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Asoka AV 9560 User Manual

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  • Page 1     PlugLink AV 9560 Wireless Adapter ® User Guide PL9560-WAP UICK OCATOR Contact Information Customer Service Technical Support Table of Contents Installation 66-0327-00Rev.007...
  • Page 2 Asoka USA Corporation. Asoka USA Corporation reserves the right to make changes to this user guide at any time without notice and assumes no responsibility for its use. Asoka USA products and services can only be ordered under the terms and conditions of Asoka USA Corporation's applicable agreements.
  • Page 3 You can determine whether your equipment is causing interference by turning it off. If the interference stops, it was probably caused by the Asoka equipment or one of its peripheral devices. If the equipment causes interference to radio or television reception, try to correct the interference by using one or more of the following measures: Turn the television or radio antenna until the interference stops.

  • Page 4: Contact Information

    Contact Information For more information about the PlugLink AV 9560 Wireless Adapter or any of Asoka’s other leading-edge solutions, please contact us using any of the following methods: • Voice calls: (408) 550-8167 - We welcome your calls Monday through Friday, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Pacific Time.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Table of Contents Chapter Title Page Introduction Important Safety Information Learning about PL9560-WAP Preparing to Install Installing PL9560-WAP Logging On Browser-based User Interface Configure the LAN IP Setting Understanding Basic Wireless Configuration...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    This User Guide shows you how to connect your PlugLink AV 9560 Wireless Adapter to your existing Powerline network. Setup is easy. Just follow the instructions in this guide, your network will be up and running in a matter of minutes.

  • Page 7: Important Safety Information

    Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Chapter 2   Important Safety Instruction The following precautions should be taken when using this product: • Read all instructions before installing and operating this product. • Do not open the cover or casing on this product and/or alter this product in any way.

  • Page 8: Learning About Pl9560-Wap

    PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Chapter 3   Learning about PL9560 Package Contents PlugLink AV 9560 Wireless Adapter (PL9560-WAP) Quick Installation Guide Installation Resource CD Warranty and Support Information Card IF ANY OF THE PARTS ARE INCORRECT, MISSING, OR DAMAGED, CONTACT THE RETAILER WHERE OU MADE YOUR PURCHASE.

  • Page 9: The Bottom Panel

    Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Table 3-1: Status Light Descriptions Power Indicates Device Powered On Indicates No Power PLC Activity Blinking. Indicates Activity on Powerline. The colors act as throughput Green means good throughput. indicators. Orange means average throughput.
  • Page 10 Figure 3-3: Rear Label Buttons The PlugLink AV 9560 Wireless Adapter device has two push buttons: • Sec (Left) Button / Powerline Security - The Sec button allows you to set a randomized Network Encryption Key (NEK) by pressing it. You can then have additional units use the same randomized NEK by pressing their respective Sec buttons.

  • Page 11: Preparing To Install

    Chapter 4 Preparing to Install The PlugLink AV 9560 Wireless Adapter lets you set up an instant wireless Access Point using your existing electrical outlets. It can also easily compliment your existing network by connecting to any device with a 10/100BaseT Ethernet-capable device.

  • Page 12: Installing Pl9560-Wap

    PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Chapter 5 Installing PL9560 Do not connect the PlugLink AV 9560 Wireless Adapter to a power strip, extension cord, uninterruptible power supply (UPS), or surge protector. This may prevent the unit from working property or degrade the network performance.
  • Page 13 Figure 5-2: Plugging the PL9560-WAP vertically into a wall outlet. 4. Wait a few seconds and the top three LEDs on the PlugLink AV 9560 Wireless Adapter will light up. 5. From your computer scan your Wireless Network Connections to look for your PlugLink AV 9560 Wireless Adapter’s network name (SSID).

  • Page 14: Logging On

    Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Chapter 6 Logging on Figure 6-1: Login Address 1. Open a web browser application (Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox). 2. In the address or navigation field, type 192.168.1.254 and press Enter. Figure 6-2: Login Screen For security, the PL9560-WAP has its own user ID and password.

