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- Page 1 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender TL-WPA281 300Mbps AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender REV1.0.0 1910010849...
- 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.
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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
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-WPA281 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-WPA281). 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 ........................3 2.3 Physical Interface ...................... - Page 8 3.6.6 System Log .......................... 29 Chapter 4 Connecting to Wireless Network ..........30 4.1 In Windows 7 ......................... 30 4.2 In Windows Vista ......................32 4.3 In Windows XP ......................34 4.4 In Windows 8 ......................... 34 Chapter 5 Pair Button and Reset Button ............
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Page 9: Chapter 1 Introduction
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 10: Conventions
You can set the parameters according to your demand. Note: This User Guide is shared by TL-WPA4220 and TL-WPA281. 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 11: Chapter 2 Hardware Connection
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 12 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender LEDs Name Status Indication Solid The device is on. Power LED The device is off. Blinking The device is in the pairing procedure. The device is connected to a powerline network, but there Solid is no data being transferred.
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Page 13: Physical Interface
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 14 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 15 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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.
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Page 16: Wi-Fi Clone Button For Super Range Extension
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 17 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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.
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Page 18: Chapter 3 Configure The Device
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender Chapter 3 Configure the Device This Chapter describes how to configure your Access Point via the web-based management page. The 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender is easy to configure and manage with the Web-based ®... - Page 19 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender 2. Find the model to be configured and click Connect to log in the Web-based management utility. 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.
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Page 20: For Wireless Connection
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 21: Status
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 22: Network
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 23: Wireless Settings
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 24: Wireless Security
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 25 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 26 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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.
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Page 27: Wireless Mac Filtering
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 28 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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.
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Page 29: Wireless Advanced
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 30: Wireless Statistics
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 31: Powerline
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 32 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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.
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Page 33: System Tools
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 34 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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.
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Page 35: Factory Defaults
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 36: Reboot
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 37: System Log
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 38: Chapter 4 Connecting To Wireless Network
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender Chapter 4 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. - Page 39 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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.
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Page 40: In Windows Vista
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender 4.2 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. - Page 41 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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.
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Page 42: In Windows Xp
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender 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. - Page 43 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 44 TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender You have joined the home network and can surf the Internet now.
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Page 45: Chapter 5 Pair Button And Reset Button
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 300Mbps AV500/AV200 WiFi Powerline Extender Chapter 5 Pair Button and 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). -
Page 46: Reset
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 47: Appendix A: Troubleshooting Guide
TL-WPA4220/TL-WPA281 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 48: Appendix B: Specifications
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-WPA281 Wireless: 300Mbps Range 300 Meters over electrical circuit SOFTWARE FEATURES Modulation Technology OFDM (PLC)