Accessing Your Powerline Adapter; Adding A Powerline Adapter - ZyXEL Communications PLA5205 User Manual

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 20 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 21 Connect Your Powerline Adapter to a Computer
Open the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility on your computer. See
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for how to launch the utility.
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 39
• See Section 5.5 on page 41
• See Section 5.6 on page 43

5.4 Adding a Powerline Adapter

This section shows you how to add a new powerline adapter to expand your existing network.
The figure below shows the family computer with Internet access on a powerline network. Expand
the network by adding a new powerline adapter connected to a printer.
Chapter 5 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial
PLA
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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.
PLA Series User's Guide
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Section 4.2 on page 29