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TL-PA511 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter

Chapter 1 Introduction

This device is an AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter which transforms your house’s existing electrical wiring

into a ubiquitous networking infrastructure. Simply plug this AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter 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 Mini 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 Mini 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 Mini Powerline Adapter

support built-in 128-bit AES encryption. With minimum setup, you can install and use this Mini 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.

A. System Requirement

a) At least two AC 100V ~ 240V (50~60Hz) 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 AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter package contains the following items:

¾ One AV500 Mini Powerline Adapter (There are two AV500 Mini Powerline Adapters 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 Resource CD (Management Utility and User Guide)

If any of the above items is damaged or missing, please contact your dealer immediately.