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TL-WPA8630P

User Guide

AV1200 Gigabit Passthrough Powerline ac
Wi-Fi Extender
REV1.0.0
1910011665

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    TL-WPA8630P User Guide AV1200 Gigabit Passthrough Powerline ac Wi-Fi Extender REV1.0.0 1910011665...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents About This Guide Chapter 1 Get to Know About Your Powerline Extender 1. 1. Product Overview ............3 1.
  • Page 3 3. 11. 4. Backup and Restore Configuration Settings ......30 3. 11. 5. System Log ............32 Appendix A: Specifications...

  • Page 4: About This Guide

    This guide provides details of each function and shows how to configure the powerline extender appropriate to your needs. In addition to this guide, a Quick Installation Guide is also released with each TP-LINK powerline extender, you are suggested to configure your extender for quick Internet setup by following the published Quick Installation Guide before you get started with a further configuration.

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Get To Know About Your Powerline Extender

    Chapter Get to Know About Your Powerline Extender This chapter introduces what the powerline extender can do and shows its main features and appearance. This chapter contains the following sections: • Product Overview Main Features • • Product Appearance...

  • Page 6: Product Overview

    1200Mbps Concurrent Dual Band - More Bandwidth, Less Interference With 866Mbps wireless speeds over the crystal clear 5GHz band and 300Mbps over the 2.4GHz band, TL-WPA8630P offers you the flexibility of two dedicated networks and ensures amazing wireless performance. Simple tasks such as sending e-mails or web browsing can be handled by the 2.4GHz band while bandwidth intensive tasks like...

  • Page 7: Product Appearance

    Chapter 1 Get to Know About Your Powerline Extender • Multiple Ethernet ports to connect the TVs, game consoles, or PCs to the Internet at the same time. • Integrated power socket ensures no power outlet goes to waste. Product Appearance 1 3 1 LED Legend LEDs of the extender are located on the front side.

  • Page 8: Physical Interface

    Chapter 1 Get to Know About Your Powerline Extender 1 3 2 Physical Interface Ethernet Port Reset Button Pair Button LED Button Wi-Fi Button Integrated Electrical Socket Power Plug Ethernet Port The extender has three 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet ports. You can use them to connect the extender to computers or broadband devices.

  • Page 9: Reset Button

    Chapter 1 Get to Know About Your Powerline Extender Reset Button Use a pin to press and hold the Reset button for at least 5 seconds to reset the powerline extender to factory default settings. All LEDs will turn off and start on again. LED Button Press and hold the LED button for 1 second to turn all LEDs on or off.

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Initial Use

    Chapter Initial Use This chapter guides you on how to use the powerline extender when you first open the package. This chapter contains the following sections: • To Set Up a New Secure Wireless Network • To Extend the Existing Wireless Network...

  • Page 11: To Set Up A New Secure Wireless Network

    Chapter 2 Initial Use To Set Up a New Secure Wireless Network I want to: Use the Powerline Wi-Fi Kit to set up a new secure wireless network in my house. For example, I have a wireless router in my house, but the wireless signal cannot reach every corner.

  • Page 12: To Extend The Existing Wireless Network

    Chapter 2 Initial Use Note: A red Powerline LED indicates poor signal strength, we recommend another location. Done! Now enjoy the Internet with the SSID and password printed on the Wi-Fi Info Card! To Extend the Existing Wireless Network I want to: Extend the existing wireless network by adding a new powerline extender into the existing powerline network.
  • Page 13 Chapter 2 Initial Use Existing Powerline Extender New Powerline Extender Powerline 2 Join the new powerline extender into the existing powerline network by Pairing two powerline devices. a . Press the Pair button on the existing powerline extender for 1 second. The Power LED starts blinking. Note: If the Power LED does not blink, press again.
  • Page 14 Chapter 2 Initial Use Done! Now enjoy the Internet! The SSID and password are the same as that of your old wireless network! Q & A: If you still don’t have wireless signals near the new extender, it is possibly you haven’t paired your old powerline devices. We recommend you follow the steps below to pair them.

  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Configuring Via Web Management Interface

    Chapter Configuring via Web Management Interface The powerline extender has a management interface to configure all settings. The management interface can be opened on any device that has a web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox. This chapter is going to give detailed information on what functions the powerline extender has and how to configure them.

  • Page 16: Management Interface

    1. Connect your computer to the powerline extender with the provided Ethernet cable. 2. Obtain and install the tpPLC utility (for Windows) from the product support page at http://www.tp-link.com. 3. Open the utility, move your mouse over your powerline extender, and click the icon that appears beside it.

  • Page 17: Manage Powerline Network

    Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 2. Follow instructions on the page to set a new username and password. A strong password should be at least 8 or more characters in length, combining uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and punctuations. 3.

  • Page 18: Change Powerline Network Name

    Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 3. Click the icon and enter the Powerline Key of the device you want to add. The Powerline Key contains 16 capital letters, formed like XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX. It is printed on the back of the powerline device. 4.

  • Page 19: Wi-Fi Clone

    Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface powerline extenders on the same powerline network whose Wi-Fi Move feature is also enabled. Follow the Steps below to enable Wi-Fi Move feature: 1. Connect to the powerline extender wirelessly. Visit http://tplinkplc.net, and log in with the password you set for the extender.

