LevelOne PLI-2040 manual

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    LevelOne PLI- 2040 200M bps HomePlug A V A dapter User Manual V1.1[...]

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    HomePlug PowerLine HomePlug PowerLine is an excell ent solution that can be used to extend you r network. In the hom e or small off ice building, u se Hom ePlug Ethernet Bridge A dapters to link m ultiple locati ons without the need to run Ethernet cable. Combined with a broadban d DSL/Cable connection, ev ery room with el ectrical power outlets wi[...]

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    Front Panel LEDs Power On - Normal operation. Off - No power Sleep - blanking HomePlug On - The PowerLine netw ork is active. This m eans that at least one ot her Hom ePlug d e- vice was detected. Off - PowerLine ne twork is not available - no other HomePlug devices were detected. Flashing - Data is being transmitted or received via the Pow erLine [...]

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    6. Once installation is completed, run the PLI- 2040 utili ty program. The first sc reen ( Network Tab) will display i n- form ation of the compatible devices found, such as their MAC Addresses and current transfer speeds. Choose the desired devi ce fr om the Device Selection , and the information of the selected device will be di s- play ed in the[...]

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    Security Setting This section describes how to use Security button for conf iguration in t he following situati ons: Creating a new sec urity netw ork Two unassociated Adapters (Adapter A and A dapter B) are form ing a new netw ork — Network AB The procedure is as follows: 5. Press and hold the security button on A dapter A for 10 seconds and rel[...]

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    A dding A dapter C to existing Netw ork AB (A dapter A and A dapter B) One unassociated Adapter C is added t o an existing Network AB. The procedure is as f ollows: 1. Press and hold the security button on A dapter C for 10 seconds and release it when dev ice LED auto reboots. The password to Adapter C becomes “Random _C” 2. Press and hold the [...]

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    Re moving A dapter B from A dapter A & C Netw ork and join w ith A dapter D & E to become Ne tw ork BDE The procedure is as follows: 1. Press and hold the security button on A dapter B for 10 seconds and release it. The password to Adapter B b e- comes “Random B” a nd rem oves itself from Adapter A & C. 2. Press and hold the securit[...]

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    Specification PowerLine S tandards HomePlug AV Transf er Rate Up to 200 Mbps Modulation 1024/256/64/16/8 QAM, QPSK, BPSK Forward Error Correction Turbo Codes Protocol TDMA, CSMA/CA Security 128 -bit AES Encry ption LEDs 1 * Power 1 * HomePlug 1 * Ethernet Ethernet Interface 1 * RJ45 LAN Port Auto-negotiation , Auto MDI/MDIX Ethernet Standards Ether[...]