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Turning the powerline adapter off – Gateway PLU-300 User Manual

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Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Powerline Adapter

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Turning the powerline adapter off

You can turn off the powerline adapter to make a computer
unavailable on the network.

To turn the PLU-300 powerline adapter off:

Click the remove hardware

icon in the taskbar, the

USB adapter name, then click

Stop

.

- OR -

Turn off your computer.

To turn the PLE-310 powerline adapter off:

In Windows XP, click

Start

, then click

Control Panel

.

The Control Panel window opens. If your Control
Panel is in Category View, click

Network and Internet

Connections

. The Network and Internet Connections

window opens. Click/Double-click

Network

Connections

. The Network Connections window opens.

Right-click

Local Area Connection

, then click

Disable

.

- OR -

In Windows 2000, click

Start

,

Settings

, then click

Network and Dial-up Connections

. The Network and

Dial-up Connections window opens. Right-click the

Local Area Connection

icon for the wired Ethernet

hardware, then click

Disable

.

- OR -

Turn off your computer.

Important

If the remove hardware icon does not appear on
the taskbar in Windows XP, click the show hidden
icons

button.

Important

Windows 98SE and Windows 2000 do not provide
a method for turning off your powerline adapter
other than to turn off your computer.

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