LevelOne PLI-3411 manual

LevelO ne PLI - 341 1 200Mbps P ow erli ne Wire less Access Point User Manual V1.0[...]

Safet y W arnings 1. Do not use the ad apter in hig h humidity or hig h temperature env ironment . 2. Do not open or r epair the case y oursel f. 3. A v oid using this pr oduct and all its access ories out doo r . 4. Plac e PLI - 3411 on a stable s urface. 5 . Plug your LevelOne PLI - 3411 directly to the AC outlet on the wall. It is best to avoid [...]

Table of Co n tents CHAPTER 1: PRODUCT ................................................................................................................................................................ . 4 INTRODUCT ION ....................................................................................................................................[...]

4 Cha pter 1: Product Introduc tion Thank you for purchasing PLI - 341 1 200Mbps Po werline W ire les s A ccess P oint . You r new device is an unit that extends you r wireless coverage through power lines. Compliant with the latest HomePlug AV standards, w hich support data speeds of up to 200Mbps, PLI - 341 1 can be used to 3 b ridge Ethernet dev[...]

5 Featur es • Prov ides phy sical la yer dat a rate of up to 2 00Mbps ov er exi sting in - ho me power lines • Ex tended wi reless c overag e of up to 3 ti mes the r ange o f 802.11g products • W PS ( W i - F i Protec ted Setu p) for e asy set up • Aut o channel s elect • Utilizes power line t echnolog y that takes advantag e of the unuse[...]

6 Specif icatio ns Protocol TDMA, CSMA/CA Standard Ethernet specificati on: IEEE 802 .3, IEEE 802. 3x, IEEE 802.3u, Auto MDI/MDIX T ransmissio n Speed 200Mbps Modulation Supports OFDM - 1 155 car riers, 1024 / 25 6 / 64 / 16 / 8 QAM, QPSK, BPS K and ROBO Frequenc y Band 2MHz ~ 30MHz Security 128 - bit AES Link Encrypt ion wit h key manag ement for [...]

7 Chapter 2: Installing the Adapter Packag e Conten t • PLI - 341 1 2 00Mbps Powerl ine W ireless Access Point • Quick Start G uide • CD (Manual/QIG/ Utility ) • RJ - 45 Et hernet LA N Cable[...]

8 D e vi c e O ver view Front P anel The front panel conta ins lights cal led Light Emi tting Diod es (LEDs) that indicate the statu s of the unit. Label Color Functio n PO W ER gr een On: device is powered on Off: device is powered off W LAN green On: W LAN l ink established and active Blink: Valid W ireless packet being transferred W PS green Off[...]

9 Button s There are WPS / WLAN / NET.ID / RESET buttons for different applications. Label Functio n ANTE NNA ANT ENNA PO W ER Connect the Powerline Ethernet Adapter to yo ur w all - m ounted power outlet. W LAN Press this button for at least tw o full second to turn off/on wireless signals W PS Press thi s butt on for at least thr ee full sec onds[...]

10 Connecting the HomePlug Adapter It is easy to con nect PLI - 341 1 si mply by perf orming th e follow ing instr uctions: Pow er Conn ection Plu g PLI - 341 1 into the wal l outlet/socket . L A N & W irele ss Conn ection Connect the suppl ied R J - 45 Ether net cabl e to the Et hernet p ort on PLI - 341 1 and th e other side to the devi ce ?[...]

1 WPS con figur ation. Keep pus hing th e WPS but ton of PLI - 341 1 . T hen push WPS button of your w irel ess IP dev ice , and the W i - Fi protecti on wil l be set u p automatic ally . Likew ise, do same s teps f or other w irel ess devic es having W PS button. Example: Push Push Wireless IP Devices have WPS button PLI - 341 1[...]

12 Netw orkin g Setup Refer to the foll owing steps: 1. Connect a netw ork cable t o the bridge and then plug PLI - 3411 into a power s ocket. 2. Then connect PLI - 3411 t o a laptop, mode m, router or a se t - top - box.[...]

1 3. Creat e a secure netw ork by simply pushin g the NET ID button for 1~ 3 seconds. Note: Plug/socket, power cable and input voltage/frequency m ay vary from country to countr y .[...]

14 Quick Star t (Setup Po w erLine N etw ork ) Push But ton usa ge NET ID Button is used to a dd a Ho mePlug de vic e to a Power L ine netw ork or enable i t to j oin a networ k by pres sing the NET ID Butt on of t he de v ice to t urn it in to Broadc ast st ate or Joi n state. There are 4 types o f NET I D Button trigg er states: 1. Formi ng a Net[...]

