Linksys PLE300-UK manual

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    USER GUIDE Powerline A V Network Adapter , Powerline 4-Port A V Network Adapter , Powerline A V Network Kit Model: PLE300, PLS300, PLK300[...]

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    About This Guide i Po werline A V Network Adapter About T his Guide Icon Descriptions While reading through the User Guide you may see various icons that call attention to specific items. Below is a description of these icons: NO TE: This check mark indicat es that there is a not e of interest and is something that you should pay special attention [...]

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    T able of Contents ii Po werline A V Network Adapter Chapter 1: Introduction to Po werline Netw orking 1 How P owerline Networking W orks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 How to Share Internet A ccess over the P owerline Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 A Po werline Network in a T wo-Story House[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduc tion to P ow erline Netw orking 1 Po werline A V Network Adapter Chapter 1: Intr oduc tion to P ow erline Networ k ing How P owerline N etworking W orks Po werlines run through your home or offic e, carrying electrical power to electrical outlets in ever y room. The t ypical wired Ethernet netw ork uses Ethernet network cables to[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduc tion to P ow erline Netw orking 2 Po werline A V Network Adapter A P ow erline Network in a T wo-Stor y House This diagram shows a basic powerline network in a t wo- story house. The r outer upstairs is c onnected to its A dapter , which is plugged into an elec trical outlet. Downstairs, the gaming console and a computer share th[...]

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    Chapter 2 Produc t Over view 3 Po werline A V Network Adapter Chapter 2: Pr oduc t O v er view Thank y ou for choosing the Linksys by Cisco po werline products: P owerline A V Network Adapter (model number: PLE300), Pow erline A V 4-Port Net work Adapter (model number: PLS300), or Pow erline A V Network Kit (model number: PLK300). The Po werline A [...]

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    Chapter 2 Produc t Over view 4 Po werline A V Network Adapter HomePlug Simple Connect Button U se the HomePlug Simple Connect button t o configure advanced securit y for your powerline network. F or instruc tions, refer to Chapter 3: Advanced Security , page 6 . Po wer (Blue) The pow er LED lights up when the Adapter is pow ered on. Ethernet (Blue)[...]

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    Chapter 2 Produc t Over view 5 Po werline A V Network Adapter W all-Mounting Placement The Adapter has f our wall-mount slots on its back panel. The distance bet ween two adjacent slots is 60 mm (2.36 inches). T wo screw s are needed to mount the Adapt er . Suggested Mounting Hardwar e 2-2.5 mm 4 mm 1-1.5 mm Note: Mounting hardware illustr ations a[...]

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    Chapter 3 Advanced Security 6 Po werline A V Network Adapter Chapter 3: A dvanc ed Securit y Over view Before you begin, you should have a powerline network already installed; the Po werline A V Network Adapters are connected and power ed on. The f ollowing instructions describe how to c onfigure advanced security for three Adapters (Adapters 1, 2,[...]

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    Chapter 3 Advanced Security 7 Po werline A V Network Adapter On Adapt er 1 or 2, pr ess and hold the HomePlug Simple 3. Connect button for two seconds. T hen release the button. The Pow er LED star ts flashing. After the Network P assword is configur ed, A dapter 3 4. will restart, and the P ower and P owerline LEDs light up . (If the Po werline LE[...]

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    Appendix A T roubleshooting 8 Po werline A V Network Adapter Appendix A: T roubleshooting None of the LEDs light up af ter you installed the Pow erline A V Network Adapter . F ollow these instructions: Disconnect the Ethernet network cable from the 1. Adapter . Disconnect the power cor d from the Adapter . 2. W ait five seconds. 3. Re -connec t the[...]

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    Appendix B Specific ations 9 Po werline A V Network Adapter Appendix B: Specifications Model PLE300 Standards HomePlug AV, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u Ports Power, Ethernet Button HomePlug Simple Connect, Reset LEDs Power, Powerline, Ethernet Cabling Type RJ-45, Power Security Features 128-Bit AES Link Encryption Security Key Bits 128 Environmental Dim[...]

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    Appendix C Warranty Inf ormation 10 Po werline A V Network Adapter Appendix C: W arr anty Informa tion Limited Warranty Linksys warrants this Linksys har dware product against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for the W arranty Period, which begins on the date of purchase by the original end-user purchaser and lasts for the peri[...]

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    Appendix C Warranty Inf ormation 11 Po werline A V Network Adapter rejected. Do not include any other items with the product you are returning t o Linksys. D efective product co vered by this limit ed w arranty will be repaired or r eplaced and returned to you without charge. C ustomers outside of the United States of America and Canada are respons[...]

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    Appendix D Regula tor y Informa tion 12 Po werline A V Network Adapter Appendix D: Regulat or y Information FCC Sta tement This produc t has been tested and complies with the specifications for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable prot ection against har mful interference in[...]

