Powerline Networking

Montelle Kline

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Powerline Specifications» HomePlug AV

• 200 Mbps chips by Intellon, Conexant, Arkados, and others• Does NOT interoperate with Homeplug 1.0

» OPERA (Open PLC European Research Alliance)• A European standard that DS2 complies to

» UPA (Universal Powerline Association)• Has a mission of compatibility and interoperability between

many European technologies (including DS2)

» CEPCA (Panasonic Proprietary Technology)• Panasonic has their own Powerline standard, and are

proposingthis specification to enable coexistence across powerline specifications

» MOCA (Coax) – 270 Mbps• Entropic is a proponent• US Cable operators are experimenting today

Powerline Networking• The easiest solution to connect your whole

home!

• Works over existing power lines inside the home

• Plug and Play

• Expand a high-speed network from any wall outlet

• Eliminates wireless “dead spots”

Powerline Ethernet Adapters

Plug it in and

wire to your router

Now your network is available at any other outlet, via existing power-lines

Powerline Ethernet Adapters

• Networking over existing home power-lines

Powerline Ethernet Adapters

Now it’s connected to the Internet

14 Mbps

200 Mbps

85 Mbps

XE102 Ethernet Adapter (incl XE102G pair)

WGXB102 Wireless Range Extender Kit

XE104 Ethernet 4-port Switch

HDXB101 Powerline HD Ethernet Adapter Kit

NETGEAR Powerline Productssp

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XE103 Ethernet Adaptersingle port

Video QoS

XE104 85 Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet Kit

• Everything you need to connect 2 rooms

• 2nd adapter includes 4 - 10/100 ports to connect multiple multimedia devices

• Great for connecting Slingbox™, Tivo, and game consoles to the Internet

• Covers up to 5,000 square foot home

• HomePlug (standard) compatible

Powerline Ethernet Solutions

Internet

Viiv Certified RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless-NGigabit Edition Router

PowerlineXE10485Mbps

Powerline XE10485Mbps

Powerline HD Kit (HDXB101)• Connect your whole home at 200 Mbps* • Built-In video QoS to handle multiple HD

streams • HD video and audio streaming for a

Digital Media Adapter (EVA 700), Storage Central, Internet Gaming and VoIP calls

• Plug and Play

Powerline Ethernet Solutions

Internet

Viiv Certified RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless-NGigabit Edition Router

PowerlineHDX101200 Mbps QoS

Powerline HDX101200MbpsQoS

FAQ – PowerlineHD Ethernet Adpaters• Why isn’t it grounded (3 plugs)?• The lack of a ground allows the user to plug it in up-side down in the top outlet, if they

have to put a power brick in the bottom outlet and need the bottom outlet to be uncovered.  The product works without a ground. 

• How many total Powerline adapters can be installed in a home?• Up to 10, but more than 4 are very rare.

• Is there surge protection in the device?• Yes.  A power surge will not fry the device.

• Can it coexist with Linksys and other powerline products on the market? • Yes, but Linksys powerline is not selling in many places, and NETGEAR is over 95% of

the home installed base in the US. 

• Can it work off the sub-box / node?• Yes

• Can you use this outdoors?  Can it be made secure from outsider plugging into my network?

• Yes, but is not recommended, as water might get into the little vent holes of the unit.  Yes, it can be made password protected.   It is much harder to hack than wireless, for which a person can be parked in their car two houses down...

• How do you assign addresses / security so your apartment neighbors don’t connect to your PL? 

• Through the security utility in the CD.  The password is on the unit itself, or you could set your own.