Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto PLI-3411 del fabbricante LevelOne
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LevelO ne PLI - 341 1 200Mbps P ow erli ne Wire less Access Point User Manual V1.0.
Safet y W arnings 1. Do not use the ad apter in hig h humidity or hig h temperature env ironment . 2. Do not open or r epair the case y oursel f. 3. A v oid using this pr oduct and all its access ories out doo r . 4. Plac e PLI - 3411 on a stable s urface.
Table of Co n tents CHAPTER 1: PRODUCT ................................................................................................................................................................ . 4 INTRODUCT ION .................................
4 Cha pter 1: Product Introduc tion Thank you for purchasing PLI - 341 1 200Mbps Po werline W ire les s A ccess P oint . You r new device is an unit that extends you r wireless coverage through power lines.
5 Featur es • Prov ides phy sical la yer dat a rate of up to 2 00Mbps ov er exi sting in - ho me power lines • Ex tended wi reless c overag e of up to 3 ti mes the r ange o f 802.
6 Specif icatio ns Protocol TDMA, CSMA/CA Standard Ethernet specificati on: IEEE 802 .3, IEEE 802. 3x, IEEE 802.3u, Auto MDI/MDIX T ransmissio n Speed 200Mbps Modulation Supports OFDM - 1 155 car rier.
7 Chapter 2: Installing the Adapter Packag e Conten t • PLI - 341 1 2 00Mbps Powerl ine W ireless Access Point • Quick Start G uide • CD (Manual/QIG/ Utility ) • RJ - 45 Et hernet LA N Cable.
8 D e vi c e O ver view Front P anel The front panel conta ins lights cal led Light Emi tting Diod es (LEDs) that indicate the statu s of the unit. Label Color Functio n PO W ER gr een On: device is p.
9 Button s There are WPS / WLAN / NET.ID / RESET buttons for different applications. Label Functio n ANTE NNA ANT ENNA PO W ER Connect the Powerline Ethernet Adapter to yo ur w all - m ounted power outlet.
10 Connecting the HomePlug Adapter It is easy to con nect PLI - 341 1 si mply by perf orming th e follow ing instr uctions: Pow er Conn ection Plu g PLI - 341 1 into the wal l outlet/socket .
1 WPS con figur ation. Keep pus hing th e WPS but ton of PLI - 341 1 . T hen push WPS button of your w irel ess IP dev ice , and the W i - Fi protecti on wil l be set u p automatic ally . Likew ise, do same s teps f or other w irel ess devic es having W PS button.
12 Netw orkin g Setup Refer to the foll owing steps: 1. Connect a netw ork cable t o the bridge and then plug PLI - 3411 into a power s ocket. 2. Then connect PLI - 3411 t o a laptop, mode m, router or a se t - top - box.
1 3. Creat e a secure netw ork by simply pushin g the NET ID button for 1~ 3 seconds. Note: Plug/socket, power cable and input voltage/frequency m ay vary from country to countr y .
14 Quick Star t (Setup Po w erLine N etw ork ) Push But ton usa ge NET ID Button is used to a dd a Ho mePlug de vic e to a Power L ine netw ork or enable i t to j oin a networ k by pres sing the NET ID Butt on of t he de v ice to t urn it in to Broadc ast st ate or Joi n state.
15 1. Press NET.ID ( Networ k ID) button on A more than 10 seconds till PCL LED ( ON for 1 s econds, then OFF for 2 seconds, then ON for 14 seconds ) and then OFF to generate the random network password key first.
16 1. Press NET.ID ( Networ k ID) button on C more than 10 sec onds till PCL LED ( ON for 1 s econds, then OFF for 2 seconds, then ON for 14 seconds ) and then OFF to generate the random network password key first. 2. Press the NET.I D (N etw ork ID) bu tton on any network device A o r B for less than 3 s econ ds, making it the ‘adder’.
17 1. Press the NET.I D (N etw ork ID) bu tton on the ‘l eaver’ for more than 10 seconds. The device will reset and restart with a random NM K. 2. W ait for reset to complete and the PLC LE D will be OFF .
18 Pow er L ine Netw ork Illustrat ion.
19 Chapter 3 : Basic Net w o rk Install ation The HomePlu g ad apter can be con figured throug h your we b browse r . A web browser is included as a standar d application in the following operati ng systems: Linux , Mac OS, W in do ws 98/NT/2000/X P/ Me/ V ista, etc.
