User manual TENDA P200

[. . . ] P200 200Mbps PowerLine Mini Adapter P200 200Mbps PowerLine Mini Adapter Copyright Statement is the registered trademark of Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co. , Ltd. All the products and product names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright of the whole product as integration, including its accessories and software, belongs to Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co. , Ltd. Without prior expressed written permission from Shenzhen Tenda Technology Co. , Ltd, any individual or party is not allowed to copy, plagiarize, reproduce, or translate it into other languages. [. . . ] Four menus are included on the utility as seen below: Adapter, QoS, Tools and Help. The left area on the Utility displays a list of local Powerline adapters while the right area shows more info of such adapters.  HomePlugAV Displays local Powerline network name. Powerline adapters MUST share an identical network name to establish a Powerline network. You can select to encrypt or not to encrypt it from the Security drop-down menu. 8~21 characters are allowed for customizing a network name. Right-clicking a selected adapter also pops up the “Change Device Name” and “Change Network Name” submenus. 18 P200 200Mbps PowerLine Mini Adapter 4. 3 QoS QoS prioritizes bandwidth-intensive and latency-sensitive applications and services such as Internet/IPTV/audio/video/VOIP/online game services, guaranteeing high reliability and least latency in real-time transmission of such data. So it is advisable to set the priority level of 3 for essential data traffic. 4. 3. 1 QoS---Quick Setup This section allows you to set any option among Surfing, IPTV, Video/Audio, VOIP and Games to the priority level of 3. Click “QoS”→" Quick Setup” and select an application to prioritize as seen below. Each PLC adapter can only prioritize one application/service at a time.  Internet: Select it to prioritize HTTP data and improve Internet surfing experience. Note: Applications/services such as web video and web gaming, etc, which use HTTP protocol, will also be prioritized. However, some IPTV devices from other manufacturers may not adopt the RTSP protocol. So if the 19  P200 200Mbps PowerLine Mini Adapter   device does not prioritize IPTV data from your IPTV device, consult your manufacturer for the protocol and port info and send it to our technical staff so that we can include it in later version for better compatibility. The device supports SIP-compliant and H. 323-compliant data prioritization. However, some VoIP devices from other manufacturers may use different protocols other than the above 2. So if the device does not prioritize VoIP data from your VoIP device, consult your manufacturer for the protocol and port info and send it to our technical staff so that we can include it in later version for better compatibility. Please be noted that not all gaming traffic can be prioritized due to limited QoS entries.  4. 3. 2 QoS---Advanced This section allows you to add a new QoS entry, view or edit an existing entry. Click “QoS” “Advanced” to display below screen. 20 P200 200Mbps PowerLine Mini Adapter  Prio: Indicates the priority level set to a corresponding QoS entry. To change the priority level for a corresponding entry, simply double click the corresponding priority value and select a new value from the appearing dialogue box as seen below. For example: To change the priority level in entry 1 from “1" to “3”, simply double click “1" and then select “3" from the above “Changing priority” window. 21 P200 200Mbps PowerLine Mini Adapter    Traffic Type: data type. The“Ipv4 Precedence” in entry 1 on the above screen Value: Indicates a value set for or to assign to a corresponding QoS entry. For example, with entry 1 activated, the ToS value of “0” in packets indicates priority level of 3 (highest priority); namely, packets carrying the ToS value of “0” will be prioritized. However, if you are not sure of which values are valid for such data, we recommend you not to make any changes thereon, particularly QoS entries created using the “Quick Setup” feature. As any change on such value may deactivate the corresponding functionality. [. . . ] A: Powerline technology upgrades your existing electric wiring, enabling transmission of both network data and electric power in a single power line at a high speed of up to 200Mbps, low cost and with better stability while without new wires required. One should be connected to an ADSL Modem or Router, the other to a PC. Can I just plug one Powerline adapter into a wall outlet to access Internet?You must connect one more such adapter to an Internet-enabled ADSL Modem or Router. [. . . ]