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Chapter 9 System The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 29 Maintenance > System > Time Setting LABEL DESCRIPTION Current Time and Date Current Time This field displays the time of your PLA450. Each time you reload this page, the PLA450 synchronizes the time with the time server. Current Date This field displays the date of your PLA450. Each time you reload this page, the PLA450 synchronizes the date with the time server. Time and Date Setup Manual Select this radio button to enter the time and date manually. If you configure a new time and date, Time Zone and Daylight Saving at the same time, the new time and date you entered has priority and the Time Zone and Daylight Saving settings do not affect it. When you enter the time settings manually, the PLA450 uses the new setting once you click Apply. Note: If you enter time settings manually, they revert to their defaults when power is lost. New Time (hh:mm:ss) This field displays the last updated time from the time server or the last time configured manually. When you set Time and Date Setup to Manual, enter the new time in this field and then click Apply. New Date (yyyy/mm/dd) This field displays the last updated date from the time server or the last date configured manually. When you set Time and Date Setup to Manual, enter the new date in this field and then click Apply. Get from Time Server Select this radio button to have the PLA450 get the time and date from the time server you specified below. Auto Select Auto to have the PLA450 automatically search for an available time server and synchronize the date and time with the time server after you click Apply. User Defined Time Server Address Select User Defined Time Server Address and enter the IP address or URL (up to 20 extended ASCII characters in length) of your time server. Check with your ISP/network administrator if you are unsure of this information. Time Zone Setup Time Zone Choose the time zone of your location. This will set the time difference between your time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Daylight Savings Daylight Saving Time is a period from late spring to early fall when many countries set their clocks ahead of normal local time by one hour to give more daytime light in the evening. Select this option if you use Daylight Saving Time. PLA450 User's Guide 99

Section	Page
PLA450 Series	1
User’s Guide	1
About This User's Guide	3
Document Conventions	4
Safety Warnings	6
Contents Overview	9
Table of Contents	11
List of Figures	15
List of Tables	19
Introduction	21
Getting to Know Your PLA450	23
1.1 Overview	23
1.1.1 Wireless LAN Application	23
1.1.2 HomePlug AV	23
1.2 Ways to Manage the PLA450	24
1.3 Good Habits for Managing the PLA450	24
1.4 LEDs	25
The WPS Button	27
2.1 Overview	27
2.2 Push Button Configuration	27
The ENCRYPT Button	29
3.1 ENCRYPT Button Overview	29
3.2 Set Up a HomePlug AV Network with ENCRYPT	29
3.3 Setting Up Multiple Networks	31
3.4 ENCRYPT Button Behavior	32
Introducing the Web Configurator	35
4.1 Web Configurator Overview	35
4.2 Accessing the Web Configurator	35
4.3 Resetting the PLA450	37
4.3.1 Procedure to Use the Reset Button	37
4.4 Navigating the Web Configurator	37
4.4.1 The Status Screen	37
4.4.2 Navigation Panel	40
4.4.3 Summary: Packet Statistics	41
4.4.4 Summary: Wireless Station Status	42
4.4.5 Summary: My HomePlug Network Status	42
Wireless Tutorial	47
5.1 Example Parameters	47
5.2 Configuring the PLA450	47
5.3 Configuring the Wireless Client	49
5.3.1 Connecting to a Wireless LAN	49
5.3.2 Creating and Using a Profile	52
Network	55
Wireless LAN	57
6.1 Wireless Network Overview	57
6.2 Wireless Security Overview	59
6.2.1 SSID	59
6.2.2 MAC Address Filter	59
6.2.3 User Authentication	59
6.2.4 Encryption	60
6.3 Roaming	61
6.3.1 Requirements for Roaming	62
6.4 Quality of Service	62
6.4.1 WMM QoS	63
6.5 WPS Overview	63
6.5.1 WPS Setup Using a PIN	64
6.5.2 How WPS Works	65
6.5.3 Limitations of WPS	67
6.6 General Wireless LAN Screen	68
6.6.1 No Security	69
6.6.2 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK	70
6.7 MAC Filter	71
6.8 Wireless LAN Advanced Screen	72
6.9 Quality of Service (QoS) Screen	74
6.9.1 Application Priority Configuration	76
6.10 WPS Screen	77
6.11 WPS Station Screen	78
LAN	81
7.1 LAN Overview	81
7.1.1 Factory LAN Defaults	81
7.1.2 IP Address	81
7.1.3 IP Address and Subnet Mask	82
7.2 LAN IP Screen	82
HomePlug AV	85
8.1 Overview	85
8.2 Privacy and Powerline Adapters	86
8.2.1 Setting Up a Private Powerline Network	87
8.2.2 Setting Up Multiple Powerline Networks.	87
8.3 Configuring Your HomePlug AV Devices	88
8.4 HomePlug AV QoS	91
8.4.1 QoS Based on IP or MAC Address	91
8.4.2 Mapping other QoS Priority Settings to HomePlug AV QoS	91
8.4.3 QoS Based on Traffic Type	92
Maintenance and Troubleshooting	95
System	97
9.1 System General Screen	97
9.2 Time Setting Screen	98
Logs	101
10.1 View Log	101
10.2 Log Settings	102
Tools	105
11.1 Firmware Upload Screen	105
11.2 Configuration Screen	107
11.2.1 Backup Configuration	107
11.2.2 Restore Configuration	107
11.2.3 Back to Factory Defaults	108
11.3 Restart Screen	109
Configuration Mode	111
Language	113
13.1 Selecting Language	113
Troubleshooting	115
14.1 Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs	115
14.2 PLA450 Access and Login	116
14.3 Internet Access	117
14.4 Resetting the PLA450 to Its Factory Defaults	118
14.5 Wireless Troubleshooting	119
14.6 HomePlug AV Troubleshooting	119
14.7 ENCRYPT Button Problems	120
14.8 Advanced Features	121
Product Specifications and Wall- Mounting Instructions	123
Appendices and Index	127
Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions	129
IP Addresses and Subnetting	135
Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address	143
15.0.1 Verifying Settings	158
Wireless LANs	159
Common Services	173
Legal Information	177
Customer Support	181