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    Appendix D Regula tor y Informa tion 13 Po werline A V Network Adapter User Inf ormation for C onsumer Produc ts Cov ered by EU Direc tive 2002/96/EC on W aste Electric and Elec tronic Equipment ( WEEE) This documen t contains impor tant information for users with r egards t o the proper disposal and r ec ycling of Linksys products. Consumers are r[...]

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    Appendix D Regula tor y Informa tion 14 Po werline A V Network Adapter Eesti (E stonian) - K eskkonnaalane inf ormatsioon Euroopa Liidus asuva tele klientidele Euroopa Liidu direktiivi 2002/96/EÜ nõuete kohaselt on seadmeid, millel on tootel või pakendil k äesolev sümbol , keelatud kõrvaldada koos sorteerimata olmejäätmetega. S ee sümbol n[...]

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    Appendix D Regula tor y Informa tion 15 Po werline A V Network Adapter Lietuvškai (Lithuanian) - A plinkosaugos inf ormacija, skir ta Europos Sąjungos vartotojams Europos dir ektyva 2002/96/EC numato, kad įrangos, kuri ir kurios pakuotė yra pažymėta šiuo simboliu (įveskite simbolį), negalima šalinti k artu su nerūšiuotomis komunalinėmi[...]

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    Appendix D Regula tor y Informa tion 16 Po werline A V Network Adapter Português (P ortuguese) - Informação ambiental para clientes da União Eur opeia A Directiva Europeia 2002/96/CE exige que o equipamento que exibe este símbolo no produto e/ou na sua embalagem não seja eliminado junto com os resíduos municipais não separados. O símbolo i[...]

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    17 Appendix E Sof tware License Agreement Po werline A V Network Adapter Appendix E: Sof tware License A greement Soft ware in Linksy s Produc ts This product from Cisco-Linksys LLC or fr om one of its affiliates Cisc o Systems-Linksy s (Asia) P te Lt d. or Cisc o- Linksys K.K. (“Linksys”) contains software (including firmware) originating fr o[...]

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    18 Appendix E Sof tware License Agreement Po werline A V Network Adapter your Linksys product and/or the Software is being used in accordanc e with the terms of this Agreement; (iii) to pro vide improv ements to the way Linksys delivers technology to you and to other Linksys customers; (iv) to enable Linksys to comply with the terms of an y agr eem[...]

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    19 Appendix E Sof tware License Agreement Po werline A V Network Adapter GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free software –to make sure the software is free f or all its users. This General P ublic License applies to most of the Free Software F oundation ’ s software and t o any other pr ogram w[...]

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    20 Appendix E Sof tware License Agreement Po werline A V Network Adapter If the modified program normally reads commands c. interactively when run, you must cause it, when started running for such int eractive use in the most ordinary way , to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright notice and a notice that ther e is no [...]

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    21 Appendix E Sof tware License Agreement Po werline A V Network Adapter If, as a consequence of a cour t judgment or allegation 7. of patent infringement or for an y other reason (not limited to paten t issues), conditions ar e imposed on you (whether by court order , agreement or other wise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do[...]

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    22 Appendix E Sof tware License Agreement Po werline A V Network Adapter GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V ersion 2.1, F ebruar y 1999 Copyright ( C) 1991, 1999 Free Software F oundation, Inc. 51 Fr ank lin Street, F ifth Floor , Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA Everyone is permitted to cop y and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but[...]

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    23 Appendix E Sof tware License Agreement Po werline A V Network Adapter freedom and the wherewithal to run that program using a modified version of the Library . The precise t erms and c onditions f or copying , distribution and modification f ollow . Pay close attention t o the differenc e betw een a “work based on the libr ar y ” and a “wo[...]

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    24 Appendix E Sof tware License Agreement Po werline A V Network Adapter Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you; rather , the intent is to exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Library . In addition, mer e aggregation o[...]

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    25 Appendix E Sof tware License Agreement Po werline A V Network Adapter Use a suitable shared library mechanism for link ing b) with the Librar y . A suitable mechanism is one that (1) uses at run time a cop y of the libr ar y already present on the user ’ s computer system, rather than copying librar y functions into the executable , and (2) wi[...]

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    26 Appendix E Sof tware License Agreement Po werline A V Network Adapter software distributed through tha t syst em in reliance on consistent application of that system; it is up t o the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing t o distribute software through an y other sy stem and a licensee cannot impose that choice . This section is intend[...]

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    27 Appendix E Sof tware License Agreement Po werline A V Network Adapter OpenSSL License Copyright © 1998-2007 T he OpenSSL P roject. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in sourc e and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following c onditions are met: Redistributions of sour ce code must r etain the [...]

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    28 Appendix E Sof tware License Agreement Po werline A V Network Adapter DIREC T , INDIREC T , INCIDENT AL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY , OR CONSEQUENTIAL D AMA GES (INCL UDING, BUT NOT LIMITED T O, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; L OSS OF USE, DA T A, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILIT Y , WHETHE[...]