Secure Your Powerline Network - Pairing - TP-Link TL-PA9020P User Manual

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Secure Your Powerline Network - Pairing

A secure powerline network is necessary if you live in an apartment building where
multiple households share the same electrical wiring system. To prevent leaking your
network to others living on the same building, the TP-LINK powerline adapter comes
with a Pair button that helps create secure powerline connections between the multiple
units.
Plug and play provides you the quickest way to set up a powerline network. However,
all powerline devices in the network use the same default key, and anyone nearby with
a powerline network can potentially access to your network. After using the Pair button
between your powerline devices, your powerline network will be configured to use a
private encryption key. That is, your network is more secure after pairing.
. Note: You can create or join a secure powerline network using the Pair button on two devices at a time.
I want to:
How can I
do that?
Set up security on my powerline network to prevent any
unauthorized access to my network.
For example, I have previously set up a powerline network by
plug and play. That is, anyone nearby using the same electrical
wiring system as me can potentially access to my network. I
want to secure my network.
1 Make sure that all of the powerline devices are plugged in
and their Power LEDs
Tips: We recommend that you plug in the powerline devices near each other
when pairing.
2 Press the Pair button on one of the powerline devices for 1
second. The Power LED
3 Within two minutes, press the Pair button on the second
powerline adapter for 1 second. The Power LED
blinking. When the Powerline LED
process is done!
A
Blinking
Use the Powerline Adapter
are solid on.
starts blinking.
stays on, the pairing
B
Blinking
starts
On
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