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INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the Powerline AV500 Network Adapter (the Adapter).
Most people don’t enjoy buying long and expensive Ethernet cables or pulling
the cables from one place to another. The Adapter offers one of the easiest
ways to enjoy home or small-business networking. Users can now experience a
total network solution with the Adapter. The Powerline AV500 Network Adapter
is interoperable with the HomePlug
®
AV powerline standard, but provides up
to 500Mbps* bandwidth over home AC wiring. This is 2.5 times faster than the
current HomePlug standard. Since the home power lines are the most pervasive
medium in households with multiple outlets in every room, the Adapter allows
multiple home desktop and notebook computers to be networked to share an
Internet connection, printers, and files, stream video, and play games without
any additional wiring. The advanced signal processing is capable of maintaining
coverage throughout the entire house, even across different phase rings.
The installation of the Adapter only requires that a 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet
port is available on your device. This makes the Powerline AV500 Network
Adapter compatible with any device, including Mac
®
, Windows
®
, and UNIX
machines. Note that you need at least two adapters to create a powerline network.
For security, all HomePlug
®
devices are equipped with 128-bit AES encryption.
The private home power grid plus encryption makes HomePlug significantly
more secure than competing technologies. The Powerline AV500 Network
Adapter provides the best solution for no-new-wires home networking. With
easy plug-and-play installation, and the reliability of HomePlug, the Powerline
AV500 Network Adapter is the best solution for high-speed networking.
INTRODUCTION