20 Network Configuration Config uring P C in W i ndo w s Vist a / 7 1. Go to Start. Click o n Network. 2. T hen click on Netw ork and Sharing Center at the t op ba r . 3. W hen the Ne two rk and Shari ng Center window pops up, s elect an d click on Manage n etwor k connecti ons on the left wi ndow column.
21 5. Selec t I nte rnet Protocol V ersion 4 (TCP/IPv 4) then cl ick P roperties. 6. In the TCP/IPv4 properties w indo w , click Use the f ollowing IP addres s and Us e the follow ing DN S server addr es s radio butt ons. Then click OK to ex it the setting.
22 Config uring P C in W i ndo w s X P 1. Go to St art > Cont rol P anel (in Cl assic V iew). In the Control Panel, double - click on Netw ork Connec tions 2. Double - click Local Area Connect ion. 3. In t he Local Area Connection Status windo w , click Properties.
23 Factor y Defau lt Sett ing s Before c onfiguri ng your adapte r , y ou need to know the follow ing defaul t setting s. W eb I nterfa ce (Usern ame and Passw ord) User nam e: adm in Passw ord: admi n The de fault user name and passwor d are “ admi n ” and “ admin ” resp ectivel y .
24 Internet A ccess Confi guration T o config ure this device for inter net access , you must hav e IE 5.0 / Netscap e 4.5 or above i nstalled on your compute r . The re is basic ally one w ay to co nfigure y our dev ice before y ou ar e able to connect t o the int ernet: W eb Interfa ce .
25 Chapter 3: Utility Installat ion The utili ty can be used on t he foll owing Window s platform: Window s 2000/X P/Vista/7. 1. Plac e the Lev elOne PLI - 341 1 Power line Wireless Acces s Poin t Utility auto - install ation CD into your CD - ROM/DVD - R OM drive.
26 2. Click “ Next ” button to c ontinue. 3. Click “ I Agr ee & Next ” button to contin ue..
27 4. Click “ Next ” button to contin ue. 5. Click “ Close ” button to ex it..
28 6. In ord er to s tart the utility , double - cli ck the u tility icon on desktop. 7. Y ou can see your d ev ice worki ng well. The t op panel o f the scre en shot show s a Homeplug devic e connect ed loc ally t o your co mputer . The bott om panel show s one dev ice connected remotel y to the c omput er running the uti lity.
29 Conf iguration Utilit y Setup Introduction The Con figuratio n Utilit y enables th e users to identify HomePlug devi ces on the power line netw ork, measures data rat e perfor mance, e nsures pr ivacy and per forms di agnosti cs by set ting use r defined secure p owerl ine networ ks.
30 connect b utton w ill i ndicate w ith a mess age ‘NO H OMEPLUG ADA PTERS DE TECTED’. Fig ure 1-2 illust ra tes th e presence of two l ocal dev ices conn ected loc ally to the comput er.
31 Password column by default is blank a nd ‘E nter Passw ord’ butt on can b e used to e nter it . To s et the Passw ord of the dev ice (r equired w hen cr eating a priv ate netw ork), firs t sel ect the devic e by cli cking on its n ame i n the low er panel and then c lick o n the Enter Pass word butt on.
32 Figure 1- 4: Ad d Remote Dev ice Note: Th e devi ce must be present on the pow er line ( plugg ed in) in order for the pass wor d to be conf ir med and added t o the netw ork. I f the dev ice could no t be located , a war ning messa ge will be shown.
33 Figure 1- 6: Priv acy Screen The Set L ocal Dev ice Only button ca n be u sed to c hange t he net work name (netw ork pass word) of the loc al devic e.
34 - MAC addr esses o f all dev ices connec ted loc ally t o the host - Version o f th e Configuration Utility - Vendor na me Figure 1- 7: Diagnost ics Screen The Lower panel contains a history of all remote dev ices s een on the co mputer over a cer tain period of time.
35 About Screen The About scr een show s the softw are vers ion. Figure 1- 8: A bout dialog s creen.
36 Chapter 4: UI Configurati on Once you hav e logge d on to your PLI - 3411 GUI via y our web brow se r , you can begi n to confi gure the devic e according to yo ur needs . On th e confi gurati on homepag e, th e top navigat ion pane l provides the links to di f ferent setup pages.
