User manual NETGEAR AGM722F

[. . . ] E-mail: support@netgear. com Web site: http://www. netgear. com iv v1. 0, February 2007 Contents AGM722F Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Conventions, Formats, and Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii How to Print This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Label Information and Status Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 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. This manual uses the following typographical conventions. Italics Bold Emphasis, books, CDs, URL names User input Screen text, file and server names, extensions, commands, IP addresses Monospace · Formats. This manual uses the following formats to highlight special messages. Note: This format is used to highlight information of importance or special interest. Tip: This format is used to highlight a procedure that will save time or resources. Warning: Ignoring this type of note may result in a malfunction or damage to the equipment. Danger: This is a safety warning. Failure to take heed of this notice may result in personal injury or death. iii v1. 0, February 2007 AGM722F Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide · Scope. This manual is written for the AGM722F Powerline Extender according to these specifications. Product version Manual publication date AGM722F Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender February 2007 Product updates are available on the NETGEAR website at http://kbserver. netgear. com/products/AGM722F. asp. 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 Adobe Acrobat Reader installed in order to view and print PDF files. The Acrobat Reader is available on the Adobe website at http://www. adobe. com. ­ ­ Click the PDF of This Chapter link at the top right of any page in the chapter you want to print. The PDF version of the chapter you were viewing opens in a browser window. Tip: If your printer supports printing two pages on a single sheet of paper, you can save paper and printer toner by selecting this feature. ­ ­ Click the Complete PDF Manual link at the top left of any page in the manual. You will need this password later if you want to change the PowerLine network password. If you are adding more than one other Powerline extender, also note the MAC address given on the label, so that you will know which device the password is for. If you click the Check for Upgrade button, the CD software will check a Netgear server for a newer version of the utility. If the utility on the CD is up-to-date, or you click the Install from CD button, the setup program on the CD will be run. 7 v1. 0, February 2007 AGM722F Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide 3. Click Next and follow the instructions on the screen until the installation of the utility is complete. When the installation is complete, click Finish. 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. Make sure that all PowerLine devices are plugged into 100~240V AC wall sockets. 8 v1. 0, February 2007 AGM722F Space-Saving Powerline Network Extender User Guide b. Start the PowerLine encryption utility and click the Main tab. Figure 1-5 c. Select a PowerLine device and, if more than one remote device is listed, identify it from the MAC address. [. . . ] Product updates and Web support are available at: http://kbserver. netgear. com/products/AGM722F. asp. When the Powerline extender is connected to the Internet, click the Knowledge Base or the Documentation link under the Web Support menu to view support information or the documentation for the Powerline extender. Basic Functioning After you plug in the Powerline extender, the following sequence of events should occur: 1. After approximately 10 seconds, check the LEDs on the Powerline extender. If any of these conditions does not occur, refer to the appropriate following section. [. . . ]