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Manual A V200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter[...]

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Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 2 End User License Agreement CORINEX COMMUNICA TIONS CORPORA TION This End User License Agreement (“EULA ”) is a legal agreement between you and CORINEX COMMUNICA TIONS CORPORA TION (“CORINEX”) with regard to the copyrighted Software provided with this EULA. Use of any software and related documenta[...]

Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 3 End User License Agreement 7. Export Laws. This EULA involves products and/or technical data that may be controlled under any applicable export control laws, and regulation, and may be subject to any approval required under such laws and regulations. 8. P recedence. Except as set out above, where separate[...]

Contents Copyright .......................................................................................... 1 End User License Agreement .............................................................. 2 1. Introduction ..................................................................................... 5 1.1 Overview .............................[...]

5 Introduction Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview The Corinex A V200 Powerline Ethernet Adapter is a network adapter , connecting your computers and devices to each other , and to your Internet connection, over the electrical circuits already in your home or office. Just plug the adapters into the wall, connect th[...]

6 Installation Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 2 Installation 2.1 P ackage Contents When you receive your Corinex A V200 Powerline Ethernet Adapter , check to be sure that your package contains: • Corinex A V200 Powerline Ethernet Adapter • Standard Ethernet cable • Standard power cable • CD with documentation • Quick Start Guid[...]

1. POWER Green On: P ower on Off: P ower off 2. PLC Green The behavior of this LED is explained in chapter 3.4.7 3. ETHERNET Green On: Link on LAN Off: No link on LAN Blinking: receiving/transmitting data Connector Definitions (Connectors from left to right) 7 Installation Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 1. LAN : 1x RJ-45 LAN10/100 Ethern[...]

8 Installation Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 2.5 Connecting the AV200 Powerline Adapter T o connect the Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter to your computer , follow the steps listed below . 1. Connect the supplied Ethernet cable to the Ethernet (LAN) port on the wall mount, and to an Ethernet port on your computer . 2. Plug the C[...]

9 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 3 Adapter Configuration In order to access the web-based configuration pages, it is necessary to know the adapter ’s IP address and for your computer to be connected to the adapter (as described in section 2.5). Corinex adapters come with a default IP address 10.10.1.69 . Open a we[...]

10 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter Note: If password protection is disabled, you will be taken straight to the Main page, rather than the Authentication page. 3.2 Main Page This is the first page after login. It shows basic status information about the adapter , a list of available P owerline connections, MAC and IP [...]

Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 3.3 Additional Information P age This page shows more detailed information about the adapter . System Information Uptime Shows how long the adapter has been running since the last startup. Firmware V ersion Shows the detailed firmware version. MAC Status MAC Address Displays the unique[...]

Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 12 PHY Status Notches Indicates whether or not frequency notches are enabled. notches should always be enabled, in order to eliminate interference with Radio Amateur bands specified by the local authorities. P ower Control Indicates status of the power control mechanism (described in c[...]

Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 13 Default Priority Shows the default priority for traffic transmission. Criterion 1 & 2 Shows which criteria are used to classify traffic. This can be TOS, 802.1p or Custom . If Custom, the complete parameters are displayed below . Please see chapter 3.4.7 for additional informati[...]

14 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 3.4 Change Configuration P age 3.4.1 Overview The configuration pages allow you to change the settings on the adapter . Any parameters changed here will be stored in the adapter‘s permanent memory , and at the next startup, will be activated automatically . Any changes will take e[...]

15 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 3.4.2 Basic Settings Most of the time, the only thing that needs to be changed is the Network Identifier and the Encryption, in order to avoid interfering with other networks and protect your information. Most people will not need to enter the Advanced settings section. The A V200 P[...]

Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 16 If you want to enable 3DES encryption in your network, please select one of the input methods and enter the password. Input methods: ASCII If ASCII is selected, the Encryption Key string can have up to 24 non-extended ASCII characters. Quote and double- quote characters are not supp[...]

Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 17 If you want to configure the adapter to function as an automatic EP/AP , please select “EP” from the list. If you want the adapter to behave as a Master , select “Fixed AP” from the list. After selecting one, click “OK” to confirm your choice. Note : Fixed AP is availabl[...]

Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 18 The following picture shows an example of two A V200 networks with different Network Identifiers: Communication between adapters (called modems in this picture) is encrypted with a T riple-DES algorithm. The Encryption Key can be set to any string of letters and numbers (Encryption [...]

19 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 3.4.3.2 Network Configuration Y our Corinex A V200 P owerline A dapter can be configured to use either DHCP (automatic IP address assignment), or a fixed IP . The following parameters are used by the fixed IP configuration. In order for the adapter to correctly communicate with othe[...]

20 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter Note: It is strongly advised to turn on the notching function. P ower Control is an automatic transmission power control which prevents different networks from overpowering each other . P ower Control is turned on only when other networks are detected in the channel. If the transmis[...]

21 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 3.4.6 VLAN Configuration When A V200 P owerline adapters are used for ADSL extension, it is important for the operator to be able to distinguish the type of traffic that each adapter is generating. This is usually done by means of VLAN tagging. The A V200 technology includes the abi[...]

22 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter LED is blinking The average connection to the Slaves is slower than the defined upper limit, but faster than the lower limit. The average connection to the Master is slower than the defined upper limit, but faster than the lower limit. LED is ON The average connection to the Slaves [...]

