Planet PL-420 [20/22] Appendix a troubleshooting

Appendix A: Troubleshooting

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What’s the speed of the PL-420 operating over a standard home power

line network?

The PL-420 operates up to 85 Mbps bandwidth over a standard home power line

network.

2. What’s the Estimated Range of the PL-420?

Approximately 300 meters in wall power lines (one household).

3. Does PL-420 work in any home?

The PL-420 should work with copper wiring in any home. Since some of the older

houses built before 1950 might have older wiring, it may not work in this instance.

4. Does PL-420 signal pass through circuit breakers?

Yes, this device signal will have no problem pass through circuit breakers but not

through power transformers.

5. Does PL-420 work with AC input 100 – 240V?

Yes, this device works with AC input 100 – 240V.

6. Does PL-420 cause any interference with other home networking devices?

No, this device operates in a different frequency band than other power line

control devices and can co-exist with technologies as X-10, CEBus, and

LONworks.

7. Can my neighbor receive my PL-420 signal?

It is possible for your neighbor receive your PL-420 signal between two adjacent

homes. To prevent this happen, please enable the 56-bit DES security

encryption on your device. To do that, you must run the HomePlug Configuration

Utility on each Homeplug device in your power line network. This will only allow

computers with the same security password to be able to receive information.

8. How do I find out what’s my current speed and my signal strength of my

HomePlug device?