Configuration; Launching The User Interface - Siemens Gigaset Powerline Adapter 200 User Manual

Configuration

Configuration
On delivery the Gigaset Powerline Adapter 200 devices are preconfigured such that you
can operate a simple and secure Powerline network without performing any further
configuration tasks.
You may change the configuration settings in the following cases:
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To change the security and access settings (network ID and network key)
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To change the operating mode (access point or automatic adapter)
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To change the IP address
To allow you to change the configuration settings, the Gigaset Powerline Adapter 200
comes with a browser-based user interface.
To access the user interface, you need to connect a PC which meets the following
requirements to the Gigaset Powerline Adapter 200:
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Windows 2000 or XP operating system,
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a Web browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or Mozilla Firefox 1.0 for
configuring your Gigaset Powerline Adapter 200,
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an IP address in the Gigaset Powerline Adapter 200 IP address range.
For more information on IP addressing, see the chapter "Defining IP addresses" on
page 26.
Please remember:
To start the configuration environment you might need to deactivate the HTTP proxy
for your browser (see page 37).

Launching the user interface

To start the user interface of the Gigaset Powerline Adapter 200:
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Launch your Web browser.
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Enter the IP address of the Gigaset Powerline Adapter 200 to which your PC is con-
nected in the browser's address field.
Example: http://192.168.2.11
In a Gigaset Powerline Adapter 200 Duo the default
is 192.168.2.10, for the other adapter 192.168.2.11.
The IP address of a single Gigaset Powerline Adapter 200 is 192.168.2.12 by default.
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IP address for the access point