HomePlug 1.0 ­ PowerLine USB and Ethernet adapters Configuration Utility User Manual Version 1.01 ­ Fev. 2004 Copyright The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, stored, transcribed in an information retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, magnetic, electronic, optical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission. Trademarks All product, company, brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. They are used for identification purpose only. Specifications are subject to be changed without prior notice. FCC Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference, in which case the user, at his own expense, will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference. CE Declaration of Conformity This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility, EN 55022/A1 Class A, and EN 50082-1. This meets the essential protection requirements of the European Council Directive 89/336/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the member states relation to electromagnetic compatibility. The specification is subject to change without notice. Introduction The Powerline Network Configuration Utility for powerline networking enables the user to find devices on the powerline network, measure data rate performance and ensure privacy by setting a user defined network private password. This utility gives you the capability to set up a network password on the local device Connected to the computer where the utility is running. It gives you as well, through the advanced option, the capability to set up a network password remotely on other devices through the power line. Before running this utility, make sure that a powerline device is properly installed and connected to your computer. Running the utility To run the utility, double click the Powerline Network Configuration Utility icon on your desktop. The wizard has five different dialog screens options accessible through the following tabs: Device, Network, Security, Advanced and About. In the coming sections, we will explain the purpose and the functionality of each of them. Device dialog screen The Device dialog screen provides a list of your powerline devices connected to the computer where the utility is running and average data rate performance of your powerline network. Initially, the wizard starts the Device dialog screen. Figure 1 Initial screen when wizard is started Once the analysis is done, a screen similar to Figure 2 appears. In the text list box, it reports back all powerline devices found that are locally connected to the computer where the utility is running. In most cases, one device only is listed. In case you have more, click on one of them and hit Connect. Make sure that the state box indicates that your PC is connected to the same device. Now you are ready to manage the powerline network connected to this device, ensure its privacy and measure its data rate performance. Press Refresh button to refresh the search of the powerline devices connected to your computer. The progress bar will change into a status bar indicating the network average data rate. Figure 2 Device dialog screen Network dialog screen The Network dialog screen provides detailed information about your powerline network. The test list box shows all powerline devices found on your powerline network identified by their MAC addresss. A second column indicates their date rate measurements in Mbps. Press Scan Powerline Network button to refresh the listed information. Figure 3 Network dialog screen Note: In case a powerline device in your home is not listed in the screen above, make sure that its network password has not been made private previously with a different password than your current private network password. You can always reset a powerline network password to a universal on by running the Configuration utility on the PC attached to this device and choose "HomePlug" as the network password. Security dialog screen All powerline devices are shipped using "HomePlug" as a network password. The Security dialog screen allows you to change this network password and set your own private password and apply it to the powerline device connected to the computer where the utility running. Hit Restore default button to restore the original network password "HomePlug" and apply it locally. Hit Set Local button to change the network password locally. Figure 4 Security dialog screen Note: Your private network password must have between 4 and 24 characters. The password is case sensitive. The password can include any letters of the alphabet, number or punctuation marks. Remember this password as it will be needed when adding other devices to the network later. Advanced dialog screen The Advanced dialog screen allows you to set up a network password remotely on other powerline devices through the powerline. Type your private network password into the Network Password text box. The other devices on the network with powerline capabilities will have a different password printed on either the box itself. Find the passwords for all devices you want to manage and type them one by one into the Device Password text box and hit Add. This will add the passwords to Remote Passwords text list box and set them to the currently defined Network Password. Note: The device must be present on the powerline in order for the password to be confirmed and added to the Remote Passwords list. The Status indicates whether each device is successfully set to the Network Password."OK" indicates success while "Fail" indicates a failure. Hit Set All to apply your private network password to all devices that are listed in the Remote Passwords text list box and to your local device connected to the computer where the utility is running as well. Select a password and hit Remove to remove it from the list. Figure 5 Advanced dialog screen ...