your Gateway Powerline Adapter user'sguide PLU-300 & PLE-310 Installing Configuring
Contents 1 2 3 4 Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Step 1: Installing the hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . 2 Installing the Powerline adapter driver . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Step 2: Adding the computer to the network . . . . . . . . . . 8 About network configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Naming the computers and the workgroup . . . . . . 10 Step 3: Configuring the TCP/IP protocol . . . . . . . . . . . .
A ii Telephone numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information . . . . . . . . . 59 www.gateway.
Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter 1 Powerline adapters let you create a network using the existing electrical wiring in your home or office instead of installing Ethernet cables. This chapter describes how to connect a Gateway USB to Powerline adapter or a Gateway Ethernet to Powerline adapter to your Windows computer and configure Windows for a powerline network. Complete these tasks in sequence: ■ “Step 1: Installing the hardware and software” on page 2.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter Step 1: Installing the hardware and software Installing the Powerline adapter driver Use the following instructions to: ■ Install the Powerline software on the computer that you want to use to manage the Powerline network ■ Connect the Powerline network adapter to an AC outlet ■ Connect the Powerline network adapter to your computer.
Step 1: Installing the hardware and software To install the Powerline adapter software and hardware 1 Insert the Gateway Powerline Adapter CD in the computer’s CD or DVD drive. The installation program starts. www.gateway.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter 2 Click Install the software. The InstallShield Wizard starts. - OR If you are installing the Gateway PLU-300 Ethernet adapter and the wizard does not start automatically, click Start, Run, type d:\plu-300\setup.exe in the Run box, then click OK. The InstallShield Wizard starts. - OR If you are installing the Gateway PLE-310 Ethernet adapter and the wizard does not start automatically, click Start, Run, type d:\ple-310\setup.exe in the Run box, then click OK.
Step 1: Installing the hardware and software 4 When prompted to plug-in the Powerline adapter: ■ Important Plug the adapter into a AC power outlet For the best network performance, we suggest plugging the adapter directly into an AC outlet and not into a surge protector. The adapter has a built-in surge protector. www.gateway.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter 5 6 ■ Plug the USB or RJ-45 cable into the Powerline adapter ■ Plug the other end of the RJ-45 or USB cable into the computer Continue following the on-screen instructions. www.gateway.
Step 1: Installing the hardware and software 6 7 Click Finish to complete the installation. 8 After restarting the computer, the Gateway Power configuration utility icon appears on the computer desktop. For more information about using the utility, see “Using the Powerline Adapter Configuration Utility” on page 47. If a message asks you whether you want to restart your computer, click Yes to restart your computer now or click No to restart your computer later. www.gateway.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter Step 2: Adding the computer to the network About network configurations After the Powerline software and hardware is installed, the next step is to determine how the computer with the powerline adapter will be added to network. There are a number of possible network configurations.
Step 2: Adding the computer to the network ■ Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) - An ICS network configuration uses a host computer that assigns Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to each computer or network device and directs network communication between computers on the local area network (LAN) and the Internet. The network is made up of: ■ A host computer that has an Internet connection (one for the Internet and one for the LAN).
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter Naming the computers and the workgroup Each computer on the network must have a unique name and be identified as part of a workgroup. Naming each computer must be done individually on each computer. If you have an existing network make sure that you give the new computers you are adding to the network the same workgroup name.
Step 2: Adding the computer to the network To run the Windows XP Network Setup Wizard: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications, then click Network Setup Wizard. The Network Setup Wizard opens. - OR Click the Network Setup Wizard icon on the Windows XP taskbar. The Network Setup Wizard opens. 2 Click Next to continue through the wizard. www.gateway.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter 3 Click Next. If the The wizard found disconnected network hardware screen opens, make sure that one end of the Ethernet or USB cable is connected to your computer and the other end is connected to a Gateway powerline adapter. Also, make sure that a router or computer is connected to your network and turned on. Important 12 The wizard found disconnected network hardware screen will open if your computer also has wireless Ethernet networking built-in.
Step 2: Adding the computer to the network 4 Click Next. The Select a connection method screen opens. 5 Click This computer connects to the Internet through another computer on my network or through a residential gateway, then click Next. 6 If the Your computer has multiple connections screen opens, click Let me choose the connections to my network, then click Next. www.gateway.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter 14 7 On the Select the connections to bridge screen, click to select the Local Area Connection check box. 8 Click Next. The Give this computer a description and name screen opens. 9 Type a description of the computer in the Computer description box. www.gateway.
