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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 Use the HomePlug Simple Connect button t o configure advanced securit y for your powerline net work. F or instruc tions, refer to Chapter 3: Advanc ed Security , page 6 . Po wer (Blue) The power 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 four wall-mount slots on its back panel. The distance between t wo 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 ar[...]

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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 pow erline network already installed; the P owerline A V Network Adapters are connected and power ed on. The following instruc tions describe how to configure advanced security f or 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, press 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 Net work P assword is configured, Adapter 3 4. will restar t, and the P ower and P owerline LEDs light up . (If the Po werline LED[...]

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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 after you installed the Pow erline A V Network Adapter . F ollow these instructions: Disconnect the E thernet 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 FC C Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful inter ference 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 document contains impor tant information for users with regards to the proper disposal and recycling of Linksys products. Consumers are requir[...]

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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 t erms of this A greement; (iii) to provide 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 any 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 sof tware is free for all its users. This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software F oundation ’ s software and to any other program whos[...]

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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 copy of the library already present on the user ’ s computer system, rather than copying librar y functions into the executable , and (2) will [...]

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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 The OpenSSL P roject. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binar y forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following c onditions are met: Redistributions of source code must retain the abo[...]

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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[...]