  • Page 15: Browser-Based User Interface

    Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Chapter 7 Browser-based User Interface When you access the browser-based user interface, the System Details page is the first page you will see. The System Details page shows you a quick view of the PL9560-WAP’s status and settings.
  • Page 16 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter 4. Detailed Information Shows you detailed information about the PL9560-WAP that includes: model number, firmware version, hardware version, serial number, MAC address, IP address and subnet mask. You can also find the PL9560-WAP Wireless Settings.

  • Page 17: Configure The Lan Ip Setting

    Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Chapter 8 Configure the LAN IP Setting LAN IP Setting is under the IP ADDRESS link in the Main menu. Select this option to configure the IP ADDRESS of the PL9560-WAP. By default, the PL9560-WAP is configured with an IP address of: 192.168.1.254 and a subnet...

  • Page 18: Understanding Basic Wireless Configuration

    Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Chapter 9 Understanding Basic Wireless Configuration To configure the wireless settings of the PL9560-WAP, click the WIRELESS link in the Main menu. The Wireless sub navigation links appear in the sub menu.
  • Page 19 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter • Select WIRELESS tab from the main menu. • Select Basic Settings from the sub navigation link. • Enter the appropriate settings in the fields; then click “Apply”. Figure: 9-2: Wireless Basic Settings Screen There are two ways to configure the PL9560’s wireless network(s), manual and Wi-...
  • Page 20 Any device you want to participate in a particular wireless network will need to use this SSID for that network. The PL9560-WAP default SSID is Asoka. 2. WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) If you have client devices, such as wireless adapters, that support Wi-Fi Protected Setup, then you can use Wi-Fi Protected Setup to automatically configure wireless security for your wireless network(s).
  • Page 21 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter 2. Click the WPS AP Push Button on this screen in less than 2 minutes. 3. After the client device has been configured, the progress indicator will make a check signal on the left of “Completed”.
  • Page 22 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Preamble and Auto. By default, the PL9560-WAP is configured to Long preamble. 2. Beacon Interval The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon, which is a packet broadcast to synchronize the wireless network and to keep clients’...
  • Page 23 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter compatibility with the slower 802.11b wireless devices while still enabling 802.11g communications. 7. WLAN MAX Rate The rate of data transmission should be set depending on the speed of your wireless network. The default value Auto is to automatically use the fastest possible data rate.
  • Page 24 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Figure 9-4: Security Wireless Settings WEP Encryption protects data transmitted over a wireless network. The Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2) and Wired Equivalency Privacy (WEP) offer different levels of security for wireless communication.
  • Page 25 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter the client software that supports WPA/WPA2. Nevertheless, the wireless adapter hardware and driver must also support WPA/WPA2. The PL9560-WAP provides the following levels of security: Open, WEP, WPA- Personal, WPA2-Personal. Table9-1: Wireless Security Options:...
  • Page 26 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter WPA-Personal / WPA supports two encryption methods, “TKIP” and “AES”, WPA2-Personal with dynamic encryption keys. Select the type of algorithm, TKIP or AES. (AES is a stronger encryption method than TKIP.) WPA2 support two encryption methods, “TKIP+AES mixed”...
  • Page 27 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter 1. Click on WIRELESS from the top main menu. 2. Click on Security from the Sub Navigation Link. The security dialog page will appear. 3. Make your selection under Security Type from the drop down list.

