Gateway PLE-310, PLU-300 Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter

Setting Up YourPowerlineAdapter

Powerline adapters let you create a

network using the existing electrical

wiring in your home or office instead of

installing Ethernet cables.

This chapter describes how to connect a

Gateway USB to Powerline adapter or a

Gateway Ethernet to Powerline adapter

to your Windows computer and

configure Windows for a powerline

network. Complete these tasks in

sequence:

■“Step 1: Installing the hardware

and software” on page 2.

■“Step 2: Adding the comput er

to the network” on page8.

■“Step 3: Configuring the TCP/IP

protocol” on page 20.

Contents

Main Page Contents Page Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter Step 1: Installing the hardware and software Installing the Powerline adapter driver Page 2 3 4 5 Page Step 2: Adding the computer to the network About network configurations Page Naming the computers and the workgroup Naming the computers and the workgroup in WindowsXP To run the Windows XP Network Setup Wizard: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Page 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Page Page 4 5 6 7 8 9 Step 3: Configuring the TCP/IP protocol Setting up a DHCP IP address for each computer Setting up a DHCP IP address for Windows2000 To set up a DHCP IP address for Windows 2000: 1 2 Right-click the Local Area Connection 3 Click to select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Page Page Page Turning the powerline adapter off To turn the PLU-300 powerline adapter off: To turn the PLE-310 powerline adapter off: Where to go from here Page Sharing Your Network Resources Sharing an Internet connection Page Page Page Page Page Page Accessing the Internet from your computer To access the Internet from your computer: Sharing drives and printers Turning on Windows file and printer sharing To turn on file and printer sharing in Windows XP and Windows 2000: To turn on file and printer sharing in Windows98SE and Windows Me: Sharing drives or folders To share drives or folders: Page Un-sharing drives, folders, and files To un-share drives or folders: Sharing printers To share printers in WindowsX P: To share printers in Windows2 000, Windows 98, and Windows Me: Using the network Viewing shared drives and folders To view shared drives and folders: Mapping a Network Drive To map a network drive: Opening files across the network To open files across the network: Copying files across the network To copy files across the network: Printing files across the network To print files across the network: Using the Powerline Adapter Configuration Utility About the Powerline configuration utility Page Running a performance analysis To run a performance analysis on the networked Power Line devices: Using the Network tab settings Using the Security tab settings Page Using the Advanced tab settings To remotely set the network password on other computers: Page Page 58 Automated troubleshooting system Telephone numbers You can access the following services through your telephone to get answers to your questions: Service description How to reach Resource Service description How to reach Page Regulatory compliance statements United States of America Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Unintentional emitter per FCC Part15 FCC declaration of conformity California Proposition 65 Warning Notices All Rights Reserved Trademark Acknowledgments