Accessing Your Powerline Adapter - ZyXEL Communications PLA series User Manual

Chapter 5 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial

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 21 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 22 Connect Your Powerline Adapter to a Computer
Open the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility on your computer. Go to Start > (All)
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Programs > ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration > PLA Series Configuration Utility, or click on
the icon on your desktop shown below.
Figure 23 Click on the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility Icon
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 37
• See Section 5.5 on page 38
• See Section 5.6 on page 40
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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.
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