TL-PA101 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter Rev: 1.0.
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Important Safety Instructions 1. Do Not open this product or attempt to service this product, it may expose you to dangerous high voltage and other risks. 2. Do Not operate this product near water. 3. Do Not place or operate near or over radiator or heat register. 4. Do Not expose this product to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids. 5. Do Not connect this product and Disconnect from wall socket during a lightning or thunderstorm 6.
CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................1 Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism ...............................................................................2 2.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................2 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 Label Status 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter Description ON The Powerline Ethernet Adapter is power on OFF The Powerline Ethernet Adapter is not receiving power ON Another Powerline port is detected on the same Powerline network OFF Did not detect any other Powerline port on the same powerline network Flashing The Powerline port is transmitting/receiving data ON The Ethernet port is on and ready to receiving/transmitting data OFF The Ethernet port is not connected or not power o
TL-PA101 85Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter 6. Check and confirm that the Power and Ethernet LEDs on the Powerline Ethernet Adapter are ON The hardware connection mechanism is shown below: 2.5 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.
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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.
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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.
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 To set or change your Powerline Ethernet Adapter’s password, click and select the Powerline Ethernet Adapter you wish to change from the list, then click on the “Enter Password” tab, the following screen 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.
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 entering/editing “HomePlug” under column of “Private Network Name” is always available. Note that every Powerline Ethernet Adapter on your home network MUST have the same Network Password for connectivity to be established throughout your home ) Note: Changing the network name to anything other than “HomePlug” will show the network type on the Main configuration screen as “Private”.
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 ¾ Device Last Known Network name ¾ Date device last seen on the network 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.
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.