TP-Link M5250 V1 Quick start guide

Notice:
Before upgrading, please make sure the model number and hardware version in
the upgrade package match your own device. Please check the software built
date for the current one and the one in the upgrade package. We do not
recommend to downgrade the firmware version; (If you don’t know how to get
the data mentioned above, please refer to Q&A3)
Please DO NOT unplug the USB data cable during upgrading precess;
Please ensure that the battery is FULLY CHARGED;
Please DO NOT use USB extension cable.
Preparation before Upgrading
1. Please download the upgrade package from TP-LINK’s official website, then unzip the upgrade
package. The files will list as below.
2. Connect the device to your computer through a Micro USB cable. Once connected, Windows
will try to install drivers for the device. Please skip the installation because the Software Upgrade
Client (hereinafter named as “UpgradeClient”) will install drivers automatically for you. (For more
information please refer to Q&A1.)
Start upgrading
1. Double click the TPSWUpgradeClient.exe to open the tool. (For Windows Vista, Windows 7 and
Windows 8, Windows will pop up the “User Account Control”dialog. You should press “Yes”to go
on.)

The UpgradeClient appears. If the “Device status”shows “Device CONNECTED!”, you can skip this
step and go on. Otherwise if you find “No device found!”shows, please press the “Re-Detect”
button to re-detect the device status. After re-detecting, in case the “Device Status”still shows
“No device found!”, please refer to Q&A2 to troubleshoot.
2. Select the upgrade package.
The UpgradeClient will automatically preload the update.bin in the upgrade package. If you want
to load another update file in a specific path, you can press “Browse”button and choose it.
3. Press “Upgrade”button to start upgrading. When upgrading, the process bar will show the
current upgrade process.

The upgrading is complete successfully when the hint “Upgraded successfully”appears, you can
click “Quit”to exit the tool then.
Q&A
Q1. How to skip the auto installation of drivers in Windows?
A1. Please refer to the guide for each Windows OS version.

For Windows XP
When you have connected the device to your computer, Windows will popup the “Finding new
device wizard” dialog.
Press the “Cancel” button to skip the driver auto installation wizard.
For Windows Vista
When you have connected the device to your computer, Windows will popup the “Finding new
device wizard” dialog.

Press the “Cancel” button. After a while, the Notification window will pop out a notification like
this.
Click this to show the status.
Status like this means that you have already skipped the drivers auto installation.
For Windows 7
When you have connected the device to your computer, the Notification area will pop out a

notification.
Click this to show the status.
Then you can find Windows is searching drivers for the new device in the Windows Update. Click
the “Skip obtaining driver software from Windows Update”. After a while, you can see this.
It means that you have already skipped the drivers auto installation.
For Windows 8
For Windows 8 you don’t need to do anything because Windows 8 won’t install drivers for the
unknown device automatically.

Q2. After “re-detecting”for several times, the “Device Status”still
shows “No device found!”.
A2. Please do the following checking.
a. Check if the device is connected to your computer through a good Micro USB cable.
b. Check if the USB driver is installed successfully.
Open the device manager. See if there is a port like this.
If there is a yellow exclamation mark in the port like this,
please restart your computer.
If there is no port called “TP-LINK HS-USB Diagnostics Interface”while there is a device
like this,
please make sure you have skipped the auto installation of drivers in Windows.
c. Check that if the battery is fully charged and also the Micro USB data cable quality.
Q3. How to get the model number, hardware version and software
version?
A3. Please type in http://192.168.0.1 in the address bar of your web browser, then log in.
The Username and Password are both admin unless you have changed it before. Click
“Advanced”-> ”Tools”-> ”Device info”on the left column menu and you will find them like the
picture showed below.

After upgrading, please also follow this path and validate whether your firmware has been
upgraded successfully.