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500Mbps Powerline
Wireless-N Extender
PLW5Z
User Manual
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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:
This checkmark means there is a note of interest and
is something you should pay special attention to while
using the Powerline Wireless-N Extender.
This exclamation point means there is a caution or
warning and is something that could damage your
property on the Powerline Wireless-N Extender.
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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
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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.
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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 HomePlugAV 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
The Bridge’s LEDs, where information about network activity will be displayed, are located
on the front panel.
1.1 Features
1.2 Physical Details
1.2.1 The Front LEDs
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Power
Green - On: Power on
- 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
Wifi
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.
HomePlug
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
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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.
1.3 Setup Security on Powerline
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1.4 Setup Multiple Powerline 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 “HomePlugAV1”) 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.
1.4 Setup Multiple Powerline Networks
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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.
1.5 The WPS Button
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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.
1.6 Reset the Powerline
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