ZyXEL Communications PLA-4xx User Manual

Chapter 6 Powerline Network Setup Tutorial

PLA-4xx Series User’s Guide

Figure 34   Adding a New Adapter

3 Select your adapter by selecting Local and type the network name for your existing 

network in the Network Name field (C). 

Figure 35   Adding an Adapter to an Existing Network

4 Click Save and click OK on the pop-up. 

Figure 36   Network Name Pop-up

5 Your new adapter will now have the same Network Name as your existing network and 

so has now joined your existing network. 

6 Connect the adapter to the device you want to add to the network, for example, your 

Internet refrigerator in the kitchen. 

7 Plug the adapter’s power cord into a power outlet and, if required, switch the power 

outlet on. 

8 Repeat this procedure for all additional powerline adapters that you want to add to your 

existing or new powerline network.