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202-10239-01 February 2007 NETGEAR , Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA XEPS103 S p ace- Saving Powerline Network Extender.
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v1.0, February 2007 iii © 2007 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. February 2007. T rademark s NETGEAR is a trademark of Netgear , Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and W indows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand and product names are register ed trad emarks or trademarks of th eir respective holders.
v1.0, Februar y 2007 iv Product and Publication Det ails T echnical Support Please refer to the support information card that shipped with your product. By registering your product at http://www .netgear .com/r egister , we can provide you with faster expert technical support and timely no tices of product and software upgrades.
i v1.0, February 2007 Content s XEPS103 Sp ace-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide About This Manual . ............. ................ ................ ............. ................ ................ ............. ..... iii Conventions, Formats, and Scope .
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iii v1.0, February 2007 About This Manual The XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerlin e Network Extender User Guide describes how to install, configure, and troubleshoot the NETGEAR ® XEPS103 Powerline Extend er. The information in this manual is intended for readers with intermediate computer and Internet skills.
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide iv v1.0, Februar y 2007 • Scope. This manual is written for the XEPS 103 Powerline Extender according to these specifications. Product updates are available on the NETGEAR website at http://kbserver .
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 1 v1.0, February 2007 Package Content s The product package should contain the following it ems: • One XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender • Power cord • XEPS103 Resour ce CD , including: — This guide.
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 2 v1.0, Februar y 2007 Front Panel S tatus Light s The front panel of the XEPS103 contain s status lights. Y ou can use them to verify conn ections. The table below desc ribes the lights on the front panel.
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 3 v1.0, February 2007 How the Powerline Extender Fit s in Y our Network Besides its function as a Powerline adapter , the XEPS103 acts as the powe r adapter for your router . Thus power can be provided to both the XEPS103 and your router thro ugh one AC power outlet.
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 4 v1.0, Februar y 2007 – WPN824, WPNT834 – WNR834M, WNR834B If in doubt, check the label on your router ’ s power adapter . • Y our Ethernet network is set up and an Ethernet L AN port is available on your router .
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 5 v1.0, February 2007 3. Plug the XEPS103 Powerline Extend er into an electrical outlet. T a ke care that the electrical outlet is not controlled by a wall switch so as to avoid someone does no t unknowingly turn of f power to your adapter .
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 6 v1.0, Februar y 2007 Inst all the XEPS103 PowerLin e Encryption Utility (Highly Recommended) The utility gives you the option of setting a unique encryption PowerLine network password. Important features: • The encryption password is not case-sensitive.
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 7 v1.0, February 2007 T o install the PowerLine Encryption Utility , follow these steps: 1. Insert the XEPS103 Resour ce CD into a CD drive on the comput er that is connected to your router . The CD starts automatically .
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 8 v1.0, Februar y 2007 3. A W elcome screen appe ars. 4. Click Next and follow the instructions on the scree n until the installation of the utility is complete. 5. When the installation is complete, click Finish .
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 9 v1.0, February 2007 b. Start the PowerLine encryption utility and click the Main tab. c. Check that the utility lists all the remote PowerLine devices d. Select a PowerLine device and, if more than one remote device is listed, identify it from the MAC address.
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 10 v1.0, Februar y 2007 f. Enter the password recorded from the label on the back of the selected PowerLine device. g. Click OK . h. Repeat this step for all devices that you want attached to y our netw ork.
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 11 v1.0, February 2007 Add a Device to an Exis ting PowerLine Network T o add a device to a PowerLine network with the de fa ult ne twork password, all you need to do is plug the new device into a power outlet.
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 12 v1.0, Februar y 2007 T roubleshooting This chapter gives informatio n about troubleshooting your X EPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender. After each problem description , instructions are pr ovided to help you d iagnose and solve the problem.
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 13 v1.0, February 2007 If the Power LED sti ll does not come on, and y o u have confirmed the power outlet is live, you have a hardware problem and should contact technical support.
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 14 v1.0, Februar y 2007 T echnical Specifications This section provides default settings and technical specificat ion s for the XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender. Default Configuration Settings T echnical Sp ecifications T able 1- 1.
XEPS103 Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 15 v1.0, February 2007 Data Encoding HomePlug 1.0: Othogon al Frequency Divi sion Multipl exing (OFDM), DQPSK, DBPSK, ROBO HomePlug Security DES (56 bit) Network Protocol Compatibility IEEE 802.
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