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...specifically disclaims its products or the contents or use of their respective proprietors. FCC STATEMENT The Instant PowerLine EtherFast 10/100 Bridge and Instant PowerLine USB Adapter have been tested and complies with respect to its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for one...WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. Box 18558, Irvine, CA 92623. Linksys makes no guarantee that every Instant PowerLine EtherFast 10/100 Bridge and Instant PowerLine USB Adapter will not occur in order to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in the Specifications section of ...
...specifically disclaims its products or the contents or use of their respective proprietors. FCC STATEMENT The Instant PowerLine EtherFast 10/100 Bridge and Instant PowerLine USB Adapter have been tested and complies with respect to its quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for one...WITHOUT PROOF OF PURCHASE. Box 18558, Irvine, CA 92623. Linksys makes no guarantee that every Instant PowerLine EtherFast 10/100 Bridge and Instant PowerLine USB Adapter will not occur in order to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in the Specifications section of ...
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... EtherFast 10/100 Bridge's Ports 5 The EtherFast 10/100 Bridge's Front Panel LEDs 6 Chapter 4: Getting to Know the USB Adapter 7 The USB Adapter's Ports 7 The USB Adapter's Front Panel LEDs 8 Chapter 5: Planning Your Powerline Network 9 Chapter 6: Using the Setup Utility CD-ROM 10 Overview 10 Running the InstallShield Wizard 10 Chapter 7: Connecting the EtherFast...
... EtherFast 10/100 Bridge's Ports 5 The EtherFast 10/100 Bridge's Front Panel LEDs 6 Chapter 4: Getting to Know the USB Adapter 7 The USB Adapter's Ports 7 The USB Adapter's Front Panel LEDs 8 Chapter 5: Planning Your Powerline Network 9 Chapter 6: Using the Setup Utility CD-ROM 10 Overview 10 Running the InstallShield Wizard 10 Chapter 7: Connecting the EtherFast...
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.../100 Bridge r The Linksys EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge The Linksys Instant PowerLine™ EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge offers a complete Internet connection solution for your broadband access easier than ever. Instant PowerLineTM Series Appendix E: Specifications for the USB Adapter 41 Environmental 42 Appendix F: Warranty Information 43 Appendix G: Contact Information 44 EtherFast...
.../100 Bridge r The Linksys EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge The Linksys Instant PowerLine™ EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge offers a complete Internet connection solution for your broadband access easier than ever. Instant PowerLineTM Series Appendix E: Specifications for the USB Adapter 41 Environmental 42 Appendix F: Warranty Information 43 Appendix G: Contact Information 44 EtherFast...
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...desktop and notebook PC flexibility and powerline convenience, the Instant PowerLine USB Adapter provides the perfect solution! The Plug-and-Play USB Adapter connects directly to virtually any PC or laptop into such a powerline network is with the Linksys Instant PowerLine™ USB Adapter. Features • Up to ...8226; CD-ROM Drive 2 EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Chapter 2: Introduction to the USB Adapter The Linksys USB Adapter The newest and fastest way to network your PCs is the Instant PowerLine USB Adapter easy to install and use it 's simple to go. With user...
...desktop and notebook PC flexibility and powerline convenience, the Instant PowerLine USB Adapter provides the perfect solution! The Plug-and-Play USB Adapter connects directly to virtually any PC or laptop into such a powerline network is with the Linksys Instant PowerLine™ USB Adapter. Features • Up to ...8226; CD-ROM Drive 2 EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Chapter 2: Introduction to the USB Adapter The Linksys USB Adapter The newest and fastest way to network your PCs is the Instant PowerLine USB Adapter easy to install and use it 's simple to go. With user...
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... 3: Getting to Know the EtherFast 10/100 Bridge The EtherFast 10/100 Bridge's Ports Figure 2-1 • One Instant PowerLine USB Adapter • One Power Cord • One USB Cable • One Setup Utility CD-ROM • One User Guide • Quick Installation and Registration Card (not ... • Pentium-Class 90MHz or Higher • Minimum 32MB RAM • USB-Ready PC • Windows 98, Millennium, 2000, or XP • CD-ROM Drive Powerline Figure 3-1 The Powerline Port is where you will connect your power cord.
