Installing The Utility; Overview Of The Installation Process - ZyXEL Communications PLA4215 User Manual

This chapter guides you through the installation of the configuration utility for your PLA4215.

2.1 Overview of the Installation Process

The installation of the configuration utility does the following:
Checks for and installs Microsoft's .NET Framework version 2.0 software on your computer. This
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software is necessary for the installation of the PLA42xx Series Configuration Utility. If you
already have .NET Framework version 2.0 installed on your computer this step will be skipped.
Note: At the time of writing the Utility is only compatible with Microsoft Windows XP and
Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit version) operating systems. Users with Windows
XP (64-Bit version) operating systems can go to Microsoft's website to upgrade
their systems to .NET Framework version 2.0 so it can work with the utility. To
check for your Windows operating system version, right-click on My Computer >
Properties. You should see this information in the General tab.
Installs ZyXEL's PLA42xx Series Configuration Utility. This utility allows you to manage the
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network name (See
on your powerline network.
Note: This User's Guide describes the latest version utility. This utility is only compatible
with a PLA4215 which has the latest firmware installed. If you don't already have
them, download the latest firmware and utility from the ZyXEL website.

2.2 Installing the Utility

Follow the steps below to install .NET Framework version 2.0 and the PLA42xx Series
Configuration Utility on your computer.
PLA4215 User's Guide
Section 4.3 on page 27 for more information) or view the devices recognized
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