User manual ZYXEL PLA4215

[. . . ] PLA4215 500Mbps Powerline Pass-Thru Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Edition 1, 9/2011 www. zyxel. com www. zyxel. com Copyright © 2011 ZyXEL Communications Corporation About This User's Guide About This User's Guide IMPORTANT!Intended Audience This manual is intended for people who want to configure the PLA4215 using the PLA42xx Series Configuration Utility version 5. 2. 0. You should have your basic Internet access or home network already set up. Related Documentation · Quick Start Guide The Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get up and running right away. It contains information on making your hardware connections. [. . . ] Transmissions TO your powerline adapter do not receive any priority. For example, if you have a file server on your home network to deliver music and movie files to computers in your home, you should set the priority of the powerline adapter connected to this server to Medium. If video traffic is delivered too slowly, quality problems may occur. On the other hand, a powerline adapter attached to a printer should have a low priority setting since the slow delivery of messages will not affect the print job. Similarly, if you want to prioritize any downloads from the Internet, set the priority on the powerline adapter attached to your Internet gateway to High. Allocate priority settings based on application type as follows. Table 5 Priority Settings PRIORITY LEVEL High Medium Normal Low APPLICATION Voice Application Video and Audio Applications Data Applications Data Applications The figure below shows an example powerline home network connected to the Internet. · Device A is a printer and does not handle traffic with high importance, so the powerline adapter connected to it can be set to low priority. · Device B is a file server, delivering audio or movie files to other users on the network. The powerline adapter attached to it should have a medium setting. · Device C, a home computer which connects to the Internet, can receive a normal priority setting as it usually sends simple requests for data. For example, when you surf the Internet, your computer sends requests to open web pages. · Device D is a modem attached to the Internet. It should receive a high priority setting if you want faster downloading through your network. 32 PLA4215 User's Guide Chapter 4 The Configuration Utility · Although device E receives audio or movie files, it does not send a lot of traffic, so the powerline adaptor attached to it can be set to a low priority. Figure 16 Priority Settings C D E B A Use this screen to configure priority settings for traffic from the powerline adapters on your network. Figure 17 Advanced Screen PLA4215 User's Guide 33 Chapter 4 The Configuration Utility The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 6 Advanced Screen LABEL Adapter DESCRIPTION This field identifies which powerline network information is displayed. Different powerline networks are identified by the Ethernet interface (network card) on your computer which is connected directly to a powerline adapter. However, if your computer has two network cards and both are connected to a powerline adapter, then you have two powerline networks. This field displays: · · Local, if it is the PLA4215 directly connected to the computer running the configuration utility. Remote, if it is a powerline adapter in your powerline network but not directly connected to the computer running the configuration utility. Site MAC Address This is a read-only field which shows the MAC address of the powerline adapter you are configuring. You can find the MAC address of your PLA4215 displayed on a sticker on the bottom of your device. [. . . ] This device generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this device does cause harmful interference to radio/television reception, which can be determined by turning the device off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: 1 2 3 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver. [. . . ]