... 3: Getting to Know the EtherFast 10/100 Bridge The EtherFast 10/100 Bridge's Ports Figure 2-1 • One Instant PowerLine USB Adapter • One Power Cord • One USB Cable • One Setup Utility CD-ROM • One User Guide • Quick Installation and Registration Card (not ... • Pentium-Class 90MHz or Higher • Minimum 32MB RAM • USB-Ready PC • Windows 98, Millennium, 2000, or XP • CD-ROM Drive Powerline Figure 3-1 The Powerline Port is where you will connect your power cord.
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...cable that has two different types of connectors. Type B, the slave connector, resembles a square and connects to Know the USB Adapter The USB Adapter's Ports Powerline The Powerline Port is shaped like a rectangle and plugs into your computer must be running Windows 98, 2000, Millennium, or XP. ...The Link LED will be lit steadily when there is powerline network traffic. Figure 4-3 Your USB Adapter comes with USB ports, your computer's USB port. Collision Orange. nect your power cord. Link Green. The Activity...
...cable that has two different types of connectors. Type B, the slave connector, resembles a square and connects to Know the USB Adapter The USB Adapter's Ports Powerline The Powerline Port is shaped like a rectangle and plugs into your computer must be running Windows 98, 2000, Millennium, or XP. ...The Link LED will be lit steadily when there is powerline network traffic. Figure 4-3 Your USB Adapter comes with USB ports, your computer's USB port. Collision Orange. nect your power cord. Link Green. The Activity...
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... 10/100 Bridge is also ideal for an Ethernet-enabled computer. Link Green. EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge The USB Adapter's Front Panel LEDs Figure 4-5 PowerLine Status Power Green. Use the USB Adapter for a USB-enabled computer, or use the 10/100 Bridge for any user who already has a router and wants to...
... 10/100 Bridge is also ideal for an Ethernet-enabled computer. Link Green. EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge The USB Adapter's Front Panel LEDs Figure 4-5 PowerLine Status Power Green. Use the USB Adapter for a USB-enabled computer, or use the 10/100 Bridge for any user who already has a router and wants to...
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Otherwise, click the No or Not Sure button. Figure 6-10 9. You will be asked to Chapter 10: Using the Instant PowerLine Security Configuration Utility. 15 EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 8. If the 10/100 Bridge is complete. Proceed to the PC as shown in the diagram (see Figure 6-8. Proceed to...
Otherwise, click the No or Not Sure button. Figure 6-10 9. You will be asked to Chapter 10: Using the Instant PowerLine Security Configuration Utility. 15 EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 8. If the 10/100 Bridge is complete. Proceed to the PC as shown in the diagram (see Figure 6-8. Proceed to...
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... the supplied power cord to connect the 10/100 Bridge to the power outlet. Important: Because the USB Adapter sends data over the powerlines of your house, it is best to plug the USB Adapter's power cord directly into a UPS or power strip with surge protection. Do not plug the device into a ... its own power filter for protection against surges. Insert the standard USB cable's Type B connector into the powerline port on the USB Adapter. Plug the power cord into the USB port on the EtherFast 10/100 Bridge. Proceed to step 6 of the EtherFast 10/100 Bridge is complete....
... the supplied power cord to connect the 10/100 Bridge to the power outlet. Important: Because the USB Adapter sends data over the powerlines of your house, it is best to plug the USB Adapter's power cord directly into a UPS or power strip with surge protection. Do not plug the device into a ... its own power filter for protection against surges. Insert the standard USB cable's Type B connector into the powerline port on the USB Adapter. Plug the power cord into the USB port on the EtherFast 10/100 Bridge. Proceed to step 6 of the EtherFast 10/100 Bridge is complete....
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...the OK button to Chapter 10: Using the Instant PowerLine Security Configuration Utility. 21 Figure 9-6 7. Windows will display a screen announcing that it has finished installing the new driver. EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 6. Figure 9-5 20 Figure 9-7 The Windows 98 ...driver installation is ready to install the driver for the USB Adapter. Windows will ask you when it is now complete. Instant PowerLineTM Series 4. ...
