3. Basic Features

The CableLAN adapter comes in a stackable white platic enclosure about the size of a thick paperback book. The box rear has a 10 BaseT Ethernet RJ45 jack , F-type coax CableLAN jack and power receptacle. All indicator lights are on a beveled panel near the top of the box and include separate CableLAN Link and Activity LEDs for the coax side and combination Link/Activity light for the Ethernet portion of the adapter.

Since the CableLAN is actually a bridge, it will support multiple devices connected to its Ethernet side. The Ethernet jack is wired so that you can use a normal UTP cable to connect the bridge to most Ethernet devices. But if you want to connect the CableLAN to your router or a switch, those devices will need to have uplink capability, or you'll need to use a crossover cable.

Corinex includes an Installation CD, AC power cable, Ethernet UTP cable, short coax jumper, 4 foot coax cable and passive coax T-splitter in the CableLAN's box. Also included are printed CableLAN Adapter manual and document describing how to use the product in MDU installations.

Construction Details

Figures 4 and 5 give you a general idea of what's going on inside the CableLAN's little box. The uncrowded layout is dominated by the AC line transformer and Intellon INT51MX SIMPLE (Single Inline Module PowerLine Enabled) module.

Figure 4: Inside the CableLAN

This module - which is mounted vertically on the board - uses Intellon's second-generation INT51X1 PowerPacket chip. This CMOS device integrates the analog front-end circuitry that was in its own chip in Intellon's first-generation chipset.

Figure 5: Inside the CableLAN - other side

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