ZyXEL Communications PLA-470 - Manual (Page 82)

Appendix A Product Specifications
PLA-4xx Series User’s Guide
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The following list, which is not exhaustive, illustrates the standards supported in the PLA-4xx.
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.
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 48 for installing the latest firmware.
Note: Only install firmware for your specific model!
Table 19 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 20 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.
Table 18 Firmware Specifications
FEATURE DESCRIPTION