23 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter There is one offset, and one bitmask and pattern for the trigger condition. The trig- ger condition is used to make sure that the Ethernet frame contains, for example, an IP frame. T o check this condition, the offset must be set to 16 and the bitmask to 0xFFFF . If the resulting pa[...]

24 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter Factory reset will restore the adapter‘s default settings. The system will ask for the password, which is “ betera “. Then click OK . The adapter will restart with the following configuration: - IP address = 10.10.1.69 - Configuration interface password = paterna - Factory res[...]

25 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 3.4.11 Firmware upgrade using a TFTP Server T o upgrade the firmware of the adapter using TFTP , a TFTP server must be running on a computer . W e recommend a freeware tool called TFTPD32 . This tool can be downloaded at the following address: http://tftpd32.jounin.net/ . Download t[...]

26 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 6. Click “OK” to start the process. The progress is shown every 30 seconds. 7. The adapter will first download the file and then calculate the CRC. 8. If the CRC is correct, the Hardware Rese t button will be highlighted. The adapter must be restarted for the new firmware to be [...]

27 Adapter Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter First of all, the Criterion field must be set to Custom , in order to create custom rules for traffic classification. T o prioritize UDP traffic, first the Ethernet packets containing IP packets must be detected. This requires detecting the pattern 0x0800 at offset 16. Because the f[...]

28 Video Network Setups Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 4 Video Network Setups 4.1 Introduction An In-Home A V network is made up of an access point (AP) adapter and several end points (EPs). In-Home A V networks can have only one AP . However , several In- Home A V networks can be created in the same space, each of them with its own AP ,[...]

29 Video Network Setups Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter • Public Network - This is the default configuration of an In-Home network. If you do not want to change the settings on your network, the network configuration protocol will configure all the adapters automatically . By default, all adapters are EPs and have a public (empty) netwo[...]

30 Video Network Setups Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter Note: Any of these two basic scenarios can be enlarged, adding more adapters, computers and set-top-boxes. 4.2.1.2 Extending the Internet Connection to an A V200 Powerline Network The next picture shows a more advanced P owerline network with three Corinex A V200 Powerline Ethernet A[...]

31 Video Network Setups Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter In multi-network scenarios, such as the one depicted in the picture above, there is a new entity , called the QoS controller . The QoS controller ’s role is to assign channel access to the different networks. The QoS controller acts at the same time as the AP of one of the networks[...]

32 Network Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 2. Select the Local Area Connection icon for the applicable adapter (Ethernet adapter or P owerline - usually the first adapter listed). Double-click the Local Area Connection . 3. The Local Area Connection Status screen will appear . Click Properties . 5 Network Configuration 5.1 S[...]

33 Network Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click the P roperties button. 5. Select Use the following IP address . Set the IP address manually in the format 10.10.1.X (for example 10.10.1.200) and mask 255.255.0.0 of local T CP/IP settings. The Default gateway box can be left blank.[...]

34 Network Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 6. Click OK in the T CP/IP Properties window to complete the PC configuration, and click Close or the OK button to close the Network window . 5.1.2 Setting up a static IP in Windows 2000 1. Go to the network screen by clicking the Start button. Click Settings and then Control Panel [...]

35 Network Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 3. Click the Properties button to get to the Local Area Connection Properties. 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click the P roperties button. 5. Select Use the following IP address . Set the IP address manually in the format 10.10.1.X (for example 10.10.1.200) and mask 255.2[...]

36 Network Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 6. Click the OK button in the T CP/IP Properties window to complete the PC configuration, and click Close or OK to close the Network window . 5.1.3 Setting Up a Static IP in Windows 98 1. Go to the network screen by clicking the Start button. Click Settings and then Control Panel . [...]

37 Network Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 5.1.5 Setting up a static IP in Mac OS 1. Open the Network Control Panel in System P references . 2. Select Built-in Ethernet from the pop-up menu.[...]

38 Network Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 3. Set the IP address manually in the format 10.10.1.X (e.g. 10.10.1.200) and Subnet Mask 255.255.0.0. 4. Click on Apply Now and close the Network panel, saving your settings. tcpwin.reg for use with Windows operating systems 5.2 Improving Network Performance The latency (delay) of [...]

39 Network Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter With a Linux PC running kernel 2.4 or higher , open the console and execute the command ./tcpwin.sh 512 logged in as root . 5.4 Using Powerline Filters A PLC (P owerline) filter is a low -pass filter that will only allow the 50/60 Hz main voltage through. This filter blocks the P ow[...]

40 Network Configuration Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter When to use this filter: • When you want to isolate a P owerline test network from the rest of the electrical grid, either because you don ’t want the Powerline signal from the test network to go out and disrupt other adapters, or because you want to isolate this network from th[...]

41 T roubleshooting Guide Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter 6 Troubleshooting Guide The Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter has been designed to be a reliable and easy-to-use network connection device. Please refer to the list below to aid in troubleshooting or visit www .corinex.com/retail and go to the appropriate section for inform[...]

42 T roubleshooting Guide Corinex AV200 P owerline Ethernet Adapter ping IP ADDRESS -t , where IP ADDRESS is the IP address of the computer to which the adapter is connected, e.g. ping 192.168.4.1 -t (this process can be interrupted by pressing CTRL+C ). 1. Ping the IP address of the computer to which the adapter is connected. If this fails, there [...]