Splitting A Network Into Two Networks; Figure 26 Making A New Network With The New Adapter - ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL PLA-400 User Manual

Chapter 4 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial

Figure 26 Making a New Network with the New Adapter

3 After you have set up a new network, you are ready to connect each powerline adapter
on your new network to devices, for example, a computer or a games console.

4.0.6 Splitting a Network into Two Networks

This section shows you how to split your existing network into two networks. This is useful if
you want to set up a second powerline network in your home, for example, in your study
connecting a laptop and printer. See
To set up your existing powerline network you had to set each powerline adapter with the
same network password. To move some of these adapters to a new network, you need to give
them a new network password.
1 Connect a powerline adapter to your computer and open the PLA-4xx Series
Configuration Utility (see
2 The utility should open to the configuration tab as shown below. A list of powerline
adapters on your network displays. These adapters all have the same network password
as the adapter you are connected to. The adapter you are connected to will appear as
Local in this table. All others are listed as Remote.
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for an example.
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