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Chapter 7 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial

PLA-407 User’s Guide

2 After you have set up a new network, you are ready to connect each Powerline

adapter on your new network to devices, for example, a computer or a games

console.

7.0.6 Splitting a Network into Two Networks

This section shows you how to split your existing network into two networks. This

is useful if you want to set up a second Powerline network in your home, for

example, in your study connecting a laptop and printer. See Figure 42 on page 66

for an example.

To set up your existing Powerline network you had to set each Powerline adapter

with the same network name. To move some of these adapters to a new network,

you need to give them a new network name.

1 Connect a Powerline adapter to your computer and open the PLA-4xx Series

Configuration Utility (see Section 7.0.3 on page 62).

2 The utility should open to the configuration tab as shown below. A list of Powerline

adapters on your network displays. These adapters all have the same network

name as the adapter you are connected to. The adapter you are connected to will

appear as Local in this table. All others are listed as Remote.

Figure 44 Local/Remote Adapters on a Powerline Network

3 To set up a new Powerline network, type the DAK Password and change the

Network Name on all Powerline adapters you wish to add to your network.

• Look for the DAK Password on a label on your Powerline adapter. The

DAK Password lets you access the adapter.

• Select the Remote adapter you want to add (A) and type the DAK

Password in the DAK Password field (B).

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