  • Page 20: Wireless Network

    Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 6 Press the button on your router. 7 Within two minutes, press the Wi-Fi button on the side panel of the extender. Done! When the corresponding Wi-Fi LED blinks quickly for 3 seconds and then stays on.
  • Page 21 Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface To enable or disable the wireless function: Click 2.4GHz or 5GHz, then enable the wireless radio of this band. Deselect the box to disable wireless function. If disabled, all wireless settings of the corresponding band will be ineffective.

  • Page 22: Wireless Clients

    Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface Security: Select an option from the Security drop-down list. The extender provides four options, None, WPA/WPA2 Personal (Recommended), WPA/WPA2 Enterprise, WEP. WPA2 uses the newest standard and the security level is the highest. We recommend you don’t change the default settings unless necessary.

  • Page 23: Led Schedules

    Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 1. Connect to the powerline extender wirelessly. Visit http://tplinkplc.net, and log in with the password you set for the extender. 2. Go to Wireless > Clients page. 3. Now you can view the detailed information, including MAC address, connected wireless band, security option as well as the packets transmitted.

  • Page 24: Schedule Your Wireless Function

    Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 6 Click Enable this entry to make it effective. 7 Click to save the settings. Done! Now your LEDs will be turned off automatically at 00:00 and turned on at 7:00am the next morning. Schedule Your Wireless Function I want to: Automatically turn off my wireless network (both 2.4GHz and...
  • Page 25 Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 3 Toggle to enable the Wi-Fi Scheduler. If you are prompted like the following picture, click Continue. 4 Check the box of Do not turn off Wi-Fi while clients are connected to it. 5 Click to add an entry.

  • Page 26: Parental Controls

    Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 8 Click to save the settings. Done! Now your Wi-Fi will be automatically turned off at 00:00 and turned on at 7:00am the next morning. Note: The wireless LED (2.4GHz , 5GHz ) will turn off if the corresponding wireless network is disabled. Parental Controls I want to: Control when my children’s wireless devices can access the...
  • Page 27 Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 4 Click Add. 5 Click View Existing Devices, and select the device to be controlled. Or, enter the Device Name MAC Address manually. 6 Click the icon to set the Internet Access Time. Drag the cursor over the appropriate cell(s) and click OK.

  • Page 28: Guest Network

    Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 9 Click to save the settings. Done! Now you can control when your children can access the Internet according to your needs. Guest Network I want to: Create a separate network for my guests, providing Internet access for them while at the same time limit the network authorities for guests to ensure network security and privacy.

  • Page 29: Mac Filter

    Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface disabled, all guest network settings of the corresponding band will be ineffective. To change the guest network name (SSID) and password: The default SSID is TP-LINK_GUEST_XXXX for 2.4GHz guest network and TP-LINK_GUEST_XXXX_5G for 5GHz guest network, and the default password is 12345670.
  • Page 30 Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 5 Click under Device List to add devices to the list. 6 Click View Devices to see how many devices are now connected to the network. Click Choose to choose a device. You can also enter in the MAC address manually. 7 Give a description of the entry here.

  • Page 31: Administration

    Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 3 11 Administration 3 11 1 LAN IP Address Follow the steps below to configure LAN settings of the extender. Go to Device Settings > Settings. LAN Type: Select Dynamic IP to have your extender automatically obtain IP Address from the main router.
  • Page 32 Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface To automatically synchronize the time: 1. Select your local Time Zone from the drop-down menu. 2. In the NTP Server I field, enter the IP address or domain name of your desired NTP Server.

  • Page 33: Upgrade The Firmware

    3 11 3 Upgrade the Firmware TP-LINK is dedicated to improving and richening the product features, giving you a better network experience. We will release the latest firmware at TP-LINK official website, you can download the latest firmware file from our website: www.tp-link.com...
  • Page 34 Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 3. Click Backup to save a copy of the current settings to your local computer. A config. file will be stored to your computer. To restore configuration settings: 1. Connect to the powerline extender wirelessly. Visit http://tplinkplc.net, and log in with the username and password you set for the extender.
  • Page 35 Chapter 3 Configuring via Web Management Interface 3 11 5 System Log When the extender does not work properly, you can save the system log and send it to the technical support for troubleshooting. Follow the steps below to save the system log: 1.
  • Page 36 Appendix A: Specifications Hardware Powerline: up to 1200 Mbps Transmission Speeds Ethernet: 10/100/1000 Mbps Standards and HomePlug AV, IEEE 1901,IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.11b/g/n 2.4GHz, Protocols IEEE 802.11a/ac 5GHz Interface 3 * Built-in Ethernet Port Plug Type Access Methods CSMA/CA channel-access schemes IGMP IGMP v1/v2/v3...
  • Page 37 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 38: Ce Mark Warning

    CE Mark Warning This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. RF Exposure Information This device meets the EU requirements (1999/5/EC Article 3.1a) on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields by way of health protection.
  • Page 39 RECYCLING This product bears the selective sorting symbol for Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). This means that this product must be handled pursuant to European directive 2012/19/EU in order to be recycled or dismantled to minimize its impact on the environment. User has the choice to give his product to a competent recycling organization or to the retailer when he buys a new electrical or electronic equipment.

  • Page 40: Declaration Of Conformity

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO , LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: AV1200 Gigabit Passthrough Powerline ac Wi-Fi Extender Model No.: TL-WPA8630P Trademark: TP-LINK We declare under our own responsibility that the above products satisfy all the technical regulations...

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