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TL-PA411
AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter
Rev: 1.0.0
1910010651
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COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. Copyright © 2012 TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., L
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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. However, there is no guarantee
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TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter Model No.: TL-PA411 Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations applicable to the product within the scope of Council Directives: Directives 2004 / 108 / EC, Directives 2006 / 95 / EC, Directives 2011/65/EU The above product is in conformity with the following standards or o
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CONTENTS Package Contents......................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................. 2 1.1 Conventions ........................................................................................... 2 1.2 System Requirement.............................................................................. 2 1.3 Important Safety Instructions ......................
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter Package Contents The AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter package contains the following items: One AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter (There are two AV500 Mini Powerline Adapters in Starter Kit) One RJ-45 Ethernet Cable (There are two RJ-45 Ethernet Cables in Starter Kit) One Resource CD This Guide Management Utility Note: Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the above items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer im
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding Powerline Adapter. This device is an AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter which transforms your house’s existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug this AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter into an ordinary AC power outlet which will easily extend your Cable/xDSL broadband connection or existing Ethernet (LAN) network to any other electrical outlet in
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter 8. Plug this product directly into a wall socket (100Vac~240Vac). Do not use an extension cord between this product and the AC power source. 9. When plugging this product into a wall socket, make sure that the electrical socket is not damaged, and that there is no gas leakage. 10. Place the connecting cables properly so that people won’t stumble or walk on it. 11. This product should be operated from the type of power indicated on the marking label. I
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism 2.1 Introduction The Powerline Adapter supports up to 500Mbps data rate. With this high speed connection rate, this Powerline Adapter allows you to setup a high speed home network by using your home existing electrical wiring. Simply plug this Powerline Adapter into an ordinary power outlet to extend your Cable/xDSL broadband connection or existing LAN network to any other electrical outlet in any rooms of your house.
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter On The adapter is connected to a powerline network. Blinking The adapter is transferring data. Powerline LED The adapter isn’t connected to any powerline network or Off is in power-saving mode. The Ethernet port is connected, but there is no data On being transferred. Blinking The Ethernet port is transferring data. Ethernet LED Off The Ethernet port isn’t connected. Note: 5 minutes after the device connected to the adapter is turned of
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter Note: 1. If you press the Pair button for more than 10 seconds, the Powerline Adapter will leave the network which it is associated with and its network name assumes a random value. The Power LED turns off when it disconnects from the Powerline network. 2. For detailed information about the Pair button, please refer to Charpter 5 Advanced Feature:How to Use the Pair Buttons 2.4 Connection Instruction To ensure the optimum performance of the Power
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter 2.6 Hardware Connection – Internet This section describes how to connect the Powerline Adapter into your existing ADSL broadband connection via ADSL Ethernet port. Follow the procedures described below to connect the Powerline Adapter to your ADSL broadband connection: 1 ． Connect one end of the provided Ethernet (RJ-45) cable to the Powerline Adapter’s Ethernet port. 2 ． Connect the other end of the Ethernet (RJ-45) cable to an available Ethernet p
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter Note: Do not connect the Powerline adapter to an extension lead, power strip, extension cord, or surge protector as these may degrade the network performance. 8
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter Chapter 3 Installing Management Utility Please verify that no other Powerline Adapter or any Encryption Management Utilities are installed before installing the provided software. If other Powerline Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer before installing this provided software. Note: To install Management Utility, please make sure that WinPcap 4.1.2 has been installed in your computer. Otherwise, a window wil
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter Step 3: After the installation, a shortcut to the “Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop. 12
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter Chapter 4 Using the Management Utility After you’d successfully installed the Powerline Adapter hardware and Management Utility software, you can set up or configure the devices according to your need. This Powerline Utility enables the users to identify powerline devices on the powerline network, measures data rate performance and ensures privacy by setting user defined secure powerline networks. Double click on the icon “ ” from your windows des
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter MAC Address: Displays the MAC address of the powerline adapter connected to the current computer where this management utility is running. Network Name: Displays the network name of the current network or you can give a name for the network in which the powerline adapter is. By default, the network name is HomeplugAV. Use Default (HomePlugAV): Check the box before this item to use the default network name. Apply: Click the Apply button to make
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TL-PA411 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter 4.2 Network The Network 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. Type: Displays the type of the remote device found in the network. Name: Displays the name of the remote device found in the network. You can change its name following two steps: select the desir
