4 Star Avg of 160 Reviews on amazon
Lots of comments from when this was offered in February.
http://www.amazon.com/ZyXEL-Powerline-Wall-Plug-Adapter-PLA4215/dp/B006KSLIQG
4 stars @ amazon with 160 reviews. $89.99
These are AWESOME. Avoid running new wires, use the ones you already have!
How does this push 500 mbps through a 65 MHz channel? Shannon’s law, anyone?
http://www.amazon.com/ZyXEL-Powerline-Wall-Plug-Adapter-PLA4215/dp/B006KSLIQG
One of the reviews noted that these do not work across phases… so if one plug is on one phase, and the 2nd plug is on another phase… no worky. I suppose you could go into your breaker panel and switch one of the breakers… or get a wireless bridge…
62.45 is for one, 89.99 for a pair. I have these and it works for your wifi dead spots. I used it to make an older router an access point in my backyard so I can surf while sitting on the patio.
I’m holding out for this set:
More useful for my home theater setup. Seems like everything in my home theater connects to the internet.
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How does this push 500 mbps through a 65 MHz channel? Shannon’s law, anyone?
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I doubt they are using the regular power line frequency to transmit data. You would find the power in your house doing weird things if it did. More than likely what it really does is send higher frequency signals through the lines at lower power. This is called Multiplexing. (Actually DSL uses the same principals, it’s why you have to use special audio filters for your phones when you use one)
How does 500mb gigabit work? As a net eng, trying to wrap my head around that one.
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How does 500mb gigabit work? As a net eng, trying to wrap my head around that one.
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I was confused by this as well but thought it was just me, as this is not within my realm of knowledge.
500 Mbps goes in one, 500 Mbps comes out the other. You just add themn up. Doh!
My take on it (assuming this isn’t a late April Fool’s thing) is that the Ethernet ports are Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T)-compliant, while the powerline network is IEEE 1901-compliant and so supports a theoretical aggregate max of 500 Mbit. Some of their other gear supports the 500 Mbit spec but has only 100BASE-T Ethernet ports, making the ports potentially a bottleneck.
Price must have dropped on Amazon this morning. Now $67.26 with FREE Shipping! Either a lack of communication with the mother ship or Woot! must be trying to funnel business in the other direction.
Edit: Stupid Me! Price was for one. Just ignore me this morning.
You know, I never really considered they might just be being honest unlike other companies. There have been and still are tons of “gigabit” products sold just because they have the NIC with no real hope of going past 500MBit…
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My take on it (assuming this isn’t a late April Fool’s thing) is that the Ethernet ports are Gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T)-compliant, while the powerline network is IEEE 1901-compliant and so supports a theoretical aggregate max of 500 Mbit. Some of their other gear supports the 500 Mbit spec but has only 100BASE-T Ethernet ports, making the ports potentially a bottleneck.
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According to this:
You’re realistically going to expect about 70Mbps.
Because a gigabit is not exactly a billion bits?
Specs say 2 cables, 4ft…
Those cables look mighty short, must be 2 2 foot.
[MOD: It’s correct. Measured by our own very competent staff friend, Eric.]
Just came here to say that I have the 200Mbps version of these and love them. I had various issues with my Roku getting a good wireless signal, and since I didn’t want to drill holes in my house I had a CAT5 cable running across the house and down the stairs to the basement, but now I have one of these plugged in at the cable modem, one at the TV, and one downstairs. All of the outlets are on different circuits.
The 200Mbps is a physical-layer speed, so I get about 20Mbps on speed tests, which is sufficient for Netflix and online gaming, but I might upgrade to these if I were streaming HD video.