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TP Link WPA8630 User Manual

TL-WPA8630
User Guide
AV1200 Gigabit Powerline ac Wi-Fi Extender
REV1.0.0 1910011472
Contents
About This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1. Get to Know About Your Powerline Extender. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1. 1. Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1. 2. Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1. 3. Product Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. 3. 1. LED Legend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. 3. 2. Physical Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. Initial Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2. 1. To Set Up a New Secure Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2. 2. To Extend the Existing Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 3. Conguring via Web Management Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3. 1. 1. Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3. 1. 2. Change the Login Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3. 2. 1. Add a New Device to the Powerline Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. 2. 2. Change Powerline Network Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3. 5. 1. Customize Wireless Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3. 5. 2. Wireless Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3. 11. 1. LAN IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3. 11. 2. Set Up System Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3. 11. 3. Upgrade the Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3. 11. 4. Backup and Restore Conguration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3. 11. 5. System Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Appendix A: Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

About This Guide

This guide provides details of each function and shows how to configure the powerline extender appropriate to your needs. In addition to this guide, a Quick Installation Guide is also released with each TP-LINK powerline extender, you are suggested to configure your extender for quick Internet setup by following the published Quick Installation Guide before you get started with a further configuration.
Conventions
In this guide the following conventions are used:
Convention
Powerline extender
parameters
screenshots
Blue Italic
Blue
>
Note:
Tips:
Description
Stands for AV1200 Gigabit Powerline ac Wi-Fi Extender without any explanation.
Parameters provided in the screenshots are just references for setting up the device, which may differ from the actual situation. You can set the parameters according to your demand.
The demonstrated screenshots may look a little different from the actual page of your device due to the various firmware versions. Please just configure your product based on the actual web page.
Hyperlinks are in blue italic. You can click to redirect to a website or a specific section.
Contents to be emphasized and texts on screen or on the web page are in blue, including the menus, items, buttons, etc.
The menu structures to show the path to load the corresponding page. For example, Wireless > MAC Filter means the MAC Filter function page is under the Wireless menu.
Ignoring this type of note might result in a malfunction or damage to the device.
Indicates important information that helps you make better use of your device.
symbols on the web
page
• click to edit the corresponding entry.
• click to delete the corresponding entry.
• click to enable or disable the corresponding entry.
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Chapter 1

Get to Know About Your Powerline Extender

This chapter introduces what the powerline extender can do and shows its main features and appearance.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Product Overview
• Main Features
• Product Appearance
Chapter 1
Get to Know About Your Powerline Extender

1. 1. Product Overview

What This Product Does
TP-LINK’s TL-WPA8630 AV1200 Gigabit Powerline ac Wi-Fi Extender is a combined wired/ wireless network expansion device. With the help of your home’s existing electrical circuitry, it can extend your Wi-Fi to wherever you want in your house.
802.11ac - The Next Generation of Wi-Fi
TP-LINK’s TL-WPA8630 comes with the next generation Wi-Fi standard – 802.11ac, backward compatible with 802.11n and 3 times faster than wireless N speeds. With higher power efficiency and robust security, 802.11ac is the perfect way to accelerate a home multimedia network and solve congestion that multiple devices may cause.
1200Mbps Concurrent Dual Band - More Bandwidth, Less Interference
With 866Mbps wireless speeds over the crystal clear 5GHz band and 300Mbps over the 2.4GHz band, TL-WPA8630 offers you the flexibility of two dedicated networks and ensures amazing wireless performance. Simple tasks such as sending e-mails or web browsing can be handled by the 2.4GHz band while bandwidth intensive tasks like online gaming or HD video streaming can be processed by the 5GHz band – all at the same time.

1. 2. Main Features

• New Generation of Utility to manage the whole powerline network easily and conveniently.
• Wi-Fi Move to synchronize any changes to Wi-Fi Settings across a secured powerline network.
• Wi-Fi Clone to copy wireless network name (SSID) and password of your router to the extender at the press of a button.
• Guest Network to set a separate new wireless network for guests without disclosing your own wireless network.
• Button control to turn LEDs or Wi-Fi on or off with the press of a button.
• Wi-Fi Schedules to set when your Wi-Fi be on.
• Multiple Ethernet ports to connect the TVs, game consoles, or PCs to the Internet at the same time.
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Get to Know About Your Powerline Extender

