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PowerLine USB Adapter

Windows XP users: Windows will notify you that the driver has not passed
Windows Logo testing (on the screen shown in Figure 4-8). Click the
Continue Anyway button. Click the STOP Installation button if you want
to stop the installation.

7. Click the Finish  button, from the screen shown in Figure 4-9, to exit the

Installation Wizard.

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6. The screen in Figure 4-6 may appear while the files are being copied. 

Windows 2000 users: Windows will inform you that there was no digital
signature found (on the screen shown in Figure 4-7). Click the Yes button
to proceed with the installation. Click the No button to end the installation.

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Summary of Contents for Instant PowerLine PLUSB10

Page 1: ...Instant PowerLineTM Series Use this guide to install PLUSB10 ver 2 User Guide PowerLine USB Adapter ...

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Page 3: ...n Protocol 28 Appendix D Specifications 29 Environmental 30 Appendix E Warranty Information 31 Appendix F Contact Information 32 Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 The Linksys PowerLine USB Adapter 1 Features 1 Chapter 2 Getting to Know the PowerLine USB Adapter 2 The USB Adapter s Ports 2 The USB Adapter s Front Panel LEDs 3 Chapter 3 Planning Your PowerLine Network 4 Chapter 4 Using the ...

Page 4: ...n share resources like printers and storage space and all kinds of files music digital pictures and documents With up to 12Mbps data rates you can play head to head net work computer games too And if you use a PowerLine Bridge to interface one of the famous Linksys Broadband Routers from your cable or DSL Internet connection to your PowerLine network you ll be able to get to the Internet from any ...

Page 5: ...Line USB Adapter USB The USB Port shown in Figure 2 1 is where you will connect your USB cable To work with USB ports your computer must be running Windows 98SE 2000 Millennium or XP The USB icon shown in Figure 2 2 marks a USB port on a PC or device Your USB Adapter comes with a USB cable that has two different types of con nectors as shown in Figure 2 3 Type A the master connector is shaped like...

Page 6: ...allation Click the User Guide button to view the User Guide 5 Instant PowerLineTM Series Chapter 3 Planning Your Powerline Network With the Instant PowerLine products a network can be created using home powerlines Computers can be networked over powerlines using a PowerLine USB Adapter or an EtherFast 10 100 Bridge Use the USB Adapter for a USB enabled computer or use the 10 100 Bridge for an Ethe...

Page 7: ...ration Utility Click the Cancel button to end the installation To return to the previous screen click the Back button 7 Instant PowerLineTM Series 2 As the installation starts you will see the screen shown in Figure 4 2 3 The License Agreement screen appears next shown in Figure 4 3 Read the license agreement To continue the installation you must accept the terms of the license agreement Click the...

Page 8: ...7 Click the Finish button from the screen shown in Figure 4 9 to exit the Installation Wizard 9 Instant PowerLineTM Series 6 The screen in Figure 4 6 may appear while the files are being copied Windows 2000 users Windows will inform you that there was no digital signature found on the screen shown in Figure 4 7 Click the Yes button to proceed with the installation Click the No button to end the in...

Page 9: ... into the computer s USB port Figure 5 1 shows two USB ports as they might appear on your computer Note the two USB icons marking the ports 2 Insert the standard USB cable s Type B connector into the USB port on the USB Adapter See Figure 5 2 3 Plug the PowerLine USB Adapter into an electrical outlet See Figure 5 3 The hardware installation of the USB Adapter is complete Proceed to Chapter 6 Insta...

Page 10: ...dapter After installing your USB Adapter in your computer you will install the network driver The installation procedure for the network driver will vary depending on which operating system you are using on your computer Proceed to the instruc tions for your operating system Windows 98SE 2000 Millennium or XP 1 Windows 98SE will automatically detect the presence of the USB Adapter hardware in your...

Page 11: ...n shown in Figure 6 5 Then click the Next button 14 2 Windows will notify you that the driver has not passed Windows Logo test ing on the screen shown in Figure 6 6 Click the ContinueAnyway button 3 When Windows tells you it has finished installing the new driver as on the screen shown in Figure 6 7 click the Finish button The Windows XP driver installation is now complete Proceed to Chapter 7 Usi...

Page 12: ... MAC address The MAC address of each powerline device is shown here Link Quality The signal quality of the powerline network connection is indi cated here Connect Select the Device you want to use to access the powerline network and then click the Connect button Figure 7 3 Device Chapter 7 Using the PowerLine Configuration Utility After installing the PowerLine USB Adapter you will run the PowerLi...

Page 13: ...Restore Default Click the Restore Default button to set the Network Password back to its factory default setting HomePlug Then click the Set button Note Remember this password You will need to set this password on each powerline device on your powerline network Figure 7 5 Security The Network screen Figure 7 4 lists allows you to search the powerline net work for all powerline devices configured w...

Page 14: ...onfiguration Utility The network password must be the same for all devices in order for them to communicate with each other See Chapter 7 Using the PowerLine Configuration Utility Does the PowerLine USB Adapter cause interference with other home networking or powerline products No The PowerLine USB Adapter can co exist with phoneline and wireless net working technologies Instant PowerLine operates...

Page 15: ...products and services Appendix B Glossary 10BaseT An Ethernet standard that uses twisted wire pairs 100BaseTX IEEE physical layer specification for 100 Mbps over two pairs of Category 5 UTP or STP wire Bridge A device that interconnects different networks together CAT 5 ANSI EIA American National Standards Institute Electronic Industries Association Standard 568 is one of several standards that sp...

Page 16: ...art in a hardware device without turning it off or losing functionality IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The IEEE describes itself as the world s largest technical professional society promot ing the development and application of electrotechnology and allied sciences for the benefit of humanity the advancement of the profession and the well being of our members The IEEE ...

Page 17: ...that uses the Internet Protocol IP UDP is an alternative to the Transmission Control Protocol TCP and together with IP is sometimes referred to as UDP IP Like the Transmission Control Protocol UDP uses the Internet Protocol to actually get a data unit called a datagram from one com puter to another Unlike TCP however UDP does not provide the service of dividing a message into packets datagrams and...

Page 18: ...sing insures that the device assigned it will always have that same IP address Static IP addresses are commonly used with network devices such as server PCs or print servers A dynamic IP address is automatically assigned to a device on a TCP IP net work such as PCs and print servers These IP addresses are called dynamic because they are only temporarily assigned to the PC or device After a certain...

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