AVM FRITZ!Powerline 540E User Manual

FRITZ!Powerline 540E 2
Table of Contents
1 Security Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Conventions in the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1 Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 Highlighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 FRITZ!Powerline 540E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1 This Is FRITZ!Powerline 540E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2 Powerline: Data Transmission over the Electrical Wiring. . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3 Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4 Buttons, LEDs and LAN Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.1 Buttons and LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2 LAN Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5 Using FRITZ!Powerline in the Powerline Network . . . . . 11
5.1 What Is a Powerline Network? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.2 Expanding a Powerline Network with FRITZ!Powerline 540E. . . . . . 12
5.3 Configuring a New Powerline Network with FRITZ!Powerline 540E. 13
6 Connecting PCs, Tablets, Smart TVs and Other Devices 15
6.1 Connecting a Network Device with LAN Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.2 Connecting a Hub or Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6.3 Connecting Network Devices Wirelessly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6.4 Adopting the Wireless LAN Registration Data of the FRITZ!Box. . . . 17
7 Application Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7.1 Wireless Internet Access from Anywhere in the Home . . . . . . . . . . 18
7.2 Connecting Network Devices by Cable and by Wireless LAN. . . . . . 19
8 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.1 Settings and Functions in the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.2 Open the User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

AVM FRITZ!Powerline 540E Specifications

General

Brand	AVM
Model	FRITZ!Powerline 540E
Category	Switch
Language	English