Netgear PLP1200-100PAS manual

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    Quick S t ar t P ow erline 1200 + Ex tr a Outlet Model PLP1200[...]

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    2 P ack age Cont ents In some r egions, a resour ce CD is included with your pr oduc t.[...]

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    3 Getting St ar t ed P owerline adapters pr ovide an alternative w ay to ext end your network using your existing electrical wiring. Plug two or mor e P owerline adapters into electrical outlets t o creat e a wired ne twork connection. Y ou c an add up to 16 Homeplug A V-certified and A V2-certified adapters t o extend your network. For a c omple[...]

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    4 Meet Y our Adapt er Bef ore you inst all your adapter , f amiliarize yourself with its LEDs, buttons, and port . Ethernet port Security button F actory Re set button Powe r LED Ethernet LED Pick A P lu g LE D[...]

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    5 P ower LED Green . The electrical pow er is on. Amber . The adapter is in pow er saving mode. Blinking green . The adapt er is in the proc ess of setting up security. O . The adapter is no t rec eiving electrical power . Ethernet LED Lit . The Ethernet port is linked. O . No Ethernet c onnec tion is detected. Pick A Plug LED The Pick A Plug[...]

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    6 Ethernet port Use an Ethernet cable t o connect your wired devic es, including comput ers, WiFi rout ers, or game consoles, to your P owerline network. Security button Use the Security button to cr eate a secur e P owerline network.[...]

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    7 Install Y our Adapt ers Room 1 Room 2[...]

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    8 Secur e Y our Network ¾ T o creat e a secure network: 1. Plug in your new adapters. 2. W ait until the Pick A Plug LED is lit . 3. Pr ess the Security button f or two seconds, then pr ess the Security button on one of the o ther adapters in your exis ting network f or two seconds. Bo th buttons must be pr essed within two minutes. N ote : The Se[...]

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    9 Add Adapt ers T o add adapters bef or e you configur e the security featur e, just plug them in and connect the adapters t o your equipment . ¾ T o add adapters t o a Pow erline network with security set : 1. Plug in and connect the new adapters. 2. On all of the pr eviously installed adapters, pr ess and hold the Factory Reset butt on for one [...]

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    10 T roubleshooting T ips P ower LED is o . Make sur e that power is supplied t o the elec trical outlet , and that the P owerline devic es are no t plugged into an e x tension c ord, pow er strip, or surge pr ot ec tor . P ower LED is blinking amber . P ower saving mode occurs when the Etherne t LED is o . This can occur in the f ollowing ci[...]

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    11 Pick A Plug LED is amber or r ed. Something is int erfering with c ommunication between adapters. T o resolve this: • Move the adapter t o another outlet . • Unplug devices that might be c ausing interf erenc e such as sur ge suppressors and it ems with mot ors. Ethernet LED is o . • Make sur e that the Ethernet cables ar e working and [...]

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    January 2015 NETGEAR , Inc . 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134, USA Support Thank you f or pur chasing this NETGEAR pr oduc t . Aer installing your devic e, locate the serial number on the label of your pr oduct and use it to r egister your pr oduct at https ://my .netgear .com . Y ou must regist er your product befor e you can use NET [...]