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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter REV1.0.0 1910010848[...]

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    I COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications ar e subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and product names are trademar ks 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 derivat[...]

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    II 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, i[...]

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    III This product can be used in the following countries: A T BG BY CA CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT L T L V MT NL NO PL PT RO RU SE SK TR UA[...]

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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: A V200 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter Model No.: TL-P A2030 T rademark: TP-LINK We[...]

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    V CONTENTS Package C ontents ............................................................................................................ 1 Chapter 1 In troducti on ..................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Conventions .................................................................[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 1 Package Contents The A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter package contains the following items: ¾ One A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Ada pter (There are two A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapters in S tarter Kit) ¾ One RJ45 Ethernet Cable (There ar e two RJ45 Ethernet Cables in S tarter Kit) ¾ One R[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstandi ng Powerline Adapter . This device is an A V200 3-p ort Mini Powerline Adapter which transforms your hous e’s existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug this A V200 3- port Mini Power[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 3 8. Plug this product directly into a wall socket ( 100–240V~). Do not use an exte nsion cord between this product and the AC pow er 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 connec[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 4 Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism 2.1 Introduction The Powerline Adapter supports up to 200Mbps 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 in[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 5 On At least one Ethernet port is connected, but there is no data being transferred. Blinking At least one Ethernet port is transferring data. Ethernet LED Off No Ethernet port is connected. 2.3 Physical Interface There are three physical interfac es on this Powerline Adapter . Interface Description [...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 6 2.4 Connection Instruction T o ensure the optimum perf ormance of the Powerline Adapter and si gnificantly improv e the transmission capacity of the network, we recommend that y ou comply with the following connection rule: y Plug the Powerline Adapter directly into a wall socket but not the multipl[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port 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 broadband connection: 1 ． Conn ect one end of [...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline 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 Po werline Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer before installing this [...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 11 S tep 3: Af ter the installation, a shortcut to the “Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop.[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 12 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 ne[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 13 ¾ MAC Address: Displays the MAC address of th e pow erline adapter connected to the current computer where this m anagement utility is running. ¾ Net w ork Name: Displays the network name of the current network or you can give a n ame for the network in which the powerline adapter is. By default,[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 14 4.2 Network The Network tab window shows information of all the powerline 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 Ty pe: Displays the type of the remote device[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 15 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 h[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 16 4.3 System The System tab window is for some basic settings of the adapter . On this tab window , you can upgrade the firmware to the latest versi on, reset the adapter ’s settings to t he factory default s and configure all adapters’ network names. 4.3.1 Upgrade Firmware C lick the Upgrade Fir[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 17 z NVM : None-volatile memory. It is us ed for upgrading the firmware. z 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 fo r the device, please sel[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 18 4.3.3 Set All Devices’ Network Name The Set All Devices’ Netw ork Name function allows you to change the logical network of all devices that appear on the Network configuration homepage whose Device Password had been entered for the same logical network. A dialog window will appear to report th[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 19 Chapter 5 Advanced Feature: How to Use the Pair 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 adap ters. For the powerline adapter s to communicate with each ot her they all need to us[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 20 Join an existing Powerline A V Network: Powerline adapter A and Powerline adapter B form a HomePlugA V Network, Powerline ad apter 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 . Within 2 minutes, press and hold the Pair button o[...]

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    TL-P A2030 A V200 3-port Mini Powerline 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: 1. Make sure that the Powerline Adapter is properly plugged into a power outlet. 2. Make sure the power outlet is act[...]