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HomePlug USB Wall Adapter

User Manual

(PE909-UI)

Содержание PE909-UI

Страница 1: ...HomePlug USB Wall Adapter User Manual PE909 UI ...

Страница 2: ...uction to HomePlug networking 0 1 Powerline Networking Concepts 2 0 2 Encryption and Security 2 0 3 Basic Requirements 3 0 4 Feature developments 3 0 5 Nodes and Bridges 3 1 0 Installation 5 2 0 Encryption 10 3 0 Trouble shooting 14 ...

Страница 3: ...se or building and plugging them into a wall outlet Now you have a network connecting two computers In addition you can replace the computers with switches so that you are connecting networks instead of computers The process is completed within minutes with no additional cables running everywhere and without painful cable pulling in the walls or behind closets The technology behind the real workin...

Страница 4: ...rmware of HomePlug have the following limitations as of Spring 2002 The range of a HomePlug device reaches up to 900 feet under the same power grid or power transformer The connection cannot pass through any UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply There is also a limitation to the number of HomePlug Ethernet Bridges Because of how IP Packets and buffer zones were designed there can only be two HomePlug E...

Страница 5: ...mputers onto the HomePlug network using one HomePlug device The Bridge function only works with Ethernet HomePlug models because USB devices can t be shared yet The default connection type for Ethernet adapters is Bridge The only way to turn it off is to install the utility that comes with the unit That will turn the Bridge into a Node It is possible to have both Nodes and Bridges on a network as ...

Страница 6: ...ur HomePlug USB Wall Adapter is not plugged in when beginning Insert the installation CD If the CD does not automatically load run CD Drive Letter usb setup exe Click on Next to start installation Accept terms and Continue by clicking next ...

Страница 7: ... 6 Enter a username and organization and continue installation Username and Organization have no importance in device operation Click Next Click install ...

Страница 8: ...stallation of the HomePlug Wall USB Adapter Plug in the HomePlug USB Wall Adapter to the wall outlet and plug in the USB cable The Found New Hardware wizard will come up prompting for the installation of the PE909 UI Select Install the software automatically and click Next 7 ...

Страница 9: ... 8 Windows might ask if you wish to continue Click Continue Anyway when prompted Installation will continue until the completion is displayed Click Finish ...

Страница 10: ...l be brought back to this window after hardware installation Click OK to continue This completes installation The computer may ask to restart After doing so please proceed to the next section to set up encryption ...

Страница 11: ...n your desktop Click Next At this point your computer will search for any connected HomePlug devices If there is an error it is likely the computer that the encryption software is currently running on does not have a HomePlug device connected to it Please double check before restarting the software The software must be run from a computer that is directly connected to a HomePlug device ...

Страница 12: ...ion key for all GigaFast HomePlug devices is HomePlug To ensure that your network is secure it is recommended that you change the key from the default so that intruders cannot guess your encryption key as the default one Choose a phrase without symbols or punctuation to be used as the encryption key for example HomePlug2 ...

Страница 13: ...rs that have the same encryption key and will make a list of them If you don t see any devices listed please make sure you have applied the right encryption to them To add more devices to your network click Next and proceed to step 4 Otherwise click Finish The encryption is now applied to this unit and will not reset unless manually changed ...

Страница 14: ...This will set the device s encryption key to match your current computer s device s Once encryption is complete the program will not be required again unless the encryption needs to be changed Unplugging the HomePlug adapter will not cause it to lose its encryption key so the unit can be setup and moved to the correct location ...

Страница 15: ... 14 3 0 Troubleshooting For troubleshooting please visit http www gigafast com and click on the Support link Ver 1 0 12 04 02 ...

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