ZyXEL Communications PLA4231 - Accessing Powerline Adapters; Adding Powerline Adapters

Chapter 6 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial
PLA4231 User’s Guide
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6.3 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 19 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 20 Connect Your Powerline Adapter to a Computer
4 Open the ZyXEL PLA Series Configuration utility on your computer. See Section 5.2 on page 33
for how to launch the utility.
5 You are now ready to extend your powerline network or set up a second network.
•See Section 6.4 on page 43 to add a new powerline adapter to your network.
•See Section 6.5 on page 45 to set up a second network with your new adapters.
•See Section 6.6 on page 47 to set up a second network with your existing adapters.
6.4 Adding a Powerline Adapter
This section shows you how to add a new powerline adapter to expand your existing network.
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