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Chapter 5 troubleshooting – Planet Technology PL-401E User Manual

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Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

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I can not connect to other computers on my powerline network or to the Internet.

A: Make sure the IP address and TCP/IP protocol are set up correctly for all the powerline

networked computers.

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Do the PL-401E device cause interference with other home networking or products?

A: No. PL-401E can co-exist with phone line and wireless networking technologies. PL-401E

operates in a different frequency band than powerline control and co-exist with

technologies such as X-10, CEBus and LONworks.

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How do the PL-401E devices handle signal interference between two adjacent homes? How

is eavesdropping prevented?

A: PL-401E is using 56-bit DES security encryption to ensure network separation between

homes. You can use PowerPacket configuration utility to enable and configure the security

encryption on local or remote PL-401E in range.