Gigafast PE902-EBx, User Manual

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Q. How do I find out what’s my current speed and my signal strength of my
HomePlug device?
A. Run the HomePlug Configuration Utility, it will show your current speed
and your signal strength.
Q. One of the Powerline LED’s doesn’t light up after I plug the HomePlug
directly into a wall outlet?
A. Test that wall outlet with other electric devices first, make sure that wall
outlet is working properly. Then, try to plug your HomePlug device again,
if the same problem happens again, plug both HomePlug units into
adjacent sockets, and see if the lights light up. If you are still having
problems please contact Technical Support (
Appendix G ).
Q. The Ethernet LED doesn’t light up on my HomePlug Ethernet Bridge?
A. Most likely, if the Ethernet LED doesn’t light on your HomePlug Ethernet
Bridge is because the Ethernet port on it doesn’t detect a LAN connection.
Check your Ethernet adapter on your computer, and make sure its enable
and working properly. Also, check your Ethernet cable, make sure you
use the right type, it’s plugged in correctly, and it’s working properly.
Q. I can’t connect to internet and other computers on my power line
network?
A. 1. Check your IP address and TCP/IP protocol are set up properly for all
the computers on your power line network ( Appendix B ) and try to ping
your gateway ( Appendix B ).
2. See if HomePlug Configuration Utility to detect all other HomePlug
device on your power line network. Try plugging both HomePlug units into
Adjacent sockets and see if the lights light up. If you are still having a
problem, please contact Technical Support ( Appendix G ).
Q. How many HomePlug devices do I need to setup a powerline network?
A. You must need two or more HomePlug devices to setup a powerline
network.
Q. In order to making the HomePlug Ethernet Bridge working properly, do I
have to install the HomePlug Configuration Utility on every single
computer who has the HomePlug Ethernet Bridge plug into it?
A. No, the HomePlug Configuration Utility is a utility to diagnose or setup
encryption for HomePlug device. Due to HomePlug Ethernet Bridge is a
fully plug & play device, no driver require to install. So technically
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