TP-Link TL-PA6030 manual

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-port Powerline Adapter REV1.0.0 1910010975[...]

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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[...]

Safety Information z When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut of f the product; when there is no power button, the only wa y to completely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source. z Don’t disassemble the product, or make repairs yourself. Y ou run the risk of electric[...]

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 V600 3-port Powerline Adapter Model No.: TL-P A6030 T rademark: TP-LINK We decla[...]

CONTENTS Package C ontents ............................................................................................................. 1 Conventi ons .................................................................................................................... .. 1 Chapter 1 In troducti on ...................................................[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 1 Package Contents The A V600 3 -port Powerline Adapte r pa ckage cont ains the following items: ¾ One A V600 3-port Powerline Adapter (There are two powerline adapters in S tarter Kit) ¾ One RJ45 Cable (There are two RJ45 Cables in S tarter Kit) ¾ One Quick In stallation Guide ¾ One Resource CD (Mana[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 2 Chapter 1 Introduction This device is an A V600 3-port Powerline Adapter wh ich transforms your hous e’s existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous net working infrastructure. Simply plug th is A V600 3-port Powerline Adapter into an ordinary AC power outlet which will easily exte nd your Cable /xDS[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 3 8. Plug this product directly into a wall socket ( 100–240V~, 50/6 0Hz). Do not use an extension cord 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 leakage. 10. Place the c[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 4 On The adapter is connected to a powerline network. Blinking The adapter is transferring data. Powerline LED Off The adapter isn’t connected to any powerline network. On At least one Ethernet port is connected, but there is no data being transferred. Blinking At least one Ethernet port is transferring[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 5 ) Note: 1. If the pair button is pressed t ill all the LEDs turn of f (about 10 se conds), 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 when it disconnect s from the powerline network. 2. For detailed informatio[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 6 Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism 2.1 Introduction The powerline adapter supports up to 600Mbps data ra te. With this high speed connection rate, this powerline adapter allows you to set up a high s peed home network by usi ng your home existing electrical wiring. Simply plug th is powerline adapter into a[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 7 The hardware connection mec hanism is shown bel ow: ) Note : Do not connect the powerline adapter to any e xtens ion lead, power strip, 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 [...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 8 The hardware connection mec hanism is shown bel ow: ) Note : Where the MAINS plug or an appliance coupler is used as the disconnected device, the disconnect device shall remain readily operable. The idle wall so cket s or electrical outle ts in your household electrical circuit can be used normally with[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 9 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 Power line Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer before installing this prov[...]

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TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 12 S tep 3: After the inst allation, a shortcut to the “PowerLine Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop.[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 13 Chapter 4 Using the Management Utility After you’d successfully installed the powerline adapt er 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 powerline networ[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 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 is. By default, the ne[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 15 4.2 Network The Netw ork tab window shows information of all the powerline adapters found on th e current logical network. Furthermore, here you c an change the Name of the listed powerli ne adapters as well as add another device to the current network. ¾ Typ e: Displays the type of the remote device [...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 16 network name of this device on System configuration homepa ge. To change the name of the remote adapter or enter its password, please follow the steps below: (1) Select the desir ed device and click the Modify butto n to display the following dialog. (2) Enter a new name for the selected adapter and en[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 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 provide higher QoS for[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline 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 local HomePlug de vice for by pitching one of the following radios. Please select the radio type according to your demand. ¾ Advanced Priority Mapping: The group sets VLA[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 19 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 for the device, p lease select [...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 20 same logical network. A dialog window will appear to report the success of this operation. All Powerline devices are shipped using a defau lt l ogical network (network name), which is normally “HomePlugAV” . To set all devices’ network name, please type the name in the field and click the Set Net[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline 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 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 ot her they all need to use t[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline Adapter 22 Join an existing secured powerline 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 adap ter C for one second. Ste p 2 . Within 2 minutes, press and hold the Pair butto[...]

TL-P A6030 A V600 3-por t Powerline 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: a) Make sure that the powerline adapter is properly plugged into a power outlet. b) Make sure the power outlet is a ctive[...]