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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through REV1.0.0 1910010946[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications are subject to change without n otice. 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[...]

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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[...]

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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD Safety Information • When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shu t off the product; when there is no power button, the only way 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 yours[...]

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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD DECLARA TION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: A V5 00 2-port Powerline Adapter w ith AC Pass Through Model No.: TL-P A4020P 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 sc[...]

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

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 1 Package Contents The A V 500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Throug h package contains the following items: ¾ One A V500 2-po rt Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through (There ar e two powerline adapters in S tarter Kit) ¾ One RJ45 Cable (There are two RJ45 Cables in S tarte[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 2 Chapter 1 Introduction This device is an A V500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through which transforms your house’ s existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure . Simply plug this A V500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through into an ordi[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 3 8. Plug this product directly into a wall socket (100V–240V~, 50/60Hz). Do not use an extension cor d between this product and the AC power source. 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 le[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 4 Solid 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. ) Note: 5 minutes after the devic e connected to the adapter is turned of f, and the adap[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 5 ) Note: 1. If the pair button is pressed t ill all the LEDs turn off (at least 7 seconds), the powerline adapter will leave the network which it has joined and its new network name assumes a random value. The Power LED turns off temporarily when it disconnect s from the powerline n[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 6 Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism 2.1 Introduction The Powerline Adapter supports up to 500Mbps data ra te. With this high speed connection rate, this Powerline Adapter allows you to set up a high speed home network b y using your home existing electrical wiring. Simply plug this Powe[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 7 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 A dapter through an Ether net (RJ45) cable. Following are the steps to properly connect the Powerline Adapter t[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 8 2.4 Hardware Connection – Internet This section describes how to connect the Power line 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 ． Co[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 9 Chapter 3 Installing Management Utility Please verify that no other Power line Adapter or any Encryption M anagement Utilities are installed before installing the provided software. If other Power line Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer befor[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 10[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 11[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 12 S tep 3: After the inst allation, a shortcut to the “Po werline Utility” application icon is provided o n the windows desktop.[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 13 Chapter 4 Using the Management Utility After you’d successfully installed the Powerline A dapter hardware and Managem ent Utility software, you can set up or configure the devic es according to your need. This Powerline Utility enables the users to i dentify powerline devices on[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 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 network or you can give a n ame for the network in which the powerline adapter [...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 15 ¾ Typ e: Displays the type of the remote device found in the network. ¾ Name: Displays the name of the remote device found in the network. Y ou can chang e its name following two steps: select the desired adapter and click the Modify button. ¾ MAC Address: Displays the MAC addr[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 16 (2) Enter a new name for the selected adapter and enter its password (Take note of the password format). The password can be found on the back of adapter. (3) Click the Save button to make the settings effective. ) Note: Password is unnecessary to enter for renaming. 4.2.2 Add Dev[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 17 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 [...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 18 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 configurati[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 19 ) Note: The parameter information of PIB will restore to the factory default s af ter resetting the PLC. T o upgrade the device's firmware, follow these instructions: 1. Download PIB file and firmware upgr ade file from the TP-LINK website ( www .tp-link.com ). 2. Enter the p[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 20 Chapter 5 Advanced Feat ure: How to Use the Pair Buttons 5.1 Pair (Secure with 128 bits-AES) 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[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 21 Join an existing secured Powerline A V Network: Powerline adapter A and Powerline ad apter 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 one second. Ste p 2 . Press and hold the Pai[...]

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    TL-P A4020P A V500 2-por t Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through 22 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 p[...]