TP-LINK TL-PA251 User Guide
TL-PA251
AV200+ Multi-Streaming Powerline Adapter With
AC Pass Through
Rev: 1.0.1
1910010542
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CE Mark Warning
This is a class B product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which
case the user may be required to take adequate measures.
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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.
8. Plug this product directly into a wall socket (100Vac~240Vac). Do not use an extension cord between
this product and the AC power source.
9. When plugging this product into a wall socket, make sure that the electrical socket is not damaged,
and that there is no gas leakage.
10. Place the connecting cables properly so that people won’t stumble or walk on it.
11. This product should be operated from the type of power indicated on the marking label. If you are not
sure of the type of power available, consult the qualified technician.
12. Unplug this product from the mains and refer the product to qualified service personnel for the
following conditions:
¾ If liquid has been spilled on the product
¾ If the product has been exposed to rain or water
13. Unplug this product from the wall socket before cleaning. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. Do not use
liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners.
14. The specification of the fuse is T2.5AL250V. To avoid damage, please do not change the fuse.
15. The Operating temperature is 0 ~4℃ 0 (32~10℃℉4)℉ .
16. The Storage temperature is -40 ~70℃℃ (-40 ~158 )℉℉.
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CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 LED Indicator ........................................................................................................................... 2
1.2 Physical Interface....................................................................................................................3
Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism ............................................................................................. 4
2.1 Introduction............................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Connection Instructions.......................................................................................................... 4
2.3 Hardware Connection – Computer....................................................................................... 5
2.4 Hardware Connection – Internet........................................................................................... 5
Chapter 3 Installing Management Utility................................................................................... 7
Chapter 4 Using The Management Utility............................................................................... 11
4.1 Main......................................................................................................................................... 11
4.1.1 Rename ...........................................................................................................................13
4.1.2 Enter Password .............................................................................................................. 14
4.1.3 Add Device ...................................................................................................................... 15
4.1.4 Reset ................................................................................................................................ 16
4.2 Privacy ....................................................................................................................................16
4.3 QoS .........................................................................................................................................17
4.4 Diagnostics............................................................................................................................. 18
4.5 About .......................................................................................................................................20
Chapter 5 Advance Feature: How to Use the Pair buttons ................................................21
5.1 Pair (Secure with 128 bits-AES) ......................................................................................... 21
5.2 Set Up a Powerline AV Network with the Pair button ...................................................... 21
Appendix A: Troubleshooting Guide .......................................................................................23
Appendix B: Specifications........................................................................................................ 24
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TL-PA251 AV200+ Multi-Streaming Powerline Adapter With AC Pass Through
Chapter 1 Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding Powerline Adapter. This device is an AV200+
Multi-Streaming Powerline Adapter With AC Pass Through which transforms your house’s existing
electrical wiring into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug thisAV200+ Multi-Streaming
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 and Quality of Service (QoS) features.
The new Powerline Adapter TL-PA251 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+ Multi-Streaming Powerline Adapter With AC Pass Through package contains the following
items:
¾ One AV200+ Multi-Streaming Powerline Adapter With AC Pass Through (There are two AV200+
Multi-Streaming 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 Resource CD (Utility / Manual)
If any of the above items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately.
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TL-PA251 AV200+ Multi-Streaming Powerline Adapter With AC Pass Through
1.1 LED Indicator
The LED indicator displays information about the device’s status.
Item Status Indication
Off Power is off.
Power LED
Powerline LED
Ethernet LED
Note:
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Five minutes after the device connected to the Ethernet port of the Homeplug is powered off, the
Homeplug will switch to power-saving mode automatically. In power-saving mode, the Homeplug cannot
be accessed via the electrical wiring, but its integrated electrical socket can supply the power normally.
As soon as the device connected to the Homeplug is switched on again, your Homeplug will leave the
power-saving mode once the three LEDs flash simultaneity.
On Power is on.
Flashing The Adapter is in power-saving Mode.
Off
On The adapter is connected to a powerline network.
Flashing The adapter is transferring data.
Off
On The Ethernet port is linked, but there is no activity.
Flashing Data is being transmitted through the Ethernet port
The adapter isn’t connected to any powerline network or
is in power-saving mode.
