TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender REV1.0.
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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 not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Canadian Compliance Statement This device complies with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause interference, and (2)This device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device. Cet appareil est conforme aux norms CNR exemptes de licence d’Industrie Canada.
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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Model No.
Important Safety Instructions 1. Do not open this product or attempt to service 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 product near a radiator or a heat register. 4. Do not expose this product to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids. 5. Do not connect this product or disconnect it from a wall socket during a lightning or a thunderstorm. 6.
CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction...................................................................................................... 1 1.1 System Requirement ................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Conventions ..................................................................................................................... 1 Chapter 2 Hardware Connection ............................................................................. 2 2.
Chapter 4 Connecting to Wireless Network ................................................ 29 4.1 In Windows 8................................................................................................................. 29 4.2 In Windows 7................................................................................................................. 30 4.3 In Windows Vista ........................................................................................................ 32 4.4 In Windows XP ......
TL-WPA4230P Chapter 1 AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender. This device is not only a powerline Ethernet extender which transforms your house’s existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure, but also a Wi-Fi Access Point which creates a wireless network allowing for greater range and mobility.
TL-WPA4230P Chapter 2 AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Hardware Connection 2.1 Before You Begin Please read this User Guide carefully before installing and using the equipment. The operating distance or range of your wireless connection varies significantly based on the physical placement of the powerline extender. Factors that can weaken signals by getting in the way of your network’s radio waves are metal appliances or obstructions, and walls.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender 2.2 LED Indicator The LED indicator displays information about the device’s status. LEDs Name Power LED Status On The device is on. Off The device is off. Blinking Powerline LED Ethernet LED Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Clone LED Indication The device is in the pairing procedure. On The device is connected to a powerline network, but there is no data being transferred. Off The device isn’t connected to any powerline network.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender 2.3 Physical Interface Here displays the physical items on this device. Integrated Electrical Socket Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Clone Button Power Plug Ethernet Ports Reset Button Pair Button Item Description Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Clone Button Press the button for 2 seconds to start Wi-Fi Clone. Press the button for 5 seconds to enable or disable the wireless function. Power Plug* A power plug for connecting the adapter to an AC power socket (100–240V~, 50/60Hz).
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender 2.4 Hardware Connection Please first make sure that your PC can successfully access the Internet via the router. Then connect the powerline devices by following the instructions below. Step 1: Connecting to the Internet This section describes how to connect the powerline extender into your existing network.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender The hardware connection mechanism is shown below: As soon as the powerline devices are connected following the steps above, a powerline network is available.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender 2.5 Wi-Fi Clone Button for Super Range Extension Wi-Fi Clone button is used for copying the wireless settings (including SSID and wireless password) from the front wireless router. Wi-Fi Clone Steps: Before taking the steps below, we strongly recommend you make sure the current wireless password of the front router isn’t the default value. 1. Press the WPS button on the router for 2 seconds. (Here we take TP-LINK router as an example.) 2.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Note: If you want to establish a secure and separate wireless network from the wireless router, please refer to 3.4.2 Wireless Security to set a different SSID and password for your powerline extender.
TL-WPA4230P Chapter 3 AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Configure the Device This chapter describes how to configure your extender via the web-based management page. The AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender is easy to configure and manage with the web-based (Internet Explorer, Netscape® Navigator, Firefox, Safari, Opera or Chrome) management page, which can be launched on any windows, Macintosh or UNIX OS with a web browser. 3.1 Login 3.1.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender 2. Find the model to be configured and click Connect to log in to the web-based management utility. Figure 3-2 Management Utility Note: If another TL-WPA4230P is displayed on the screen above and you cannot decide which model is the one you are configuring, please refer to the MAC address under MAC Address column. The device’s MAC address can be found on the label at the bottom of the device. 3.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Note: If the above screen does not prompt, it means that your web browser has been set to a proxy. Go to Tools >Internet Options>Connections>LAN Settings, in the screen that appears, cancel the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it. 3.1.2 For Wireless Connection If your device is connected to the extender via wireless, you can log in to the extender by following the steps below: 1.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender 3.2 Status The Status page displays the powerline extender’s current status and configuration. All information is read-only. Figure 3-6 Status Firmware Version - This field displays the current firmware version of the powerline extender. Hardware Version - This field displays the current hardware version of the powerline extender.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Wireless - This field displays the current settings or information for wireless. They can be configured on the Wireless → Wireless Settings page. Wireless Radio - Indicates whether the wireless radio feature of the powerline extender is enabled or disabled. Name (SSID) - The SSID of the powerline extender. Channel - The wireless channel in use. Mode - The current wireless mode the powerline extender works on.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender area network just through a few settings. Wireless Settings is used for the configuration of some basic parameters of the powerline extender. Wireless Security provides three different security types to secure your data and thus providing greater security for your wireless network. MAC filtering allows you to control the access of wireless stations to the powerline extender.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender When you select your local region from the pull-down list, click the Save button, then the Note Dialog appears. Click OK. Note Dialog Channel - This field determines which operating frequency will be used. It is not necessary to change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby access point. If you select Auto, then the powerline extender will choose the best channel automatically.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Figure 3-10 Wireless Security Disable Security - Check this radio button to disable wireless security. If disabled, the wireless stations will be able to connect this device without encryption. It is strongly recommended that you choose one of the security types to enable security. WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK - Select WPA based on pre-shared key. Figure 3-11 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Version - You can select one of following versions.