D-Link DHP-300 manual

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    2 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual T able of Contents Pr oduct Overview ........................................................ 3 P ac kage Contents.................................................... 3 System Requirements ............................................. 3 Introduction .............................................................. 4 F eatu[...]

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    3 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview • D-Link DHP-300 P owerline HD Ether net Adapter • CA T5 Ether net Cab le • CD-R OM with Software and Man ual • Quic k Installation Guide System Requirements • PC with 233MHz Processor , 64MB Memor y • Windows ® XP SP2 or 2000 SP4 • Ether net Adapter (100MBit/s) Product Over v[...]

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    4 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview Introduction D-Link announces a f ast, 200Mbps P o werline HD Ether net Adapter which allows you to network your home computers, networking de vices and gaming de vices through the most per v asive medium in your house - the electric pow erlines - and share Inter net connections , pr inters [...]

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    5 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview • Pr o vides Ethernet to P owerline Connection • F ast Data T ransf er Rate of Up to 200Mbps • One 10/100 Ethernet por t • Plug & Pla y , Easy Installation • Easy to use Management Software • Configurable QoS f or video streaming, V oIP and Gaming • Configurable encryptio[...]

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    6 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview Hardware Over view LEDs P ower LED A solid light indicates that the de vice is receiving power . P owerline LED A solid light indicates that the de vice has detected another P owerline de vice on the network. Ethernet LED A solid light indicates a connection on the Ether net por t. The LED b[...]

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    7 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 1 - Product Overview Hardware Over view Connection Ethernet Connect the CA T5 Ether net cab le to the DHP-300 Ether net por t.[...]

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    8 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 2 - Installation Hardware Installation P ower Plug in the DHP-300 into an A C wall outlet or po wer strip . Note: P ower source is confirmed when the green LED P ower Indicator on the DHP-300 is illuminated. Connect the Ethernet Cable Connect the included Ether net cable to the network cable connector located o[...]

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    9 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 2 - Installation F ollow the simple steps belo w to run the Setup Wizard to guide you quic kly through the installation process. Inser t the D-Link DHP-300 CD into your CD-ROM dr iv e. If the CD A utor un function does not automatically star t on y our computer , click Start > Run . In the Run command bo x ty[...]

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    10 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 2 - Installation Clic k Finish Clic k Install[...]

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    11 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 2 - Installation Clic k Ne xt Clic k Ne xt The WinPcap 4.0 installation is necessar y to r un the D-Link DHP-300 Utility , click Ne xt to continue with the installation.[...]

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    12 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 2 - Installation Clic k Finish Clic k I Agree The WinPcap 4.0 Installation is complete. Click Finish to close the wizard.[...]

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    13 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Configuration After y ou ha v e completed the D-Link DHP-300 Utility installation wizard, double-clic k the D-Link DHP-300 P o werline HD Utility icon on y our desktop to star t the configuration of the DHP-300. Doub le-clic k the D-Link DHP-300 P owerline HD Utility icon The utili ty prov [...]

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    14 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Red te xt on the MA C , Net ID , Alias and Location columns mean that the pow erline networ k is encr ypted with the def ault encr yption k e y (DHP-300). F ollow the steps below to encrypt the networ k with a non-def ault encr yption k e y: • Doub le-clic k on the nodes. • Once all the n[...]

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    15 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration This screen shows the current configur ation of the DHP-300. MA C: MA C Address of detected node. Net ID: P owerline Network Name. Default is DHP-300 (Max 10 char acters, 0-9, A-Z, case sensitiv e). Alias: De vice Name. Def ault is De vice 1, De vice 2 etc (Max 16 char acters, 0-9, A-Z, case[...]

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    16 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Quality: Network connection quality of the connected node. • Three circles - Best powerline connection. Suitable f or HD video stream connection. • T wo circles - Better po wer line connection. Suitable f or SD video stream connection. • One circle - Good pow er line connection. Suitabl[...]

