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Chapter 1 Introducing the PLA-401 Series
PLA-401 Series User’s Guide
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It’s a good idea to ensure privacy of your communication. When you use the PLA-
401 Series and other powerline adapters, the electrical wiring in your home
becomes an extension of your Ethernet network. Your network traffic flows freely
within the electrical circuit of your home and is bounded in most cases by a power
meter.
Without security (encryption) your information is accessible to anyone using a
powerline adapter on the same electrical circuit. In some cases, a circuit can be
shared by more than one household.
To prevent compromising your network security, you can create a private network.
A private network uses a secret password (Network Name) to make sure that
only permitted powerline adapters can communicate in your network. See
Section
5.3 on page 37 for information on setting up a private network.
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You may need to change the Network Name to create multiple powerline
networks. See the next section for more information on how to set up a multiple
network.
1.5 Multiple Networks
Multiple powerline networks can coexist on a single powerline circuit. You might
want to implement multiple powerline networks in a small office environment
where you have two separate Ethernet networks.
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Connect one powerline adapter to a router or switch on the first Ethernet network
and assign a Network Name (for example “Password1”) to this powerline
adapter. Add additional powerline adapters to your network by plugging them into
your powerline outlets and assigning them “Password1”. This completes the
configuration of your first powerline network.
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Connect another powerline adapter to a router or switch on the second Ethernet
network and assign a different Network Name (for example “Password2”) to this
powerline adapter. Again, add additional powerline adapters and assign them
“Password2”.
You now have two private networks on your powerline circuit. Information is not
shared between the two networks as only powerline adapters with the same
Network Name can communicate with each other.