15 1. Press NET.ID ( Networ k ID) button on A more than 10 seconds till PCL LED ( ON for 1 s econds, then OFF for 2 seconds, then ON for 14 seconds ) and then OFF to generate the random network password key first. 2. Press NET.ID ( Networ k ID) button o n B more than 10 sec onds till a ll LEDs re - flash to gener ate the random network password key[...]

16 1. Press NET.ID ( Networ k ID) button on C more than 10 sec onds till PCL LED ( ON for 1 s econds, then OFF for 2 seconds, then ON for 14 seconds ) and then OFF to generate the random network password key first. 2. Press the NET.I D (N etw ork ID) bu tton on any network device A o r B for less than 3 s econ ds, making it the ‘adder’. 3. Pres[...]

17 1. Press the NET.I D (N etw ork ID) bu tton on the ‘l eaver’ for more than 10 seconds. The device will reset and restart with a random NM K. 2. W ait for reset to complete and the PLC LE D will be OFF . Scenari o 4: Join Mult iple Dev ices to a N etwork To a dd s ever al n ew d evic es to a n ex isti ng netw ork, the proc ess in C as e 2 m u[...]

18 Pow er L ine Netw ork Illustrat ion[...]

19 Chapter 3 : Basic Net w o rk Install ation The HomePlu g ad apter can be con figured throug h your we b browse r . A web browser is included as a standar d application in the following operati ng systems: Linux , Mac OS, W in do ws 98/NT/2000/X P/ Me/ V ista, etc. The product prov ides an easy and user - friendly interfac e for con figuratio n. [...]

20 Network Configuration Config uring P C in W i ndo w s Vist a / 7 1. Go to Start. Click o n Network. 2. T hen click on Netw ork and Sharing Center at the t op ba r . 3. W hen the Ne two rk and Shari ng Center window pops up, s elect an d click on Manage n etwor k connecti ons on the left wi ndow column. 4. Selec t the Local A rea Connec tion, and[...]

21 5. Selec t I nte rnet Protocol V ersion 4 (TCP/IPv 4) then cl ick P roperties. 6. In the TCP/IPv4 properties w indo w , click Use the f ollowing IP addres s and Us e the follow ing DN S server addr es s radio butt ons. Then click OK to ex it the setting. 7. Click OK again in th e Local A rea Connect ion Properties wi ndow to apply the new con fi[...]

22 Config uring P C in W i ndo w s X P 1. Go to St art > Cont rol P anel (in Cl assic V iew). In the Control Panel, double - click on Netw ork Connec tions 2. Double - click Local Area Connect ion. 3. In t he Local Area Connection Status windo w , click Properties. 4. Selec t Intern et Pro tocol (TCP/IP) an d click Properties. 5. Click Use the f[...]

23 Factor y Defau lt Sett ing s Before c onfiguri ng your adapte r , y ou need to know the follow ing defaul t setting s. W eb I nterfa ce (Usern ame and Passw ord) User nam e: adm in Passw ord: admi n The de fault user name and passwor d are “ admi n ” and “ admin ” resp ectivel y . Group N ame: Home PlugAV Dev ice LAN IP settings IP Addre[...]

24 Internet A ccess Confi guration T o config ure this device for inter net access , you must hav e IE 5.0 / Netscap e 4.5 or above i nstalled on your compute r . The re is basic ally one w ay to co nfigure y our dev ice before y ou ar e able to connect t o the int ernet: W eb Interfa ce . Con figurati on of this method will be di scusse d in detai[...]

25 Chapter 3: Utility Installat ion The utili ty can be used on t he foll owing Window s platform: Window s 2000/X P/Vista/7. 1. Plac e the Lev elOne PLI - 341 1 Power line Wireless Acces s Poin t Utility auto - install ation CD into your CD - ROM/DVD - R OM drive. 2. Click on “ Utilit y ” for Easy Installat ion to i nstall the utili ty. Utilit[...]

26 2. Click “ Next ” button to c ontinue. 3. Click “ I Agr ee & Next ” button to contin ue.[...]

27 4. Click “ Next ” button to contin ue. 5. Click “ Close ” button to ex it.[...]

