Netgear XAVB5421 User Manual - Page 24

Turn LEDs Off or On, Set the Powerline Encryption Key, Turn LED off, To set the encryption key

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Powerline PassThru Adapter Turn LEDs Off or On You can turn off or turn on the LEDs of any device on your Powerline network.  To turn the LEDs off or on: 1. On the Powerline map, right-click the icon of the device. 2. On the pop-up menu that displays, select either Turn LED off or Turn LED on. A pop-up screen displays advising you that connectivity will be temporarily lost while the LEDs are being reset. 3. Click the OK button. A message displays indicating that the operation was successful. 4. Click the OK button. Set the Powerline Encryption Key Powerline devices on the same Powerline network use the same encryption key. The factory default encryption key is HomePlugAV. In locations such as apartment buildings or office buildings, other people might use the same electrical power lines that you use for your Powerline network. To protect your Powerline network from unwanted access, you can use NETGEAR genie to set a private encryption key for your Powerline devices. Make sure that all of your Powerline devices use the same encryption key so that they can communicate with each other. If you forget your private encryption key, you can reset the encryption key to the factory default key, HomePlugAV. See Reset a Device to Factory Default Settings on page 26.  To set the encryption key: 1. On the Powerline map, right-click the icon of a Powerline device in your network. Using NETGEAR genie 24

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Using NETGEAR genie
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Powerline PassThru Adapter
Turn LEDs Off or On
You can turn off or turn on the LEDs of any device on your Powerline network.
To turn the LEDs off or on:
1.
On the Powerline map, right-click the icon of the device.
2.
On the pop-up menu that displays, select either
Turn LED off
or
Turn LED on
.
A pop-up screen displays advising you that connectivity will be temporarily lost while the
LEDs are being reset.
3.
Click the
OK
button.
A message displays indicating that the operation was successful.
4.
Click the
OK
button.
Set the Powerline Encryption Key
Powerline devices on the same Powerline network use the same encryption key. The factory
default encryption key is HomePlugAV.
In locations such as apartment buildings or office buildings, other people might use the same
electrical power lines that you use for your Powerline network. To protect your Powerline
network from unwanted access, you can use NETGEAR genie to set a private encryption key
for your Powerline devices. Make sure that all of your Powerline devices use the same
encryption key so that they can communicate with each other.
If you forget your private encryption key, you can reset the encryption key to the factory
default key, HomePlugAV. See
Reset a Device to Factory Default Settings
on page
26.
To set the encryption key:
1.
On the Powerline map, right-click the icon of a Powerline device in your network.