Well, I got my powerline stuff a day early....all of it is netgear, but
still running the linksys wrt56g at 10/100.
Getting the netgear powerline stuff going is too easy...just plug in the
PL adapter, plug in the ethernet cable to it, and than plug in the other
piece (I got the 4 port AV unit) into a socket someplace. So right now
I have the laptop at the other end of the house (one level down), where
the wireless signal barely makes it. But on the powerline system I got
100 Mbps network (what's reported) and I am transfering files at 45 Mbps
(big files).
Of course, that same file moved over the router to my other PC moves at
92 Mbps.
So wired ethernet is definitely better than powerline, but we knew that.
I can't wait to try this on the Netgear router...it will take longer to
get that up, so I'm doing simple tests first.
On 5/10/2010 11:00 AM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote:
I've used a few a scrapped all of them. Very slooow and intermittently glitchy.
I still have a couple sitting at home somewhere.
lopaka
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From: Anthony Q. Martin<amar...@charter.net>
To: The Hardware List<hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 6:22:18 AM
Subject: [H] Powerline adapter (rather than wireless N)
Since I have both Tivo and a Blu-ray player downstairs, I'm think that perhaps
a powerline adapter would be a better option. That way, I could connect both
devices over a powerline network rather than using a special adapter for Tivo
and nothing for the Blu-ray. And, if I get an XBox or something like that, I
have a ready solution for networking. From some reading, the logic goes that a
wired ethernet connection is best, followed by a powerline connect, and then a
wireless connection. Is that true? I live in a two story house, so one
wondering if the wiring is truly connected between the levels.
Anyone played with one?
I guess I can be the tester...
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So I hear that Tivo now has an 802.11n wireless adapter.
I get spoiled watching HD movies from Amazon on my Tivo XL.
Having the speed of 802.11n would make the transfers faster.
But my laptops are 802.11b and g. Will they work on an 802.11n system? Are the
backward compaticable?
Would my new phone (Droid Incredible), when I get it, be able to use 802.11n on
its WiFi? What about an iPad? Is everything new these days 802.11n ready?
I just read the descriptions of two different products on Amazon and neither of
them mentioned backwards compatibility. That makes me think it's not there.
If it is there, which router is best?
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