28 6. In ord er to s tart the utility , double - cli ck the u tility icon on desktop. 7. Y ou can see your d ev ice worki ng well. The t op panel o f the scre en shot show s a Homeplug devic e connect ed loc ally t o your co mputer . The bott om panel show s one dev ice connected remotel y to the c omput er running the uti lity.[...]

29 Conf iguration Utilit y Setup Introduction The Con figuratio n Utilit y enables th e users to identify HomePlug devi ces on the power line netw ork, measures data rat e perfor mance, e nsures pr ivacy and per forms di agnosti cs by set ting use r defined secure p owerl ine networ ks. The Util ity w ill use a Gr aphical User Inter face (G UI) wit[...]

30 connect b utton w ill i ndicate w ith a mess age ‘NO H OMEPLUG ADA PTERS DE TECTED’. Fig ure 1-2 illust ra tes th e presence of two l ocal dev ices conn ected loc ally to the comput er. Figure 1- 2: Multip le Local D evice Co nnecti on The lower pa nel display s all the Hom ePlug remote dev ices, di scover ed on the curr ent log ical networ [...]

31 Password column by default is blank a nd ‘E nter Passw ord’ butt on can b e used to e nter it . To s et the Passw ord of the dev ice (r equired w hen cr eating a priv ate netw ork), firs t sel ect the devic e by cli cking on its n ame i n the low er panel and then c lick o n the Enter Pass word butt on. A dialog box w ill appear as s hown in[...]

32 Figure 1- 4: Ad d Remote Dev ice Note: Th e devi ce must be present on the pow er line ( plugg ed in) in order for the pass wor d to be conf ir med and added t o the netw ork. I f the dev ice could no t be located , a war ning messa ge will be shown. The Sca n button is us ed to per form an imm ediate sear ch of the H omePlug dev ices con nected[...]

33 Figure 1- 6: Priv acy Screen The Set L ocal Dev ice Only button ca n be u sed to c hange t he net work name (netw ork pass word) of the loc al devic e. If a new network password is entered, al l the dev ices seen o n the Main panel prior t o this w ill be no long er present in the new network , effecti vely m aking th e local d evices n ot to co[...]

34 - MAC addr esses o f all dev ices connec ted loc ally t o the host - Version o f th e Configuration Utility - Vendor na me Figure 1- 7: Diagnost ics Screen The Lower panel contains a history of all remote dev ices s een on the co mputer over a cer tain period of time. All dev ices th at were o n the p ower line netw ork are li sted her e along w[...]

35 About Screen The About scr een show s the softw are vers ion. Figure 1- 8: A bout dialog s creen[...]

36 Chapter 4: UI Configurati on Once you hav e logge d on to your PLI - 3411 GUI via y our web brow se r , you can begi n to confi gure the devic e according to yo ur needs . On th e confi gurati on homepag e, th e top navigat ion pane l provides the links to di f ferent setup pages. ♣ S etup ( L AN / DH CP Ser ver ) ♣ Wireless Settin gs (Basi [...]

37 Se tup Local A rea Netw ork (LA N) Settings To set up the configuration of LAN interface, priv ate IP of your router LAN port and subnet mask for your LAN segment. Default I P is 192.168.1.1. From th e Configur ation me nu, click on LAN . The follow ing p age is di splay ed: Field Descrip tio n Internal IP A ddress The IP of your Router LAN port[...]

38 Domai n Please enter the domain name. W ireless Sett ing s W hen you click this it em, the column will e xpand to display th e su b- item s that will allo w yo u to config ure your w irel ess settings. Basic , A dvanced , W DS and WPS The func tion of eac h con figurati on sub - ite m is descr ibed in t he foll owi ng sections. Basic W irel ess [...]

39 Field Description Wireless Connection Select Enable if you would like to turn on the wireless signal. Select Disable if you would like to tu rn off the w ireless signal. Wireless Mode Select the wireless mode for 802. 11b/g/n or mixed use. Transmis sion P ow er Select the transmi ssi on power class from 10%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. Wireless Cha[...]

40 Field Descript ion Wireless SSID Selec t Enable if you would like t o tur n on thi s SS ID. Selec t Disabl e if you w ould li ke to tur n off this SSID. Wireless SSID Name Enter the w irele ss stati on name you w ould li ke to have. Wireless SSID Broadc asting The devic e broa dcas ts SSI D perio dicall y. S elect Ena ble t o tur n it on o r Dis[...]

