Gateway PLE-310, PLU-300 2, 3

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Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter

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2Click Install the software. The InstallShield Wizard

starts.

- OR -

If you are installing the Gateway PLU-300 Ethernet

adapter and the wizard does not start automatical ly,

click Start, Run, type d:\plu-300\setup.exe in the Run

box, then click OK. The InstallShield Wizard starts.

- OR -

If you are installing the Gateway PLE-310 Ethernet

adapter and the wizard does not start automatical ly,

click Start, Run, type d:\ple-310\setup.exe in the Run

box, then click OK. The InstallShield Wizard starts.

3Click Next, then follow the on-screen instructions.

During the installation:

■If installing the software on Windows XP and a

message tells you that the driver has not passed

Windows Logo testing, click Continue Anyway. The

device driver files are copied to the hard drive.

■If installing the software on Windows 2000 and a

a message tells you that no digital signature is

found, click Yes. The device driver files are copied

to the hard drive.

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