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HP-1000E v2 

       

Powerline Ethernet Adapter 

 

User’s Manual 

 

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Summary of Contents for HP-1000E v2

Page 1: ...HP 1000E v2 Powerline Ethernet Adapter User s Manual HP1000E v2 User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...fications 11 Appendix C Regulatory Information 11 WARNING This product contains chemicals including lead known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm Wash hands after handling How to Use this User Guide The user guide to the Powerline Ethernet Adapter has been designed to make understanding networking with the Powerline Ethernet Adapter easier than ...

Page 3: ...onnected to the network they can share resources like printers and storage space and all kinds of files music digital pictures and documents With up to 14Mbps data rates you can play head to head network computer games too And if you use a Powerline Adapter to interface Broadband Routers from your cable or DSL Internet connection to your Powerline network you ll be able to get to the Internet from...

Page 4: ...network cable THE FRONT PANEL The Adapter s LEDs where information about network activity is displayed are located on the front panel Power Blue The Activity LED will flash when there is data transmitted over the Powerline network Ethernet Blue The Ethernet LED will be lit steadily when there is an active Ethernet connection Link Act Blue The Link LED will light up when the Powerline Adapter is po...

Page 5: ...ices to your PC s Ethernet port Each Powerline device should be connected to its own Ethernet port on the PC 1 Plug the included Category 5 Ethernet network cable into the computer s Ethernet port 2 Plug the other end of the cable into the Ethernet port of the Adapter 3 Plug the Adapter into an electrical outlet 3 HP1000E v2 User s Manual ...

Page 6: ...uter If you only have a LAN port available on the router then use a crossover Category 5 Ethernet network cable to connect the Adapter to the router The installation of the Adapter is complete Chapter 5 Using the Powerline Configuration Utility Overview After installing the Adapter you will run the Setup Wizard to install the Powerline Configuration Utility Use this utility to check the PC s direc...

Page 7: ... Finish to complete the installation ACCESSING THE POWERLINE CONFIGURATION UTILITY To access the Powerline Configuration Utility double click the Powerline Configuration Utility icon on your desktop Device tab The Device screen lists the Powerline devices connected to your PC 5 HP1000E v2 User s Manual ...

Page 8: ...ne network and refresh the list Connect Select the Device you want to use to access the Powerline network and then click the Connect button Link Quality The signal quality of the Powerline network connection is indicated here Network tab The Network screen allows you to search the Powerline network for all Powerline devices configured with the same Network Password as the device you are currently ...

Page 9: ...Network Password Note Remember this password You will need to set this password on each powerline device on your powerline network Network Password By default the Network password is HomePlug and the password must have between 4 and 24 characters The Network Password is case sensitive so note whether you use lowercase or uppercase letters It can include any letters of the alphabet numbers or punct...

Page 10: ...About The About screen shows the version of this device Note about OK and Cancel buttons OK Click to save all settings Cancel Click to discard changes or close windows 8 HP1000E v2 User s Manual ...

Page 11: ...he Adapter to your computer Do not use a crossover cable For use with a router connect a straight through Category 5 Ethernet network cable to the uplink port of the router or connect a crossover Category 5 Ethernet network cable to a LAN port on the router 3 When I scan the Powerline network I don t detect all the Powerline devices Make sure all devices on the Powerline network have been configur...

Page 12: ...wireless networking technologies Instant Powerline operates in a different frequency band than Powerline control and can co exist with technologies such as X 10 CEBus and LONworks How do the Instant Powerline products handle signal interference between two adjacent homes How is eavesdropping prevented To ensure network separation between homes the Instant Powerline products use 56 bit DES security...

Page 13: ...n radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used according to the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which is found by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to ...

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