User manual NETGEAR XE104

[. . . ] XE104 User Guide © 2005 by NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10131-01 September 2005 Trademarks NETGEAR is a trademark of Netgear, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice. [. . . ] Plug the blue Ethernet cable that came in the box into a LAN port on your router or switch in your network. Figure 3-4 b. Plug the XE104 into an electrical outlet near the router. Installing the XE104 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Switch v1. 0, September 2005 3-3 NO XE104 User Guide c. Plug the other end of blue Ethernet cable that came in the box into the XE104. · · · Power: The power light should turn solid green. If it does not, see Chapter 4, "Troubleshooting". HomePlug: The HomePlug port light should blink to indicate that though the device is connected to the power line, no other devices have been detected at this stage. Ethernet: The Ethernet light should be blinking to indicate activity. If not, make sure the Ethernet cable on the XE104 you connected in the previous step is securely attached to the XE104 and the router, that the router is connected to the modem, and the router and modem are powered on. d. Make sure that the internet port of your router is connected to your modem, and your computer is either connected to a LAN port on the router or a port on the XE104. Connect other Ethernet PowerLine Switches 1. Before plugging in your other XE104 devices, take a note of the device password printed on the label on the back of each device. You will need this password later if you want to change the PowerLine network password. If you are adding more than one other XE104 device, also note the MAC address given on the label, so that you can associate the device with its corresponding password. Plug your other XE104 devices into power outlets in your home near to the other computers and peripherals to be included in your PowerLine local area network. Use an Ethernet cable to connect from an Ethernet port on each of the computers/peripherals to the nearest XE104 device. Check that when a second XE104 is plugged into a power outlet, the blue HomePlug LEDs turn to almost solid on with a brief off period synchronized to the blink-on pulse of the Ethernet activity LED. This completes the PowerLine installation. 3-4 Installing the XE104 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Switch v1. 0, September 2005 XE104 User Guide Install the XE104 PowerLine Encryption Utility (Highly Recommended) The utility provides you with the option of setting your own unique encryption PowerLine network password. Important features: · · The encryption password is case sensitive. Each device must be set to exactly the same encryption password--if they are to communicate on the same network. PowerLine devices on different networks will not be able to communicate. A default button allows you to reset the encryption password to the default password (HomePlug). The encryption password allows you to protect your network from unauthorized access via the PowerLine network. A device password is printed on each NETGEAR PowerLine product. [. . . ] Plug the new PowerLine device into an AC power outlet. Start the PowerLine encryption utility on the remote computer and select the Security tab. Click the Use Default (Public Network) button. The password listed in the Private Network Password text box will change back to the default password, HomePlug. [. . . ]