Important Terms; Accessing Your Powerline Adapter; Chapter 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial - ZyXEL Communications PLA-401 Series User Manual

Chapter 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial

7.0.2 Important Terms

Network Name
DAK Password

7.0.3 Accessing Your Powerline Adapter

Plug the powerline adapter you want to add to your network into a power socket
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and, if needed, switch the power socket on.
Figure 34 Plug Your Powerline Adapter into a Power Socket
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
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your adapter to the same kind of port on your computer.
Figure 35 Connect Your Powerline Adapter to a Computer
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The network name allows a powerline adapter to connect
with other powerline adapters that have the same network
name. It provides security for your powerline network. The
network name uses English letters or numbers, from 8 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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