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Web location for this
presentation:
http://aztcs.orgClick on
“Meeting Notes”
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY"Powerline networking" has
improved greatly in speed and
reliably. It is now comparable in
speeds to "Gigabit Ethernet" so
you can now use it to extend
your local network without a
slowdown relative to "Gigabit
Ethernet".
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A demonstration of
some techniques for
extending the reach
and speed your
home or business
network:
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A physical
diagram of our
demonstration:
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Cat 5/5e/6 Cable
Cat 5
/5e/6
Cable
TP-Link "AC" Router
WAN side LAN side
LAN
switch
and
Wireless
Access
Point
D-Link
`"HomePlug
AV2000"
device
D-Link
"HomePlug
AV2000"
device
House
Electrical
Wiring
Edimax "AC" Router
in WISP mode
WAN side LAN side
Wireless Internet
Service Provider
(WISP)
LAN
switch
and
Wireless
Access
Point
2.45 GHz
or
5 GHz
WiFi radio
waves
Zycel
"HomePlug
AV1200"
device
Cat 5
/5e/6
Cable
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An equipment
description of
our
demonstration:
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"Wireless Internet
Service Provider"
(WISP) provided
by IRWD
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wirelessly connects to
the Internet side
("WAN" side) of an
Edimax wireless
802.11ac router
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connects by means of
a "Cat 6" cable to a D-
Link "HomePlug
AV2000" device
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connects over the
"house" 110-VAC
power lines to a
D-Link "HomePlug
AV2000" device
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connects by means
of a "Cat 6" cable to
a TP-Link wireless
802.11ac router
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House Electrical Wiring
Internet
Service
Provider
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18House Electrical Wiring
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TOPICS
• Extending A Network with
Powerline Networking Devices
• Powerline Networking Standards
"HomePlug AV2"
"G.hn"
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TOPICS (continued)
• Manufacturers of Powerline
Networking Kits
• Mesh Network By Default
• Setting Up Independent Groups
of Powerline Networking
Transceivers
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TOPICS (continued)
• Reviews of Powerline
Networking Kits
• Hands-On Experiences With
"HomePlug AV2"
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"PLC"
• "PLC"
means "Power-line
communications"
• "Powerline networking" is one of
many technologies that utilize
carriers riding on conductors used
for power distribution
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"PLC" (continued)
• Source for the previous illustration:
http://www.powerethernet.com/prod
uct/what-is-powerline.html
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"PLC" (continued)
• See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-
line_communication
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EXTENDING A NETWORK WITH
POWERLINE NETWORKING DEVICES
• Add in powerline
networking devices and
then put a wired network
switch or a wireless router
at the far end of the
powerline networking link.
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EXTENDING A NETWORK WITH
POWERLINE NETWORKING DEVICES
(continued)
• Betty Waring calls this technique
the "secret sauce" for resolving
network resolving local network
problems in her article at
http://windowssecrets.com/top-
story/get-wired-performance-
from-your-wi-fi-network/
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COMPETING STANDARDS FOR
POWERLINE NETWORKING
• HomePlug Alliance's
"HomePlug AV2"
• HomeGrid Forum's
"Gh.n"
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COMPETING STANDARDS FOR
POWERLINE NETWORKING
(continued)
• http://electronicdesign.co
m/communications/what-
s-difference-between-
homeplug-and-ghn
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
• HomePlug Alliance's "HomePlug
AV" standards are alive and well
o Their latest standard is called
"HomePlug AV2"
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)• HomePlug Alliance's "HomePlug
AV" standards (continued)
o However, some manufacturers
call it
"HomePlug AV2 500",
"HomePlug AV2 600",
"HomePlug AV2 1200",
and
"HomePlug AV2 2000"
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)• HomePlug Alliance's "HomePlug
AV" standards (continued)
o And, some manufacturers call it
"Powerline AV2 500",
"Powerline AV2 600",
"Powerline AV2 1200",
and
"Powerline AV2 2000"
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)
• The numbers after "AV" are the
nominal data transmission rates in
Megabits per second
• Some manufacturers put in the
nominal data transmission rate
value without prepending it with
"AV"
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)
• The current "AV1200" and
"AV2000" monikers imply that
"HomePlug AV2" equipment is now
comparable in data transmission
speeds to "Gigabit Ethernet" which
is the current standard for network
switches and routers
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)
• Do not buy equipment that was
manufacturer in accordance with
the old "HomePlug AV" standard:
These models are now obsolete
and their reliability and
capabilities nowhere as good as
the current "HomePlug AV2"
models
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)
• Advantages of power line
networking:
No signal attenuation by walls
and furniture
No signal attenuation by radio
frequency interference
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)
• To search for transceivers
that are compliant with
HomePlug Alliance's
"HomePlug AV2" :
Go to http://amazon.com
Search for
homeplug
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)
• Installing "Homeplug AV2"
transceivers is a trial and
error process:
You plug them in and look at
the three LEDs on the
transceivers.
