Digitus 15019-2 User manual

Powerline Ethernet Bridge
User’s Manual
(D N -15019-2)

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Index
1. P owerline N etworking Installation.............................................................................................................................2
1.1 S imple step to installP owerline N etworking .........................................................................................2
1.2 A pplication B lock D iagram ....................................................................................................................3
1.3 Benefits..................................................................................................................................................5
1.4 Features................................................................................................................................................5
1.5 P ackage C ontents.................................................................................................................................5
1.6LED Definitions......................................................................................................................................6
1.7 S ystem R equirements...........................................................................................................................6
2. Powerline N etworking U tility.....................................................................................................................................7
2.1 U serInterface - N etwork Information Tab ...........................................................................................10
2.2 U serInterface - E ncryption Tab...........................................................................................................11
2.3 U serInterface - Link Information Tab..................................................................................................12
2.4 U serInterface - C onnection Information Tab ......................................................................................13
2.5 U serInterface - Q oS Tab.....................................................................................................................15
3. P ush B utton S etting................................................................................................................................................18
4. Trouble S hooting.....................................................................................................................................................21

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1. Powerline Networking Installation
1.1 Simple step to install Powerline Networking

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1.2 Application Block Diagram
1.2.1 Internet ADSL with one computer via power outlet
1.2.2 Online game via power outlet

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1.2.3 Internet ADSL and Home Networking via power outlet

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1.3 Benefits
‧D ata transfers at up to 200 Mbps overthe household powercircuit
‧R anges of 200 meters
‧N o need new wires forH ome networking
‧D eliverthe benefits of E thernet without the wiring expense
‧S end even large files between P C s without long waits
‧H igh-speed Internet and D V D -quality video streaming
‧Fully compliant with IE E E 802.3, IE E E 802.3u
‧P rivacy through D E S encryption
1.4 Features
‧U se the home's existing P owerline
‧S upport coexist with P owerline 85M or1 4M bridges
‧E a sy t o in sta ll
‧Throughout the whole house, just use yourpowercircuit to access the Internet orP C network
‧O rthogonal F requency D ivision M ultiplexing for high data reliability in noisy media conditions
‧Integrated E nhanced Q uality of S ervice(Q oS ) features: E ight levels of prioritized random access, contention
free access, and segment bursting
‧U p to 200Mbps data rate on P owerline
‧Provide128-bitAES LinkEncryptionwithkeymanagementforsecurePowerlinecommunications
‧L E D s indicate status
1.5 Package Contents
‧Powerline200M EthernetBridgeunit
‧P owerline N etwork Management C D
‧QuickInstallationGuide
‧C ategory 5 cable

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1.6 LED Definitions
LED State Description
Powerline
O N P owerline network activity.
O FF S earch orno P owerline network activity.
Ethernet
O N E thernet connection is O K .
Flashing
D ata transfer.
O FF N o link to E thernet.
POWER
ON Poweron.
O FF P owerline off orfailure.
Button Description
Secure B utton can auto secure and group the P owerline devices.
Reset P ush this button can reset to the factory default settings.
1.7 System Requirements
‧Ethernetdevice
‧A C poweroutlet
‧W indows system for encryption setup

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2. Powerline Networking Utility
Note
The P owerline D evice can auto detect the otherP owerline bridges which plug in the same powercircuit, you don’t
need to use this P owerline utility except you want to encryption allthe P owerline devices as the same group oryou
can not access the other computers.
Introduction of Configuration Utility
The C onfiguration U tility forW indows O S enables the userto find P owerline E thernet devices on the P owerline
network; measures data rate performance, ensures privacy, performs diagnostics and secures P owerline networks.
Configuration Utility Setup
Installation of the Utility
P lease verify that no otherP owerline Management U tilities are installed before installing this product. If otherutilities
are installed, uninstallthem and restart before installing this software. The utility only support W indows 2000, X P
and 2003.
To install, insert the W indows O S C onfiguration U tility S etup utility C D - R O M into the computer' s C D - R O M drive. T he
S etup utility shallrun automatically. A lternatively this can also be done manually by double clicking the setup.exe file
on the C D . The C D willlaunch an installation utility similarto the one shown in Figure 2.1.1.
C lick the U tility to enter the U tility install page. P lease make sure if your windows O S doesn’t install the .N E T
Framework, please installit first, otherwise, the P owerline U tility will work not properly. If already installed the .N E T
framework, please installthe P owerline U tility directly. A fterthat, it will pop up the setup wizard as the Figure 2.1 .2,
please click the Next button to continue.

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Figure 2.1.1.
Figure 2.1.2.

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Common Features of Tabbed Windows
Status Bar
The status bar, along the bottom of each window, contains five fields that provide important network information.
• The first field contains the status of the D evice Managerin respect to connection to a P owerline device.
‘C onnected’indicates a localdevice has been identified. ‘Notconnected’indicates no device has been found.
• The read only drop down box of the second field lists the available network adapters found on the system. U se the
drop down box to select the appropriate adapterforconnection to the localP owerline device.
• The third field lists the MA C A ddress of the connected node.
• The fourth field lists the firmware version of the locally connected node.
• The fifth field serves as a status indicatorforthe various download functions of the D evice Manager, displaying a
progress barand messages pertaining to the various stages of operation.