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Chapter 7 Powerline Coaxial Network Setup Tutorial
PLA-402 v3 User’s Guide
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7.0.2 Important Terms
7.0.3 Accessing Your Coaxial Adapter
1
Plug the coaxial adapter you want to add to your network into a coaxial socket.
Figure 34 Plug Your Coaxial Adapter into the Coaxial Socket
2
Connect the coaxial adapter to your computer.
3
Use a LAN or Ethernet cable (shown below) to connect the LAN or Ethernet port on
your adapter to the same kind of port on your computer.
Figure 35 Connect Your Coaxial Adapter to a Computer
4
Open the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility on your computer. Go to Start
> (All) Programs > ZyXEL PLA-4xx Series Configuration > PLA-4xx Series
Configuration Utility,
or click on the icon on your desktop shown below.
Figure 36 Click on the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility Icon
Network Name The network name allows a coaxial adapter to connect with
other coaxial adapters that have the same network name.
It provides security for your powerline coaxial network. The
network name uses English letters or numbers, from 8 to
64 characters long, with no spaces allowed.
DAK Password DAK = Device Access Key.
The DAK Password lets you access the coaxial adapter. You
can find the DAK Password on a label on your coaxial
device.