What are the Requirements for Home Phoneline Networking Devices?

What are the Requirements for Home Phoneline Networking Devices?

How Many HPNA Devices Can I Connect?

The RJ-11 telephone-style HPNA connection on the cable modem gateway can provide home networking service to multiple HPNA devices when properly connected to your telephone wiring. The theoretical maximum number of devices supported is 253. However, under normal circumstances, the number of devices connected should be a much lower number. Contact your cable service provider for more information on the maximum number of devices to connect to the cable modem gateway in order to maintain optimal network performance.

What are the Telephone Wiring Requirements?

The cable modem gateway is designed to support interior telephone wiring. It is important to view the characteristics of the entire network and not just each individual node. The maximum recommended distance between any two nodes is 1000 feet, and the maximum recommended length of the entire network is 1000 feet. The theoretical maximum number of nodes is 25. Use 26-gauge twisted-pair, or larger, telephone wiring.

A number of factors can impact the practical limit of the network. Contact your cable service provider or consult the documentation for your HPNA device for more information.

HPNA networking is not available on all models of the cable modem gateway.

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