Appendix A Product Specifications
Table 18 Firmware Specifications
FEATURE | DESCRIPTION |
Network Name | Change the powerline network name to only allow the powerline |
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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 48 for installing the latest firmware.
Note: Only install firmware for your specific model!
Table 19 Performance
FEATURE | DESCRIPTION |
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Throughput over PHYsical Transport | Supports up to 200 | Mbps in half duplex mode |
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Throughput over UDP | Supports up to 150 | Mbps over |
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Number of devices in one powerline | Supports up to 64 devices in 4 network groups | |
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The following list, which is not exhaustive, illustrates the standards supported in the
Table 20 Standards Supported
STANDARD | DESCRIPTION |
HomePlug AV | Designed for transmitting audio/video on a home powerline network. |
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RFC 868 | Time Protocol. |
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RFC 1112 | IGMP v1 |
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RFC 1157 | SNMPv1: Simple Network Management Protocol version 1 |
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RFC 1901 | SNMP v2c Simple Network Management Protocol version 2c |
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RFC 2236 | Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2. |
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Electromagnetic Interference Example
Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) can be introduced to the power circuit by certain appliances such as hair dryers and lamps.
The figure below demonstrates the use of a hair dryer connected to a power circuit with and without an EMI filter. The traffic rates given are example values only.
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