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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter REV1.0.0 1910010881[...]

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    I COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications ar e subject to change without notice. is a registe red trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of t heir respective holders. No part of the specificatio ns ma y be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any deriv[...]

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    II FCC STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if n[...]

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    III Safety Information • When product has power button, the powe r button is one of the way to shut off the product; when there is no power button, the only way to co mpletely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source. • Don’t disassemble the product, or make repairs yo urself. Y ou run the risk of[...]

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    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L T D. 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 V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter Model No.: TL-P A4030 T rademark: TP-LINK W[...]

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

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 1 Package Contents The A V500 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter package contains the following items: ¾ One A V 500 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter (Th ere are two A V500 3-port Mini Powerline Adapters in S tarter Kit) ¾ One RJ45 Ethernet Cable (There are two RJ45 Ethernet Cables in S tarter Kit) ¾ One R[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 2 Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outst anding Powerline Adapter . This device is an A V500 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter which transforms your house’s existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug this A V500 3-port Mini Powerlin[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 3 6. Do not block the ventilation slots of this product, for insuf ficient airflow may harm it. 7. Do not put anything on this product. 8. Plug this product directly into a wal l so cket (100–240V~). Do not use an extension cord between this product and the AC power source. 9. When plugging this pro[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Powerline Adapter 4 Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism 2.1 Introduction The Powerline Adapter supports up to 500Mbps dat a rate. With this high speed connection rate, this Powerline Adapter allows you to setup a high speed home networ k by using your home existing electrical wiring. Simply plug this Po werline Adapter into[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 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 types of physical interfaces on this Powerline Adapter . Interface Desc[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 6 2.4 Connection Instruction To ensure the optimum performance of the Powerline Adapter and significantly improve the transmission capacity of the network, we recommend that y ou comply with the following connection rule: y Plug the Powerline Ad apter directly into a wall socket but not the multiple [...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 7 2.6 Hardware Connection – Internet This section describes how to connect the Powerl ine Adapte r into your existing ADSL broadband connection via ADSL Ethernet port. Follow t he procedures described below to connect the Powerline Adapter to your ADSL broadband conn ection: 1 ． Connect one end o[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 8 ) Note : Do not connect the Powerline adapter to an extension lead, power st rip, extension cord, or surge protector as these may degr ade the network performance.[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 9 Chapter 3 Inst alling Management Utility Please verify that no other Powerline Adapter or any Encryption Management Utilities are installed before installing the provided software. If other Powe rline Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer before installing this [...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 12 S tep 3: After the inst allation, a shortcut to the “Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop.[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 13 Chapter 4 Using the Management Utility After you’d successfully installed the Power line Adapter hardware and Management Utility software, you can set up or configure t he devices according to your need. This Powerline Utility enables t he users to identify powerline dev ices on the powerline ne[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 14 ¾ MAC Address: Displays the MAC address of the power line ad apter connect ed to the current computer where this m anagement utility is running. ¾ Network Name: Displays the network name of the current network or you ca n give a name for the network in which the power line adapter is. By default[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 15 4.2 Network The Net w ork tab window shows information of all the powerline adapters found on the current logical network. Furthermore, here you can change the Name of the listed powerline adapters as well as add another device to the current network. ¾ Typ e: Displays the type of the remote devi[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 16 4.2.1 Rename the Remote Device/Enter Password You can cha nge the name of the remote adapter to an easy-to-remember one. Additionally, you can select the desired adapter and enter its passwor d (Take note of the password format ) so as to set the network name of this device on Syste m configuratio[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 17 4.3 Advanced The third tab window labeled “ Advan ced ” is for Quality of Service. Wi th the proper con figuration, the limit bandwidth can be took full advantage. QoS requirements are different for various data types such as streaming video or music, voice and raw data. T o provi de higher Qo[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 18 ¾ Simple Application Mapping: The group allows you to choose what type of traffic with the highest user priority you will use your loca l HomePlug device for by pitching one of the following radios. Please select the r adio type according to your demand. ¾ Advanced Priority Mapping: The group se[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 19 4.4.1 Upgrade Firmware C lick the Upgrade Firmware button to upgrade the version of the 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 es[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 20 If you want to upgrade the version of firmware for t he 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 defau[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline Adapter 21 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 (Advanced Encryption S tandard) to safely transmit data between powerline adapters. For the powerli ne adapters to communicate with each other they all need to use[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline 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 . Within 2 minutes, press and hold the Pair button o[...]

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    TL-P A4030 A V500 3-port Mini Pow erline 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: 1. Make sure that the Powerline Adapter is properly plugged into a power outlet. 2. Make sure the power outlet is ac[...]