Important Terms; Accessing Your Powerline Adapter; Figure 18 Plug Your Powerline Adapter Into A Power Socket; Figure 19 Connect Your Powerline Adapter To A Computer - ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL PLA-400 User Manual

Chapter 4 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial

4.0.2 Important Terms

Network Password
(NMK)
DAK Password

4.0.3 Accessing Your Powerline Adapter

1 Attach the power cord that came in the package to your powerline adapter.
2 Plug the power cord of the powerline adapter you want to add to your network into a
power socket and, if needed, switch the power socket on.

Figure 18 Plug Your Powerline Adapter into a Power Socket

3 Connect the powerline adapter to your computer.
4 Use a LAN or Ethernet cable (shown below) to connect the LAN or Ethernet port on
your adapter to the same kind of port on your computer.

Figure 19 Connect Your Powerline Adapter to a Computer

5 Open the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility on your computer. Go to Start > (All)
Programs > ZyXEL Communication Corporation > PLA-4xx Series Configuration
Utility, or click on the icon on your desktop shown below.
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NMK = Network Membership Key.
The network password allows a powerline adapter to connect with
other powerline adapters that have the same network password. It
provides security for your powerline network. The network password
uses English letters or numbers, from 1 to 64 characters long, with
no spaces allowed.
DAK = Device Access Key.
The DAK Password lets you access the powerline adapter. You can
find the DAK Password on a label on your powerline device.
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