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TL-WPA4220
300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender
TL-WPA2220
300Mbps AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender
REV1.0.0
1910010839

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  • Page 1 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender REV1.0.0 1910010839...
  • Page 2 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.

  • Page 3: Fcc Statement

    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.

  • Page 4: Safety Information

    Продукт сертифіковано згідно с правилами системи УкрСЕПРО на відповідність вимогам нормативних документів та вимогам, що передбачені чинними законодавчими актами України. Safety Information When product has power button, the power button is one of the way to shut off the product; when there is no power button, the only way to completely shut off power is to disconnect the product or the power adapter from the power source.

  • Page 5: Declaration Of Conformity

    DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender Model No.: TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 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:...

  • Page 6: Important Safety Instructions

    13. Unplug this product from the wall socket before cleaning. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. 14. The specification of the fuse is T4AL250V for TL-WPA4220 (T2.5AL250V for TL-WPA2220). To avoid damage, please do not change the fuse.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction.......................... 1 1.1 System Requirement ........................1 1.2 Package Contents ......................... 1 1.3 Conventions........................... 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Connection......................3 2.1 Before You Begin........................... 3 2.2 LED Indicator..........................4 2.3 Physical Interface .......................... 5 2.4 Hardware Connection ........................5 2.5 Wi-Fi Clone Button for Super Range Extension................

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 Introduction

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender. This device is not only a 500Mbps/200Mbps powerline Ethernet adapter which transforms your house’s existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure, but also a 300Mbps Wi-Fi Access Point which creates a wireless network allowing for greater range and mobility.

  • Page 9: Conventions

    You can set the parameters according to your demand. Note: This User Guide is shared by TL-WPA4220 and TL-WPA2220. Here in this Guide we use TL-WPA4220 for example. The difference between them is: TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender with powerline data rate of up to 500Mbps;...

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Connection

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender Chapter 2 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.

  • Page 11: Led Indicator

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender 2.2 LED Indicator The LED indicator displays information about the device’s status. LEDs Name Status Indication Solid The device is on. Power LED The device is off. Blinking The device is in the pairing procedure.

  • Page 12: Physical Interface

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender 2.3 Physical Interface There are four physical items on this device. Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Clone Button Ethernet Port Pair Button Reset Button Item Description Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Press the button for 2 seconds to start Wi-Fi Clone. Clone Button Press the button for 5 seconds to enable or disable the wireless function.
  • Page 13 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender 2． Connect the other end of the Ethernet (RJ45) cable to an available Ethernet port of your wireless router. 3． Plug the powerline extender or powerline adapter into a wall socket. 4． Check and confirm the LEDs status. (The Power LED and Ethernet LED on the powerline device should be ON.)
  • Page 14 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline 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.

  • Page 15: Wi-Fi Clone Button For Super Range Extension

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline 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, please make sure the current wireless password of the front router isn’t the default value.
  • Page 16 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline 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 passphrase for your powerline extender.

  • Page 17: Chapter 3 Configure The Device

    If your computer is connected to the extender via Ethernet cable, you can log in the extender by following the steps below: 1. Insert the TP-LINK Resource CD into the CD-ROM drive. The following screen will appear. Select model TL-WPA4220 and then choose Management Utility from the drop-down menu. Figure 3-1 Setup Wizard...
  • Page 18 Figure 3-2 Management Utility Note: If another TL-WPA4220 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.

  • Page 19: For Wireless Connection

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline 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.

  • Page 20: Status

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline 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.

  • Page 21: Network

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline 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.

  • Page 22: Wireless Settings

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender the powerline extender an ideal solution for your wireless network. Here you can create a wireless local area network just through a few settings. Wireless Settings is used for the configuration of some basic parameters of the powerline extender.

  • Page 23: Wireless Security

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender function of the powerline extender in a region other than one of those specified in this filed. If your country or region is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance. When you select your local region from the pull-down list, click the Save button, then the Note Dialog appears.
  • Page 24 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK. The default password can be found on the label at the bottom of the device. Wireless security can be configured on the following screen shown as Figure 3-10. Figure 3-10 Wireless Security Disable Security - Check this radio button to disable wireless security.
  • Page 25 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender • WEP Key Format - You can select ASCII or Hexadecimal format. ASCII format stands for any combination of keyboard characters in the specified length. Hexadecimal format stands for any combination of hexadecimal digits (0-9, a-f, A-F) in the specified length.