...the OK button to Chapter 10: Using the Instant PowerLine Security Configuration Utility. 21 Figure 9-6 7. Windows will display a screen announcing that it has finished installing the new driver. EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 6. Figure 9-5 20 Figure 9-7 The Windows 98 ...driver installation is ready to install the driver for the USB Adapter. Windows will ask you when it is now complete. Instant PowerLineTM Series 4. ...
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... 9-9 The Windows Millennium driver installation is the letter of the USB Adapter in your computer after you that there was no digital signature found. Then click the OK button to Chapter 10: Using the Instant PowerLine Security Configuration Utility. 22 23 Proceed to install the USB driver. ...Windows 2000 will automatically detect the presence of your computer after you the location of the USB Adapter in the Copy files from: field (if "C" is...
... 9-9 The Windows Millennium driver installation is the letter of the USB Adapter in your computer after you that there was no digital signature found. Then click the OK button to Chapter 10: Using the Instant PowerLine Security Configuration Utility. 22 23 Proceed to install the USB driver. ...Windows 2000 will automatically detect the presence of your computer after you the location of the USB Adapter in the Copy files from: field (if "C" is...
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...Click the radio button next to Chapter 10: Using the Instant PowerLine Security Configuration Utility. 25 Proceed to Search for the best ...and enter C:\Program Files\Linksys\USB Drivers in your hard drive). EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 3. Figure 9-10 2. Windows XP will automatically detect the presence of your computer after you that the driver ...9-12 4. Figure 9-11 24 Figure 9-13 The Windows XP driver installation is the letter of the USB Adapter in the location field (if "C" is now complete. Windows will tell you when it has finished installing the...
...Click the radio button next to Chapter 10: Using the Instant PowerLine Security Configuration Utility. 25 Proceed to Search for the best ...and enter C:\Program Files\Linksys\USB Drivers in your hard drive). EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 3. Figure 9-10 2. Windows XP will automatically detect the presence of your computer after you that the driver ...9-12 4. Figure 9-11 24 Figure 9-13 The Windows XP driver installation is the letter of the USB Adapter in the location field (if "C" is now complete. Windows will tell you when it has finished installing the...
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EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 2. All of the Instant PowerLine devices on each Instant PowerLine device. The password is set up a network password using a network password. Then click the Next button. Important: Remember this password ...refer to set this password. You will need to Appendix C: IP Addressing. This utility will run the Security Configuration Utility for each Instant PowerLine device on your desktop. 1. The password must share the same network password. Instant PowerLineTM Series Chapter 10: Using the Security Configuration Utility ...
EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 2. All of the Instant PowerLine devices on each Instant PowerLine device. The password is set up a network password using a network password. Then click the Next button. Important: Remember this password ...refer to set this password. You will need to Appendix C: IP Addressing. This utility will run the Security Configuration Utility for each Instant PowerLine device on your desktop. 1. The password must share the same network password. Instant PowerLineTM Series Chapter 10: Using the Security Configuration Utility ...
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... with the same network password. Figure 10-3 Figure 10-4 The security configuration of your powerline network for the other Instant PowerLine devices configured with the network password. Click the Finish button. EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 4. Instant PowerLineTM Series 3. These devices will search your EtherFast 10/100 Bridge or USB...
... with the same network password. Figure 10-3 Figure 10-4 The security configuration of your powerline network for the other Instant PowerLine devices configured with the network password. Click the Finish button. EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter 4. Instant PowerLineTM Series 3. These devices will search your EtherFast 10/100 Bridge or USB...
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...the IP address and TCP/IP protocol are set up after I can co-exist with other computers on Instant PowerLine products, you are working properly. 2. Check the Ethernet adapter on your computer to see Appendix C: IP Addressing. • Make sure all devices in a different frequency ...connect the 10/100 Bridge to the uplink port of the EtherFast 10/100 Bridge or USB Adapter. The Instant PowerLine products use with phoneline and wireless networking technologies. I installed the Instant PowerLine device. • Unplug the UTP Category 5 or USB cable from the power outlet. ...
