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your Gateway Powerline Adapter
user'sguide
PLU-300 & PLE-310
Installing Configuring
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Contents 1 Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Step 1: Installing the hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . 2 Installing the Powerline adapter driver . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Step 2: Adding the computer to the network . . . . . . . . . . 8 About network configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Naming the computers and the workgroup . . . . . . 10 Step 3: Configuring the TCP/IP protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Setting up a DHCP IP address for ea
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Telephone numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 A Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information . . . . . . . . . 59 www.gateway.com ii
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Setting Up Your Powerline 1 Adapter Powerline adapters let you create a network using the existing electrical wiring in your home or office instead of installing Ethernet cables. This chapter describes how to connect a Gateway USB to Powerline adapter or a Gateway Ethernet to Powerline adapter to your Windows computer and configure Windows for a powerline network. Complete these tasks in sequence: ■ “Step 1: Installing the hardware and software” on page 2. ■ “Step 2: Adding the compute
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Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter Step 1: Installing the hardware and software Installing the Powerline adapter driver Use the following instructions to: ■ Install the Powerline software on the computer that you want to use to manage the Powerline network ■ Connect the Powerline network adapter to an AC outlet ■ Connect the Powerline network adapter to your computer. Before installing the Powerline device, make sure Important that there are no other network encryption managemen
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Step 1: Installing the hardware and software To install the Powerline adapter software and hardware 1 Insert the Gateway Powerline Adapter CD in the computer’s CD or DVD drive. The installation program starts. www.gateway.com 3
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Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter 2 Click Install the software. The InstallShield Wizard starts. - OR - If you are installing the Gateway PLU-300 Ethernet adapter and the wizard does not start automatically, click Start, Run, type d:\plu-300\setup.exe in the Run box, then click OK. The InstallShield Wizard starts. - OR - If you are installing the Gateway PLE-310 Ethernet adapter and the wizard does not start automatically, click Start, Run, type d:\ple-310\setup.exe in the Run
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Step 1: Installing the hardware and software 4 When prompted to plug-in the Powerline adapter: ■ Plug the adapter into a AC power outlet For the best network performance, we suggest Important plugging the adapter directly into an AC outlet and not into a surge protector. The adapter has a built-in surge protector. www.gateway.com 5
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Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter ■ Plug the USB or RJ-45 cable into the Powerline adapter ■ Plug the other end of the RJ-45 or USB cable into the computer 5 Continue following the on-screen instructions. www.gateway.com 6
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Step 1: Installing the hardware and software 6 Click Finish to complete the installation. 7 If a message asks you whether you want to restart your computer, click Yes to restart your computer now or click No to restart your computer later. 8 After restarting the computer, the Gateway Power configuration utility icon appears on the computer desktop. For more information about using the utility, see “Using the Powerline Adapter Configuration Utility” on page 47. www.gateway.com 7
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Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter Step 2: Adding the computer to the network About network configurations After the Powerline software and hardware is installed, the next step is to determine how the computer with the powerline adapter will be added to network. There are a number of possible network configurations. The two common network configurations used with a Powerline network are: ■ Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) with a router - A DHCP network configuration uses a ro
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Step 2: Adding the computer to the network ■ Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) - An ICS network configuration uses a host computer that assigns Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to each computer or network device and directs network communication between computers on the local area network (LAN) and the Internet. The network is made up of: ■ A host computer that has an Internet connection (one for the Internet and one for the LAN). The Internet connection can be a dial-up connection, cabl
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Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter Naming the computers and the workgroup Each computer on the network must have a unique name and be identified as part of a workgroup. Naming each computer must be done individually on each computer. If you have an existing network make sure that you give the new computers you are adding to the network the same workgroup name. The Windows XP Network Setup Wizard steps you through the process of naming each computer, setting the network workgrou
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Step 2: Adding the computer to the network To run the Windows XP Network Setup Wizard: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, then click Network Setup Wizard. The Network Setup Wizard opens. - OR - Click the Network Setup Wizard icon on the Windows XP taskbar. The Network Setup Wizard opens. 2 Click Next to continue through the wizard. www.gateway.com 11
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Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter 3 Click Next. If the The wizard found disconnected network hardware screen opens, make sure that one end of the Ethernet or USB cable is connected to your computer and the other end is connected to a Gateway powerline adapter. Also, make sure that a router or computer is connected to your network and turned on. The wizard found disconnected network hardware Important screen will open if your computer also has wireless Ethernet networking buil
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Step 2: Adding the computer to the network 4 Click Next. The Select a connection method screen opens. 5 Click This computer connects to the Internet through another computer on my network or through a residential gateway, then click Next. 6 If the Your computer has multiple connections screen opens, click Let me choose the connections to my network, then click Next. www.gateway.com 13
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Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter 7 On the Select the connections to bridge screen, click to select the Local Area Connection check box. 8 Click Next. The Give this computer a description and name screen opens. 9 Type a description of the computer in the Computer description box. www.gateway.com 14
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Step 2: Adding the computer to the network 10 Type a unique computer name in the Computer name box. This name identifies the computer to other users on the network. Use a computer name of up to 15 characters with no blank spaces. Each computer name must be unique on your network. All-numeric computer names are not allowed. Names must contain some letters. You must give each computer on the network a Important unique Computer Name and the same Workgroup Name. 11 Click Next. The Name your
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Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter 14 Click Next to apply the network settings. The You’re almost done screen opens. 15 If you are setting up networking on other computers, you may want to use the Network Setup Wizard to do so. Click a method for installing and configuring the network on your other computers or click Just finish the wizard; I don’t need to run the wizard on other computers. 16 Click Next. 17 Click Finish. After you name each computer and assign it to your workgr
