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

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    COPYRIGHT & TRAD EMARKS Specific ations are subject t o change without notic e. is a registered t rademark of TP - LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L TD. Other brands and pr oduct names are trademarks or registered tradem arks of their res pective holders. No part of the specific ations may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any de[...]

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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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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. ?[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 ?[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]