Abocom Systems PLW5Z User Manual

500Mbps Powerline

Wireless-N Extender

PLW5Z

User Manual

How to Use this User Guide

The user guide to the 500Mbps Powerline Wireless-N Extender has been designed to make understanding networking with the Powerline Wireless-N Extender easier than ever. Look for the following items when reading this User Guide:

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Chapter 1: Introduction........................................................................................................ 4

1.1 Features............................................................................................................................... 5

1.2 Physical Details................................................................................................................... 5

1.3 Setup Security on Powerline............................................................................................... 7

1.4 Setup Multiple Powerline Networks................................................................................... 8

1.5 The WPS Button ................................................................................................................. 9

1.6 Reset the Powerline........................................................................................................... 10

1.7 The RESET/REBOOT Button.......................................................................................... 11

1.8 Low Power Mode.............................................................................................................. 13

1.9 How to pair your powerlines............................................................................................. 14

1.10 Set up Multiple powerline Network................................................................................ 15

Chapter 2: WEB Configuration........................................................................................ 16

2.1 Login................................................................................................................................. 16

2.2 Network Settings............................................................................................................... 18

2.3 Wireless Settings...............................................................................................................19

2.4 Power Line Communication ............................................................................................. 25

2.5 Administration................................................................................................................... 27

Chapter 3: PC Configuration............................................................................................ 28

Overview.................................................................................................................................28

Wireless Clients ...................................................................................................................... 28

Macintosh Clients ................................................................................................................... 31

Linux Clients........................................................................................................................... 32

Other Unix Systems................................................................................................................32

Wireless Station Configuration............................................................................................... 33

Appendix A: Trouble shooting........................................................................................ 34

Overview.................................................................................................................................34

General Problems....................................................................................................................34

Wireless Access....................................................................................................................... 34

Power Line Communication ................................................................................................... 35

Appendix B: About Wireless LANs............................................................................... 36

BSS ......................................................................................................................................... 36

Channels.................................................................................................................................. 36

Security ................................................................................................................................... 36

Wireless LAN Configuration.................................................................................................. 37

Chapter 1: Introduction

Welcome

AboCom System, INC offers completed Power Line Communocation (PLC) product selection such as the latest G.hn, HomePlug AV/AV2 and Wi-Fi 11n/b/g integrations and thank you for choosing the Powerline Wireless-N Extender. The Extender will allow you to network better than ever. With speeds up to 500Mbps (physical rate) and a powerful high-speed wireless connection for compatible wireless-enabled devices into the network, the Powerline Wireless-N Extender provides a better performing networking technology. How does the Bridge do all of this? The Powerline Wireless-N Extender lets you turn the existing powerlines in your home or office into a high-speed and wireless network. Now you don’t have to drill through the walls, and climb through the attic or cellar to install network cables, just use the wires that already run through the building.

But what does all of this mean?

Networks are useful tools for sharing computer resources. You can access one printer from different computers and access data located on another computer's hard drive. Networks are even used for playing multiplayer video games. So, networks are not only useful in homes and offices, via the fast wireless network speed up to 300Mbps, you can be very comfortable to have experience of high speed web surfing, files downloading, on line game playing, and video conference session and streaming high quality multimedia materials. The Wireless-N Extender provides WPA/WPA2, 64/128 bits WEP REBOOTion and IEEE802.1x which ensures a high level of security to protect user’s data and privacy when you are using Wi-Fi connection.

The Powerline Wireless-N Extender follows the HomePlug PowerLine network standard. Just plug the Powerline Wireless-N Extender into the wall, and connect your devices by Ethernet or Wi-Fi technology to the Extender, and you’ve turned your whole house into a network infrastructure. Attach more computers/devices to your home network by simply connecting them into the wall anywhere in the house, using more Powerline Wireless-N Extender.

Once your computers are connected to the network, they can share resources like printers and storage space, and all kinds of files: music, digital pictures, and documents. With up to 500Mbps data rates, you can play head-to-head network computer games, too. And if you use a Powerline Wireless-N Extender to interface Broadband Routers from your cable or DSL Internet connection to your PowerLine network, you’ll be able to get to the Internet from any computer in the house.

Use the instructions in this Guide to help you connect the Powerline Extender, set it up, and configure it to bridge your different networks. These instructions should be all you need to get the most out of the Powerline Extender.

