Good to hear it working well for you. The wiring in my condo is substandard and I believe that's one of the reasons it wasn't reliable for me. I HAVE to use UPS's with line conditioning on all computers here or they will start having random issues from frequent power drops and spikes.
lopaka ________________________________ From: Anthony Q. Martin <amar...@charter.net> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tue, May 11, 2010 2:12:29 PM Subject: Re: [H] Powerline adapter (rather than wireless N) 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 > > > > > ________________________________ > 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... > > > ----------------------------------------- > > 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? > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2865 - Release Date: 05/10/10 > 02:26:00 > >
