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Pre-purchase XAV5... questions
I have searched but cannot find the answers to a few relative simple questions:
1, how many powerline adapters can be placed on one network? I have about 6 that I would like to add to my home network--one at my router and 5 others in different rooms.
2, I assume that XAV5001 and XAV5501 have the same guts and are interchangeable--one just has the receptacle?
3. Is there a great advantage in purchasing the 5504 rather than a gigabit switch + a 5001 or 5501 adapter?
4, how do these work with the DHCP server part of my network router? are they even assigned addresses on the network?
Thanks,
Ken K
1, how many powerline adapters can be placed on one network? I have about 6 that I would like to add to my home network--one at my router and 5 others in different rooms.
2, I assume that XAV5001 and XAV5501 have the same guts and are interchangeable--one just has the receptacle?
3. Is there a great advantage in purchasing the 5504 rather than a gigabit switch + a 5001 or 5501 adapter?
4, how do these work with the DHCP server part of my network router? are they even assigned addresses on the network?
Thanks,
Ken K
3 Replies
- http://support.netgear.com/app/products/model/a_id/16171
http://support.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1125
power line is only creates virtual line ... DHCP generally passes do devices behind it
forum is not support either
go to my.netgear.com and use non register button for presales question to netgear directly kdkrone wrote: 3. Is there a great advantage in purchasing the 5504 rather than a gigabit switch + a 5001 or 5501 adapter?
No. If you already have a switch, or want a switch with more ports than the XAVB5001, then no advantage.- Thanks to you both for your responses. It was not clear how to contact Netgear for pre-sales information. Unfortunately, jmizoguchi, the link you reference has not been updated since 2008 (http://support.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1125), but Netgear has informed me that up to 64 units can be connected, way beyond my needs. I post this for anyone else who may be wondering.
Cheers
Ken K
