Draytek VigorPlug 200AV User Manual

Draytek VigorPlug 200AV User Manual

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VigorPlug 200
AV
200M Powerline Ethernet Adapter
User's Guide
Version: 1.01
Date: 2008/09/30
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  • Page 1 VigorPlug 200 200M Powerline Ethernet Adapter User’s Guide Version: 1.01 Date: 2008/09/30...
  • Page 2: Copyright Information

    Be a Registered Web registration is preferred. You can register your Vigor router via Owner http://www.draytek.com.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    1. Powerline Networking Introduction ..............1 1.1 Benefits ............................1 1.2 Features ............................. 1 1.3 System Requirements ........................ 1 1.4 Package Contents ........................1 1.5 Panel Description ........................2 2. Installation & Application..................3 2.1 Hardware Installation........................3 2.2 Software Installation ........................4 2.3 Applications for VigorPlug ......................
  • Page 4: Powerline Networking Introduction

    Ranges up to 200 meters No need new wires for Home networking High-speed Internet and DVD-quality video streaming Easy to install Coexist with Powerline 85M or 14M Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing for high data reliability in noisy media conditions Integrated Enhanced Quality of Service(QoS) features: Eight levels of prioritized random access, contention free access, and segment bursting Up to 200Mbps data rate on Powerline Provide 128-bit AES Link Encryption with key management for secure Powerline...
  • Page 5: Panel Description

    Description Means the plug is idle. Green light means high rate (Green light and ); red and throughput > 20Mbps Red light) green lights mean medium rate 20Mbps > throughput > 10Mbps red light means low rate throughput < 10Mbps) OFF: No activity.
  • Page 6: Installation & Application

    & & Follow the steps below to install your device. Simply plug into a power outlet and do not use a power strip or UPS with the wall mount device. Use a twisted-pair cable with RJ-45 plugs at both ends, and plug into Ethernet device and Ethernet of VigorPlug 200 Before install VigorPlug 200 Utility, please make sure your windows system...
  • Page 7: Software Installation

    The Powerline Device can automatically detect other Powerline Adapters which plug in the same power circuit. You don’t need to use this Powerline utility except you want to encrypt all the Powerline devices as the same group or you cannot access into the other computers.
  • Page 8 Click the Utility to enter the Utility installation page. Please make sure if your windows OS doesn’t install the .NET Framework, please install it first. Otherwise, the Powerline utility will not work properly. Next, install the Powerline Utility directly. A setup wizard will be popped up as below, please click the Next button to continue.
  • Page 9: Applications For Vigorplug

    When the installation has completed, please click Finish to exit. Now, the installation has been completed. Please go the next chapter for using the utility. Here provides some applications with VigorPlug 200 Below shows network application through VigorPlug 200...
  • Page 10 IPTV Application through VigorPlug 200 Internet ADSL and Home Networking through VigorPlug 200...
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  • Page 12: Configuring The Adapter

    Please open the Powerline adapter utility by clicking 200M Powerline Ethernet Adapter Utility>>VigorPlug 200AV Manager. The 200M Powerline Ethernet Adapter utility will appear. The status bar, along the bottom of each window, contains five fields that provide important network information.
  • Page 13: Network Information Tab

    This window is an operation analysis window that reveals network information. The ‘Topology’ field shows the TEI, MAC Address, Bridged MAC Address, transmit (Tx) coded/raw, and receive (Rx) Coded and Raw rates for all nodes on the network (other than the local STA). Display Terminal Equipment Identifier.
  • Page 14: Encryption Tab

    DAK Password - It means Device Access Key. Each device has its own password number located in the rear of the device. If you want to control VigorPlug 200AV in remote side through this page, you can enter the DAK password to this column.
  • Page 15: Link Information Tab

    a key for VigorPlug at random. And AVLN (HomePlug AV Logical Network) Status will show how many members in AVLN. Simulate Button Push – Execute the action that you selected above. It’s will depend the Action you choose, only NMK will auto generate a random key.
  • Page 16 link. Source Speed – Display the speed (10M or 100M) of VigorPlug connected to local PC. Destination Speed - Display the speed (10M or 100M) of VigorPlug selected (by IP address) in Link Characteristics field. Source Duplex – Display the duplex (Half / Full) of VigorPlug connected to local PC.
  • Page 17: Connection Information Tab

    The Connection Information window is used to acquire statistics for both transmit and receive operations in the local or remote network. Connection CSMA – It means CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Avoidance). It is not necessary for the user to change it.
  • Page 18 fields provide valuable connection quality information. MPDUs Ack’d - Display the number of the packets sent out successfully. MPDUs Collided - Display the number of the packets which have been blocked by other devices but finally sent out successfully MPDUs Failed –Display the number of the packets sent out failed.
  • Page 19: Qos Tab

    QoS requirements are different for various data types such as streaming video or music, voice and raw data. To provide higher QoS for streaming data, priority levels can be set using tags at the beginning of data frames. Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) 802.11p priority tags on Ethernet frames are used to specify 8 (0 –...
  • Page 20 dropdown box. If a packet has both VLAN and TOS in it, VLAN will override TOS. Assign Priority Using – Check VLAN Tag or TOS Bits based on the network card you use. 0-7 – There are seven groups can be set. The highest priority is 7 and the lowest priority is 0.
  • Page 21 Override defaults – Check this box to override the default settings. Disable Query Timeouts From–Check this box to disable the query timeout for all groups or specific group. Save Click this button to save all the changes in this window.
  • Page 22: Trouble Shooting

    NB/PC NIC's connection type while connecting to such device. It can ensure the best performance and keep the stability. If the device still cannot work correctly after trying many efforts, please contact your dealer for further help right away. For any questions, please feel free to send e-mail to support@draytek.com.

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