Chapter 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial
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7.0.2 Important Terms
7.0.3 Accessing Your Powerline Adapter
1 Plug the powerline adapter you want to add to your network into a power socket
and, if needed, switch the power socket on.
Figure 34 Plug Your Powerline Adapter into a Power Socket
2 Connect the powerline adapter to your computer.
3 Use a LAN or Ethernet cable (shown below) to connect the LAN or Ethernet port on
your adapter to the same kind of port on your computer.
Figure 35 Connect Your Powerline Adapter to a Computer
Network Name The network name allows a powerline adapter to connect
with other powerline adapters that have the same network
name. It provides security for your powerline network. The
network name uses English letters or numbers, from 8 to
64 characters long, with no spaces allowed.
DAK Password DAK = Device Access Key.
The DAK Password lets you access the powerline adapter.
You can find the DAK Password on a label on your powerline
device.
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