Edimax HP-8501 - Manuals

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 1 1.2 Application Examples 1.2.1 Connecting one computer to internet via power outlet 1.2.2 Connecting game console via power outlet

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 3 1.3 Benefits ‧ Up to 85 Mbps data transfer rate over the household power circuit. ‧ Ranges of 200 meters. ‧ No new network cables needed for home networking. ‧ Deliver the benefits of Ethernet without the expense of wiring. ‧ Transfer large files between com...

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 4 2. Network Utility for Powerline Bridge Note: The device is able to detect other powerline devices which is on the same power circuit automatically. You only need to install.this utility program when you want to enable the encrypt function of Powerline Exten...

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 5 2.2 Windows Configuration Utility In order to run the utility, double-click the utility icon. Figure 2 shows the content of main tab of the configuration utility. The following picture shows a Powerline Ethernet device connected as a local device and other P...

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 6 Figure 3 : Main tab with local low-speed Powerline Ethernet device 2.3 User Interface 2.3.1 The ‘Main’ Tab The Main tab provides a list of all Powerline Ethernet devices logically connected to the computer where the configuration utility is running. The top ...

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 7 Figure 4: Multiple local devices found

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 8 The lower panel displays all the Powerline Ethernet devices, discovered on the current logical network (remote devices). The number of remote devices found, the type of logical network (Public or Private), and a message area that reports connectivity and sca...

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 9 The Add button is used to add a remote device to your network that is not listed in the lower panel, for example, a device currently located on another logical network. Users will be prompted to input the passwords for all devices they wish to manage and add...

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 10 The Scan button is used to perform an search of the Powerline Ethernet devices connected to the computer. By default, the utility will automatically scan once every few seconds and updates the display. A typical screen after naming and supplying passwords m...

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 11 2.3.2 The ‘Privacy’ tab The Privacy dialog screen provides a means for managing the local network and providing additional security. All Powerline Ethernet devices come with a default logical network (network name), which is normally “HomePlug” . The Privac...

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 12 The Set Local Device Only button is used to change the network name (network password) for local devices only. After doing this, all the devices seen on the Main panel prior to this will no longer reachable or respond to your command, as they will be locate...

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 13 2.4 The ‘Diagnostics’ tab The Diagnostics tab shows system information and a history of all devices seen. It will be something like Figure 9 . The upper panel shows technical data concerning software and hardware on the host computer used to communicate ove...

EDIMAX HP-8501 Quick Installation Guide 15 2.4.1 The ‘About’ Tab This tab shows the software release date. Figure 10: About Tab 2.4.2 The ‘Preferences’ Tab The lower part of the panel may display options for user preferences (such as turning the auto-scan feature on or off) as shown Figure 10 listed...