1. 3. Product Appearance

1. 3. 1. LED Legend

LEDs of the extender are located on the front side. They indicate the working status. For more details, please refer to the following table.
Name Status Indication
On/Off The powerline extender is on or off.
Power
Blinking Pairing is in process.
Powerline
Ethernet
2.4GHz Wireless
5GHz Wireless
Yellow-
green
Red
Off
On At least one Ethernet port is connected.
Off No Ethernet port is connected.
On 2.4GHz wireless network is enabled.
Off 2.4GHz wireless network is disabled.
Blinking
On 5GHz wireless network is enabled.
Off 5GHz wireless network is disabled.
Blinking
The powerline extender is in a location with a good signal strength.
The powerline extender is in a location with a poor signal strength. We recommend trying another wall socket.
The powerline extender is not connected to any powerline network.
Slowly: The powerline extender is cloning 2.4GHz wireless network settings from the main router.
Quickly: The powerline extender is syncing 2.4GHz wireless network settings.
Slowly: The powerline extender is cloning 5GHz wireless network settings from the main router.
Quickly: The powerline extender is syncing 5GHz wireless network settings.
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1. 3. 2. Physical Interface

Get to Know About Your Powerline Extender
Power Plug
Ethernet Port
Reset Button
Pair Button LED Button Wi-Fi Button
LED Button
Press and hold the LED button for 1 second to turn all LEDs on or off. All LEDs are on by default. If you don’t feel like being bothered by the LED light at night, press and hold the button for 1 second to turn all LEDs off. The next morning, just press and hold the button again to turn them on.
Wi-Fi Button
Press and hold the button for 1 second to copy wireless settings from the main router to the extender. Go to Wi-Fi Clone for more information.
Press and hold the button for at least 5 seconds to turn the wireless function on or off. The wireless function is on by default. You can turn them off at night and then on in the morning by pressing the Wi-Fi button.
Pair Button
Press and hold the button for 1 second to join a powerline network. Go to To Set Up a
New Secure Wireless Network for more information.
Press and hold the button for about 8 seconds to leave the existing powerline network.
Reset
Use a pin to press and hold the Reset button for at least 5 seconds to reset the powerline extender to factory default settings. When Reset is triggered properly, all LEDs will turn off and start on again.
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Ethernet Port
The extender has three 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet ports. You can use them to connect the extender to computers or broadband devices.
Power Plug
The extender has a Power Plug which can connect to any (100V-240V~, 50/60Hz) power socket.
Note:
1. The provided power plug may differ from the picture due to different regional power specifications. Here we take
the EU version as an example.
2. The equipment can only be used in below directions.
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Chapter 2

Initial Use

This chapter guides you on how to use the powerline extender when you first open the package.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• To Set Up a New Secure Wireless Network
• To Extend the Existing Wireless Network
Chapter 2

2. 1. To Set Up a New Secure Wireless Network

Initial Use
I want to:
How can I do that?
Use the Powerline Wi-Fi Kit to set up a new secure wireless network in my house.
For example, I have a wireless router in my house, but the wireless
signal cannot reach every corner. So I bought a Powerline Wi­Fi Kit to extend the wireless network. The Powerline Wi-Fi Kit includes a powerline adapter and a powerline extender.
1. Connect the powerline adapter to an available LAN port of the router.
2. Plug the powerline adapter into a wall socket.
3. Plug the powerline extender into a wall socket near the
adapter.
Powerline
Powerline Adapter Powerline Extender
* Image may differ from
actual product.
Internet
WAN LAN
4. Pair the powerline devices. a . Press the Pair button of the powerline adapter for 1
second. The Power LED starts blinking.
. Note: If the Power LED does not blink, press it again.
b . Within two minutes, press the Pair button of the
powerline extender for 1 second. The Power LED starts blinking. When the Powerline LED stays on, the pairing process is done!
Powerline
Powerline Adapter Powerline Extender
* Image may differ from
actual product.
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Initial Use
5. Find the Wi-Fi Info Card in the package, and then relocate the powerline extender to a new location. Connect to the Wi-Fi using the SSID and password on the card.
Note: A red Powerline LED indicates poor signal strength, we recommend
another location.
Done!
Now enjoy the Internet with the SSID and password printed on the Wi-Fi Info Card!

2. 2. To Extend the Existing Wireless Network

I want to:
How can I do that?
Extend the existing wireless network by adding a new powerline extender into the existing powerline network.
For example, I already set up a wireless network using powerline
devices, but the wireless network is still not big enough to reach the top floor. So I bought a new powerline extender to extend the wireless network.
1. Plug the new powerline extender into a wall socket near one of the existing powerline extender.
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Chapter 2
Powerline
New Powerline ExtenderExisting Powerline Extender
Initial Use
2. Join the new powerline extender into the existing powerline network by Pairing two powerline devices.
a . Press the Pair button on the existing powerline extender
for 1 second. The Power LED starts blinking.
Note: If the Power LED does not blink, press again.
b . Within two minutes, press the Pair button on the new
powerline extender for 1 second. The Power LED starts blinking. When the Powerline LED stays on, the pairing process is done!
Powerline
New Powerline ExtenderExisting Powerline Extender
3. Relocate the new powerline extender to where Wi-Fi is preferred.
Note: A red Powerline LED indicates poor signal strength, we recommend
another location.
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