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender WPA/WPA2 - Select WPA/WPA2 based on Radius Server. Figure 3-12 WPA/WPA2 Version - You can select one of following versions. Automatic - Select WPA or WPA2 automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. WPA - Wi-Fi Protected Access. WPA2 - WPA version 2. Encryption - You can select either Automatic, TKIP or AES. Radius Server IP - Enter the IP address of the Radius Server.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Key Type - You can select the WEP key length (64-bit, or 128-bit) for encryption. "Disabled" means this WEP key entry is invalid. For 64-bit encryption - You can enter 10 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 5 ASCII characters. For 128-bit encryption - You can enter 26 hexadecimal digits (any combination of 0-9, a-f, A-F, zero key is not permitted) or 13 ASCII characters.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender MAC Address - Enter the wireless station's MAC address that you want to control. Description - Give a simple description of the wireless station. Status - Select a status for this entry, either Enabled or Disabled. To set up an entry, follow these instructions: First, you must decide whether the unspecified wireless stations can access the device or not.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender 4. Click the Add New... button and enter the MAC address 00-0A-EB-00-07-BE in the MAC Address field, enter Wireless Station A in the Description field and select Enabled in the Status pull-down list. Click the Save button.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender DTIM Interval - Determines the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). You can specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Intervals. The default value is 1, which indicates the DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval. Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee the packets with high- priority messages being transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended that this function be enabled.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender 3.5 Powerline There are two submenus under the Powerline menu: Network Settings and Station Settings. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. Figure 3-18 Powerline menu 3.5.1 Network Settings Selecting Powerline > Network Settings, and you can configure the network name of the powerline extender or all the stations in current network on this page.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Figure 3-20 Station Settings MAC Address - The remote station's MAC address. The value can not be changed. Device Password - The security ID of remote station. Device Name - The name used for identifying a station. To add or modify a station entry, click the Add or Modify button in operation column and following these instructions: 1. 2. 3. Enter the station password in Device Password field.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Figure 3-22 Add a new station Click the Refresh button to update the current connected stations. Click the Next button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return to the previous page. Note: You can do Add or Modify operation only when the remote station is connected. If the remote station which you entered the password is power off or leave the current network, you can only do Delete operation. 3.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Figure 3-24 Firmware Upgrade New firmware versions are posted at http://www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. Firmware Version - Here displays the current firmware version. Hardware Version - Here displays the current hardware version. The hardware version of the upgrade file must accord with the current hardware version. Note: 1 There is no need to upgrade the firmware unless the new firmware has a new feature you want to use.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender 3.6.2 Factory Defaults Selecting System Tools > Factory Defaults allows you to restore the factory default settings for the device on the screen shown in Figure 3-25. Figure 3-25 Restore Factory Defaults Click Restore to reset all configuration settings to their default values. Default User Name: admin Default Password: admin Default IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Default Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender 3.6.4 Reboot Selecting System Tools > Reboot allows you to reboot the device on the screen shown in Figure 3-27. Figure 3-27 Reboot the device Click the Reboot button to reboot the device. Some settings of the device will take effect only after rebooting, which include: Change the powerline extender's IP Address (system will reboot automatically). Upgrade the firmware of the powerline extender (system will reboot automatically).
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender 3.6.6 System Log Selecting System Tools > System Log allows you to query the Logs of the device on the screen shown in Figure 3-29. Figure 3-29 System Log The device can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the device. Click the Refresh button to show the latest log list. Click the Clear All button to clear all logs.
TL-WPA4230P Chapter 4 AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Connecting to Wireless Network The default SSID is TP-LINK_××××××. (×××××× stand for the last six unique numbers of the WLAN MAC which can be found on the label at the bottom of the device.) The default Wireless Password can also be found on the label of the device.
TL-WPA4230P 4. AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender You have joined the home network and can surf the Internet now. 4.2 In Windows 7 Windows 7 users may use the built-in wireless utility. Follow the steps below. 1. Click the icon at the bottom of your desktop, select the SSID of TL-WPA4230P and then click Connect.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Figure 4-1 2. Input the network key and then click OK. Figure 4-2 Note: If your network is an unsecured network, you will not be prompted to input the network key. 3. You have joined the home network and can surf the Internet now.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Figure 4-3 4.3 In Windows Vista Windows Vista users may use the built-in wireless utility. Follow the steps below. 1. Right-click the icon at the bottom of your screen, then click Connect to a network. Figure 4-4 2. Select the SSID of TL-WPA4230P and then click Connect.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Figure 4-5 3. Input the network key and then click OK. Figure 4-6 Note: If your network is an unsecured network, you will not be prompted to input the network key. 4. You have joined the home network and can surf the Internet now. Click Close to finish the connection.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Figure 4-7 4.4 In Windows XP Windows XP users may use the built-in wireless utility. Follow the steps below. 1. Click the icon Connect. at the bottom of your desktop, select the SSID of TL-WPA4230P and then click Figure 4-8 2. Input the network key and then click Connect.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Figure 4-9 Note: If your network is an unsecured network, you will not be prompted to input the network key.
TL-WPA4230P Chapter 5 AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Pair Button & Reset Button 5.1 Pair (Secure with 128 bits-AES) The Homeplug AV standard uses 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) to safely transmit data between powerline dvices. For the powerline devices to communicate with each other, they all need to use the same Network Membership Key (NMK). Otherwise, they cannot unscramble the encrypted data sent in the powerline network.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender 5.3 Reset To reset the powerline device： Press and hold the Reset button more than 5 seconds, and then release the button. You will see all LEDs begin to flash. At this moment, the default settings have been restored. Be careful, don’t power off when the device is in reset process.
TL-WPA4230P AV500 Passthrough Powerline WiFi Extender Appendix A: Troubleshooting Guide 1. The Power LED does not light up. Ans. Check the following: 1) Make sure that the powerline extender is properly plugged into a power outlet. 2) Make sure the power outlet is active (working) by plugging another electric device into it. 3) Re-plug the powerline extender to the power outlet. 4) If the Power LED still fails to light up, contact your local dealer for technical support. 2.
