Your Homeplug Network In Practice; A Few Prerequisites; Identifying Your Homeplug Network Type: Infrastructure Or Ad Hoc - Hercules ePlug 500 Nano Manual

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4. YOUR HOMEPLUG NETWORK IN PRACTICE

Now that your HomePlug network is installed, it's time to move on to some practical examples. In the

following chapters, we will show you how to share files, a printer, or let your friends share your ADSL

connection for online gaming.

- The procedures described in this chapter differ according to the operating system used. Be sure to refer to

the sections corresponding to your system.

- You have created a HomePlug network composed of one or more devices (computer(s), modem, router,

Internet "box", printer...).

- The Internet connection sharing procedures apply to computers or devices connected to your modem router

via a HomePlug network composed of Hercules ePlug adapters.

- To share an Internet connection, your router and your modem (ADSL Ethernet, cable or Internet "box") must

be connected to a Hercules ePlug adapter which is itself plugged into an electrical outlet, everything must be

powered on, and your Internet line must be active.

4.2. Identifying your HomePlug network type: Infrastructure or

Ad hoc

The HomePlug network type will depend on the type of hardware you have.

You are connecting...

One or more computers to an

ADSL modem router (or an

ADSL Ethernet modem

connected to a router)

One of your computers by cable

directly to an ADSL USB or

Ethernet modem

Your mode is...

Infrastructure, whereby the adapters are connected to your router.

Infrastructure mode is suited to exchanging data, network gaming,

and also sharing an Internet connection and/or a printer between

several computers. To find out how to install and configure your

modem router or your router, please refer to the manufacturer's

documentation.

Ad hoc (also known as Peer to Peer or computer to computer),

whereby the computers are directly connected to one another, by

cable or via HomePlug, without a router. Ad hoc mode is suited to

exchanging data or network gaming between two computers.

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