Rosewill RPLC-201 User manual

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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5. Click I Agree to accept the license agreement of WinPcap.
6. Click Install to install WinPcap 4.1.2.
Note:

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If WinPcap of an earlier version has been installed in your computer,
the system notifies you to uninstall the earlier version when you try
installing WinPcap included in the CD.
7. If WinPcap of an earlier version has been installed in your computer, the system
notifies you to uninstall the earlier version when you try installing WinPcap
included in the CD. Click Yes.
8. Click Uninstall to start uninstallation.
9. Click Finish to complete uninstalling earlier WinPcap.

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10.Click Finish to complete installing WinPcap and start to install Powerline Utility.
11.Click Next to follow Powerline Utility setup wizard.

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12.Select I accept the agreement. Click Next to continue installation.
13.Click Browse… to change the path for installing Powerline Utility. The default
installation path is C:\Program Files\Powerline Utility. Click Next.

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14.Create a shortcut in the Start Menu folder. Click Browse… to select a folder to
place the shortcut. Click Next to continue the installation.
15.Select Create a desktop icon or Create a Quick Launch icon if necessary.
Click Next.

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16.Click Install to start installing Powerline Utility.

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17.Click Finish to complete installing Powerline Utility. If you select Launch
Powerline Utility, Powerline Utility is automatically run after it is successfully
installed.
2.2 How to Use Powerline Utility
Click the icon in the desktop or quick launch bar to open Powerline Utility.
2.2.1 Main Tab
The Main screen provides a list of all powerline devices logically connected to the
computer. The top panel shows the local HomePlugAV devices connected to the
network interface card (NIC) of the computer or remote devices that pass
verification.
Click Connect, and Powerline Utility automatically scans the powerline periodically
for other HomePlugAV devices connected to it. If no local HomePlugAV device is
discovered, the screen displays “0 device(s) found”.

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Note:
Usually, only one HomePlugAV device will be detected and displayed
on the top panel of the screen. However, more than one HomePlugAV
devices will be detected if your computer has multiple NICs.
The lower panel displays all the HomePlugAV remote devices discovered in the
current logical network. The total number of remoter devices connected in the
same network is displayed above the remote device panel.
The following information is displayed for all the devices that appear in the lower
panel.

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Device Name
This column shows the default device name, which may be modified. To change
the name, click Rename.
Mac Address
This column shows the MAC addresses of the remote devices.
Password
By default, this column is blank. You can click Enter Password to enter it. For
some operations (for example, changing network passwords), you must first get
devices‟password verified by entering correct passwords.
The steps for entering the password of the device are as follows:
Step 1 Click the device name to select the device in the lower panel.
Step 2 Click Enter Password. A dialog box appears, showing the device name
and password. The default password (DEK) is printed on labels on the
bottom of devices.
Step 3 Click OK to verify the password.
This process might take a few seconds to get completed. If the password is entered
correctly, the device‟s password shows in the Password column on the lower panel.
If a device is not found, a message appears, suggesting trying again.

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Change NPW (Network Password)
The Change NPW button is used to remove a remote device from its existing
network by changing the NPW for the remote device. All devices are shipped with a
default NPW (“HomePlugAV”). Devices with the same NPW are located in the
same network.
Note:
Only devices that have their password verified can be removed from a
network by clicking Change NPW. Before changing a device‟s NPW,
click Enter Password to enter the device‟s password to achieve
verification.
If the device is found and has its password entered correctly, enter a new NPW
different from the existing network in the Set Network Password dialog box
displayed. Then, the device is successfully removed from the network.
If a device does not have its password entered, a “Not change!”message appears.
You need to click Enter Password to enter the device‟s password to achieve
verification first.