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Chapter 9 System

PLA450 User’s Guide

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 29

Maintenance > System > Time Setting

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Current Time and

Date

Current Time

This field displays the time of your PLA450.

Each time you reload this page, the PLA450 synchronizes the time with the time

server.

Current Date

This field displays the date of your PLA450.

Each time you reload this page, the PLA450 synchronizes the date with the time

server.

Time and Date

Setup

Manual

Select this radio button to enter the time and date manually. If you configure a

new time and date, Time Zone and Daylight Saving at the same time, the new

time and date you entered has priority and the Time Zone and Daylight Saving

settings do not affect it.

When you enter the time settings manually, the PLA450 uses the new setting

once you click

Apply

Note:

If you enter time settings manually, they revert to their

defaults when power is lost.

New Time

(hh:mm:ss)

This field displays the last updated time from the time server or the last time

configured manually.

When you set

Time and Date Setup

Manual

, enter the new time in this field

and then click

Apply

New Date

(yyyy/mm/dd)

This field displays the last updated date from the time server or the last date

configured manually.

When you set

Time and Date Setup

Manual

, enter the new date in this field

and then click

Apply

Get from Time

Server

Select this radio button to have the PLA450 get the time and date from the time

server you specified below.

Auto

Select

Auto

to have the PLA450 automatically search for an available time

server and synchronize the date and time with the time server after you click

Apply

User Defined Time

Server Address

Select

User Defined Time Server Address

and enter the IP address or URL

(up to 20 extended ASCII characters in length) of your time server. Check with

your ISP/network administrator if you are unsure of this information.

Time Zone Setup

Time Zone

Choose the time zone of your location. This will set the time difference between

your time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Daylight Savings

Daylight Saving Time is a period from late spring to early fall when many

countries set their clocks ahead of normal local time by one hour to give more

daytime light in the evening.

Select this option if you use Daylight Saving Time.