ZyXEL Communications PLA-407 User Manual

Chapter 1 Introducing the PLA-407

PLA-407 User’s Guide

Your PLA-407 is a certified green product. It goes into Low Power mode when 
there is no Ethernet connection. 

When you plug the PLA-407 into an electric socket, it waits for an Ethernet 
connection. When no connection is detected after sixty (60)

 

seconds, the Power 

LED (

) blinks indicating that it is going into Low Power mode.

The same process occurs when you disconnect the PLA-407 from a previously 
working Ethernet connection. Sixty (60)

 

seconds after disconnecting the Ethernet 

cable, the PLA-407’s Power LED blinks signalling that it is going into Low Power 
mode.

The Ethernet and HomePlug LEDs are turned off in Low Power mode.

While in Low Power mode, you cannot use the ENCRYPT button. To enable the 
ENCRYPT button again, you have to connect the PLA-407’s Ethernet cable to a 
computer/notebook or modem/router first. The PLA-407 wakes up from Low 
Power mode and you can start using the ENCRYPT button.

Low Power mode is enabled by default. 

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Connect your PLA-407 to an Internet gateway such as a modem and plug it into a 
power outlet in your home (1). Plug a second PLA-407 into another power outlet 
(2) and connect a computer to the PLA-407 for Internet access (3). 

Figure 4   Expand Your Network with the PLA-407

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