Netgear XAV2001 XAV2001 User Manual - Page 14

XAV2001 Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter User Manual Adding Adapters to Your Network Once the first adapter is installed and connected to your router, you can easily add adapters into your network. To add adapters: 1. Be sure the first adapter is connected to your router. 2. Plug additional Powerline AV Ethernet Adapters into power outlets near the other computers and additional peripheral devices to be included in your Powerline network. 3. Use the gray Ethernet cable from the XAV2001 package to connect from the Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter to an Ethernet port located on the other computer or peripheral device. 4. Wait for each Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter to be recognized by the Powerline network. The Power, Ethernet, and Powerline lights should turn on. This could take as little as 5 seconds, up to 80 seconds. For details about how the lights work, see Table 1-1 on page 1-3. 5. Test to make sure that each computer connected to a Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter can access the Powerline network. For example, be sure that you can access the Internet from a remote computer. If there is a problem, see "Connecting a Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter to the Router" on page 1-5. Figure 1-4 Add an adapter One way to test this is to install the Powerline utility and use it to view all the computers connected by the Powerline AV Ethernet adapter. Warning: NETGEAR recommends that you secure your Powerline network from unauthorized access. This is especially relevant in settings such as apartment buildings. See "Understanding Powerline Network Security" on page 1-7. 1-6 Installation and Basic Configuration v1.0, November 2009