ZyXEL Communications Corporation PLA4231 Manuel D’Utilisation

PLA4231 User’s Guide

This chapter guides you through the installation of the configuration utility for your PLA4231.

The installation of the configuration utility does the following:

Checks for and installs Microsoft’s .NET Framework version 2.0 software on your computer. This 
software is necessary for the installation of the PLA42xx Series Configuration Utility. If you 
already have .NET Framework version 2.0 installed on your computer this step will be skipped.

Note: At the time of writing the Utility is only compatible with Microsoft Windows XP, 

Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit version), Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft 

Windows 8 operating systems. Users with Windows XP (64-Bit version) operating 

systems can go to Microsoft’s website to upgrade their systems to .NET Framework 

version 2.0 so it can work with the utility. To check for your Windows operating 

system version, right-click on My Computer > Properties. You should see this 

information in the General tab.

Installs ZyXEL’s PLA42xx Series Configuration Utility. This utility allows you to manage the 
network name (See 

 for more information) or view the devices recognized 

on your powerline network. 

Note: This User’s Guide describes the latest version utility. This utility is only compatible 

with a PLA4231 which has the latest firmware installed. If you don’t already have 

them, download the latest firmware and utility from the ZyXEL website.

Follow the steps below to install .NET Framework version 2.0 and the PLA42xx Series 
Configuration Utility on your computer.