Gigafast PE 903-EB User Manual page 31

Q. What's the Estimated Range of HomePlug?
A. Approximately 300 meters in wall power lines (one household).
Q. Will HomePlug work in any home?
A. Any home with copper wiring built-in, since some of the older houses built
before 1950 might have older wiring, it may not work in these instances..
Q. Will HomePlug signal pass through circuit breakers?
A. Yes, HomePlug signal will have no problem passing through circuit
breakers but not through power transformers.
Q. Does HomePlug work with AC input 100 – 240V?
A. Yes, HomePlug works with AC input 100 – 240V.
Q. Does HomePlug cause any interference with other my other home
networking device?
A. No, HomePlug operates in a different frequency band than other power
line control devices and can co-exist with technologies as X-10, CEBus,
and LONworks.
Q. Can my neighbor receive my HomePlug signal?
A. It is possible for your neighbor receive your HomePlug signal between two
adjacent homes. To prevent this happen, please enable the 56-bit DES
security encryption on your HomePlug Device. To do that, you must run
the HomePlug Connection Manager on each HomePlug device in your
power line network. This will only allow computers with the same security
password to be able to receive information.
Q. How do I find out what's my current speed of my HomePlug device?
A. Run the HomePlug Connection Manager, it will show your current speed
and your signal strength.
Q. How many HomePlug devices do I need to setup a powerline network?
A. You must need two or more HomePlug devices to setup a powerline
network.
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