
The NBG318S devices from Zyxel, illustrated in Figure 13.5, will be used to
illustrate the configuration of such an architecture.
Zyxel proposes a router including a device fitted with an Ethernet PLC interface
and a Wi-Fi interface with an outlet and an aerial for the IEEE 802.11 interface.
The configuration of this hybrid network requires access to the Wi-Fi device
parameters. These parameters are configured via an HTTP interface at the Wi-Fi
device level, as illustrated in Figure 13.6.
The address of the network configuration station is IP = 192.168.1.2 in the
figure and the default address of the PLC/Wi-Fi device to be configured is
192.168.1.1. All you have to do is connect the Ethernet supervision station to the
PLC device and open Internet Explorer at the 192.168.1.1 address.
The window illustrated in Figure 13.6 is then displayed. The default password is
1234.
After the connection, the HTML page illustrated in Figure 13.6 is displayed
with the Wi-Fi access point default parameters. The security for this access point
must then be configured.
In the Wireless LAN submenu of the Network menu, it is important to change
the user name and the password for gaining access to the device administrator inter-
face in order to avoid other people connected to the PLC network reaching the
Wi-Fi network configuration.
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Figure 13.4 PLC/Wi-Fi hybrid architecture example
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