User`s manual
User
Manual
v
1
.
0
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Ap
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n
d
i
x
Fr
e
qu
e
n
t
l
y
Asked
Q
u
e
st
i
o
n
s
C
a
n
I
use
H
o
m
e
P
lu
g
AV
with
o
ld
e
r
H
o
m
e
P
lu
g
v
e
r
s
i
o
n
s
?
All
HomePlug
AV
versions can
c
o
mm
un
i
c
a
t
e
with each other. HomePlug
A
V
,
however,
is
not backward compatible with HomePlug 1.0
r
e
l
e
a
s
e
s
.
If
you will use different versions of HomePlug
AV
in a single network, you need to
us
e
the HomePlug
AV
U
t
ili
t
y
software to create a Private Network Name for all
d
e
v
i
c
e
s
.
Unlike
the new version of HomePlug
A
V
,
older versions do not
feature
the
S
i
m
p
l
e
C
onn
e
c
t
button, which
e
n
a
b
l
e
s
the device to create a common Private Network
N
a
m
e
without using the
so
f
t
w
a
r
e
.
H
ow
does
H
o
m
e
P
lu
g
AV
achieve
a
hi
g
h
e
r
bandwidth
than
H
o
m
e
P
lu
g
T
u
r
b
o
a
nd
H
o
m
e
P
lu
g
1.0
d
e
v
i
c
e
s
?
HomePlug
AV
complies with the HomePlug
AV
standard.
I
t
achieves higher
d
a
t
a
throughput
by using a broader frequency spectrum (2-30
MHz
rather than 4-21 MHz),
b
y
using a
better
access
method
(
T
i
m
e
Division Multiple
Access
rather than
C
a
rr
i
e
r
S
e
ns
e
Multiple
A
cc
e
ss
/
C
o
lli
s
i
on
Detection), and by using a
better
processor with a
g
r
e
a
t
e
r
bitload per Hz.
C
a
n
H
o
m
e
P
lu
g
AV
be used alongside
H
o
m
e
P
lu
g
1.0
devices
within
the
n
e
t
wo
r
k
?
HomePlug 1.0 and HomePlug
AV
standards
can coexist but they will not be able
t
o
c
o
mm
un
i
c
a
t
e
with each
o
t
h
e
r
.
Which
o
p
e
r
a
t
in
g
system
(
O
S
)
is
compatible
with
H
o
m
e
P
lu
g
A
V
?
HomePlug
AV
is
op
e
r
a
t
i
ng
system
i
nd
e
p
e
nd
e
n
t
. However, the HomePlug
AV
U
t
ili
t
y
requires a Windows
op
e
r
a
t
i
ng
system
(
X
P
/
V
i
s
t
a
)
with the
.NET
F
r
a
m
e
w
o
r
k
i
ns
t
a
ll
e
d
.
H
ow
difficult is it to
set
up a
n
e
t
wo
r
k with
H
o
m
e
P
lu
g
A
V
?
HomePlug
AV
is a plug and play device.
C
onn
e
c
t
it to an
E
t
h
e
r
n
e
t
device, plug it to a
w
a
ll
socket, and it is ready to use.
E
v
e
n
the most
i
n
e
x
p
e
r
i
e
n
c
e
d
user can set up the
n
e
t
w
o
r
k