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XET1001 Wall-Plugged
Ethernet Adapter User
Guide
NETGEAR, Inc.
4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
202-10376-01
January 2008
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© 2008 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved.. Technical Support Please refer to the support information card that shipped with your product. By registering your product at http://www.netgear.com/register, we can provide you with faster expert technical support and timely notices of product and software upgrades. NETGEAR, INC. Support Information Phone: 1-888-NETGEAR, for US & Canada only. For other countries, see your Support information card. E-mail: support@netgear.com North American NETGEA
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Contents XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide About This Manual .............................................................................................................1 Conventions, Formats, and Scope ..............................................................................1 How to Print This Manual ............................................................................................2 Package Contents .................................................................
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About This Manual The XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide describes how to install, configure, and ® troubleshoot the NETGEAR XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter. The information in this manual is intended for readers with intermediate computer and Internet skills. For information about product features, see the NETGEAR website at http://www.netgear.com. Conventions, Formats, and Scope The conventions, formats, and scope of this manual are described in the following sections.
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XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide • Scope. This manual is written for the XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter according to these specifications. Product version XET1001 85 Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter Manual publication date January 2008 Product updates are available on the NETGEAR website at http://www.netgear.com/support. How to Print This Manual To print this manual, you can choose one of the following options, according to your needs. Your computer must have the free
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XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide Package Contents The product package should contain the following items: • One or two XET1001 85 Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapters, depending on whether you purchased a single unit or a bundle. •A Resource CD, which includes: – A PDF version of this manual – A PDF version of the XET1001 Installation Guide – The XET1001 PowerLine Encryption Utility • XET1001 Installation Guide, Registration, Warranty Card, and Support Information Card. If any of
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XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide Front Panel Status Lights The front panel of the XET1001 contains status lights. You can use them to verify connections. The table below describes the lights on the front panel. Table 2-1. Front Panel Status Light Descriptions Status Front Panel Description Light Power • On green solid. Power is supplied to the PowerLine adapter. • Blink. Power-on self-test. • Off. Power is not supplied to the PowerLine adapter. HomePlug • On. The HomePlug port
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XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide How the PowerLine Adapter Fits in Your Network You can use the XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter to implement or extend an Ethernet local area network (LAN) anywhere in your house using your existing electrical power line in place of a dedicated LAN wiring infrastructure. An example is illustrated in the following diagram for a minimal network consisting of two PowerLine devices: Internet Access Router Computer XET1001 Ethernet Network Powe
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ON OFF XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide Connect an XET1001 to the Router Internet Access Wireless Router XET1001 Ethernet Network Figure 5 1. First, connect an XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter to a LAN port on the router so that the PowerLine network can access the Internet. WARNING! Figure 6 Do not connect the PowerLine adapter to a power strip, extension cord, or surge protector as this may prevent it from working properly or degrade the network performance. 6 v1.0, Janu
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XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide a. Plug the blue Ethernet cable that came in the box into a LAN port on your router or switch in your network. Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter XET1001 router power LAN Internet ports Figure 7 b. Plug the PowerLine adapter into an electrical outlet near the router. c. Plug the other end of blue Ethernet cable that came in the box into the PowerLine adapter. Check the status lights: • Power: The power LED turns solid green. If it does not, see “Tro
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XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide Connect other Ethernet PowerLine Adapters 1. Before plugging in your other PowerLine devices, take a note of the device password printed on the label on the back of each device. You will need this password later if you want to change the PowerLine network password. If you are adding more than one other PowerLine adapter, also note the MAC address given on the label, so that you will know which device the password is for. 2. Plug your other Pow
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XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide To install the PowerLine Encryption Utility, follow these steps: 1 1. Insert the Resource CD into a CD drive on the computer that is connected to your router . The CD starts automatically. The following screen is displayed: Figure 8 If the CD does not start automatically: • Go to My Computer on the Windows Start menu, and double-click the drive that contains the Resource CD or • Select the CD drive and click on the Autorun.exe executable file. 1
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XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide 2. Click Install Software, and the Welcome screen appears. Figure 9 3. Click Next and follow the instructions on the screen. Figure 10 4. Enter your user name and organization and then click Next. 10 v1.0, January 2008
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XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide 5. Specify where the files will be saved on your computer: Figure 11 • Change. Choose the location. Type a new folder name or select another location using the folder options and then click OK. • Next. Accept the default location. 6. The InstallShield Wizard indicates that the program is ready to install. Figure 12 7. Click Install. 8. When the installation is complete, click Finish. 11 v1.0, January 2008
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XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide Set Your Network Password The fastest and most reliable way to set the network password is to set the password for all devices at once. To do this, you need the device password on the back label of each PowerLine device. There are two steps to setting the password: first enter the device password for each remote PowerLine device, and then set the network password. 1. Enter the device password for each remote PowerLine device: a. Make sure that
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XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide e. Click Enter Password. Figure 14 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 your network. 2. Set the network password. a. Select the Security tab. Figure 15 b. Type a password in the Private Network Password text box. c. Click Set All Devices. A pop-up window indicates that the operation was successful. 13 v1.0, January 200
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XET1001 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter User Guide Add a Device to an Existing PowerLine Network To add a device to a PowerLine network with the default network password, all you need to do is plug the new device into a power outlet. If the network password has been set, then you will need to run the PowerLine encryption utility to set the new device to the network password. How you do this depends on whether the computer running the PowerLine encryption utility is connnected directly to the n