37 Se tup Local A rea Netw ork (LA N) Settings To set up the configuration of LAN interface, priv ate IP of your router LAN port and subnet mask for your LAN segment.
38 Domai n Please enter the domain name. W ireless Sett ing s W hen you click this it em, the column will e xpand to display th e su b- item s that will allo w yo u to config ure your w irel ess settings. Basic , A dvanced , W DS and WPS The func tion of eac h con figurati on sub - ite m is descr ibed in t he foll owi ng sections.
39 Field Description Wireless Connection Select Enable if you would like to turn on the wireless signal. Select Disable if you would like to tu rn off the w ireless signal. Wireless Mode Select the wireless mode for 802. 11b/g/n or mixed use. Transmis sion P ow er Select the transmi ssi on power class from 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%.
40 Field Descript ion Wireless SSID Selec t Enable if you would like t o tur n on thi s SS ID. Selec t Disabl e if you w ould li ke to tur n off this SSID. Wireless SSID Name Enter the w irele ss stati on name you w ould li ke to have. Wireless SSID Broadc asting The devic e broa dcas ts SSI D perio dicall y.
41 WEP Settin gs Field Descript ion WEP Ke y Index WEP Key Index indicates which WEP key is used for data encryptio n. WEP Key (1~4) 64 - bit WEP: type 10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII characters. 128 - bit WEP: type 26 hexadecimal digits or 13 ASCII characters.
42 WP A / WP A2 Radius Settings Field Descript ion Radius Server IP A ddr ess Enter the RADIUS server ’s IP address. Radius Server Port Enter the RADIUS ser ver’s por t numbe r. The default port is 1812. Radius Ke y Enter the RADIUS server ’s IP Address.
43 Field Descrip tio n Regio n Cho ose the r egio n you are cur rentl y loca ted. Fragme ntatio n Enter the fragmentation b y tes. The default value is 2346 bytes. RTS En ter the RTS seconds. The default value is 2347 seconds. DTim Enter the D Tim sec onds .
44 transmission rat e can be increased when enable this funct ion. Packet A ggregate An aggre gati on meth od like A - MSDU, it can im prove the tran smi ssion efficiency. Please m ake sure you Wireles s card has th is function suppor ted. HT Contr ol Fie ld Choose E nable /Disa ble.
45 WDS W irel ess Settin gs From the W ireless men u, c li ck on WDS . The foll owing page i s displayed : Field Descript ion WDS Select Enable to enable WDS function. S elect Disable to disable WDS functi on. MAC A ddress [1~4 ] Enter the MA C a ddresses of the other bridged wireless dev ices.
46 WPS W irel ess S ettin gs This page allows you to change the setting for WPS ( W i - F i Protected Setup). Using this feature could let your wireless client automatic ally syncronize its setting and connect to the Access Point in a minute without any hassle.
47 Ad m i n – Man agem ent From the Ad mi n menu, click on Management. The fol lowing pag e is displa yed: Administ rati on Interf ace Set tings Field Descript ion Administrat or Password Maximum input is 36 alphanum eric characters (case sensitive) * Please change the administrato r’s password if t he re mote management is enabled.
48 Configur ation S ettings Field Descrip tio n Configur atio n Expor t Click t his bu tton to s ave your c urrent c onfig urati on set tings i n a fi le. Defa ult Configur atio n Restore Click thi s bu tton to rec over t he defa ult s yste m settings .
49 S t atus – AP St atus From the Stat us menu, cl ick on Rout er. The followi ng page is dis played: Infor mation Setti ngs Field Descript ion Model Nam e Produc t model name i s show n. Firmwa re Version The fir mw are v ersion of this de vice is r unni ng.
50 LAN Settings Fie ld Descr ipt ion M AC Ad d r es s M AC Ad dr e s s IP A ddress Internal IP Address Subnet M ask The number of subnet ma sk in the int ernal netw ork Wire le ss Net w ork 1 Setti ng.
51 Chapter 5: T roubleshooti ng This appendix suggests solutions for problems you may encounter in installing or using the device, and provides instructi ons f or using s everal IP utilities to diagnose problems. Contact Customer S upport if these suggestions do not resolve the problem.
52 A ppendix: Pr oduct Su ppor t & Conta ct If you co me across an y probl ems please con tact the de aler from where y ou purchas ed you r product . Contact LevelOne W orldwide : http://global.level 1.com MAC OS is a registe red T rade mark of Apple Compute r , Inc.
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