

You can download the setup and upgrade utility from here. The best one so far was 3.0.5.2 you can find here. I tested many firmwares and many PIBs and benchmarked them. The branding (mac address, device name, etc) and the tone map. PIB file (Parameter Information Block) and a. The interesting thing is that their firmware is made of two different parts:Ī. This standard uses ethernet broadcast packets using the HomePlug AV protocol. (85 Mb adapters use HomePlug 1.0 standard which is completely different). Many of 200 Mb/s powerline ethernet adapters follow the "HomePlug AV" standard. So let me explain a few things I learnt studying them. I heard many people with Netgear XAV101 or Linksys PLK 200 or PLE 200 having problems after firmware updates and many other people with other brands having much more problems because of lack of support or configuration/upgrade utilities. Many 200 Mb/s powerline adapters nowadays are based on the INTELLON 6300 chipset.ĭespite what can be thought looking at them, they are all using the same hardware and firmwares.