  • Page 26: Wireless Mac Filtering

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender Figure 3-13 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK • Version - You can select one of following versions. Automatic - Select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK automatically based on the wireless station's capability and request. WPA-PSK - Pre-shared key of WPA.
  • Page 27 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender Figure 3-15 Add or Modify Wireless MAC Address Filtering entry MAC Address - Enter the wireless station's MAC address that you want to control. Description - Give a simple description of the wireless station.

  • Page 28: Wireless Advanced

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender For example: If you desire that the wireless station A with MAC address 00-0A-EB-00- 07-BE is able to access the device, while all other wireless stations cannot access the device, you should configure the Wireless MAC Address Filtering list by following these steps: 1.

  • Page 29: Wireless Statistics

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender RTS Threshold - Specifies the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. If the packet is larger than the specified RTS Threshold size, the device will send RTS frames to a particular receiving station and negotiate the sending of a data frame. The default value is 2346.

  • Page 30: Powerline

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender Note: This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds. 3.5 Powerline There are two submenus under the Powerline menu (shown in Figure 3-8): 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.
  • Page 31 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline 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.

  • Page 32: System Tools

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline 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.
  • Page 33 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline 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.

  • Page 34: Factory Defaults

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline 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.

  • Page 35: Reboot

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline 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: •...

  • Page 36: System Log

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline 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.

  • Page 37: Chapter 4 Connecting To Wireless Network

    4.1 In Windows 7 Windows 7 users may use the built-in wireless utility. Follow the steps below. Click the icon at the bottom of your desktop, select the SSID of TL-WPA4220 and then click Connect. Figure 4-1...
  • Page 38 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender 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. You have joined the home network and can surf the Internet now.

  • Page 39: In Windows Vista

    Windows Vista users may use the built-in wireless utility. Follow the steps below. Right-click the icon at the bottom of your screen, then click Connect to a network. Figure 4-4 Select the SSID of TL-WPA4220 and then click Connect. Figure 4-5...
  • Page 40 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender 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. You have joined the home network and can surf the Internet now. Click Close to finish the connection.

  • Page 41: In Windows Xp

    4.3 In Windows XP Windows XP users may use the built-in wireless utility. Follow the steps below. Click the icon at the bottom of your desktop, select the SSID of TL-WPA4220 and then click Connect. Figure 4-8 Input the network key and then click Connect.
  • Page 42 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender Click the icon at the bottom of your desktop, select the SSID of TL-WPA4220 and then click Connect. Input the network security key and then click Next. Note: If your network is an unsecured network, you will not be prompted to input the network key.
  • Page 43 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender You have joined the home network and can surf the Internet now.

  • Page 44: Chapter 5 Pair Buttons

    Create a Powerline network using the Pair button： Step 1. Press and hold the Pair button of powerline device A TL-WPA4220 for one second, the Power LED will start flashing. Step 2. Within two minutes, press and hold the Pair button of powerline device B TL-PA4010 for one second, the Power LED will start flashing.

  • Page 45: Reset

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender Step 2. Within two minutes, press and hold the Pair button on Powerline device A/B for one second. Step 3. Wait for about 60 seconds while your powerline devices are connecting. The Power LED on powerline device A/B and C will stop flashing and become solid light when the connection is made.

  • Page 46: Appendix A: Troubleshooting Guide

    TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA2220 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender Appendix A: Troubleshooting Guide The Troubleshooting Guide provides answers to common problems regarding the powerline Ethernet adapter. 1. The Power LED does not light up. Ans. Check the following: Make sure that the powerline extender is properly plugged into a power outlet.

  • Page 47: Appendix B: Specifications

    PWR, PLC, ETH, WiFi/Wi-Fi Clone Dimensions ( W x D x H ) 3.7 x 2.1 x 1.6 in. (94×54×40mm) Power Consumption <6W Powerline: 500Mbps for TL-WPA4220 Data Rate 200Mbps for TL-WPA2220 Wireless: 300Mbps Range 300 Meters over electrical circuit...

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