TL-PA101 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter Rev: 1.0.
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CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................1 Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism ...............................................................................3 2.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................3 2.2 LED Indicator ..............................................................................................
TL-PA101 Chapter 1 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding Powerline Ethernet Adapter. This device is an 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter which transforms your house’s existing electrical wiring into an ubiquitous networking infrastructure.
TL-PA101 Chapter 2 2.1 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter Connecting Mechanism Introduction The Powerline Ethernet Adapter support up to 85Mbps data rate. With this high speed connection rate, this Powerline Ethernet Adapter allows you to setup a high speed home network by using your home existing electrical wiring.
TL-PA101 2.3 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter Physical Interface There are two physical interfaces on this Powerline Ethernet Adapter. Interface 2.4 Description Ethernet One 10/100Mbps Ethernet port connected to PC LAN card or broadband device. Power Plug Power Plug connected to any 100V ~ 240V AC power socket.
TL-PA101 2.5 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter Hardware Connection – Internet This section describes how to connect the Powerline Ethernet Adapter into your existing ADSL broadband connection via ADSL Ethernet port. Follow the procedures describe below to connect the Powerline Ethernet Adapter to your ADSL broadband connection: 1. Power off your PC or Notebook. 2. Connect the provided Ethernet (RJ-45) cable to the Powerline Ethernet Adapter’s Ethernet port. 3.
TL-PA101 Chapter 3 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter Installing Management Utility Please verify that no other Powerline Ethernet Adapter or any Encryption Management Utilities are installed before installing the provided software. If other Homeplug Utilities are installed, uninstall them and restart your personal computer before installing this provided software. The Management utility can be used on Operating System of Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7.
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TL-PA101 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter Step 2: After the installation, a shortcut to the “TL-PA101 Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop. Step 3: Finally, there is an “Auto install Finish” icon on the windows desktop. 3.2 For Windows Vista Follow the following procedures to properly installing the provided Management Utility: Step 1: The program installation process will carry out and copy all the necessary files to your system.
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TL-PA101 Step 2: Step 3: 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter After the installation, a shortcut to the “TL-PA101 Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop. Finally, there is an “Auto install Finish” icon on the windows desktop.
TL-PA101 3.3 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter For Windows 7 Follow the following procedures to properly installing the provided Management Utility: Step 1: The program installation process will carry out and copy all the necessary files to your system.
TL-PA101 Step 2: Step 3: 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter After the installation, a shortcut to the “TL-PA101 Powerline Utility” application icon is provided on the windows desktop. Finally, there is an “Auto install Finish” icon on the windows desktop.
TL-PA101 Chapter 4 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter Using The Management Utility After you’d successfully installed the Powerline Ethernet Adapter hardware and Management Utility software, you can setup or configure the devices according to your need. This Powerline Ethernet Adapter Configuration Utility enables the users to identify HomePlug devices on the powerline network, measures data rate performance, ensures privacy and performs diagnostics by setting user defined secure powerline networks.
TL-PA101 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter y Device Name: Shows the default device name. One may redefine or change the name by clicking on the name and editing in place or by clicking the “Rename” button. y Password: Shows the current password of the Powerline Ethernet Adapter. y Quality: Shows the quality of the Powerline Ethernet Adapter connection. y Rate (Mbps): Shows the current transmission rate of the selected Powerline Ethernet Adapter.
TL-PA101 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter display Enter your Password (Take note to the password format) and click “OK” after setup. ) Note: The Powerline Ethernet Adapter device must be present on the power line (plugged in) in order for the password to be confirmed and added to the network. If the Powerline Ethernet Adapter device could not be located, a warning message will be shown. 4.1.3 Add Device The following dialog box pop-up when clicking the “Add” button under Main configuration homepage.
TL-PA101 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter The following screen display after the naming and password setting process, which is also the Diagnostics configuration homepage. 4.2 Privacy The Privacy configuration page provides a means for managing the local network and providing additional security for the logical network and also to select the devices that has to be included in the network.
TL-PA101 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter ¾ Set Local Device Only: Click this tab to change the network name of the local Powerline Ethernet Adapter device only. All Powerline Ethernet Adapter devices seen on the Main configuration homepage prior to this will be no longer present in the new network, effectively making the local devices not to communicate to the devices who were in the old logical network.
TL-PA101 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter QoS requirements are different for various data types such as streaming video or music, voice and raw data. To provide higher QoS for streaming data, priority levels can be set using tags at the beginning of data frames. Virtual Local Area Network (Vlan) 802.1p priority tags on Ethernet frames are used to specify 8 (0~7) levels of ‘user priority’. Powerline AV powerline allows for 4 levels of Channel Access Priority (CAP(0-3)).
TL-PA101 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter The Diagnostics information displayed can be saved to a text file. One can email the saved text file to the local supplier when there’s technical support require or print the saved text file as reference during a technical support conference. The Upper Panel shows technical data concerning software and hardware present on the host computer which were used to communicate over Powerline Ethernet Adapter on the Powerline network.
TL-PA101 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter The diagnostics information displayed may be saved to a text file for later use, or can be printed for reference for a technical support call. Powerline Ethernet Adapter devices, which are not part of the network anymore, can be deleted using the delete button. A dialog window pops up with a confirmation message if we try to delete a device whose password has been entered. 4.5 About The About homepage show the Management Utility software version.
TL-PA101 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter 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: 1. Make sure that the Powerline Ethernet Adapter is properly plugged into a power outlet. 2. Make sure the power outlet is active (working) by plugging another electric device into it. 3. Re-plug the Powerline Ethernet Adapter to the power outlet again.
