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TL-WPA4220
300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender
REV1.1.0
1910011553

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  • Page 1 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender REV1.1.0 1910011553...
  • Page 2 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 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 (1999/519/EC) on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields by way of health protection.

  • 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

    TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY For the following equipment: Product Description: 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Model No.: TL-WPA4220 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

    Important Safety Instructions 1. Do not open this product or attempt to service it; it may expose you to dangerous high voltage or other risks. 2. Do not operate this product near water. 3. Do not place or operate this product near a radiator or a heat register. 4.

  • Page 7: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ...................... 1 1.1 System Requirement ....................1 1.2 Conventions ........................1 Chapter 2 Hardware Connection ................2 2.1 Before You Begin ......................2 2.2 LED Indicator ........................2 2.3 Physical Interface ......................4 2.4 Hardware Connection ....................
  • Page 8 Chapter 4 Connecting to Wireless Network ..........28 4.1 In Windows 7 ......................... 28 4.2 In Windows Vista ......................30 4.3 In Windows XP ......................32 4.4 In Windows 8 ......................... 32 Chapter 5 Pair Button and Reset Button ............35 5.1 Pair (Secure with 128 bits-AES) ..............

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Introduction

     50 MB of free disk space (Minimum) 1.2 Conventions The extender, or TL-WPA4220, or device mentioned in this User Guide stands for TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender without any explanations. Parameters provided in the pictures are just references for setting up the product. They may differ from the actual situation.

  • Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Connection

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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.

  • Page 12: Physical Interface

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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 300Mbps AV500 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 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender 5． Check and confirm that the Power LED and Ethernet LED on the powerline extender are ON. The hardware connection mechanism is shown below: As soon as the powerline devices are connected following the steps above, a powerline network is...

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

    Before taking the steps below, please make sure the current wireless password of the front router isn’t the default value. Press the WPS button on the router for 2 seconds. (Here we take TP-LINK router as an example.) Press the Wi-Fi Clone button on the extender for 2 seconds. The extender will reboot later.

  • Page 16: Chapter 3 Configure The Device

     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 17: For Wireless Connection

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Figure 3-2 Login Window  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, deselect the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it.
  • Page 18 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Figure 3-4 Login Windows  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, deselect the Using Proxy checkbox, and click OK to finish it.

  • Page 19: Status

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender 3.2 Status The Status page displays the powerline extender’s current status and configuration. All information is read-only. Figure 3-5 Status Firmware Version - This field displays the current firmware version of the powerline extender.

  • Page 20: Network

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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 ...

  • Page 21: Wireless Settings

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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 22: Wireless Security

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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 23 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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 3-9. Figure 3-9 Wireless Security Disable Security - Check this radio button to disable wireless security.
  • Page 24 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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 25: Wireless Mac Filtering

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Figure 3-12 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK Version - You can select one of the 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 26 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Figure 3-14 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 27: Wireless Advanced

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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 28: Wireless Statistics

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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.

  • Page 29: Powerline

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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 3-17): 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 30 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Figure 3-19 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 31: System Tools

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Figure 3-21 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 32: Factory Defaults

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Figure 3-23 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 ...

  • Page 33: Backup & Restore

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Click Restore to reset all configuration settings to their default values. Default User Name: admin • Default Password: admin • Default IP Address: 192.168.1.1 • Default Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 •  Note: Any settings you have saved will be lost when the default settings are restored.

  • Page 34: Password

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Some settings of the device will take effect only after rebooting, which include: Change the powerline extender's IP Address (system will reboot automatically). • Change the Wireless configurations. • Upgrade the firmware of the powerline extender (system will reboot automatically).
  • Page 35 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Figure 3-28 System Log The device can keep logs of all traffic. You can query the logs to find what happened to the device. Click the Refresh button to show the latest log list.

  • Page 36: 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 37 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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 38: 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 39 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Input the network key and then click Connect. 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 40: 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 41 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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 42 TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender You have joined the home network and can surf the Internet now.

  • Page 43: Chapter 5 Pair Button And Reset Button

    Step 1. Press and hold the Pair button of powerline device A TL-PA4020P 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-WPA4220 for one second, the Power LED will start flashing.

  • Page 44: Reset

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Step 1. Press and hold the Pair button on powerline device C TL-WPA4220 for one second. Step 2. Within two minutes, press and hold the Pair button on Powerline device A/B for one second.

  • Page 45: Appendix A: Troubleshooting Guide

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 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 46: Appendix B: Specifications

    TL-WPA4220 300Mbps AV500 WiFi Powerline Extender Appendix B: Specifications HARDWARE FEATURES Standards and Protocols HomePlug AV, IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u, IEEE802.11b/g/n Interface 2*10/100Mbps Ethernet Port Plug Type Button Pair, Wi-Fi/Wi-Fi Clone, Reset LED Indicator PWR, PLC, ETH, WiFi/Wi-Fi Clone Dimensions ( W x D x H ) 3.7 x 2.1 x 1.6 in.

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