r entertainment devi ce(s) or other net work - enabl ed device with Ethernet port (such as Blu - ray™ player s, gaming consoles, DVRs , smart TVs, etc. ) t o TL - WA890EA wit h Ethernet cable(s ).  Note: Please ensure y our device(s ) connected to[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 6 Chapter 3 Quick Installation Guide This chapter wil l guide you to conf igure your PC t o communicat e with the Ent ertainment Adapter and to configure and manage the TL -WA 890E A N600 Universal Dual Band WiFi Entertainment Adapter with 4 Ports easily with a Web - b[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 7 Figure 3-3 Quick Setup S tart 3. Figure 3-4 will appear for you to choose t he region . Then cli ck Next to conti nue. Figure 3-4 Quick Setup – C hoose Region and Mod e 4. The device wil l detect the exist ing network. P l ease wait for a while. Figure 3-5 Quick Se[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 8 6. Wireless S ettings page will appear as shown in Figure 3-7 . Pleas e enter the Wireless Password of your sel ected target netw ork and then cli ck Next to continue . Figure 3-7 Quick Setup – Wireless Sett ings 7. Double - check your wireless setting on the page [...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 9 Chapter 4 Configure t he Device This Chapter desc ribes how to configure your Entertainment A dapter via t he web - based management page. The TL -WA 890EA N600 Univers al Dual Band WiFi Ent ertainment Adapt er with 4 Ports is easy t o configure and manage wit h the [...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 10  Main Router/AP Wi - Fi Netwo rk Name - It shows the name of the wireles s network your device has connect ed to, also call ed SSID.  MAC Address of Mai n Router/AP - It shows the physical MA C address of the Main Router/AP your devic e has connected to, also [...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 11 2) W ithin 2 minutes , p ush the WPS button on this devi ce. Method 2: 1) P ush the WPS button on the root de vice . 2) Keep the WPS Status as Enabl ed , choose "P ush the button on my access point or wireless router" on the WPS page, and then click Connec[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 12 (E ach device has its unique PIN c ode, or you can generate a n ew one by click ing Gen New PIN button. Here we tak e the default P IN code 12345670 of thi s device for example ). Figure 4-4 2) E nter the PIN to the main router/ AP ’ s WPS page, and then click Co [...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 13 Figure 4-7 LAN – Sm art IP (DHCP) ’ Figu re 4-8 LAN – St a t i c I P  MAC Address - T he physical addre ss of the LAN port, as s een from the LAN. The value can n ot be changed.  Typ e – Two IP t ypes are supported : Static IP and Smart IP (DHCP), and [...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 14 4.4.2 Wireless Sett ings Selecting Advanced > W ireless Settings wil l enable you to configure the basi c settings for your wireless network on the screen below ( Fi gure 4-9 ). Figure 4-9 Wireless Settings  Main Router/AP W i - Fi Network Name - The name of t[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 15 Figure 4- 10 Wireless Advanced  Main Router/AP Wi - Fi Network Name - The name of the wirles s network this device is going to connect to.  MAC Address of Main Router/AP - The physical MA C address of the Mai n Router/AP this devi ce is going to c onnect to. ?[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 16 Figure 4- 11 DHCP Settings – Disabled Figure 4- 12 DHCP Settings – Enabled  DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the server. I f you disable the Server , you must have another DHCP s erver within the LAN, or else you mus t configure the I P address of the clients [...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 17  Primary DNS - (Optional ) Input the DNS IP addre ss provided by your ISP . Or consult your ISP.  Secondary DNS - (Optional) You can input the IP Address of another DNS server if your ISP provides two DNS s ervers. Click Save to save the chang es.  Note: To[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 18 Figure 4- 14 Add or Modify the Profile  Profile Name - The alias t hat you have given to y our wireless network s. By default i t's the same as the Main Rout er/AP Wi - Fi Network Name(SSI D), but you can change it t o any other name so that you c an easily [...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 19 Click Edit to further edit the profile(s), or Delete to delet e the profile(s ). Click Connect to connect the Entertainment Adapter to the wireless network that you have chosen in the profile lis t. Click Add to add a new profile to the list. Click Delete All to del[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 20  Note: 1. There is no need t o upgrade the firm ware unless the new firmware h as a new feature yo u want to use. However, when experienc ing problems caused by the device itself, you can try t o upgrade the firm ware. 2. Before upgr ading the device ’s firmwar[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 21 Figure 4- 19 Save or Rest ore the Configurati on Click Backup to save all conf iguration sett ings to your local computer as a file. To restore the device ' s configuration, follow these instructi ons: • Click Br ow s e … t o find the configuration f ile wh[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 22 4.5.5 Password Selecting S ystem Tools > Passw ord allows yo u to change the f actory default user name and password of the devic e on the screen shown i n Figure 4- 21 . Figure 4-21 Password It is strongly recomm ended that you change the fac tory default user n[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 23 The device can keep logs of all traff ic. You can query the lo gs to find what ha ppened to the devic e .  Log Type - By selecting the log type, only logs of this type will be shown.  Log Level - By selecting the log level, only logs of this level wi ll be sho[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 24 Appendix A: Factory Defaults Item Default Valu e Common Default Setting s Username admin Password admin IP Address 192.16 8. 0. 254 Subnet Mas k 255.255.255. 0 Domain http://tplink adapter.net[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 25 Appendix B: Trouble shooting T1. Can I power on TL - WA 890EA by connecting i t to a nearby device via the USB cable? Sorry, you cannot. We strongly sugge st to only use t he power adapter attac hed in the pac kag e for power supply, as the entertainment adapter TL [...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 26 Appendix C : Specifi cations General Standards and P rotocols IE EE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11n, 802.11b and 802.11g, TCP/I P, DHCP Saf ety & Emi ssion CE Ports Four 10/100 M Auto - Negoti ation LAN RJ45 port Wireless Frequency Band 2.4GHz, 5GHz Radio Data Rate 11n ?[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 27 Appendix D: Glossary  802.11a - S pecificati on for wireless networking at 54 Mbps using OFDM modulat ion and operating in radio ban d at 5GHz.  802.11b - The 802.11 b standard speci fies a wireless networking at 11 Mbps usi ng direct - sequenc e spread - spec[...]

TL -WA 890EA N600 Universal Du al Band WiFi Entertain ment Adapter wi th 4 Ports 28 fact, WPA was develo ped by the network ing indust ry in response to t he shortcomings of WEP. One of the key technolog ies behind WPA is the Temporal K ey Integrity Protoc ol (TKIP). TKIP addresses the encryptio n weaknesses of WEP . Another key component of WP A i[...]