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I have been using Homeplugs for the last 6 months successfully instead of connecting PC's wirelessly and before installing them did some limited research on security and found answers typically as below:
Is HomePlug secure?
Yes it is preset with its own 56bit encryption system to protect your data. HomePlug AV adopts a 128bit encryption system.
Can my neighbour steal my internet connection if he has a HomePlug?
No, the electricity meter acts as block on the signals that are transmitted across the network, so there is no chance of them leaking out on to the public wiring and your neighbours picking them up.
We had new neighbours move in recently and I noticed one computer was running slower than normal and after investigating found that this computer had somehow attached to our neighbours router through his homeplug.
We use D-link homeplugs and our neighbour is using one made by TP he was puzzled as to how I could attach to his router as the router security was switched on . His homeplug was not able to have any form of additional security, so we worked it out that somehow we had latched onto his router through the homeplug as an open switch?
Speaking to D-link technical support did not provide an answer, but they suggested I create a mini network using the dedicated passwords unique to each of our D-link home plugs. Since doing this, we have had no further security issues.
I am only mentioning this as I thought that there was no possibility of this occurring its my understanding that neighbouring properties are normally on a different phase, and that the homeplugs worked on the live of the incoming supply, but perhaps they work on the neutral wire of a houses supply?
Is HomePlug secure?
Yes it is preset with its own 56bit encryption system to protect your data. HomePlug AV adopts a 128bit encryption system.
Can my neighbour steal my internet connection if he has a HomePlug?
No, the electricity meter acts as block on the signals that are transmitted across the network, so there is no chance of them leaking out on to the public wiring and your neighbours picking them up.
We had new neighbours move in recently and I noticed one computer was running slower than normal and after investigating found that this computer had somehow attached to our neighbours router through his homeplug.
We use D-link homeplugs and our neighbour is using one made by TP he was puzzled as to how I could attach to his router as the router security was switched on . His homeplug was not able to have any form of additional security, so we worked it out that somehow we had latched onto his router through the homeplug as an open switch?
Speaking to D-link technical support did not provide an answer, but they suggested I create a mini network using the dedicated passwords unique to each of our D-link home plugs. Since doing this, we have had no further security issues.
I am only mentioning this as I thought that there was no possibility of this occurring its my understanding that neighbouring properties are normally on a different phase, and that the homeplugs worked on the live of the incoming supply, but perhaps they work on the neutral wire of a houses supply?
