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Rosewill RPLC-500 User Manual

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  • Page 1 500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter RPLC-500 User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ............21 SING THE ECURITY USHBUTTON 4.2 U ................. 22 SING THE TILITY APPENDIX A: IMPROVING THE TRANSMISSION QUALITY ....... 23 APPENDIX B: SPECIFICATIONS ................23 APPENDIX C: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ..........25 APPENDIX D: RPLC-500 QOS SUPPORT ............25...

  • Page 3: Package Contents

    500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual Package Contents The following items should be found in your package: 2x Rosewill RPLC-500 500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter  2x RJ45 Ethernet Cable  1x Quick Installation Guide ...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1 Introduction To Hardware

    (offices, apartments, hotels, warehouses) network applications. 1.1 Expanding your Network with RPLC-500 The RPLC-500 plugs into an power outlet to extend cable or DSL modem connection or your current Ethernet Network to almost any power outlet in your home with any new cabling.* Devices can securely communicate with each other via the 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) through RPLC-500 at a high speed transfer rate of 500Mbps and Gigabit LAN support.

  • Page 5: Application

     Green Feature for Power saving mode  RPLC-500 will detect signals when there is no signal transmit, it will automatically enters Power Saving mode which saves near 80% of the energy consumption. 1.3 Application ...

  • Page 6: System Requirement

    CPU: Intel Pentium III or better, clock rate faster than 2.0GHz recommended  RAM: At least 128MB  Screen resolution: Any resolution  Free disk space: At least 20MB  Network interface: At least one Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) network card, and a Ethernet Cord 1.5 Hardware Diagram of RPLC-500...

  • Page 7: Led

    500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual 1.5.1 LED Color Behavior Description Green System runs normally.  System is resetting. Green Blink  System is in the process of (Power) password synchronization.  System is in Power Saving mode The PLC adapter is powered off.

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Introduction To Utility

    500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual Connecting to PC / Smart TV / NB / Blu-ray Player / Media Player / IP Phone: Insert One end of the RJ45 Cable (Recommend using Cat 5E cable or above) to this port, and the other end to the other devices.
  • Page 9 500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual 2. The window for installing the utility software will display. Click Next to continue.
  • Page 10 500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual 3. Select I Agree, and then Next to continue. 4. You can choose your own destination folder to install or click Browse… to select the installation folder, and then click Next to continue.. -10-...
  • Page 11 500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual 5. You can choose your own destination folder to install or click Browse… to select the installation folder, and then click Next to continue. -11-...

  • Page 12: Utility Introduction

    500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual 2.2 Utility Introduction Click the desktop icon below to enter the configuration page. 2.2.1 Main Tab The Main screen provides a list of all powerline devices logically connected to the computer when the utility is running.The top panel shows the local HomePlugAV devices connected to the network interface card (NIC) of the computer.
  • Page 13 500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual discovered in the current logical network. The total number of remote devices connected in the same network is displayed above the remote device panel. Network type (Public or Private) depends on the network status of the local device.
  • Page 14 500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual password in any case formats, with or without dash. A confirmation box appears if the password is entered correctly. If a device is not found, a message appears, providing suggestions to solve the common problems.

  • Page 15: Privacy Tab

    500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual devices connected to the powerline network. By default, the utility automatically scans every a few seconds and updates the displayed information. 2.2.2 Privacy Tab In the Privacy screen, you can maintain security for the logical network and select the device included in the network.

  • Page 16: Diagnostics Tab

    500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual This button is used to change the network name and password of the local device. If a new network password is entered, all the devices appeared in the main panel prior to this are no longer present in the new network, effectively making the local devices not to communicate to the devices which are in the old logical network.
  • Page 17 500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual The Lower panel displays the history of all remote devices appeared on the computer over a certain period of time. All the devices and the parameters of the devices on the powerline network are listed. Devices that are active on the current logical network show a transfer rate in the rate column.

  • Page 18: About Tab

    500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual confirmation message if the user wants to delete a device whose password has been entered. 2.2.4 About Tab The About screen shows the software version and provides a html link to a website, such as http://www.qua.qualcomm.com.

  • Page 19: Using The Security Pushbutton

    500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual 3.1 Using the Security Pushbutton Scenario: Devices A and B with different NMK (Network Membership Key used to authenticate/access) values are connected to the same powerline. Users want to use them to form a logical network. Forming a HomePlug AV logical network Please follow below steps to form a logical network using the Security button:...
  • Page 20 500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual Please follow below to form a logical network using the Utility: Connect Device A to the network card of a PC. Open the Utility. The Main tab page displays information about Device A after connection succeeds.

  • Page 21: Chapter 4 Joining A Network

    500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual B with the same Private Network Name as Device A. After the operation success, Devices A and B form a new logical network. Chapter 4 Joining a Network This chapter describes how to add a device to an existing HomePlug AV logical network (AVLN) using the Security/Reset pushbutton and using the Utility.

  • Page 22: Using The Utility

    500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual and Device C will flash unevenly for 2 minutes. 4.2 Using the Utility Scenario: Devices A and B are located in Network N. Device C (the joiner) that is located in another network attempts to join Network N. See Do as follows to add Device C to Network N using the Utility: Connect Device C to the network card of a PC.

  • Page 23: Appendix A: Improving The Transmission Quality

    500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual Appendix A: Improving the Transmission Quality It is important to use the PLC product complying with the following "correct rules", because it can significantly improve the transmission capacity of the network. For the PLC device without female socket, it is recommended to plug the device directly into a wall socket, not to power stripe.
  • Page 24 500Mbps Powerline Gigabit Ethernet Adapter KIT - RPLC-500KIT- User’s Manual Ports 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet port LEDs Power, Ethernet, Data Powerline Speeds Up to 500Mbps Up to 300 meters over Electricity line Powerline Range Capable of extending up to total of 8 Powerline adapters in one Maximum PLC support environment Connection Type...

  • Page 25: Appendix C: Acronyms And Abbreviations

    Virtual Local Area Network Appendix D: RPLC-500 QoS Support RPLC-500 allows for 4 levels of Channel Access Priority (CAP (0 – 3)). The 8 levels of VLAN Ethernet tags must be mapped to the 4 levels of CAP priority, where CAP 3 is the highest priority and CAP 0 is the lowest. CAP 3 priority might...
  • Page 26 CAP2 CAP3 CAP3 CAP3 CAP3 Thank you for purchasing a quality Rosewill Product. Please register your product at: www.rosewill.com for complete warranty information and future support for your product. Rosewill Customer Service Hotline: 1-800-575-9885 Rosewill Customer Service Support: techsupport@rosewill.com -26-...
  • Page 27 Specifications are subject to change without notice. is a registered trademark of Rosewill Inc. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from Rosewill Inc.

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