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Reviewed By: Chris Finnamore

The PLA4205 kit comes with a utility to set the network name for the adaptors, so you can connect them to HomePlug AV adaptors from other manufacturers by giving them all the same network name. Unfortunately, while it could see all the HomePlug AV adaptors we had on our network, the utility was unable to set the password for the Zyxel adaptors, just giving us a timeout error each time.

Reviewed By: Orestis Bastounis

A better option is to use a wireless access point, such as the Zyxel WAP3205. When it’s set to repeater mode, it extends the wireless signal from the main router, with the same security and routing rules, subnet and IP allocation. The SSID (network name; service set identification) and security key remains the same.