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Chapter 1
 
Get to Know About Your Powerline Extender
1. 1.  Product Overview
What This Product Does
TP-LINK’s TL-WPA8630P AV1200 Gigabit Passthrough 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-WPA8630P 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-WPA8630P 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.
Extra Power Socket for Additional Devices
The integrated electrical socket can be used like a traditional electrical socket. Simply 
plug in your device or extension lead as though it were a normal wall socket. Its built-
in noise filter also reduces some electrical noise that may interfere with powerline 
performance.
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.