41 WEP Settin gs Field Descript ion WEP Ke y Index WEP Key Index indicates which WEP key is used for data encryptio n. WEP Key (1~4) 64 - bit WEP: type 10 hexadecimal digits or 5 ASCII characters. 128 - bit WEP: type 26 hexadecimal digits or 13 ASCII characters. W P A P r e - shared Key / WP A 2 Pre - shared Key Settings Field Descript ion Pre - sh[...]

42 WP A / WP A2 Radius Settings Field Descript ion Radius Server IP A ddr ess Enter the RADIUS server ’s IP address. Radius Server Port Enter the RADIUS ser ver’s por t numbe r. The default port is 1812. Radius Ke y Enter the RADIUS server ’s IP Address. Encr yption M ode Select TKIP or AES for the packet encryption. Advanced W ireless S etti[...]

43 Field Descrip tio n Regio n Cho ose the r egio n you are cur rentl y loca ted. Fragme ntatio n Enter the fragmentation b y tes. The default value is 2346 bytes. RTS En ter the RTS seconds. The default value is 2347 seconds. DTim Enter the D Tim sec onds . The de faul t va lue is 1. Beacon Interval Enter the interval to send a b eacon. The defaul[...]

44 transmission rat e can be increased when enable this funct ion. Packet A ggregate An aggre gati on meth od like A - MSDU, it can im prove the tran smi ssion efficiency. Please m ake sure you Wireles s card has th is function suppor ted. HT Contr ol Fie ld Choose E nable /Disa ble. It is us eful w hen you need to debug the wireless network Revers[...]

45 WDS W irel ess Settin gs From the W ireless men u, c li ck on WDS . The foll owing page i s displayed : Field Descript ion WDS Select Enable to enable WDS function. S elect Disable to disable WDS functi on. MAC A ddress [1~4 ] Enter the MA C a ddresses of the other bridged wireless dev ices. Maximum of 4 devices are allowed to be bridged togethe[...]

46 WPS W irel ess S ettin gs This page allows you to change the setting for WPS ( W i - F i Protected Setup). Using this feature could let your wireless client automatic ally syncronize its setting and connect to the Access Point in a minute without any hassle. From the Wirele s s menu, click on WPS . The fo llowin g page is dis pla yed : Field Des[...]

47 Ad m i n – Man agem ent From the Ad mi n menu, click on Management. The fol lowing pag e is displa yed: Administ rati on Interf ace Set tings Field Descript ion Administrat or Password Maximum input is 36 alphanum eric characters (case sensitive) * Please change the administrato r’s password if t he re mote management is enabled. O therw ise[...]

48 Configur ation S ettings Field Descrip tio n Configur atio n Expor t Click t his bu tton to s ave your c urrent c onfig urati on set tings i n a fi le. Defa ult Configur atio n Restore Click thi s bu tton to rec over t he defa ult s yste m settings . Configur atio n Impor t Click B row se and Im port to load pr evi ous conf igura tion se ttin gs[...]

49 S t atus – AP St atus From the Stat us menu, cl ick on Rout er. The followi ng page is dis played: Infor mation Setti ngs Field Descript ion Model Nam e Produc t model name i s show n. Firmwa re Version The fir mw are v ersion of this de vice is r unni ng. Runnin g Time The perio d of t ime tha t the de vice has bee n r unning .[...]

50 LAN Settings Fie ld Descr ipt ion M AC Ad d r es s M AC Ad dr e s s IP A ddress Internal IP Address Subnet M ask The number of subnet ma sk in the int ernal netw ork Wire le ss Net w ork 1 Setti ngs Fie ld Descr ipt ion Wirel ess Cha nn el Wir eless Ch ann el in use (d efault i s 6) Wireless SS ID 1 SSID 1 of t his Wi - Fi stat ion M AC Ad d r e[...]

51 Chapter 5: T roubleshooti ng This appendix suggests solutions for problems you may encounter in installing or using the device, and provides instructi ons f or using s everal IP utilities to diagnose problems. Contact Customer S upport if these suggestions do not resolve the problem. T rouble shooti ng Sugge stio ns Problem Troubles hooting S ug[...]

52 A ppendix: Pr oduct Su ppor t & Conta ct If you co me across an y probl ems please con tact the de aler from where y ou purchas ed you r product . Contact LevelOne W orldwide : http://global.level 1.com MAC OS is a registe red T rade mark of Apple Compute r , Inc. W in dow s 98, Window s N T , Window s 2000, Windows M e, Window s XP and W in[...]