Sitecom LN-555 manual

LN - 554 User Manual[...]

Table of Conten ts Introduction .......................................................................................................... 3 Package Contents .................................................................................................. 4 Cautions ................................ .................................................[...]

Introducti on Homeplug i s home and office n etworking usi ng the electri c wiring already i nstalled in the building. Cost factor and t ransmission q uality Homeplug i s an economical an d easy- to -use n etworking techn ology. You don't ne ed to lay cabl es and you can connect to th e home ne twork at every powe r poin t. The Homeplu g stand[...]

Package Contents Open the package car efull y, and make sure that none of th e items li sted below are missing. Do not di scard the packi ng material s, in case of return; th e uni t must be shipped back i n its original package. The LN -554 WiFi homeplug A Quick Install Guide An UTP cable[...]

Cautions This device ’s de sign and manufactu rer has your safety i n mind. In ord er to safely and effectively use thi s device, please read the followi ng before usage. Usage Cautions The user should not mo dify thi s device. The environmental temperature shoul d be wit hin +5 ~ +35 deg rees Celsiu s. Power The device ’s powe r voltage i s AC[...]

Product La yout Port Description LAN Connect your PC s or network d evices to thes e ports Security Push to connect to H omeplu g network Reset Push 15 seconds t o reset the devi ce to factory defaul t Backlabel and Network Details Folder The Network Detail s Folder des cribes the IP add ress, logi n details, network name , security code and OPS bu[...]

LED Definition As shown from th e top to the b ottom. Port Description Power Shows the devi ce is turned on. Color: Green LAN Shows the LAN cabl e is conn ected. Color: Gre en LAN Shows the LAN cabl e is conn ected. Color: Green Data Shows homeplu g connecti vity Color: Green: PHY RATE > 40Mbps Orange: 20Mbps < P HY RATE < 40Mbp s Red: PHY[...]

Connecting the Homeplu g You can plug th e LN-554 di rectly into a wal l outl et. Switch th e device on wi th the power switch l ocated on the bottom of th e device. The LN - 554 automati cally enters the self -test phase. Durin g self-test ph ase, the Power LED w ill be lit conti nuously to i ndi cate that this product is in normal operation. Home[...]

Homeplug networ k securi ty can be added by the steps bel ow: (NOTE: i t is more convenient to bri ng devices, whi ch are to be confi gured into the same l ogical network security, sid e by side duri ng this procedure. Afte r the network s ecurity is set, th e devices can be deployed an ywhere at h ome) Create a private encrypted network Step 1: Cr[...]

If you want to mak e two new publi c devices (netwo rk name HomePl ugAV) to becom e private, please carry ou t Step 1 on both d evices, then d o step 2 on the se two devices. Finall y, a private random network name i s generated for these two de vices. Standby Mode Th e standby mod e enables the Hom eplug to save powe r consumpti on. The Homepl ug [...]

Configuring the device LOGIN procedur e 1. OPEN your browse r (e.g. Intern et Explorer). 2. Type http:// sitecom.plug in th e address bar and press [Ent er] 3. Type user name and pa ssword (defaul t username i s ‘admin’, the pass word can be found on the backl abel of the LN-5 54 ).[...]

4. Click OK . 5. You will see the home page of the LN -5 54 . The System status section allows you to monitor the cur rent status of your LN -554, th e UP time, hardwa re informati on as well as firmware version i nformation i s displ ayed here.[...]

Basic Setting s Band Please select th e wireless band y ou wish to use. By s electing a different band setti ng, you’ll be abl e to allow or deny the wi reless clients on a ce rtain band. MAIN ESSID Please inpu t the ESSID (the name us ed to identi fy this wirel ess access point) here. You can i nput up to 32 al phanumerical characters. PLEASE NO[...]

ADVANCED S ETTINGS Security This device provi des many types of wi reless securi ty (wireless data encr yption). When you use data enc ryption, data trans ferred by ra dio sig nals in the air will become unreadable for those pe ople who don’t kn ow t he co rrect encryption ke y (encrypti on password). There are four types of securit y level you c[...]