The Ethernet port is connected, but there is no data
being transferred.
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1.2 Physical Interface
There are four physical interfaces on this Powerline Adapter.
Interface Description
Ethernet Port
Power Plug*
Pair Button
Integrated Electrical
Socket
It is a 10/100Mbps Ethernet port on the AV adapter for connecting it
to the PC or the broadband device with the network cable.
A Power Plug connected to any 100V ~ 240V AC power socket
Pair buttons are used to secure a powerline network. To secure
your network, please follow the steps below. Firstly, plug in a new
adapter, and press its pair button for 3 to 8 seconds; then plug in
another adapter and press its pair button for 3 to 8 seconds as well.
The two buttons should be pressed within 2 minutes of each other.
After that, wait about 60 seconds so that the two adapters can finish
connecting.
The integrated electrical socket allows additional devices or
multiple sockets to be connected to the adapter just like to a normal
wall socket. No electrical socket is lost.
* The provided power plug may differ from the picture due to different regional power specifications.
Here we take the EU version of this product as an example.
Note:
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1. If you press the Pair button for more than 10 seconds, the Powerline Adapter will leave the network
which it is associated with and its network name assumes a random value. The Power LED turns off
when it disconnects from the Powerline network.
2. For detailed information about the Pair button, please refer to Charpter 5 Advanced Feature:How to
Use the Pair buttons
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Chapter 2 Connecting Mechanism
2.1 Introduction
The Powerline Adapter supports up to 200Mbps data rate. With this high speed connection rate, this
Powerline Adapter allows you to set up a high speed home network by using your home existing
electrical wiring. Simply plug this Powerline Adapter into an ordinary power outlet to extend your
Cable/xDSL broadband connection or existing LAN network to any other electrical outlet in any room of
your house.
Take notes that this Powerline Adapter works in pairs. You need to plug one Powerline Adapter into a
power outlet for each computer and connect the Powerline Adapter to the computer’s LAN card with
Ethernet cable; you will also need another Powerline Adapter connected to your Cable/xDSL broadband
so as to extend your broadband connection or Internet surfing. With clean power line, the distance
between two Powerline Adapters can reach 300 meters at lease, but the actual distance may vary due to
the environment.
Section below describes the connection instructions and hardware connection mechanism.
2.2 Connection Instructions
To ensure the optimum performance of the Powerline Adapter and significantly improve the transmission
capacity of the network, we recommend that you comply with the following connection rules:
y Plug the Powerline Adapter directly into a wall socket but not the multiple sockets.
y To take full advantage of the filter function of the Powerline Adapter and to improve data
transmission in the network, always plug the multiple sockets into the integrated electrical socket of
the Powerline Adapter.
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2.3 Hardware Connection – Computer
For those computers you wish to be networked by Powerline Adapter, each of the computers must be
properly connected with a Powerline Adapter through an Ethernet (RJ-45) cable.
Following are the steps to properly connect the Powerline Adapter to your computer:
1． Connect one end of the provided Ethernet (RJ-45) cable to the Powerline Adapter’s Ethernet port.
2． Connect the other end of the Ethernet (RJ-45) cable to you computer’s LAN port.
3． Plug the Powerline Adapter into a wall socket next to the computer.
4． Turn on your computer.
5． Check and confirm that the Power LED
ON.
The hardware connection mechanism is shown below:
and Ethernet LED on the Powerline Adapter are
) Note:
Do not connect the Powerline adapter to an extension lead, power strip, extension cord or surge
protector as these may degrade the network performance.
2.4 Hardware Connection – Internet
This section describes how to connect the Powerline Adapter into your existing ADSL broadband
connection via ADSL Ethernet port. Follow the procedures described below to connect the Powerline
Adapter to your ADSL broadband connection:
1． Connect one end of the provided Ethernet (RJ-45) cable to the Powerline Adapter’s Ethernet port.
2． Connect the other end of the Ethernet (RJ-45) cable to an available Ethernet port of your ADSL
broadband Router.
3． Plug the Powerline Adapter into a wall socket next to the computer.
4． Turn on your computer.
5． Check and confirm that the Power LED
Powerline Adapter are ON.
The hardware connection mechanism is shown below:
, Ethernet LED , and Powerline LED on the
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