1.1 Features

 Compliant with IEEE 1901 with data transfer rate up to 500Mpbs  Compatible with HomePlug AV 2.0 standard  Powerline security: 128-bits AES REBOOTion  Bridge Wi-Fi and Powerline network  Two 10/100Mbps RJ45 ports  802.11 b/g/n compliant with up to 300Mbps data rate  High Wi-Fi security: WEP 64/128, WPA, WPA2 mixed and 802.1x  Support WPS (Push button/PIN code)  Power: AC100-240V~, 50/60Hz, 0.2A

1.2 Physical Details

1.2 Physical Det ails

1.2.1 The Front LEDs

The Bridge’s LEDs, where information about network activity will be displayed, are located on the front panel.

Power

Green - On: Power on

Wifi

HomePlug

- Blinking after 60 seconds: The LED indicator will blink in standby mode.

- Blinking during 10 seconds: The REBOOT function has been active.

- Blinking during 120 seconds time out: The REBOOT function has been

failed.

- Off: Power off

Green on: WPS is enabled

off: Wifi is ready or WPS failed blinking: wireless traffic transmitting or WPS syncing

Green - On: The device detects another HomePlug device. The PHY rate is greater

than 80 Mbps.

- Off: The HomePlug port does not detect another HomePlug device.

- Blinking: Data is being transmitted and/or received.

Amber -On: The device detects another HomePlug device. The PHY rate is

between 20~80Mbps.

- Off: The HomePlug port does not detect another HomePlug device.

- Blinking: Data is being transmitted and/or received.

Red - On: The device detects another HomePlug device. The PHY rate is

between 0~20Mbps.

- Off: The HomePlug port does not detect another HomePlug device.

- Blinking: Data is being transmitted and/or received.

Ethernet 1 Green - On: 10/100 Mbps Link successfully

- Fast Blinking: 10/100 Mbps Tx/Rx

- Off: Link off

Ethernet 2 Green - On: 10/100 Mbps Link successfully

- Fast Blinking: 10/100 Mbps Tx/Rx

- Off: Link off

1.3 Setup Security on Powerline

The ENCRYPT function will be automatically activated while your power line is up. All you need to do is to change a Network Name. Although the power line is a plug-and-play network device, we still recommend users to have secret password (Network Name) to limit unlicensed powerline to access your private network.

1.4 Setup Multiple Powerline Networks

1.4 Setup Multiple Po werline Networks

You might need several powerline networks on a single network. Multiple powerline networks can coexist on a small environment, such as you have two or three separate Ethernet network in office.

Different Network Name separated different powerline networks. Information is not shared within different powerline circuits. Powerline traffic can communicate with each other only with the same Network Name.

Please do the followings to create multiple powerline networks:

Connect a powerline to a switch on your first Ethernet network and assign a Network Name (for example “HomePlugA V1”) to the powerline. Add additional powerline devices to this network by assigning the same Network Name (“HomePlugAV1”). We complete the first powerline network.

Connect another powerline to a switch on your second Ethernet network and assign different Network Name (for example “HomePlugAV2”) to the powerline, and assign the same Network Name (“HomePlugAV2”) to additional powerlines. This is the second powerline network.

Again assign a different Network Name (for example “HomePlugAV3”) for the third one.

Refer to Section 1.7 for more details.

1.5 The WPS Button

It can setup security easily by one clicking (two seconds) on WPS Button. Using this feature could let your wireless client automatically synchronize its setting and connect to your powerline in a minute without any hassle.

To activate WPS, you also need to press the WPS button of a wireless client in 120 seconds after you pressed the powerline WPS Button. Then the two devices connect and create a secure wi-fi network.

You can manually use PIN and PBC from WEB GUI to do WPS, too.

1.6 Reset the Powerline

Press the RESET/REBOOT Button for 5 seconds to reset your powerline to a factory default settings. Refer to Section 1.7 for more details.

1.7 The RESET/REBOOT Button

This button allows you to reset/reboot your powerline.

1.7.1 Reboot the device

Press the RESET/REBOOT button for 2 seconds. Use this feature to restart your HomePlug A V.

You can reset your powerline to factory default values using WEB Interface, too.

1.7.2 Reset Factory Default

Press the RESET/REBOOT button for 5 seconds, this reset the HomePlugAV device to a factory default settings. This means all previously saved configurations will lose and to be reset to a default value. The login password will be reset to “password” and IP Address will be reset to “192.168.123.253”.

You can reset your powerline to factory default values using WEB Interface, too.

1.7.3 Behavior Overview

The table summarizes the behaviors of the Power while the RESET/REBOOT button activated in different time period.

Time

period

2 seconds

5 seconds

Action

Reboot the device. The Power LED is

Reset previously saved data to a factory default value.

Power LED

blinking until the device is ready. It takes about 60 seconds.

The Power LED lights several times and then always light on.

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