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    17 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration This section shows the secur ity configuration of the DHP-300. Y ou can modify any of the parameters and click Sa ve Setting to sa v e your configuration. Security Net ID: P owerline Network Name. Default is DHP-300 (Max 10 char acters, 0-9, A-Z, case sensitiv e). Encryption key: P owerline[...]

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    18 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration The Quality of Ser vice screen will allow you to set pr iorities f or traffic passing through your network. By def ault all types of traffic are assigned the same prior ity . Multimedia applications use UDP (User Datagr am Protocol) f or data transf er , while database applications use TCP [...]

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    19 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration Application QoS Application: Select an application from the drop-down menu of predefined QoS rules to apply QoS automatically . Click the Save Setting b utton to apply your settings .[...]

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    20 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration T o reset your configur ation passw ord, please click Reset to restore the pass word to the f actor y def ault value . Reset[...]

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    21 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Section 3 - Configuration T roubleshooting • DHP-300 P owerline HD utility does not star t correctl y: Reinstall the utility . • DHP-300 P owerline HD utility does not detect the P owerLine HD Ethernet Adapter: Pleas e mak e sure y our P o we rline HD Ethernet Adapter is corre ctly plug ged and conne cted to the c[...]

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    22 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Appendix C - T echnical Specifications Network P or t 10/100 Ether net por t EMC • FCC P ar t 15 Class B • CE Class B A C Input 110 ~ 240V AC Operation T emperature 0 ~ 50 Storage T emperature -20~ 70°C Humidity • Operation: 10% ~ 95 RH • Storage: 10~ 90% RH T echnical Specifications[...]

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    23 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Appendix D - Contacting T echnical Support Contacting T echnical Support U .S . and Canadian customers can contact D-Link technical suppor t through our web site or by phone . Bef ore you contact technical suppor t, please ha v e the follo wing ready: • Model number of the product (e .g. DHP-300) • Hardware Re visi[...]

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    24 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Appendix E - Warranty W arranty Subject to the ter ms and conditions set f or th herein, D-Link Systems, Inc. (“D-Link”) provides this Limited W arranty: • Only to the person or entity that originally purchased the product from D-Link or its author ized reseller or distrib utor , and • Only f or products purcha[...]

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    25 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Appendix E - Warranty Limited Software W arranty: D-L ink wa rra nts that the sof twa re por ti on of the pro duct (“Sof twa re”) will su bst anti all y con fo r m to D-L ink’ s then curr ent fun cti onal spec ific atio ns f or the Software, as set for th in the applicab le documentation, from the date of origin[...]

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    26 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Appendix E - Warranty • After an RMA number is issued, the defectiv e product m ust be pac kaged securely in the original or other suitable shipping package to ensure that it will not be damaged in transit, and the RMA n umber m ust be prominently mar k ed on the outside of the pac kage. Do not include an y manuals o[...]

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    27 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Appendix E - Warranty IF ANY IMPLIED W ARRANTY CANNO T BE DISCLAIMED IN ANY TERRIT OR Y WHERE A PRODUCT IS SOLD , THE DURA TION OF SUCH IMPLI ED W ARRANTY SHALL BE LIMITED T O THE DURA TION OF THE APPLICA BLE W ARRANTY PERI OD SET FOR TH ABO VE. EXCEP T AS EXPRES SL Y CO VERE D UNDER THE LIMITED W ARRANT Y PRO VIDED HE[...]

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    28 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Appendix E - Warranty CE Mark W arning: This is a Class B product. In a domestic environment, this product ma y cause radio interf erence, in which case the user ma y be required to take adequate measures . FCC Statement: This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits for a Class B digital de vice,[...]

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    29 D-Link DHP-300 User Manual Appendix F - Registration V ersion 1.1 April 27, 2007 Product registration is entirely v oluntar y and f ailure to complete or retur n this form will not diminish your warranty rights. Registration[...]