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User Guide - Page 4
... Setting Up a New Network with a New Adapter 41 5.6 Splitting a Network into Two Networks 43 5.7 Troubleshooting ...45
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting...46
6.1 Power and Light Problems ...46 6.2 Configuration Utility Problems ...47 6.3 Powerline Problems ...48 6.4 RESET/ENCRYPT Button Problems 48
Appendix A Customer Support ...50 Appendix B Legal Information...56
Index ...59
PLA Series User's Guide...
User Guide - Page 7
... standby mode.
PLA Series User's Guide
7 Figure 1 PLA Lights
The following sections describes the lights on and receiving power. You can directly plug an electrical device (such as a router or computer) into PLAs with an AC power pass-through socket to supply power to connect with another device using the RESET/ ENCRYPT button. The...
User Guide - Page 9
... Ethernet connection. Devices can start using the ENCRYPT feature. PLA Series User's Guide
9 The...connect the PLA's Ethernet cable to any other at high data transfer rates. Use the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility (or utility, for instructions on page 12 for short) to ensure safe transfer of a house, all without the need for any new cabling. See Chapter 3 on installing the utility...
User Guide - Page 10
... printed on page 32. This password is important to set up security on your circuit, but not directly connected to the computer running the configuration utility (local powerline adapter), you must enter the adapters' DAK password in the HomePlug AV powerline network.
Change the network name via the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility or RESET/ENCRYPT button to add the...
User Guide - Page 11
...have the RESET/ENCRYPT button. Chapter 1 Introducing the PLA
1.6.2 Setting Up Security
The ENCRYPT feature automatically sets up security...configuration of your home.
1 It's easy and only requires you have two separate Ethernet networks.
1 Connect one household. PLA Series User's Guide
11 To prevent compromising your network security, you use the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility to set...
User Guide - Page 17
... it disconnects from the powerline network. See Troubleshooting in Chapter 6 on page 48 for suggestions on problems with the RESET/ ENCRYPT button and the lights. Table 8 RESET Button
TIME
ACTION
POWER LIGHT BEHAVIOR
1 to 3 seconds
Clear all user-entered configuration information and return the device to default HomePlugAV.
PLA Series User's Guide
17 The power ( ) light blinks and...
User Guide - Page 19
..., the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility is already installed on your computer.
1 Insert the included CD into your computer's CD-ROM drive. You should see this can also be done manually by double clicking the setup.exe file on your computer, the following screen appears. The utility automatically installs WinPcap 4.1.3 and .NET Framework version 4 on all supported operating systems...
User Guide - Page 28
..., they use encryption to use the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility (or utility) to safely transmit data between powerline adapters. The range varies depending on the quality of Service (QoS) on enhancing your home's wiring. If you do not know the secret code, you how to use the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration with PLA5206 independently.
4.1.1 Powerline Network Security
When...
User Guide - Page 37
PLA Series User's Guide
37 Table 13 About Screen
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Utility version
This field displays the software version of the configuration utility.
Released
This field displays the date when the utility was released. Close
Click the button in this screen.
Chapter 4 The Configuration Utility Figure 19 About Screen
The following table describes the labels in upper right ...
User Guide - Page 38
... uses the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility to set up your existing network with new powerline adapters. • How to make a new, separate powerline network with the powerline adapters you the following.
• How to start up your powerline adapter. See the product specifications in the User's Guide for your ZyXEL powerline adapter) you can find this software. Your...
User Guide - Page 39
... your network into a Power Socket
PLA
1
2 Connect the powerline adapter to a printer. Figure 21 Connect Your Powerline Adapter to a Computer
3 2
4 Open the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility on . Figure 20 Plug Your Powerline Adapter into a power socket and, if needed, switch the power socket on your computer. PLA Series User's Guide
39
Expand the network by adding...
User Guide - Page 43
... powerline adapter with a new network name. 1 Connect a powerline adapter to your network displays. See Figure 26 on your computer and open the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility (see Section 5.3 on page 39). 2 The utility should open to the configuration tab as Local in this table. PLA Series User's Guide
43 To set up a second powerline network in your existing...
User Guide - Page 45
... on your network. If it successfully connects to other powerline
adapters on your network. All adapters with the new Network Name now appear in the list of your new network. PLA Series User's Guide
45 Chapter 5 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial 6 Go back to step 3 in this section to set the same, new Network Name for...
User Guide - Page 46
... HomePlug devices on .
1 Check the hardware connections.
Then connect an electrical device that the LAN network is working correctly,
and that you might encounter.
6.1 Power and Light Problems
The PLA does not turn on.
1 Use the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility to detect all of your powerline network. CHAPTER 6
Troubleshooting
This chapter offers some suggestions to solve...
User Guide - Page 47
... PLAs using the latest firmware. They are using the supported operating system. Powerline signals cannot pass this time pressing the RESET/ENCRYPT buttons on both devices for less than three seconds. The ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility does not display all your powerline adapters are HomePlug AV compliant. PLA Series User's Guide
47 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting
3 Make sure that all...
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