User manual AIRLIVE HP-1000

[. . . ] VERIFY THE PACKAGE CONTENTS Please make sure that the following items are in the box: · · · · · One Powerline USB adapter Driver and Documentation CD One USB Cable One Power cord Quick installation card If any of the above items is missing or damaged, please contact your dealer for replacement. Drivers and Installation guides are available at the vendor's website. Requirements · · · · USB-Ready PC CD-ROM Drive Windows 98, Millennium, 2000 or XP Another HomePlug 1. 0 compliant powerline adapter 4 2. POWERLINE NETWORK INSTALLATION CONFIGURATION UTILITY Insert the "AirLive" CD in your CD-ROM drive. [. . . ] Once your device is properly connected, you will be able to manage the powerline network connected to this device, set a network password to ensure its privacy and measure its data rate performance, as well as the average data rate performance of the entire powerline network. To refresh the search of the powerline devices connected to your computer, please click on Refresh. The status bar will show the quality of the connection, and indicate the network average data rate. Fig. 2 Device Tab 16 Network Tab The Network Tab provides detailed information about your powerline network and for each individual device on the network. The list box shows all powerline devices found on the powerline network and identifies them by their MAC addresses. The Data Rate column indicates the data rate measurements for each device, in Mbps. To refresh the list, click on Scan Powerline Network Fig. 3 Network Tab Remark: If a connected powerline device is not shown in the list, make sure that its network password is not different than your current private password. To reset the powerline password to a universal one, you can do it through the configuration utility running in the computer to which the device is attached. It is recommended that you choose 17 "HomePlug" as universal network password for your powerline network. 18 Security Tab By default, all powerline devices use "HomePlug" as a network password. In the Security tab, you can change this network password to a private password of your choice and apply it to the powerline device connected to the computer where the utility is running. To restore the default password "HomePlug" to the device, please click on Restore Default To make the restored default password local, please click on Set Local 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. 19 Fig. 4 Security Tab Remark: The private network password you choose must have between 4 and 24 characters, and can be composed with any letters of the alphabet, number or punctuation marks. [. . . ] Make sure all other computers are connected to that computer How do I set up my computer for file sharing?· · · Select the folder to be shared, right-click on it and select Properties You may put any files you wish to share with other users in this folder. This shared folder can be named as you wish to. [. . . ]