6
HomePlug AV
This chapter introduces the main applications and management of the powerline feature.
6.1 Overview
The ZyXEL Device is a HomePlug AV compliant powerline Ethernet adapter. The ZyXEL Device and other HomePlug AV powerline adapters in your network communicate with each other by sending and receiving information over your home’s electrical wiring.
The ZyXEL Device plugs into an ordinary outlet to create a new network which can extend to any other electrical outlet in any room of a house.
The following section shows you a typical application. Computers A and B use HomePlug AV powerline adapters and the building’s electrical wiring to connect to the ZyXEL Device C and access the Internet through broadband modem D.
Figure 36 Expand Your Network
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To set up your powerline network do the following.
1Connect your ZyXEL Device to the Internet.
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