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Chapter 6 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial

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Figure 42 An Adapter on Your New Network

6 Go back to step

3

in this section to set the same, new Network Name for all remote

adapters you want to add to your new network.

7 Check you have added the adapters correctly by changing the network name for the local

adapter. All adapters with the new Network Name now appear in the list of adapters on
your network. These adapters are now part of your new network.

Figure 43 Adapters on a New Powerline Network

• If you want to access any of your new powerline networks using the PLA-4xx Series

Configuration Utility, change the Network Name on your local adapter to the network
name for the network you want to access. The adapters on that network will then display
in the adapter table, allowing you to select and configure each one.

6.1 Troubleshooting

The HomePlug (

) LED (light) should light up on your adapter when it successfully

connects to other adapters on your network. If it does not, try the following measures.

• Make sure the adapter is plugged in to a power socket and the power socket is turned on.
• Check you have entered the correct network name for your network.