Mediabridge MHP-EA200X2 manual

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    Powerline Network Adapter     [...]

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    Powerline Network Adapter   Copyright  Statemen t   is  a  registered  trademark  of  Medialink  Products,  LLC.  All  the  products  and  product  names  mentioned  herein  are  the  trademarks  or  registered  trademarks  of  their  respective  holders.  [...]

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    Powerline Network Adapter   Ta b l e  of  Conten ts  COPYRIGHT  ST A TEMENT ...................................................- 2 -  CHAPTER 1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW ................................ 1  1.1  P ACKAGE C ONTENTS ................................................................... 1  1.2 LED O VER VIEW .........[...]

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    Powerline Network Adapter  “T OOLS ” ALLO W YOU TO VIEW LOGS , UPDA TE FIRMW ARE , REBOOT AND RESET THE DEVICE . 24  4.5  H ELP 26  CHAPTER 5 USING THE P AIR BUTTON ....................... 27  APPENDIX 1 F AQS ......................................................... 30  APPENDIX 2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICA TIONS ............... 32 [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  1 Chapter  1  Pr oduct  Overview  To  build  a  network  at  home  or  office  with  minimum  effort  and  cost,  the  Medialink  20 0Mbps  P owerline  Adapter  MHP ‐ EA 200  is  your  choice.  In  many  cases,  Eth ern et[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  2  1.2  LED  Overview   Figure1 ‐ 1  Fr ont  Pan e l  Over view   LED  Color Status Description Power  Green Off  The  device  is  NOT  receiving  electrical  power  Solid  The  device  is  receiving  electrical  power  Fast [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  3  1.3  Interface  /  Button  Overview   Figure2 ‐ 2  Int erface  /But ton  Overview   Interface  /  Button  Description  LAN  RJ45  port :  Connect  it  to  a  PC  or  other  network  device  using  an  Ethernet [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  4   1.5  Safety  Conside rations  Observe  the  following  to  avoid  any  potential  harm  caused  from  im prop er  use.    DO  NOT  expose  the  device  to  flammable,  conductive  or  humid  objects.   Make  [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  5  Chapter  2  Hard ware  Inst allation  2.1  Hardware  Installation   Method  1:  As  seen  below:  Est ablishing  a  netw ork  fo r  rooms  under  a  single  electricity  meter  using  the  Medialink  MHP ‐ EA20 0  devic[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  6  Method  2:  As  seen  below:  R ooms  A  and  B  are  un der  a  sing le  electricity  meter.  Plug  in  the  first  MHP ‐ EA200  into  a  wa ll  outlets  in  Room  A  and  connect  it  to  a  Ro u te r  [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  7  Figure  1 ‐ 5  Connect  the  Firs t  MHP ‐ EA200  to  an  Internet ‐ enab led  Rou t er  or  Gateway   2.  Connect  the  second  MHP ‐ EA200  to  th e  PC  using  an  Ethernet  cable,  and  then  plug  it  into[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  8  Figure  1 ‐ 7  Overview   4.  The  PC  will  now  be  able  to  access  the  Int ernet.  If  you  want  to  conne ct  more  PCs  or  network  devices,  you  can  add  additional  ada pters  and  repeat  step[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  9 Chapter  3  Utility  Inst allation  (The  Utility  Ins tallation  is  opt ional.)  This  section  instruc ts  you  how  to  install  the  device’ s  Utility  (UI)  using  the  included  CD ‐ ROM .  Th e  Utility  can  onl[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  10 2. To  read  the  user  guide,  click  “User  Guide” .  To  install  the  utility  (optional),  click  “Inst all  Softwar e” .  If  yo u  do  not  ha ve  a  PDF  R eader ,  click  “A c r o b a t  Reader”  to  ins[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  11 4. Click  “Next”  and  then  click  the  “Browse”  button  to  locate  where  to  install     5. Keep  clicking  “Next ”  until  the  scr een  below  is  displayed       [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  12 6. Click  “Inst all”  to  display  the  screen  below .   7. In  order  to  properly  install  the  utility,  you  will  need  to  install  the  WinPcap  plug ‐ in:     8. Keep  clicking  “Next”  until  th e [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  13  9. Click  “Finish”  on  WinPcap  Setup  Wizard  and  then  “Finish”  on  below  screen:   10. To  run  th e  utility ,  simply  double  click  the  Medialink  Power line  Utility  icon  on  your  desktop  or  [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  14 Chapter  4  Configur ation  This  section  instru cts  you  how  to  configure  ad vanced  settings  using  the  MHP ‐ EA2 00  utility ,  such  as  en crypt ion,  ch anging  netw ork  or  device  name,  QoS,  and  restore  fa[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  15  CCO:  Display s  the  adapter  fo r  managing  oth er  adapters  on  a  P owerline  network.  When  attempt ing  to  connect  to  each  other ,  adapters  automatically  neg otiate  with  each  other  to  select  an  ada[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  16  Standar d  Supported:  Displays  the  HomePlug  st andard  supported  by  a  currentl y  selected  adapter .  The  MHP ‐ EA200  complies  with  HomePlugA V  st andard  (HP A V).   HP A V  Rate:  Displa ys  transmit  and  rece i[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  17  Change  Network  Name:  Click  this  tab  to  change  the  network  name  of  a  selected  adapter .  The  def ault  is  HomePlugA V  and  it  is  not  encrypted.  Yo u  can  select  to  encrypt  or  not  to [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  18  4.3.1 QoS  Quick  Se tup  This  section  allows  you  to  set  any  option  am ong  Surfing,  IPTV ,  Audio/Video ,  VOIP  and  Gaming  to  the  priority  level  of  3.   Click  “QoS”  then  ”Quick  Setup” [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  19   Vo I P :  Select  it  to  prioritize  VoI P  data.  The  de vice  supports  SIP ‐ compliant  and  H.323 ‐ compliant  dat a  prioritiza tion.  Howev er ,  some  Vo I P  devices  from  other  ma nufactur ers  ma y  use  diff e[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  20   Prio:  Indicates  the  priority  lev el  set  to  a  corr esponding  QoS  entry .  “0”  repr esents  the  lowest  priority  level.  To  chang e  the  priority  level  fo r  a  correspo nding  entry ,  simply  double[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  21   Add:  Click  to  add  a  MAC/IP  based  priority  entry .    Prio:  Short  for  Priority .  Select  a  number  fr om  the  dr op ‐ down  list.  To  set  highest  priority  level,  select  “3” .   T ra ffi[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  22 After  you  completed  settings  on  above  screen,  click  on  “OK ”  to  add  the  entry .  2  new  settin gs  will  be  added  to  th e  QoS  list.     Delete:  Click  it  to  re move  the  selected [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  23  Apply  chang es  to  all  adapters  f ound:  Clicking  “Sa ve”  with  the  option  disabled  applies  the  QoS  settings  to  current  adapter  while  Clicking  “Sav e”  with  the  option  enabled  applies  the  [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  24 4.4 Tools  “ Tools”  allow  you  to  view  logs,  update  firmware,  reboot  and  reset  th e  device.     Logs:  Allows  you  to  view  syst em  logs,  for  exam pl e,  which  adapter  joins  or  exi ts  from ?[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  25 Upgr ade:  Click  to  update  your  device  firmw are.  Please  go  to  www .medialinkproducts.com  to  download  the  latest  firmw are.  The  firmw are  file  for  upgrade  must  ha ve  “. g g l ”  in  its  file  name [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  26  Restar t:  Click  it  to  res tart  the  device.  It  takes  about  10  seconds  for  the  dev ice  to  re start .  To  res tart  the  adapt er ,  click  “Res tart ”  under  “ T ools”  and  then  click  “Y es?[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  27 Chapter  5  Using  the  Pa i r  Bu tton  The  device  pr ovides  128 ‐ bit  AES  encrypti on  method.  This  sect ion  presents  how  to  use  the  Pa i r  h ard ware  b utton  to  creat e  a  secure  Pow erline  network. [...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  28 How  to  add  more  adapters  to  the  enc rypted  privat e  network   Now  that  Adapt er  1  and  Adapter  2  crea ted  a  netw ork,  sa y  N1,  and  you’re  trying  to  ad d  Adapter  3  to  this  network[...]

