Installing The Xe104 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Switch; How The Powerline Switch Fits In Your Network - NETGEAR XE104 User Manual

Installing the XE104 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Switch

This chapter describes how to set up the XE104 85 Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet Switch on your
local area network (LAN) and connect to the Internet.

How the PowerLine Switch Fits in Your Network

XE104 devices allow you to implement or extend an Ethernet local area network anywhere in your
house using your existing electrical power line in place of a dedicated LAN wiring infrastructure.
An example is illustrated in the following diagram for a minimal network consisting of two
PowerLine devices:
PowerLine Network
(always encrypted)
Figure 3-1
Follow the instructions below to set up your PowerLine switch.
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