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)
• You can install more that two
"Homeplug AV2" transceivers
and they all will communicate
with each other with some
loss in data throughput.
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)
• The competing Universal
Powerline Association ceased to
exist at the end of 2010.
• "HomePlug" equipment and
"Universal Powerline Association"
equipment are NOT compatible so
do not put them both on the same
home or small business network.
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)
• Mix and match strategies?
o The equipment of the various
"HomePlug AV" manufacturers
inter-communicate well with each
other.
However, you lose proprietary,
non-standard functions when you
mix the equipment of different
manufacturers
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)
• "Homeplug AV2" uses
sub-carriers in the 1.8
to 86 Megahertz
frequency range
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)
• According to
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/j
ece/2013/892628/
the "HomePlug AV2" standard
divides the 1.8 to 86.13 MHz
frequency range into 3455
subcarriers that are 24.414
kilohertz apart.
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)• The 1.8 MHz to 86MHz frequency
range of "HomePlug AV2" equipment
covers the legacy 3 to 30 Mhz
shortwave radio band so there may be
interference BETWEEN shortwave
radio receivers & transmitters AND
"HomePlug AV2" equipment. However,
there are lots of interference sources,
both natural and man-made in the 3 to
30 Mhz shortwave band
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"HOMEPLUG AV2" STANDARD
(continued)
• Based on various reviews, some of the
best performing and lowest priced
"HomePlug AV 1200" products are
available from TP-Link
o See
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod
uctList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&
Order=BESTMATCH&N=-
1&isNodeId=1&Description=homeplug
+tp-link&x=0&y=0
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HOMEGRID'S G.hn STANDARD
• An emerging new standard
with lots of support from
"Best Buy" and other
companies:
http://www.homegridforum.
org/
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HOMEGRID'S G.hn STANDARD
(continued)
• Only one product
available at the present
time:
Comtrend PG-9172
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HOMEGRID'S G.hn STANDARD
(continued)
• http://www.amazon.com/COMTR
END-PG-9172-KIT-
POWERLINE-ADAPTER-
STARTER/dp/B00X3GX99C/ref=
sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=14348883
07&sr=8-1&keywords=g.hn
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HOMEGRID'S G.hn STANDARD
(continued)
• http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0
,2817,2484232,00.asp
• http://www.comtrend.com/links/2
01$product.htm
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POWERLINE NETWORKING KITS
• "Powerline networking kits" consist
of a pair of transceivers of the exact
same model and firmware revision.
You usually get a better price by
buying a pair as a "..kit" relative to
buying each transceiver separately.
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MANUFACTURERS OF POWERLINE
NETWORKING KITS
• Zycel
• D-Link
• Trendnet
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DEFAULT MESH NETWORK
• When you install more than two
powerline networking
transceivers, they will default to
a "mesh network" where each
transceiver communicates with
with every other transceiver
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DEFAULT MESH NETWORK
(continued)
• Source for the previous
illustration:
http://www.digi.com/technology/r
f-articles/wireless-zigbee
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SETTING UP INDEPENDENT
GROUPS OF POWERLINE
NETWORKING TRANSCEIVERS
• By using the "Encrypt" button of
powerline networking transceivers,
you can set up independent groups
of powerline networking
transceivers that "clannishly" only
communicate with each other:
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SETTING UP INDEPENDENT GROUPS
OF POWERLINE NETWORKING
TRANSCEIVERS (continued)
• "Transceiver A" communicates with
"Transceiver B"
• "Transceiver C" communicates with
"Transceiver D"
• "Transceiver E", "Transceiver F",
and "Transceiver G" communicate
with each other.
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SETTING UP INDEPENDENT GROUPS
OF POWERLINE NETWORKING
TRANSCEIVERS (continued)
• Trendnet's owners manuals refers
to this configuration as
"overlapping powerline networks".
See
http://www.trendnet.com/download_
manager/default.asp?iFile=17356
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REVIEWS OF POWERLINE
NETWORKING KITS
• The best and most up-to-date
review is located at
http://www.techhive.com/article/286
8314/the-essential-guide-to-buying-
a-homeplug-ethernet-adapter-
including-6-hands-on-reviews.html
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REVIEWS OF POWERLINE
NETWORKING KITS (continued)
• Some of the models in the following
review are 2014 models that are
now considered to be obsolete:
http://www.cnet.com/topics/networki
ng/best-networking-devices/power-
line-adapters/
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HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES WITH
"HOMEPLUG AV2"
• See
http://aztcs.org/meeting_n
otes/winhardsig/networks/
powerline/powerline-
experiences.pdf