Rosewill RPLC-201 Manuel utilisateur
200Mbps Powerline Ethernet Adapter RPLC-201
User Manual
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Contents
PACKAGE CONTENTS............................................................................................3
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO HARDWARE......................................................4
1.1 EXPANDING YOUR NETWORK WITH RPLC-201....................................................4
1.2 KEY FEATURES ................................................................................................. 4
1.3APPLICATION.....................................................................................................5
1.4 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT ..................................................................................... 6
1.5 HARDWARE DIAGRAM OF RPLC-201..................................................................7
1.5.1 LED..................................................................................................................7
1.5.2 Powerline Adapter‟s Button and Connector ....................................................8
CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION TO UTILITY .............................................................9
2.1 UTILITY INSTALLATION........................................................................................ 9
2.2 HOW TO USE POWERLINE UTILITY.................................................................... 17
2.2.1 Main Tab........................................................................................................17
2.2.2 Information Tab .............................................................................................23
2.2.3 About Tab......................................................................................................24
2.2.4 Preferences ...................................................................................................24
CHAPTER 3 HOW TO USE THE SECURITY/RESET PUSHBUTTON...................25
3.1 FORMING A HOMEPLUG AV LOGICAL NETWORK.................................................. 25
3.2 JOINING A NETWORK........................................................................................ 26
3.2 LEAVING A NETWORK....................................................................................... 26
APPENDIX A: IMPROVING THE TRANSMISSION QUALITY ...............................28
APPENDIX B: SPECIFICATIONS ..........................................................................29
APPENDIX C: ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS............................................. 31
APPENDIX D: RPLC-201 QOS SUPPORT............................................................ 32
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Package Contents
The following items should be found in your package:
2x Rosewill RPLC-201200Mbps Powerline Fast Ethernet Adapters
2x RJ45 Ethernet Cables
1x Quick Installation Guide
1x Resource CD for RPLC-201, including:
Rosewill Powerline Utility
Quick Installation Guide
User Guide
Note:
Make sure that the package contains the above items. If any of the listed items are damaged or
missing, please contact with your distributor.
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Chapter1Introduction to Hardware
Thank you for purchasing Rosewill‟s RPLC-201 Homeplug AV compliant Powerline
Adapter. The RPLC-201adapter can transmit data up to 200mbps via household‟s
power outlet. RPLC-201 can help you to establish a high-speed network that
supports HD video, voice and data without wiring and drilling. It is suitable for using
in a wide range of both residential (at home) and commercial (offices, apartments,
hotels, warehouses) network applications.
1.1 Expanding your Network with RPLC-201
The RPLC-201 plugs into an power outlet to extend cable or DSL modem connection
or your current Ethernet Network to almost any power outlet in your home with any
new cabling.* Devices can securely communicate with each other via the 128-bit
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) through RPLC-201 at a high speed transfer
rate of 200Mbps and at 10/100mbps LAN support.
Note:
Powerline Technology has certain limitations.
1. The best performance for Powerline Data transmission will be under one power circuit
2. Performance may be decreased under different circuits but within one Electricity Meter due
to the drop-off via hardware.
1.2 Key Features
Plug and Play with Quick and Easy Installation
Installation requires no new wiring
Every power socket becomes a connection node in the household.
RPLC-201 supports connection for a total of 16 nodes.
Plug-and-play to your routers, computers and other network devices.
Enjoy Stable HD Videos and Gaming
With a pair of plug-and-play RPLC-201 installed, you can easily extend your
home network through any electrical outlet for Internet access by HDTVs,
Blu-ray™ players, DVRs, PCs and game consoles.
QoS Management Enhances Streaming Quality
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RPLC-201 supports a fixed 4-level type QoS and 8-level VLAN priority fields
which automatically improves the streaming quality
Green Feature for Power saving mode
RPLC-201 will detect signals when there is no signal transmit, it will
automatically enters Power Saving mode which saves near 80% of the
energy consumption.
1.3 Application
Shared broadband internet access
Higher data rate broadband sharing for power line LAN
Backbone for Wireless and Wireless Extender
TV over IP (IPTV) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) video distribution
Video surveillance
Online Gaming
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1.4 System Requirement
If need to use Powerline Utility: Operating system: Windows 98SE, 2000, ME,
XP 32/64 bit, Vista 32/64bit, and Win7 32/64 bit otherwise, no OS require
CPU: Intel Pentium III or better, clock rate faster than 2.0GHz recommended
RAM: At least 128MB
Screen resolution: Any resolution
Free disk space:At least 20MB
Network interface: At least one Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) network card, and a
Ethernet Cable
.
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1.5 Hardware Diagram of RPLC-201
1.5.1 LED
LED
Color
Behavior
Description
(Power)
Green
On
System runs normally.
Green
Blink
System is resetting.
System is in the process of
password synchronization.
System is in Power Saving mode
-
Off
The PLC adapter is powered off.
(Ethernet)
Green
On
Ethernet connection has established.
Blink
Data is being transmitted.
-
Off
No Ethernet connection.
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(Data)
Green/Orange/Red
On
The PLC adapter has connected to the
powerline network. The Data LED color
may vary according to the Data
Transmit Quality.
Green: Data Transmit Quality Excellent
Orange: Data Transmit Quality Average
Red: Data Transmit Quality Poor
-
Off
The PLC adapter does not connect to
the powerline network.
1.5.2 Powerline Adapter’s Button and Connector
Reset/Security:
Reset: Pressing and holding the Button for between 10 seconds and 15
seconds makes the adapter restore the factory default settings.
Security: Pressing and holding the button for less than 3 seconds makes the
adapter a member of the existing Powerline Network.
Ethernet Port (RJ45 Port): The Ethernet port connects to an Ethernet network
cable. The other end of the cable connects to your computer or other
Ethernet-enabled network device.
Connecting to the router/modem: Insert One end of the RJ45 Cable (Recommend
using Cat 5E cable or above for Gigabit Network environment) to this port, and the
other end to the router or modem. Then plug into the electrical outlet.
Connecting to PC / Smart TV / NB / Blu-ray Player / Media Player / IP Phone:
Insert One end of the RJ45 Cable (Recommend using Cat 5E cable or above) to this
port, and the other end to the other devices. Then plug into the electrical outlet.
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Chapter2Introduction to Utility
Note:
Before installing the PLC utility software, make sure that there is no any other powerline utility
installed on your computer. If there is another utility installed, please uninstall it and restart your
computer.
2.1 Utility Installation
Please follow the steps below to install the utility.
1. Please insert the utility CD into the computer‟s CD-ROM drive. Select and click
“Utility Installation”in the Wizard Page.
2. There will be 2 applications install into your system, WinPcap.exe and Powerline
Utiltiy.exe. If your computer has not been installed with WinPcap, WinPcap will
automatically be installed first. Click OK to start install WinPcap.
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If your computer has been installed with the latest WinPcap, Powerline Utility will
be installed directly. Proceed to step 11.
3. Click Next to continue installation.
4. Click Next to continue installation.
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