Accessing Your Powerline Adapter - ZyXEL Communications PLA4201 User Manual

Chapter 5 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial

5.3 Accessing Your Powerline Adapter

Plug the powerline adapter you want to add to your network into a power socket and, if needed,
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switch the power socket on.
Figure 19 Plug Your Powerline Adapter into a Power Socket
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Connect the powerline adapter to your computer.
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Use a LAN or Ethernet cable (shown below) to connect the LAN or Ethernet port on your adapter to
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the same kind of port on your computer.
Figure 20 Connect Your Powerline Adapter to a Computer
Open the PLA42xx Series Configuration Utility on your computer. Go to Start > (All)
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Programs > ZyXEL PLA42xx Series Configuration > PLA42xx Series Configuration Utility,
or click on the icon on your desktop shown below.
Figure 21 Click on the PLA42xx Series Configuration Utility Icon
You are now ready to extend your powerline network or set up a second network.
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• See Section 5.4 on page 33
• See Section 5.5 on page 34
• See Section 5.6 on page 36
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to add a new powerline adapter to your network.
to set up a second network with your new adapters.
to set up a second network with your existing adapters.
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