Step 2: Adding the computer to the network 10 Type a unique computer name in the Computer name box. This name identifies the computer to other users on the network. Use a computer name of up to 15 characters with no blank spaces. Each computer name must be unique on your network. All-numeric computer names are not allowed. Names must contain some letters. Important You must give each computer on the network a unique Computer Name and the same Workgroup Name. 11 Click Next.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter 14 Click Next to apply the network settings. The You’re almost done screen opens. 15 If you are setting up networking on other computers, you may want to use the Network Setup Wizard to do so. Click a method for installing and configuring the network on your other computers or click Just finish the wizard; I don’t need to run the wizard on other computers. 16 17 Click Next. Click Finish.
Step 2: Adding the computer to the network Naming the computers and the workgroup in Windows 2000 To identify a Windows 2000 computer on the network: 1 Click Start, Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Double-click the System icon. The System Identification dialog box opens. 3 4 Click the Network Identification tab. 5 Click Properties. The Identification Changes dialog box opens. Type a unique computer name in the Computer name box.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter 6 Type a name for your workgroup in the Workgroup box. Use a workgroup name of up to 15 characters with no blank spaces. The workgroup name must be the same for all computers in your network workgroup, and the name must be different than any computer name on your network. 7 8 9 Click OK to close the Identification Changes dialog box. Click OK to close the System Identification dialog box.
Step 2: Adding the computer to the network 4 Click the Identification tab. 5 Type a unique computer name in the Computer name box. This name identifies the computer to other users on the network. Use a computer name of up to 15 characters with no blank spaces. Each computer name must be unique on your network. All-numeric computer names are not allowed. Names must contain some letters. Important You must give each computer on the network a unique Computer Name and the same Workgroup Name.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter 9 After you name each computer and assign it to your workgroup, go to “Step 3: Configuring the TCP/IP protocol” on page 20. Step 3: Configuring the TCP/IP protocol A networking protocol is a language computers use to talk to each other. One of several available protocols must be set up on each computer you plan to use on your network.
Step 3: Configuring the TCP/IP protocol Setting up a DHCP IP address for each computer In order to communicate with computers on the network and on the Internet, you must either set the protocol to Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server or make the IP address settings manually. If you use a router that can act as the DHCP server, you can select Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. Obtaining an IP address automatically using DHCP is one of the most common methods for setting up network devices.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter Setting up a DHCP IP address for Windows 2000 To set up a DHCP IP address for Windows 2000: 1 Click Start, Settings, then click Network and Dial-up Connections. The Network and Dial-up Connections window opens. This window has an icon for each networking connection available on your computer.
Step 3: Configuring the TCP/IP protocol 4 Click Properties. The Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box opens. 5 6 Click Obtain an IP address automatically. 7 Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box. 8 Click X to close the Network and Dial-up Connections window. 9 Repeat this procedure for every computer on your network. 10 Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter Setting up a DHCP IP address for Windows 98SE or Windows Me To set up a DHCP IP address for Windows 98SE or Windows Me: 1 Click Start, Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. 2 If you are using Windows Me, click view all Control Panel options. 3 Double-click the Network icon. The Network dialog box opens. 4 Click TCP/IP -> Gateway USB Powerline Adapter (PLU-300). -ORClick TCP/IP -> Gateway Ethernet Powerline Adapter (PLE-310).
Step 3: Configuring the TCP/IP protocol 5 Click Properties. The TCP/IP Properties dialog box opens. 6 Click the IP Address tab, then click Obtain an IP address automatically. 7 8 9 10 Click OK to close the TCP/IP Properties dialog box. 11 After you set up the IP addresses on all your computers, go to “Turning the powerline adapter off” on page 26. Click OK to close the Network dialog box. Click X to close the Control Panel window. Repeat this procedure for every computer on your network. www.
Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter Turning the powerline adapter off You can turn off the powerline adapter to make a computer unavailable on the network. To turn the PLU-300 powerline adapter off: ■ Click the remove hardware icon in the taskbar, the USB adapter name, then click Stop. - OR Turn off your computer. Important If the remove hardware icon does not appear on the taskbar in Windows XP, click the show hidden icons button.
Where to go from here Where to go from here Using your network Now that you have created and configured your powerline network and you know how to turn your powerline adapter on and off, you are ready to use the network. Go to “Sharing Your Network Resources” on page 29.
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Sharing Your Network Resources 2 After you are connected to a network you can share access to the Internet, share information, share peripheral devices, and stream audio and video files.
Chapter 2: Sharing Your Network Resources Sharing an Internet connection Internet sharing lets all computers on the network access the Internet at the same time using one Internet service provider (ISP) connection. Important Important The Internet setup procedure uses the Windows XP New Connection Wizard and Internet Explorer. The example screens show those screens that typically appear in the course of using the wizard.
