TP-Link TL-WA890EA manual System Tools, Firmware Upgrade

TL-WA890EAN600 Universal Dual Band WiFi Entertainment Adapter with 4 Ports

Click Edit to further edit the profile(s), or Delete to delete the profile(s).

Click Connect to connect the Entertainment Adapter to the wireless network that you have chosen in the profile list.

Click Add to add a new profile to the list.

Click Delete All to delete all the information in the profile list.

4.5System Tools

System Tools option helps you to optimize the configuration of your device. You can upgrade the Entertainment Adapter to the latest version of firmware as well as backup or restore the Entertainment Adapter’s configuration files. It’s suggested that you change the default password to a more secure one because it controls access to the device’s web-based management page. Besides, you can find out what happened to the system in System Log.

There are six submenus under the System Tools menu (shown as Figure 4-16):Firmware Upgrade, Factory Defaults, Backup & Restore, Reboot, Password, and System Log. Clicking any of them will enable you to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.

Figure 4-16 The System Tools menu

4.5.1 Firmware Upgrade

Selecting System Tools > Firmware Upgrade allows you to upgrade the latest version of firmware for the device on the screen shown in Figure 4-17.

Figure 4-17 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 upgrade file must accord with the current hardware version.

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