Netgear Powerline HD Ethernet Adapter HDX101 User Manual download pdf (Page 2)

March 2006

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Install the Powerline HD Ethernet Adapter

Use the following procedure to set up your Powerline HD Ethernet Adapteres.

1. Connect an HDX101 to your network.

Do not connect the HDX101 to a power strip, extension cord, or surge protector as

this may prevent them from working properly or degrade the network performance.

a. Plug the blue Ethernet cable that came in the HDX101 box into a LAN port on

your router or switch in your network.

b. Plug the HDX101 into an electrical outlet. Take care that the electrical outlet is

not controlled by a wall switch so as to avoid someone unknowingly turning off

the power to the outlet. Check that the HDX101 power light turns on.

c. Plug the other end of blue Ethernet cable that came in the box into the HDX101.

2. Plug the other HDX101 units into power outlets and connect them to computers.

Plug the HDX101 units into electrical outlets near the computers that you want to

connect, connect Ethernet cables between the HDX101 units and your computers,

turn on your computers, and wait one minute. All three LEDs on the HDX101 light

up. Refer to the table on the preceding page for a detailed explanation of the LED

behavior.

Note: After plugging a new Powerline HD Ethernet adapter into a power outlet it

can take up to a minute to be recognized by the Powerline network. The blue link

LED on the new device lights when it has been successfully incorporated into the

network.

3. If your power lines carry network traffic for other Ethernet devices (such as the

XE102, WGX102, and XE104 HomePlug devices), install and run the NETGEAR

HDX101 Configuration Utility on the CD. Refer to the HDX101 User Guide for

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details. Note, however, that you get the full bandwidth of the HDX101 only when you

use it exclusively with other high-bandwidth Powerline devices like the HDX101.

This completes the Powerline installation.

Powerline Network ID

HDX101 Powerline HD Ethernet Adapters with a common Powerline network ID can

communicate with one another on their own logical network. By default, the network ID is

PowerlineHD. You can change this ID to prevent unauthorized access to your network, or

to split your Powerline devices into two or more self-contained logical networks. Refer to

the user guide on your CD for more information on configuring the Powerline network ID.

Troubleshooting Tips

Here are some tips for correcting simple problems that could prevent you from connecting

to the Internet or connecting to the HDX101.

• Check the green power light on the HDX101.

If the Power light is off, make sure power is supplied to the electrical outlet, and the

Powerline device is not plugged into an extension cord, power strip, or surge

protector.

• Check the blue Powerline Link light on the HDX101.

If this light is off, the devices cannot find each other. Make sure the HDX101 and

other Powerline devices are plugged into outlets with power and that they use a

common Powerline network ID. If the problem occurred after you changed the ID

using the configuration utility on the CD, change the password back to its default

setting. If this fixes the problem, refer to the HDX101 User Guide for instructions on

setting the network ID.

• Check the green data traffic light on the HDX101.

If this light is not blinking there is no data traffic. Make sure your router and modem

are switched on and that the blue Ethernet cable that came in the box is connected

between an HDX101 port and a router LAN port. Make sure that the computer

connected directly to the router can access the Internet.

If your Powerline devices stopped communicating after using the NETGEAR HDX101

Configuration Utility to change the newtork ID, proceed as follows:

1. Open the NETGEAR HDX101 Configuration Utility and select the Security tab.

2. Click the Use Default button and then the Set All Devices button.

3. Select the Main tab, and check that the utility detects all the HDX101 devices in your

Powerline network.

4. If the utility detected all your Powerlin devices in step 3, examine the status of the

Configured column in the device list.

a. For each device showing a Configured status of “No”, click the device in the

Device Name column, and then click the Configure button. Repeat this step until

the Configured status is set to “Yes” for all the devices in your Powerline

network.

b. Select the Security tab, type the Network ID you want to assign in the “Set

Network ID” text box and click the Set All Devices button.

c. Select the Main tab, and check that the utility detects all your Powerline devices.

If all devices are displayed, your network is ready to use. If the utility fails to

detect all the devices, proceed with step 5 below.

5. If the utility does not detect all the devices, you will need to connect your computer to

each Powerline device and set up the network ID one at a time, as folllows:

a. Select the Security tab in the window displayed by the NETGEAR HDX101

Configuration Utility.

b. Type the Network ID you want to assign in the “Set Network ID” text box and

click the Set Local Device button.

c. Select the Main tab and check that the utility detects all the devices that have

been individually set to the same network ID.

For more help with troubleshooting, see the Reference Manual on the Resource CD.

Technical Support

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