ZyXEL Communications 5.3Accessing Your Powerline Adapter

Chapter 5 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial

5.3Accessing Your Powerline Adapter

1Plug the powerline adapter you want to add to your network into a power socket and, if needed, switch the power socket on.

Figure 21 Plug Your Powerline Adapter into a Power Socket

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2Connect the powerline adapter to your computer.

3Use a LAN or Ethernet cable (shown below) to connect the LAN or Ethernet port on your adapter to the same kind of port on your computer.

Figure 22 Connect Your Powerline Adapter to a Computer

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4Open the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility on your computer. Go to Start > (All) 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

5You are now ready to extend your powerline network or set up a second network.

•See Section 5.4 on page 37 to add a new powerline adapter to your network.

•See Section 5.5 on page 38 to set up a second network with your new adapters.

•See Section 5.6 on page 40 to set up a second network with your existing adapters.

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