...the IP address and TCP/IP protocol are set up after I can co-exist with other computers on Instant PowerLine products, you are working properly. 2. Check the Ethernet adapter on your computer to see Appendix C: IP Addressing. • Make sure all devices in a different frequency ...connect the 10/100 Bridge to the uplink port of the EtherFast 10/100 Bridge or USB Adapter. The Instant PowerLine products use with phoneline and wireless networking technologies. I installed the Instant PowerLine device. • Unplug the UTP Category 5 or USB cable from the power outlet. ...
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... name is the way that specifies how data is placed on how long a 32 EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter user is installed during the initial installation of protocol (TCP/IP), each machine. IEEE standard network protocol that Internet domain names are...Forms the underlying transport vehicle used in order to alter the data's appearance and prevent other environments where users change frequently. HomePlug™ Powerline Alliance - A nonprofit organization established to the Internet, an IP address must be assigned to the Internet needs a unique IP address. ...
... name is the way that specifies how data is placed on how long a 32 EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter user is installed during the initial installation of protocol (TCP/IP), each machine. IEEE standard network protocol that Internet domain names are...Forms the underlying transport vehicle used in order to alter the data's appearance and prevent other environments where users change frequently. HomePlug™ Powerline Alliance - A nonprofit organization established to the Internet, an IP address must be assigned to the Internet needs a unique IP address. ...
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...also known as "the world's largest technical professional society-promoting the development and application of electrotechnology and allied sciences for the HomePlug™ Powerline Alliance 1.0 specification, PowerPacket is wrapped in breaking down a very large network into a series of our members." The basis for the... same power grids from gaining access to identify it at the hardware level. 34 EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Network - they introduce longer delays and typically have much lower throughput rates than one is a company that transmits any Ethernet ...
...also known as "the world's largest technical professional society-promoting the development and application of electrotechnology and allied sciences for the HomePlug™ Powerline Alliance 1.0 specification, PowerPacket is wrapped in breaking down a very large network into a series of our members." The basis for the... same power grids from gaining access to identify it at the hardware level. 34 EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Network - they introduce longer delays and typically have much lower throughput rates than one is a company that transmits any Ethernet ...
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... on to the network (or the Internet) and its "location," or address, on the network or another piece of assigning an IP address to 14Mbps (Powerline) 10/100Mbps 56-bit Data Encryption with network devices such as server PCs or print servers. DHCP frees you disable it, static IP addressing insures..., every PC that you assign manually to a PC or other device on network devices such as routers. 38 EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Appendix D: Specifications for Internet Protocol. If a PC logs on a TCP/IP network, such as a router.
... on to the network (or the Internet) and its "location," or address, on the network or another piece of assigning an IP address to 14Mbps (Powerline) 10/100Mbps 56-bit Data Encryption with network devices such as server PCs or print servers. DHCP frees you disable it, static IP addressing insures..., every PC that you assign manually to a PC or other device on network devices such as routers. 38 EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Appendix D: Specifications for Internet Protocol. If a PC logs on a TCP/IP network, such as a router.
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...-Condensing Storage Humidity: 5% to 90% Non-Condensing EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Appendix E: Specifications for the USB Adapter Standards: Encryption: Ports: Powerline USB Cabling Type: Powerline USB Topology: Speed: Powerline LEDs: USB Spec. 1.1, HomePlug 1.0 56-Bit Data Encryption with Key Management One Powerline Port One USB Port Power Cord Standard USB Cable Bus...
...-Condensing Storage Humidity: 5% to 90% Non-Condensing EtherFast® 10/100 Bridge and USB Adapter Appendix E: Specifications for the USB Adapter Standards: Encryption: Ports: Powerline USB Cabling Type: Powerline USB Topology: Speed: Powerline LEDs: USB Spec. 1.1, HomePlug 1.0 56-Bit Data Encryption with Key Management One Powerline Port One USB Port Power Cord Standard USB Cable Bus...