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Appendix A Product Specifications

PLA-4xx Series User’s Guide

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

Table 10 Firmware Specifications

FEATURE DESCRIPTION

Powerline Functionality The HomePlug AV standard specifies how network devices

communicate using standard electrical wiring.

It supports a data transfer rate of up to 200Mbps.

Data is encrypted using 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard).

HomePlug AV compatible devices co-exist with HomePlug 1.0 devices

but do not detect each other.

The range of a HomePlug AV network is 300 meters/984 feet in optimal

conditions.

HomePlug AV is compatible with all OSs.

The maximum number of powerline devices on a single network is 16.

Support for 64 devices communicating on a single network is planned for

future firmware release.

Encryption 128-bit AES Encryption

Frequency Band 1.8 MHz ~ 30 MHz

Certifications FCC, CE, CUL, UL, HomePlug AV, RoHS

Device Management Use the PLA-4xx Series Configuration Utility to easily configure the PLA-

4xx.

Network Password Change the powerline network password 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: Only upload firmware for your specific model!

Table 11 Performance

FEATURE DESCRIPTION

Throughput over PHYsical Transport

Medium (PHY)

Supports up to 200 Mbps in half duplex mode

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

network

Supports up to 64 devices in 4 network groups

Table 12 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.

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