User manual NETGEAR XAV2001

[. . . ] XAV2001 Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter NETGEAR, Inc. 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134 USA 202-10531-01 v1. 0 November 2009 XAV2001 Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter User Manual © 2009 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. Technical Support Registration on the website or over the phone is required before you can use our telephone support service. The phone numbers for worldwide regional customer support centers are on the Warranty and Support Information card that came with your product. [. . . ] The device cannot handle video data smoothly. This status will be shown if the transmit or receive link speed is less than 50 Mbps. Enable or disable the LEDs for a Powerline device. The LEDs are enabled by default. Model MAC Address Quality (Mbps) LED On/Off button 2-6 v1. 0, November 2009 Using the XAV2001 Powerline Utility XAV2001 Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter User Manual Adding a Device to a Powerline Network If you are adding a device to a Powerline network, and the network encryption key has been left at its default setting, all you need to do is plug the new device into a power outlet. If the network encryption key has been customized, there are two ways to set the security: · · You can use the Security button to add the new device to your network. See "Adding Adapters to Your Network" on page 1-6. You can use the XAV2001 Powerline Utility to add the new device to the network, as described in the following sections. The procedure for setting the network encryption key depends on whether the computer running the XAV2001 Powerline Utility is connected directly to the new Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter (local) or is connected to a different device in the Powerline network (remote). To Add a Device from a Locally Connected Computer 1. Plug the new Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter into an available AC power outlet. Connect the Ethernet cable that came with the adapter to the adapter's Ethernet port and an Ethernet port on the computer. Wait for the utility to detect the new device. Select the Advanced tab, and click the Security arrow. From the Device Name column select the device. Type the network encryption key into the Create a New Encryption Key field. Click the Apply Security to Selected Devices button. Select the Device Settings tab to perform a scan. Verify that the devices in the Powerline network appear in the device list. It may take a minute or two for all devices in the network to be detected. Using the XAV2001 Powerline Utility v1. 0, November 2009 2-7 XAV2001 Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter User Manual To Add a Device from a Remotely Connected Computer If you are using a custom network encryption key, set all the devices to the default network encryption key of HomePlugAV so that they can communicate with each other. Then set all the devices to the network encryption key that you want to use. To change the encryption key for a remote device, you must enter the password for the device. The password is printed on the product label. Click the device name for a remote Powerline device to highlight it in blue. Note: Be sure to change the password of remote devices before changing it on the local device so that you can maintain connectivity throughout this process. [. . . ] · If the problem occurred after you changed the network encryption key, reset each device to their factory default settings. If this fixes the problem, see the User Manual for instructions about setting the network encryption key. Make sure that: · Your router and modem are switched on. · The Ethernet cable that came in the box are working and securely connected to the Powerline adapter port and a router LAN port. [. . . ]