Devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual 

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Content 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 1.1 Thank you for placing your trust in this devolo product! . . . . . . . . 6 1.2 About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.3 For further information, please visit www.devolo.com . . . . . . . . . 6 1.4 Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

4 12 Auto-configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 12.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 12.2 Boundary Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 12.3 Autoconfiguration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 12.3.1 Autoconfiguration at dLAN 200 DSpro adap ...

13 Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 13.1 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 13.2 Important safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 13.3 CE conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 13.4 Declaration of conformity . . ...

6 1 Introduction 1.1 Thank you for placing your trust in this devolo product! The dLAN 200 DSpro is a network device that uses power and coaxial cables which have already been installed in order to provide data communication for applications such as Video streaming (Video on Demand), Internet telephony, and fast Internet connection. Once it has been installed successfully, the dLAN network behaves like a con ...

7 | devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual |  HF-Filter (part number 69722)  HF-attenuator (part number 69723)  Printed information leaflet  CD containing online documentation devolo AG reserves the right to change the package contents without prior notice. 2 Recommended Software Tools A certain number of tools are required to configure and access the dLAN 200 DSpro adapter. All of these tools are available for Windows and Linux. In ...

| devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | 8 3 Connection and Startup This chapter covers the connectors and display elements of your dLAN 200 DSpro and explains how to connect the device. 3.1 System Requirements To be able to follow the described procedures in the documents, it is recommen- ded to have a PC equipped with a Fast Ethernet network card and running Win- dows 2000 or Windows XP. The computer must have one static IP assigned to ...

9 | devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | If no device that is switched on (e.g. computer) is connected to the Ethernet port, the dLAN 200 DSpro device switches to Power Save mode after about 20 minu- tes (Power LED flashes). In Power Save mode, the dLAN 200 DSpro device can- not be accessed via the power supply grid or the coaxial network. As soon as the device that is connected to the Ethernet port is switched on again, your dLAN 200 D ...

| devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | 10 3.3 Use of coax filters and attenuator The transmission frequency of the wanted signal across coaxial circuits is bet- ween 2 and 30 MHz. It can happen that interference is emitted above this fre- quency range, which may interfere with the wanted signals of other applications. In this case, it is advisable to connect the added filter (standard accessory: part number ...

11 | devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | 5 Starting Up the dLAN 200 DSpro Adapter It is advisable to run Wireshark during the startup and configuration of the dLAN 200 DSpro adapter in order to ascertain the correct execution of this process and diagnose potential configuration problems. The first sign of life exhibited by the dLAN 200 DSpro adapter are the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) packets. After a few STP packets, ...

| devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | 12 We will use the HaneWin DHCP server to provide a dynamic IP to the dLAN 200 DSpro adapter. Follow the steps below to configure a dynamic range of IP leases (see Figure 2):  Start HaneWin DHCP server.  Go to Options > Default Client Profile.  In the "Basic Profile" lid, set a rule for "Interface IP".  Write a range for dynamic IP addresses in the fields "from" and "until".  Write a subnet m ...

13 | devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | Figure 3: DHCP Config- uration Process The process involves 4 steps: DHCP discover, DHCP offer, DHCP request, and DHCP acknowledge. Discover and request are issued by the dLAN 200 DSpro adapter, while offer and acknowledge are issued by the computer. Once the dLAN 200 DSpro adapter has an IP address, you should be able to ping it and telnet to it. 7 Telnet to the dLAN 200 DSpro Ada ...

| devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | 14  In the Keyboard section, select "Linux" under "The function keys and key- pad".  In the Telnet section, select "Passive" under "Telnet negotiation mode".  Finally, go back to Session, write a name under "Saved Sessions" and click "Save". Figure 4: Putty Config- uration Details Once the session is saved, click on "Open" to connect to the dLAN 200 DSpro adapter. A window will com ...

15 | devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | DWRONG_ACKS=1 DCOEX_ESCALABLE=1 -DNEW_BCAST - DUSE_ARC_TIMER=0 -O2 Type 'h' for help #user@/> Figure 6: General Information Provi- ded by the Adapter FIRMWARE VERSION alma_dr100_ha v2_8_48_cvs running Com- piled on jue dic 2 18:34:13 CET 2004 by dferruz@sapporo EXTRA_FLAGS=-DBPC_DEBUG -DSNR_MODE_TRAINING=1 - DSNR_MODE_MONITORING=1 -DWRONG_ACKS=1 - DCOEX_ESCALABLE=1 -DNEW_BCAST -DUS ...

| devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | 16  IP address of the TCP/IP stack of the dLAN 200 DSpro adapter's processor  PLC SYC status and PLC frequency band (mode)  AGC and gain settings for transmission and reception  Access protocol status  Autoconfiguration status Direct cable connections (EXTA or EXTB) and speed PLC connections, reporting MAC address of the other nodes, physical Tx and Rx speeds, and status of the b ...

17 | devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | For a basic network with one master and several slaves only two configuration files are needed. The simplest configuration file for a master is shown in Figure 7. Figure 8 presents the simplest configuration file for a slave. Figure 7: Simplest Master Configuration Figure 8: Simplest Slave Configuration With these two files and some configuration to the DHCP/TFTP server, a simple one- ...

| devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | 18 9 Configuring the DHCP/TFTP Server The HaneWin DHCP/TFTP server works based on profiles. For every lease there is a profile assigned. For a basic network only two profiles are needed: a master profile and a slave profile. The parameters that are defined in a profile are:  Netmask  Gateway  TFTP server IP  Autoconfiguration file name  DHCP extensions Upon reception of the DHCP repl ...

19 | devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | Figure 9: Setting the Autoconfiguration Files Directory Figure 10: Configuring the Master Profile Now repeat the same steps to create the slave profile. The only difference is the name of the autoconfiguration file under extension 18; it must be "slave.conf". Once you have the profiles, you can proceed to assign a profile to each of your dLAN 200 DSpro adapters. The assignment is done ...

| devolo dLAN 200 DSpro Manual | 20 Figure 11: Assigning an IP and a Profile to a given Adapter (by MAC Address) Note that the MAC address must be typed putting a colon ":" to separate the bytes. You cannot assign the same IP to two different dLAN 200 DSpro adapters running at the same time. Once you have all entered all of the dLAN 200 DSpro adapters in the list, con- nect the one that will become master to your compute ...