I have those and they work a treat. Fantastic products. On Feb 2, 2013 1:43 PM, "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> WD sells one with four or five ports on each end, so you don't need a > switch with those. > > On Feb 2, 2013, at 1:18 AM, Harry McGregor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On 2/1/13 9:15 PM, Winterlight wrote: > >> When using a powerline network do need two powerlines for each IP > address ? > >> Do you plug Powerline one into the router and Powerline two into end > user device.. is that how it works? They sell them at 200Mbps and > 500Mbps... do you really get those kind of speeds. > >> thanks > > The power line devices are at layer 2 (in this case ethernet) for > transport. The devices them selves will normally request an IP vi DHCP for > their own management, but they do not route, just bridge. > > > > That being said, this is more like an old school bus network, is shared > bandwidth, just like WiFi is shared bandwidth. So the 200Mbit and 500Mbit > are really not "reachable" but you can still get decent bandwidth. > > > > Also power line condition (how your electrical is wired) greatly impacts > bandwidth, just like walls and how the walls are build greatly impacts WiFi. > > > > If the price spread is not very high, I would recommend getting the > 500Mbit gear. I used the 85Mbit stuff at my in-laws house to replace a > wifi to ethernet bridge that was being flaky, and it linked at 40Mbit, and > it's getting about 30Mbit throughput. > > > > It's best to install a switch on each end (or use the switch built into > your router on one of the ends, and a switch on the other end) so that near > by devices can just be straight cat5/ethernet instead of installing "many" > of the powerline devices. > > > > -Harry > > >