Sharing an Internet connection 3 Click the Connections tab. 4 Click Setup. The New Connection Wizard opens. www.gateway.
Chapter 2: Sharing Your Network Resources 32 5 Click Next. The Network Connection Type screen opens. 6 Click Connect to the Internet, then click Next. The Getting Ready screen opens. www.gateway.
Sharing an Internet connection 7 Click Set up my connection manually, then click Next. The Internet Connection screen opens. 8 Click the type of Internet connection you are setting up, then click Next. 9 10 Click Finish. Repeat this procedure for each computer on your network. Go to “Accessing the Internet from your computer” on page 37. www.gateway.
Chapter 2: Sharing Your Network Resources Setting up Internet Explorer in Windows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows Me To set up Internet Explorer on each computer on your Ethernet network in Windows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows Me: 34 1 Make sure that the router is turned on and configured as instructed by your cable or DSL provider. 2 Right-click the Internet Explorer icon on your desktop, then click Properties. The Internet Properties dialog box opens. 3 Click the Connections tab. www.gateway.
Sharing an Internet connection 4 Click Setup. The Internet Connection Wizard opens. 5 Click I want to set up my Internet connection manually, or I want to connect through a local area network (LAN), then click Next. The Setting up your Internet connection screen opens. www.gateway.
Chapter 2: Sharing Your Network Resources 6 Click I connect through a local area network (LAN), then click Next. The Local area network Internet connection screen opens. 7 Click to select the Automatic discovery of proxy server (recommended) check box, then click Next. The Set Up Your Internet Mail Account screen opens. 36 www.gateway.
Sharing an Internet connection 8 If you want to set up an Internet e-mail account other than the e-mail account supplied by your Internet service provider, select Yes then click Next. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Internet mail setup. When you are finished setting up mail, click Finish. - OR If you do not want to set up an e-mail account other than the e-mail account supplied by your Internet service provider, select No, click Next, then click Finish.
Chapter 2: Sharing Your Network Resources Sharing drives and printers With a network, you can share drives (for example hard drives, diskette drives, and CD or DVD drives) and printers among the computers connected to the network. After the drives and printers on each network computer are shared, you can access them as though they were attached directly to your computer.
Sharing drives and printers 3 4 Right-click the Local Area Network icon that you want to set up file and printer sharing on, then click Properties. Make sure that the check box for File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks is checked. 5 Click OK. 6 If prompted, restart your computer. 7 Repeat this procedure on every computer on the network. To turn on file and printer sharing in Windows 98SE and Windows Me: 1 2 Click Start, Settings, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens.
Chapter 2: Sharing Your Network Resources Sharing drives or folders If you want to share a drive or folder, use the following instructions. To share drives or folders: 1 Make sure that each computer on your network has Windows file and printer sharing turned on by following the steps in “Turning on Windows file and printer sharing” on page 38. 2 Right-click the drive or folder that you want to share, then click Sharing and Security or Sharing. The folder properties dialog box opens.
Sharing drives and printers 3 Click the Sharing tab. 4 In Windows XP, if you want to share the drive or folder with anyone on the network (network sharing), click to select the Share this folder on the network check box. -ORIn Windows 2000, if you want to share the drive or folder with anybody on the network (network sharing), click to select the Share this folder check box.
Chapter 2: Sharing Your Network Resources Un-sharing drives, folders, and files If you want to un-share a drive, folder, or file, use the following instructions. To un-share drives or folders: 1 2 Right-click the drive or folder that you want to un-share, then click Sharing and Security or Sharing. In Windows XP, make sure that the Share this folder on the network check box is not selected. -ORIn Windows 2000, click Do not share this folder. -ORIn Windows 98SE and Windows Me, click Not Shared.
Using the network To share printers in Windows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows Me: 1 Click Start, Settings, then click Printers. 2 Right-click the name of the printer you want to share, then click Sharing. 3 Click Shared as. 4 Click OK.
Chapter 2: Sharing Your Network Resources 2 Click/Double-click Entire Network. The Entire Network window opens. If you do not see the contents of the network after you double-click Entire Network, click entire contents. 3 Double-click Microsoft Windows Network. 4 Double-click the name of your workgroup. The names of each of the computers in your workgroup are listed. For more information about workgroups, see “Naming the computers and the workgroup” on page 30.
Using the network Opening files across the network To open files across the network: 1 Start the program for the file you want to open. 2 Click File, then click Open. 3 Browse to the network drive that contains the file you want to open. 4 Double-click the folder containing the file, then double-click the file. Copying files across the network To copy files across the network: 1 In Windows XP, click Start, then click My Computer. The My Computer window opens.
