Not a bad deal. A good way to network your house without running cable or relying on flaky wireless. I've had good experiences, although some complain of interference depending on your situation and quality of home wiring.
Probably obvious to most, but just in case, this is only for one adapter - you'll need to buy a minimum of two to have these working around your house.
NICKDAVIES said: Not a bad deal. A good way to network your house without running cable or relying on flaky wireless. I've had good experiences, although some complain of interference depending on your situation and quality of home wiring.
Probably obvious to most, but just in case, this is only for one adapter - you'll need to buy a minimum of two to have these working around your house.
Agreed.
I have 3 of these, one of which was a refurb from Tiger Direct (missed the NE sale window).
I also opted for this rather than running 100' of CAT6 through the attic. Earlier tonight, I checked and it was showing 62MB/s through the Netgear utility, so unless you have local home network (PC-to-PC transfers), you'll have more than enough bandwidth for anything internet related.
On the note of interference, the provided Netgear utility (you can d/l it also), helps you w/ troubleshooting what cuts your speed down. In my case, a dimmable halogen spotlight in the office, and a dimmable light fixture in the living room cut bandwidth in half when they're on. Both of those are easy work-arounds when we're on the internet.
I got one a few weeks ago for $20 and I was pleasantly surprised how well it works. I didn't load any software or anything. I just plugged it into the wall outlet and the other one near my router and plugged it in. I worked perfectly and I get speeds of about 60-80 Mb.
This is a really good deal.
highlifelight
New Member
posted: Jan. 28, 2012 @ 11:01p
How do we tell if these powerline devices are compatible with each other (or are they just not compatible at all)? I have Zyxel 200mbps devices.
mikecism
Member
posted: Jan. 29, 2012 @ 12:56a
I would suggest springing for the next model, which is HomePlug AV1 IEEE 802.3, which is compatible with other newer ones. Newegg has then for $25 each and free shipping, which is good deal. NETGEAR XAV2001-100NAR Up to 200Mbps Powerline AV 200 Adapter is what you want.
mikecism said: I would suggest springing for the next model, which is HomePlug AV1 IEEE 802.3, which is compatible with other newer ones. Newegg has then for $25 each and free shipping, which is good deal. NETGEAR XAV2001-100NAR Up to 200Mbps Powerline AV 200 Adapter is what you want.
mikecism said: I would suggest springing for the next model, which is HomePlug AV1 IEEE 802.3, which is compatible with other newer ones. Newegg has then for $25 each and free shipping, which is good deal. NETGEAR XAV2001-100NAR Up to 200Mbps Powerline AV 200 Adapter is what you want.
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