Introduction; What Exactly Is Dlan; What Does The Dlan 500 Avpro Uni Offer You - Devolo dLAN 500 AVpro UNI Manual

2 Introduction

2.1 What exactly is dLAN?

With dLAN (direct Local Area Network), the existing
lines (for example mains supply, telephone cable, two-
wire, TV coax cable) in the building are used directly for
transferring data between various computers and oth-
er network components. For this purpose, these com-
puters and other network
interconnected via these lines by means of dLAN-com-
patible devices. For example, if the dLAN is implement-
ed via power lines, each mains socket becomes a
"network socket".
The data to be transmitted via the dLAN is modulated
in a dLAN device for its transmission and sent as a
complex modulated signal via the wires. In doing so,
by using state-of-the-art technology, devolo dLAN
products guarantee that there can be no interference
between the dLAN and the other applications on the
lines they use. The implemented networking via dLAN
is very fast and secure. The data to be transmitted is
also encrypted using a password, reliably eliminating
the possibility of interception.
2.2 What does the
dLAN 500 AVpro UNI offer you?
The dLAN 500 AVpro UNI supports a data transfer

rate of 500 Mbps via dLAN.
You can make the dLAN connection in the way

that best suits your application: via the power line
(PLC) using the mains adapter provided, via coax
lines (F-jack) and two-wire lines (choice of spring
terminals or RJ11 jack). The switch between PLC
components are
coax/two-wire is made on a recessed pushbutton
on the rear side of the housing.
It provides an Ethernet switch with four

1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet interfaces (RJ45,
shielded), one of which supports PoE (in accord-
ance with 802.3af, 15.4 watts output power).
Power is supplied to the dLAN 500 AVpro UNI via

the external mains adapter, which also enables
smooth transmission of the modulated data from
and to the power line.
The dLAN 500 AVpro UNI is provided with the

dLAN AVpro manager dLAN configuration tool,
which enables reliable, fast and convenient inte-
gration of the dLAN 500 AVpro UNI into dLAN
networks with different architecture ('Peer-to-
Peer' or 'MDU').
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