Steve Sybesma
Occasional Visitor
I'm not finding a clear answer on this but it seems like this is very possible and doesn't break the rules on how PL should work in any way I can conceive of.
I have SIX ZyXEL PLA5456 Powerline adapters which adhere to the HomePlug AV standard.
I know that multiple PL networks are allowed with these devices so that you can isolate the traffic on the separate networks. This is good if you have two separate subnets and don't want the devices on different PL networks talking to each other (bypassing the border between the subnets established by the upstream device) which could happen if all the adapters were on the same PL network.
HOWEVER, I want to have separate PL networks which are connected to the same router and all would be on the same subnet.
The purpose of doing this is that I want to spread the load between the ports on my router so all PL traffic doesn't have to go through only one router port, which in my mind could damage it.
I should add, I have over 30 devices attached to my home network which pull an IP address and most are not wifi. At each PL node, I have a smart switch to which about 4 devices are attached. To me, that is too much traffic to share one router port.
Is this permitted under the standard?
It seems like it would be because the traffic from each PL network is all connected together at the router so it doesn't matter if the PL networks cannot talk directly to each other. I intentionally want the three PL networks to talk to each other through the central router.
Thanks!
I have SIX ZyXEL PLA5456 Powerline adapters which adhere to the HomePlug AV standard.
I know that multiple PL networks are allowed with these devices so that you can isolate the traffic on the separate networks. This is good if you have two separate subnets and don't want the devices on different PL networks talking to each other (bypassing the border between the subnets established by the upstream device) which could happen if all the adapters were on the same PL network.
HOWEVER, I want to have separate PL networks which are connected to the same router and all would be on the same subnet.
The purpose of doing this is that I want to spread the load between the ports on my router so all PL traffic doesn't have to go through only one router port, which in my mind could damage it.
I should add, I have over 30 devices attached to my home network which pull an IP address and most are not wifi. At each PL node, I have a smart switch to which about 4 devices are attached. To me, that is too much traffic to share one router port.
Is this permitted under the standard?
It seems like it would be because the traffic from each PL network is all connected together at the router so it doesn't matter if the PL networks cannot talk directly to each other. I intentionally want the three PL networks to talk to each other through the central router.
Thanks!
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