Chapter 2: Product Installation
At factory default settings, a pair of TPL-401E 500Mbps Powerline AV adapters (or TPL-
401E2K) can be installed into any room in your home or small office with a wall power outlet,
without the need for additional software or configuration. To create a simple powerline network
using a pair TPL-401E powerline adapters, simply plug one of your TPL-401E adapters into a
wall power outlet in one room and plug the other TPL-401E adapter into an available wall power
outlet in another room to establish connectivity between the two rooms.
In order to share Internet connectivity through your powerline adapters, it is ideal to
install at least one powerline adapter in the room where your modem and router are located and
connect the powerline adapter to one of your router’s LAN ports via Ethernet. Any additional
powerline adapters that are installed and connected in other rooms will then share Internet
connectivity through your router. Once the powerline adapters are connected to each other
through the electrical system, any additional devices such as computers or network appliances
(e.g. Game Console, Blu-ray player, IP Set Top Box, network enabled TV, etc.) connected to
any of your powerline adapters via Ethernet can then communicate to each other as well as
share Internet connectivity through your router.
The example diagram shows a typical powerline network configuration in a home environment with 3 powerline
adapters installed in different rooms. The orange line represents the powerline connectivity established through
your home’s electrical system and the blue lines represent Cat. 5, 5e, 6 Ethernet connectivity to your network
enabled appliances such as a computer, router, or IP set top box connected to your television.
