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

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

Ethernet connection has established.

Blink

Data is being transmitted.

Off

No Ethernet connection.

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(Data)

Green/Orange/Red

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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