TP-Link TL-PA4020P manual Introduction, System Requirement, Important Safety Instructions

TL-PA4020PAV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through

Chapter 1 Introduction

This device is an AV500 2-port Powerline Adapter with AC Pass Through which transforms your house’s existing electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug this AV500 2-port 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 cabling.

This Powerline Adapter supports up to 500Mbps data rate over the existing household power circuit. With data rates of 500Mbps, 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 support built-in 128-bit AES encryption.

The new Powerline Adapter TL-PA4020P 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. The adapter adds 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.

1.1 System Requirement

a)At least two power outlets (100V–240V~, 50/60Hz) with standard home power wiring

b)A computer with the following:

¾Operating System with TCP/IP installed

¾Pentium III compatible processor and above

¾Ethernet LAN card installed with TCP/IP protocol

¾64 MB RAM or more

¾50 MB of free disk space (Minimum)

¾CD-ROM Drive

1.2 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.Do not expose this product to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids.

5.Do not connect this product or disconnect it from a wall socket during a lightning or a thunderstorm

6.Do not block the ventilation slots of this product, for insufficient airflow may harm it.

7.Do not put anything on this product.

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