User manual D-LINK POWERLINE

[. . . ] 18 D-Link DHP-501AV User Manual 2 Section 1 - Product Overview Product Overview Package Contents Two D-Link DHP-500AV PowerLine AV 500 Adapters Two CAT5 Ethernet Cables CD-ROM with Software and User Manual Quick Install Guide System Requirements • Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, XP (with Service Pack 3) • PC with 233MHz Processor, 64MB Memory • Ethernet Adapter (100Mbit/s) D-Link DHP-501AV User Manual 3 Section 1 - Product Overview Introduction D-Link announces a fast, 500Mbps* PowerLine AV 500 Adapter Starter Kit that allows you to connect your home computers, networking devices and gaming devices through the most pervasive medium in your house, the electric Power lines. With the PowerLine AV 500 Adapter, you can share high speed connection of up to 500Mbps for quality gaming, superior HD media streaming, and faster file transfer. Features • Provides Ethernet to PowerLine Connection • Fast Data Transfer Rate of Up to 500Mbps* • One Gigabit Ethernet port • Plug & Play, Easy Installation • Easy to use Management Utility • Firmware Upgrade Support • Push Button Security * Maximum throughput based on theoretical transmission PHY rate. Network conditions and environmental factors, including volume of traffic and network overhead, may lower actual data throughput rate. Interference from devices that emit electrical noise, such as vacuum cleaners and hair dryers, may adversely affect the performance of this product. [. . . ] It’s recommended to create a private encryption key for network security purpose. The private encryption key allows you to protect your network from unauthorized access via the PowerLine network. To create a private encryption key instead of the default encryption key, please follow below steps: 1. All Adapters Plug in all the PowerLine AV 500 adapters to be configured and make sure each device’s encryption key is set to HomePlugAV (default value). If the encryption key is not set to the default value, press the Reset button for 2 second or use PowerLine AV Utility on your CD for resetting it to the default value. First Adapter Press the Simple Connect button of the first adapter for no more than two seconds. The adapter will create a private, randomly generated encryption key that each PowerLine AV 500 Adapter Starter Kit will use. Second Adapter Within two minutes of pushing the Simple Connect button on the first adapter, press the Simple Connect button on the second adapter in your PowerLine network for no more than two seconds. Note: Both Security Connect buttons must be pressed within two minutes. PowerLine Network After above network security setup steps, your PowerLine network will be securely configured with the same network encryption key. The adapters will memorize the security settings even if they are unplugged. Note: To change the private encryption key, please reset the adapter back to its default value by pressing the Reset button for 2 second and then follow the security setup procedure above. D-Link DHP-501AV User Manual 8 Section 2 - Installation 5. Adding More Adapters If you would like to add more than two adapters, press the button on the additional adapter for no more than two seconds. Then, press the button on any adapter in your existing PowerLine network for no more than two seconds. After the above network security setup steps, your PowerLine network will be securely configured with the same network encryption key. D-Link DHP-501AV User Manual 9 Section 3 - Configuration Using the Setup Wizard Follow the simple steps below to run the Setup Wizard to guide you quickly through the installation process. If the CD Autorun function does not automatically start on your computer, click Start > Run. In the Run command box type “D:\autorun. exe”, where D: represents the drive letter of your CD-ROM. Note: In order to properly install the PowerLine AV utility, you will first need to install WinPcap. D-Link DHP-501AV User Manual 10 Section 3 - Configuration Configuration After you have completed the D-Link PowerLine AV Utility installation wizard, double-click the D-Link PowerLine AV Utility icon on your desktop to start the configuration of the DHP-501AV. Double-click the D-Link PowerLine AV Utility icon The D-Link PowerLine AV Utility provides you the option of setting your own PowerLine network and the network information for the connected PowerLine devices. D-Link DHP-501AV User Manual 11 Section 3 - Configuration Device Name: Shows the name of devices that have been discovered. Quality: Shows the network connection quality of the connected device. • One square - Suitable for data and Internet activity connection. [. . . ] You can use the PowerLine AV Utility to apply the customized encryption key in your record to the new device. Then all devices can communicate with each other by using the customized encryption key. You can use the PowerLine AV Utility to set all devices within the existing PowerLine network and the new device back to the default encryption key first. Then, follow the 1 to 3 steps of “Setting your private Encryption Key”. [. . . ]