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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter Rev: 1.0.0 1910010503[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS S pecifications are subje ct 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[...]

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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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    Import ant Safety Instructions 1. Do not open this product or attempt to servic e it; it may expose you to dangerous high voltage or other risks. 2. Do not operate this product near water . 3. Do not place or operate this produc t near a radiator or a heat register . 4. Do not expose this product to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids. 5. Do not co[...]

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    CONTENTS Chapter 1 In troducti on ........................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 LED I ndicator.............................................................................................................. ................ 2 1.2 Physical Interface ...................[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 1 Chapter 1 Introduction This device is an A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter whic h transforms your house’s ex isting electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug this A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter into an ordinary AC power outlet which will easily ext end your Cable/xDSL broadban[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 2 1.1 LED Indicator The LED indicator displays inform ation about the de vice’s status. Item Statu s Indication On The adapter is on. Blinking The adapter is in power-saving mode. Power LED Off The adapter is off. Green Data rate is more than or equal to 80Mbps. Orange Data rate is between 48Mbps and 80Mbp[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 3 1.2 Physical Interface There are four physical interfaces on this Mini Powerline Adapter . Interface Description Ethernet Port A 10/100Mbps Ethernet port for connec ting the adapter to the PC o r the broadband device with a network cable. Power Plug * A Power Plug for connecting the adapte r to a 100V ~ 24[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 4 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 Powerline Adapte r into an or[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 5 The hardware connection mec hanism is shown bel ow: ) Note : Do not connect the Powerline adapter to any extension lead, power st rip, extension cord or surge protector , as this may degr ade the network perform ance. 2.4 Hardware Connection – Internet This section describes how to connect the Power line[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 6 The hardware connection mec hanism is shown bel ow:[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 7 Chapter 3 Inst alling 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 before installing this provid[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 8[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 9[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 10 S t ep 3: After the installation, a shortcut to the “TL-P A51 1 Pow erline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop.[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 11 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 Adapter Configur ation Utility enables the users to identify pow erline devices on t[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 12 ¾ Local Device(s) on your computer: This shows all local Powerline Ethernet Adapter found connected to the computer’s LAN ca rd. In most cases, only one device will display in this panel. Click and select the local device shown on the screen then click “Connect” tab to manage the Powerline Ethernet[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 13 ) Note : The parameter information of PIB will restore to the factory defaults after resetting the Powerline Adapter . T o upgrade the device's firmware, follow these instructions: 1. Download PIB file and firmware up grade file from TP-LINK website ( http://www .tp-link.com). 2. Enter the path name [...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 14 4.1.2 Enter Password T o set or change your Powerline Adapter’s password, click and select the Powerline Adapter you wish to change from the list, then click on the “Enter Password” tab, and the following screen will display. Enter your Passwo rd (Take note of the password format) and click “OK”[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 15 4.1.3 Add Device The following dialog box will pop up when clicking the “Add” button under the Main configuration homepage. The dialog box allo ws you to enter both the selected device’s name and p assword. Note that the Powerline Adapter must be pres ent on the power grid in order to activate the s[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 16 4.1.4 Reset This Management Utility allows you to reset the Powerline Adapter to its default settings by clicking the Reset button on the Main page. 4.2 Privacy The Privacy configuration page provides a means for managing the local network and providin g additional security for the logical network and als[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 17 ¾ Set Local Device Only: Click this tab to change the network name of the local Powerline Adapter device only. All Powerline Adapter devices seen on the Main configuration homepage prior to this will be no longer present in the new network, e ffectively making the local devices not to communicate to the [...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 18 4.3 QoS The third tabbed window , labeled “ QoS ” for Quality of Service, is shown in the following figure. QoS requirements are different for various data typ es such as streaming video or music, voice and raw data. T o provide higher QoS for streaming data, priori ty levels can be set using tags at [...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 19 The Diagnostics information displayed can be saved to a text file. One can email the saved text file to the local supplier when there’s technical support requir ed or print the saved text file as reference during a technical support conference. The Upper Panel shows the technical data concerning soft wa[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 20 ¾ Device Last known rate ¾ Device Last Known Network name ¾ Device last seen date on the network The diagnostics information displaye d can be saved to a text file for later use, or can be printed a s a reference for a technical support call. Powerline A dapter devices, which are not part of the networ[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 21 Chapter 5 Advanced Feature: 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 dat a between powerline adap ters. For the powerline adapter s to communicate with each other they all need to use the[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 22 Join an existing secured Powerline A V Network: Powerline adapter A and Powerline a dapter 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 Pair button on Powerline ada[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 23 Appendix A: T roubleshooting Guide The Troubleshooting Guide provides answers to co mmon 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 outlet i[...]

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    TL-P A51 1 A V500 Mini Powerline Adapter 24 Appendix B: S pecifications General Standards HomePlug AV, IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u Modulation Technology OFDM, 1024/256/64/16/8-QAM, QPSK, BPSK and ROBO Data Rate 500Mbps Range 300meters in house LEDs Power , Powerline, Ethernet Interface 1 Ethernet LAN Port Encryption 128-bit AES Power Consumption 6W Physi[...]