TP-Link TL-PA250 Network Card User Manual


 
TL-PA250 AV200+ Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through
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Chapter 1 Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding Powerline Adapter. This device is an AV200+
Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through which transforms your house’s existing electrical wiring into a
ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug thisAV200+ Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through
into an ordinary AC power outlet which will easily extend your Cable/xDSL broadband connection or
existing Ethernet (LAN) network to any other electrical outlet in any room of a house without the need of
any new cable.
This Powerline Adapter supports up to 200Mbps data rate over the existing household electrical circuit.
With the data rate of 200Mbps, full multimedia application can easily be supported throughout the whole
house in addition to Internet access. This Powerline Adapter uses the existing power lines installed in a
home as a path to transmit digital data, voice, audio and video between devices.
To ensure data communication’s security and multimedia applications, this Powerline Adapter supports
built-in 128-bit AES encryption.
The new Powerline Adapter TL-PA250 from TP-LINK provides extra convenience and better
performance for your home network with its integrated electrical socket and mains filer. The common
problem of wasting an electrical outlet is solved and additional terminal devices or multiple sockets can
be connected to the adapter just like to a normal wall socket. What’s more, the data transmission in the
network can be significantly improved by the integrated mains filter.With minimum setup, you can install
and use this Powerline Adapter within minutes. Moreover, the adapter provides two useful functions.
1 Existing connection with a new unassociated device added via the Pair button.
2 Reset to default setting via the Management Utility.
A. System Requirement
a) At least two AC 100V ~ 240V power outlets with standard home power wiring
b) A computer with the following:
¾ Operating System with TCP/IP installed
¾ Pentium III compatible processor and above
¾ Ethernet LAN card installed with TCP/IP protocol
¾ 64 MB RAM or more
¾ 50 MB of free disk space (Minimum)
¾ CD-ROM Drive
B. Package Contents
The AV200+ Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through package contains the following items:
¾ One AV200+ Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through (There are two AV200+ Powerline Adapter
with AC Pass Throughs in Starter Kit)
¾ One CAT-5 Ethernet Cable (There are two CAT-5 Ethernet Cables in Starter Kit)
¾ One Quick Installation Guide
¾ One CD-ROM (Management Utility and User Manual)
If any of the above items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately.