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Instant PowerLine TM Series Use this guide to install the following products: PLEBR10 PLUSB10 User Guide EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge & U S B Adapter.
COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant PowerLine is a trademark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ar e register ed trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names ar e the property of their respective pr oprietors.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Chapter 8: Connecting the USB Adapter 17 Chapter 9: Installing the Driver for the USB Adapter 18 Overview 18 W indows 98 18 W indows 2000 22 W indows Millenn.
Chapter 1: Introduction to the EtherFast 10/100 Bridge r The Linksys Instant P ow erLine™ EtherF ast ® 10/100 Bridge of fers a complete Internet connection solution for your home po werline netw ork. The P o werLine Bridge makes sharing y our broadband access easier than e ver .
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Chapter 2: Introduction to the U S B Adapter The new est and fastest wa y to netw ork your PCs is through po w erline net- w orking, which allo ws you to turn the pow erlines in your home into y our net- w ork cable.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Chapter 3: Getting to Know the EtherFast 10/100 Bridge P o werline The P o werline P ort is where you will connect y our pow er cord. 10/100 RJ-45 The 10/100 RJ-45 P or t is w here you will connect y our UTP Category 5 cable.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Chapter 4: Getting to Know the U S B Adapter P o werline The P o w erline P ort is where y ou will con- nect your po w er cord. USB The USB P or t is where y ou will con- nect your USB cable. T o w ork with USB ports, your computer must be running W indows 98, 2000, Millennium, or XP .
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Chapter 5: Planning Y o u r Powerline Network W ith the Instant Po w erLine products, a network can be created using home po w erlines. Computers can be netw orked o ver po w erlines using a USB Adapter or an EtherF ast 10/100 Bridge.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 2. When you see F igure 6-2, click the Next button to continue. 3. Enter your User Name and Compan y Name . Select An y one w ho uses this computer (all user.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Windo ws XP users: W indo ws will notify y ou that the dri v er has not passed W indows Lo go testing. Click the Continue An ywa y button.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 8. Click the Finish button to exit the InstallShield W izard. 9. Y ou will be asked to restart your computer . Click the Ye s button to restart no w , or click the No button to restar t later . The installation of the EtherF ast 10/100 Bridge is complete.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 17 16 Chapter 8: Connecting the USB Adapter 1. Insert the other end of the USB cable with the T ype A con- nector into the computer’ s USB port. Figure 8-1 sho ws two USB ports as they might appear on your computer .
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 2. Click the radio button next to Sear ch for the best driv er for y our device. (Recommended) . 3. W indows will look for ne w driv ers and ask you w hich locations you want to search.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 6. W indows will tell y ou when it has f inished installing the ne w driver . Click the Finish button. 7. Click the Ye s button to restar t your computer , or click the No button to restart later . The Windo ws 98 driv er installation is no w complete .
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 1. W indows Millennium will automaticall y detect the presence of the USB Adapter in your computer after y ou hav e completed the hardw are installa- tion. W indows will ask y ou the location of the USB driver f iles.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 25 Instant PowerLine TM Series 1. W indows XP will automaticall y detect the presence of the USB Adapter in your computer after y ou ha ve completed the hardw are installation. Click the radio button next to Install fr om a list or specif ic location (Ad v anced) .
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 27 Instant PowerLine TM Series 26 2. All of the Instant P ow erLine devices on y our pow erline netw ork must share the same netw ork passw ord. The passw ord must ha ve betw een 4 and 24 characters. The passw ord is case-sensitiv e, so note whether y ou use low er- case or uppercase letters.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 4. The Security Conf iguration Utility will tell y ou when the Instant P ow erLine device has been conf igured with the netw ork passw ord. Click the Finish button. The security conf iguration of y our EtherF ast 10/100 Bridge or USB Adapter is no w complete .
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter How do the Instant PowerLine products handle signal interference between two adjacent homes? How is eavesdropping prevented? The Instant P ow erLine products use 56-bit DES security encryption to ensure netw ork separation between homes.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 33 Instant PowerLine TM Series 32 user is likel y to require the Internet connection at a par ticular location. It’ s espe- ciall y useful in education and other en vironments where users change fre- quently .
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Netw ork - A system that transmits any combination of v oice, video and/or data betw een users. Netw ork Mask - also kno wn as the “Subnet Mask.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter A different “plug-and-pla y” standard , FireW ire/IEEE 1394, is designed to sup- port much higher data rates and devices such as video camcorders and digital video disk (digital versatile disk) pla yers. Both standards are e xpected to exist to gether , ser ving different de vice types.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Appendix D: Specifications for the EtherFast 10/100 Bridge Standards: IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3U, HomePlug 1.0 P orts: Powerline One Powerline Port LAN One 10Ba.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Appendix E: Specifications for the USB Adapter Standards: USB Spec . 1.1, HomePlug 1.0 Encryption: 56-Bit Data Encryption with Key Management P orts: Powerli.
EtherFast ® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 43 Instant PowerLine TM Series Dimensions: 6.50" x 3.82" x 1.24" (165mm x 97mm x 31.5mm) Unit Weight: 0.7 lbs. (0.3.2 kg) Certifications: FCC Class B , UL Listed, HomePlug 1.0 Operating T emp.: 32°F to 104°F (0°C to 40°C) Storage T emp.
Instant PowerLine TM Series Appendix G: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses belo w .
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