One of the major drawbacks in setting up home network is the absence of required wiring inside the house to interconnect networked computers. In recent years several technologies have attempted to address the issue.

The most prominent technology so far is the family of WIFI (802.11 X) products. Recently, however, another technology called HomePlug has come forth. It uses electrical grids, already available inside walls to transmit data from computer to computer.

HomePlug technology modulates computer data in a way to enable them use power grid as a medium of transmission from point to point. Using this technology, two computers have a virtual Ethernet connection without the need to be physically connected to each other at the speed of up to 200Mbps.

With transfer rates of 200Mbps, HomePlug AV allows you to conveniently and simultaneously perform HD video streaming, Voice over IP calling, broadband Internet browsing, and file sharing within the network.

HomePlug AV comes with the HomePlug AV Utility. This software allows you to enable the 128-bit AES encryption technology and configure the device settings of local and remote devices.

Computer networking in the office or at home has the following advantages:

Share centrally stored data

Share one printer

Multi-access to one Internet connection

Multi-user games over the network

Physical Interface

1 x Electrical Power plugs

1 x RJ45 for 10/100 Ethernet (AutoMDI/MDI-X)

LEDs: Power, Link status, PowerLine Status

Chipset

Chipset: Intellon INT6000 ® Integrated Single-chip Powerline Network Transceiver

Frequency Band

2Mhz to 28Mhz band

Modulation Support

OFDM 1024/256/64/16/8 QAM, QPSK, BPSK and ROBO Modulation Scheme

Protocol/Standard

HomePlug AV 1.0 specification, IEEE 802.3 10/100 Ethernet (100Mbps) and IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet Compliant

10/100 Mbps AutoMDI/MDIx Support

Co-exists with existing 14Mbps HomePlug 1.0 and 85Mbps Turbo HomePlug 1.0

Security

128-bit AES Encryption with key management for secure powerline communications (Utilise Windows 98SE, 2000, ME, XP to enable encryption)

Data Rate/Range

Up to 200Mbps*

Up to 200mt*

QoS

DMA channel access with Contention–Free and Contention-Based (CSMA/CA) period

Channel Adaptation ensures that signal integrity is maintained even under harsh noise environment

Four Level prioritized random access method based on contention access and multi-segment

ToS and CoS Packet Classifier

Supports IGMP managed multicast session

Platform Support

OS Independent with TCP/IP protocol installed

Power Supply

Switch Mode 100V-240V Supply for Europe and UK plugs

Package Contents

2 NetPower AV Powerline Ethernet AV Adapter

2 RJ45 Cable

One Quick Start Guide

One CD with driver/utilities and user’s manual

System Requirements

Intel® Pentium®III 600Mhz or compatible processor with 128MB RAM

Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP

Minimum 15 Mbytes free disk space for installing the driver and utilities

CDRom drive

NIC (Network Interface Card)

Physical and Environmental

Temperature (Operating): 0~35°C

Temperature (Storage): -10~65°C

Humidity (Operating): 30% - 80% RH, no condensation

Humidity (Storage): 30% - 95% RH, no condensation

Weight: Approx 155g

Dimensions (W x H x D): Plastic housing 92 mm x 66 mm x 45 mm

Continuous Current Consumption: 6W (approximately)

*Performance and Throughput are influenced by many factors (interference, noise, environments)