WEP Key Length You can select the WEP key leng th for encryption, 64 - bit or 128-b it. The larger the key wil l be the hi gher level of securit y is used, but th e throughput wil l be lower. Key Format You may select ASC II Characte rs (alph anumeric f ormat) or Hexad ecimal Digits (in the "A-F", "a-f" and "0-9" range[...]

WPA WPA Unicast Ci pher Suite Availabl e options are: WPA (TK IP), WPA2 (AE S), and WPA2 Mixed. You can select one of them , but you have to make sur e your wireless cli ent support s the cipher you selected. Pre-shared Key F ormat Please select th e format of pre- shared key he re, available opti ons are ‘Passphrase’ (8 to 63 alphanumeri cal c[...]

Advanced This tab all ows you to set the advan ced wirele ss opti ons. The options incl uded are Channel Ban dwidth , Fragment Threshol d, RTS Threshol d, Beacon Interval , and Preamble Type. You should not change thes e parameters u nless you know what effect the chang es will have on the rout er. Fragment Thres hold Set the Fragment thr eshol d o[...]

Preamble Type Set the type of p reamble of wi reless radi o. The d efault setting is ‘Short Preamb le’. Broadcast ESS ID Decide if the wirel ess access poin t will broadcast its own ESSID or not. You can hi de the ESSID of your w ireless access po int (set the option to ‘Disabl e’), so only people who know the ESSID of your wi reless access[...]

OPS One Push Setup ( OPS) is the si mplest way to establi sh a connection between the wireless clients and the wi reless router. You d on’t have to sel ect the encrypti on mode and fi ll in a long encryption passph rase every ti me when you try to setup a wi reless conne ction. You only need to press a but ton on both wi reless cli ent and wirele[...]

Passphrase Key It shows the passphra se key that i s randomly g enerated by the wireless router du ring th e WPS process. You may need this informati on when usi ng a devi ce which doesn’t suppo rt WPS. WPS via Push Butto n Press the button t o start th e WPS process. The device wi ll wait for the WPS r equest from the wi reless devices wi thin 2[...]

TOOLBOX SE TTINGS System This device provi des some control functi ons including password, IP address manag ement, and DHCP server functi on. Pleas e go to Toolbo x, and open the ‘Sy stem’ tab, to access these functions. B elow are detai led descri ptions of every control functi on. Password Sett ings You can change the pas sword used to enter [...]

Se ction for detail ed instructions. I f you don’t w ant to use t he DHCP server functi on of this devi ce , or there’s anothe r DHCP server on the network this d evice conn ec ts to, please select ‘Disabl e’. After y ou finish, please go t o the bottom of thi s page and cli ck ‘Apply’. DHCP Server This device i s capable to act as a DH[...]

Backup You can back up al l confi gurations of this device t o a file, so you can m ake se veral copies of access point con figurati on for security reaso ns. Backup Settings Press ‘Save...’ button, and you’ll be prompted to download th e configurati on as a fil e. The defaul t filename is ‘config.bi n’. Y ou can save it as anot her filen[...]

Upgrade If there is a new firmware avai lable, you can up load the firmwar e to the device t o get extra functions or p roblem fixes. Click the ‘Browse’ but ton. You’l l be prompt ed to provide the fi lename of the firmware upgrade fil e. Please downl oad the latest firmwar e file from our w ebsite, and use i t to upgrade your devi ce. After [...]

Reset When you thi nk the devi ce is not worki ng properly, you can us e this functi on to restart the device; thi s may help and solve the p roblem. This functi on is useful when the devi ce is far from you or un reachable. Howev er, if the device is not respondi ng, you may h ave to swi tch it off by unplug gi ng the power plug an d pluggin g it [...]

Addendum: Decl aration of Conformit y[...]

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Addendum: GN U/GPL Leaflet Parts of the firmware of the LN-554 WiFi Home plug are subject to the GNU gene ral public license . A ppendix A: Licensing Info rmation This product include s third-party software license d under the terms of the GNU General Publ ic License. You can modify or re distribute this free software under the terms of the GNU Gen[...]

A vailability of source code Sitecom Europe BV has m ade availabl e the full source cod e of the GPL licensed software , including any scripts to control the compilation and installation of the object cod e on the Sitecom website (www.sitecom.com). No Warran ty The free software incl uded in this product is di stributed in the hope that it wi ll be[...]

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