Chapter 2: Sharing Your Network Resources Printing files across the network To print files across the network: 46 1 Open the file you want to print. 2 Click File, then click Print. 3 In the printer name list, click the network printer. 4 Click OK. www.gateway.
Using the Powerline Adapter Configuration Utility 3 The Gateway Powerline encryption management utility lets you find Gateway Powerline devices on the Powerline network, measure data rate performance, and ensure privacy by setting a user defined network private password. This utility lets you set up a network password for the local Powerline device that is connected to the computer where the utility is running.
Chapter 3: Using the Powerline Adapter Configuration Utility About the Powerline configuration utility The Gateway Powerline encryption management utility has four tabs to configure the Powerline settings: Device Network ■ Security ■ Advanced Select a tab to customize the settings. ■ ■ Important 48 Before running this utility, make sure that a Gateway Powerline device is installed correctly. www.gateway.
About the Powerline configuration utility Using the Device tab settings The Device tab provides a list of your Gateway Powerline devices that are connected to the computer that is running the configuration utility. The utility also shows the average data rate performance of your Powerline network. The Device tab opens when the Powerline utility starts. www.gateway.
Chapter 3: Using the Powerline Adapter Configuration Utility Running a performance analysis To run a performance analysis on the networked Power Line devices: 50 1 Click Start, Programs, Gateway Powerline Adapter, then click PLU-300 or PLE-310. The Gateway Powerline Adapter Configuration Utility starts and the utility scans the Powerline network for Powerline devices that are connected to the network. 2 Click Refresh. The utility runs an analysis on the networked Powerline devices’ performance.
About the Powerline configuration utility Using the Network tab settings The Network tab provides detailed information about each device on the Powerline network. The list shows each Powerline device’s Media Access Control (MAC) address and the device data rate in mega bits per second (Mbps). Click Scan Powerline Network to refresh the network devices information.
Chapter 3: Using the Powerline Adapter Configuration Utility Using the Security tab settings Use the Security tab to change the default network password to a password of your choice. When you change the password, the new password applies to the Gateway Powerline device that is currently selected in the Powerline configuration utility. Important Important 52 All Powerline devices must use the same network password. The network password must have between 4 and 24 characters.
About the Powerline configuration utility Changing the Gateway Powerline private network password To change the Gateway Powerline private network password: 1 Click Start, Programs, Gateway Powerline Adapter, then click PLU-300 or PLE-310. The Gateway Powerline Adapter Configuration Utility starts and the utility scans the Powerline network for Powerline devices that are connected to the network. 2 In the Device list, click to highlight the networked device to change the network password.
Chapter 3: Using the Powerline Adapter Configuration Utility 4 Click the Security tab. 5 Click Restore Default. The password changes to “HomePlug” (the default Powerline network password). 6 Click OK. The utility closes. Using the Advanced tab settings Use the Advanced tab to set up a network password remotely on other computers through the powerline network. 54 www.gateway.
About the Powerline configuration utility To remotely set the network password on other computers: 1 Click Start, Programs, Gateway Powerline Adapter, then click PLU-300 or PLE-310. The Gateway Powerline Adapter Configuration Utility starts and the utility scans the Powerline network for Powerline devices that are connected to the network. 2 Click the Advanced tab. 3 Type the private network password into the Network Password box.
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Getting Help 4 Technical Support Gateway offers a wide range of customer service, technical support, and information services. Use the following information to contact Gateway for help.
Chapter 4: Getting Help Automated troubleshooting system Service description How to reach Use an automated menu system and your telephone keypad to find answers to common problems. 800-846-2118 (US) 877-709-2945 (Canada) Telephone numbers You can access the following services through your telephone to get answers to your questions: Resource Service description How to reach Fax on demand support Order a catalog of documents on common problems, then order documents by document numbers.
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Appendix A: Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information Regulatory compliance statements United States of America Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Unintentional emitter per FCC Part 15 This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
FCC declaration of conformity Responsible party: Gateway Companies, Inc. 610 Gateway Drive, North Sioux City, SD 57049 (605) 232-2000 Fax: (605) 232-2023 Product: ■ Gateway PLU-300 ■ Gateway PLE-310 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation of this product is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Appendix A: Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information Notices Copyright © 2003 Gateway, Inc. All Rights Reserved 14303 Gateway Place Poway, CA 92064 USA All Rights Reserved This publication is protected by copyright and all rights are reserved. No part of it may be reproduced or transmitted by any means or in any form, without prior consent in writing from Gateway. The information in this manual has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate. However, changes are made periodically.
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