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PlugLAN 8350 Wireless SmarTAP Installation and User’s Guide
How the PlugLAN 8350 Wireless SmarTAP Fits into Your
Network
The PlugLAN 8350 Wireless SmarTAP plugs into an ordinary power outlet to
extend a cable or DSL broadband connection or existing Ethernet (LAN)
network to any electrical outlet in any room. Your PlugLAN 8350 Wireless
SmarTAP is compatible with all TCP/IP-based operating systems and requires
no new cabling or drivers to be installed. All that is required is a compatible
network-interface card (NIC) installed in your computers. This makes your
PlugLAN 8350 Wireless SmarTAP compatible with any device including
Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, and Unix machines.
Devices can communicate with each other quickly and securely at high data
transfer rates (additional Turbo Powerline devices such as the Asoka
®
PlugLAN
8950 Gateway may be necessary — please contact Asoka for more
information).
For security, your PlugLAN 8350 Wireless SmarTAP is equipped with 56-bit
Data Encryption Standard (DES) encryption. The combination of the privacy
of the home power grid plus encryption makes your PlugLAN 8350 Wireless
SmarTAP significantly more secure than wireless products.
shows an example of how your PlugLAN 8350 Wireless SmarTAP fits
into your network.
Figure 1-2: Example of How Your PlugLAN 8350 Wireless SmarTAP Fits into Your
Network <<need this figure??>>