  • Page 33

    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  29  To  disconnect  an  adapter  fr om  th e  exi st in g  Powerline  network,  do  as  follow s:  As  displa yed  above,  the  3  adapters  hav e  inter connect ed  on  a  private  Pow erline  network.  If  you  wan t  to ?[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  30 Appendix  1  FA Q s  Q1.  What  is  Po werline  netw orking?  A:  Po werline  tec hn ol og y  upgrades  your  ex ist in g  electric  wiring,  enabling  transmission  of  both  netw ork  dat a  and  electric  power  in  a  sin g[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  31  Q7.  What  main  advan tages  does  a  Pow erline  adapter  ha ve  over  a  wireless  device?  A:  The  Po we rl in e  adapter  is  a  plug  &  play  device,  r equiring  no  configura tion.  Wireless  signal  not[...]

  • Page 36

    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  32 Appendix  2  T echnical  Specifications  Hardware  Specifications Standar ds  RJ45:  IEEE  802.3 、 IEEE  802.3u  ;  PLC : HomePlugAV  Transmission  Distance 300m  Powerline Max  Number  of  Powerline  adapters  (under  a  single  ele[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  33  Appendix  3  EMC  Sta tement  CE  Mark  Warning  This  is  a  Class  B  product  in  a  domestic  environme nt.  This  product  may  cause  radio  interference,  in  whic h  case  the  user  may  be  required  t[...]

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    Powerline  Netw ork  Adapter  34 FCC  Caution:  Any  changes  or  modifications  not  expressly  approved  by  the  party  responsible  for  c ompliance  could  void  the  user's  authority  to  operate  this  equipment.   This  device  complies  with [...]