  • Page 28: Pl9560-Wap Administration

    Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Chapter 10 PL9560-WAP Administration SYSTEM (Main Menu) From the SYSTEM tab, sub Navigation Links you can: enter a new administrative password, access system logs, reboot the PL9560-WAP, restore factory defaults, create a backup, restore configuration files, and manage firmware updates.
  • Page 29 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Rebooting the PL9560-WAP Sometimes it may be necessary to reboot the PL9550-WAP if it begins working improperly. Rebooting the PL9560-WAP will NOT delete any of your configurations. To reboot, follow these instructions: 1.
  • Page 30 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter web browser. Refresh the page. Note: There is another way to reboot the device, to push both of the Sec and WPS button in the same time for about 1 second. You may referent the section “How to use the Sec and WPS-Push Button”...
  • Page 31 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Figure 10-5: Factory Default Restore Confirmation Popup Note: There is another way to do a factory reset, to push WPS button for more than 10 seconds. You may referent the section “How to use the Sec and WPS- Push Button”...
  • Page 32 Updating Firmware There will be new firmware upgrades available periodically from Asoka. Firmware upgrades contain feature improvements and fixes to problems that may have existed. When Asoka releases new firmware, you can download the firmware from Asoka’s web site at http://www.asokausa.com and update your PL9560-WAP’s firmware to...
  • Page 33 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter updated. Click OK. Allow some time for the Firmware to be updated. When the firmware upgrade is complete, the PL9560-WAP home page appears automatically. If the login page does not appear, type in the PL9560-WAP’s IP address (default = 192.168.1.254) into the address or navigation bar of your web browser.
  • Page 34 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Viewing System Logs The PlugLink 9560 Wireless Adapter maintains a System Log which displays potential security threats and system information. This log can be viewed with a browser or downloaded using the PL9560-WAP web management interface.
  • Page 35 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Figure 10-10: Powerline Device Scan Screen How to use the Sec and WPS-Push Button Following is an example of how the Sec button can be used: 1. Select a PlugLinkAV 9560 device in your network. Press and hold the Sec button for 4 seconds.
  • Page 36 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter button on the web interface’s wireless-basic-settings tab). This will create a new wireless network with random SSID, random wireless password and WPA2-Personal-AES security algorithm. The PL9560 will wait 2 minutes for a client to join the wireless network by pushing the client’s WPS button.
  • Page 37 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter push the WPS (Right) button for about 1 second and push a client’s WPS button, this will add one connection. Repeat for every client that needs to join the WPS network. 4. For clients without WPS push button capabilities, you can make...

  • Page 38: Technical Support Information

    Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Chapter 11 Technical Support PLEASE REFER TO THE WARRANTY AND SUPPORT INFORMATION CARD THAT WAS SHIPPED WITH YOUR PRODUCT. By registering your product at www.asokausa.com/register, we can provide you with faster expert technical support and timely notices of product and software upgrades.

  • Page 39: Technical Specifications

    Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Chapter 12 Technical Specifications Standards Compliance Additional Protocols HomePlug® AV Forward Error Correction (FEC) IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3u Automatic Channel Adaptation IEEE 802.11b/g Power Supply US Version: 100-120VAC System Requirements UK/EU Version: 220-240VAC Windows®...

  • Page 40: Fcc Statement

    Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter Chapter 13 FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 41: Warranty Information

    Warranty is void on products purchased or used outside the United States. This warranty does not apply if, in the judgment of Asoka, the product fails due to damage from shipment, handling, storage, accident, abuse,...
  • Page 42 Asoka® User Guide PlugLink® AV 9560 Wireless Adapter returned to Asoka with shipping charges prepaid. Asoka will not accept collect shipments. WHILE ASOKA HAS MADE EVERY EFFORT TO PROVIDE CLEAR AND ACCURATE TECHNICAL INFORMATION ABOUT ITS PRODUCTS, ASOKA ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY EVENTS ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION OR THE PRODUCT.
  • Page 43 Asoka USA Corporation 2620-Augustine Drive Suite 230 Santa Clara, CA95054 USA Sales: (408)550-8167; sales@asokatech.com Support: (408) 550-8173; support@asokatech.com URL: www.asokatech.com                  66-0327-00Rev.007   Page 40 of 40...

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