Appendix A Product Specifications

 

Table 15 Firmware Specifications

 

 

 

 

FEATURE

DESCRIPTION

 

Device Management

Use the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility version 3.0.5(AG) to easily

 

 

configure the PLA-4xx.

 

 

Note: The PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility version

 

 

 

3.0.5(AG) is only compatible with PLA-4xxs with

 

 

 

the latest firmware installed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network Name

Change the powerline network name to only allow the powerline

 

 

adapters you specify to join your network.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Firmware Upgrade

Download new firmware (when available) from the ZyXEL website and

 

 

use the configuration utility to install it.

 

 

Note: You do not need the configuration utility to

 

 

 

install the latest firmware. Follow the

 

 

 

instructions in Section 5.4 on page 44 for

 

 

 

installing the latest firmware.

 

 

Note: Only install firmware for your specific model!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 16 Performance

 

 

 

 

 

FEATURE

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Throughput over PHYsical Transport

 

Supports up to 200 Mbps in half duplex mode

 

 

Medium (PHY)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Throughput over UDP

 

 

Supports up to 150 Mbps over in-house power/coaxial

 

 

 

 

 

lines (LAN port limits to 100 Mbps)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of devices in one powerline

 

Supports up to 64 devices in 4 network groups

 

 

network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following list, which is not exhaustive, illustrates the standards supported in the PLA-4xx.

Table 17 Standards Supported

STANDARD

DESCRIPTION

HomePlug AV

Designed for transmitting audio/video on a home powerline network.

 

 

RFC 868

Time Protocol.

 

 

RFC 1112

IGMP v1

 

 

RFC 1157

SNMPv1: Simple Network Management Protocol version 1

 

 

RFC 1901

SNMP v2c Simple Network Management Protocol version 2c

 

 

RFC 2236

Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2.

 

 

Wall-mounting Instructions

Complete the following steps to hang your PLA-400/400 v2/401/401 v2/402 on a wall.

 

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