Have been looking for a pair of ethernet over power adapters and came across this at JB. Seems like a good price for a 500mbps-rated EOP kit with free delivery.
Lowest price on Staticice for this is $99.95 plus delivery. MSY don't stock this particular product but their cheapest 500mbps kit is the Netgear XAVB5001 for $115 (less a $20 redemption Netgear have going).
Everyone should be aware that with 300Mbps wireless N, it is pretty common to get 100Mbps of actual performance. These are 500Mbps adapters that you're lucky to get 80Mbps with. So these are really only for use when wireless networking is out, not to try and get improved performance compared to wifi.
PCCG recently put this TP-Link 500mbps one up http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&p…
Would be a similar price with delivery included, wonder how they compare
Wow, can't believe I wasted $76 on the WD Powerline kit (only 200 mbps)
What device/connection in your home can make use of anywhere near 200+mbps let alone 500?
Unless you have 15 devices all simultaneously streaming 1080p movies.
Don't be too worried.
Sorry to say but they advertise it as '200Mbps' but will get nowhere near that. In my old place with fairly new wiring I managed to get about 6MB/s with some Netcomm ones, but at my new place with much older wiring they could barely stream even a 700MB movie let alone anything more.
So sorry to say greydaniel but the advertised rate and what these things can actually achieve are two VERY different things. Much like "300Mbps" wireless N when it would barely even get close to that unless in absolutely perfect conditions (ie. a lab). These power line adapters are the same, very handy when cables can't be run but luckily in my new place I'm able to rub Ethernet cable to each room along the floor and it is much more reliable.
Wow, guess you never tried transferring 100GB of data over gigabit ethernet…
These 200mbps devices can barely stream a 720p movie smoothly…
You do realise mbps =/= MB/s right????
Yep - so far as I understand it, the rated speed is half duplex, and there is significant overhead on top of that. So half, and shave off ~20% to get a realistic speed in good conditions.
I see ~80mbit real throughput on my '200mbit' units best case. Down to about 10mbit in my office (albeit a separate circuit).
I now use a mix - powerline (~80mbit) from my modem to my server, and 802.11n everywhere else.
Powerline is pretty stable and low latency at least, but ymmv. In most cases it'll beat 802.11G but will struggle to beat N.
Interesting info, I did not know that something advertised as 200mbps can achieve actual speeds of more like 20% of that, there you go. Hard wired for me all the way in my house for AV streaming applications anyway.
so, i only need to buy 1 of these and then i plug my laptop anywhere in the house and get internet (wifi on laptop off)? or only 1 the power plug will have internet?
erwinsie, sorry, don't quite understand what you mean but I'll briefly explain how they work.
Say you have a two storey house and your modem/router is in a room downstairs at one end of the house and your bedroom or study or whatever is upstairs at the other end of the house where wireless or a network cable can't really reach. You plug these devices in at the nearest power point then plug network cables from them to your computer/laptop in your upstairs room and to your modem/router downstairs and they use the wiring in the house to send traffic back and forth.
You may have issues if your house is older and wired one separate phases. Also, plugging them into surge protectors has been reported to have had performance issues.
No offense, but your question is a little hard to understand. You might have better luck in getting a answer if you rephrase your question.
You just need to think of a powerline adaptor as basically each of them being one end of a Ethernet cable each with the power cabling of your house being the actual cable :-)
sorry guys, was in hurry but yeah porthos made it clear, i need to put this adaptor in each my house power plug if i want to get internet..
If I am not mistaken, this is only for 1 power plug. You need to buy 2 plugs (ie $76 x 2) for it to work. Correct me if I am wrong.
According to the official specs for the AV500, you get two plugs in the kit.
http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=57…
If that is the case, then this deal is a good deal for a 500Mbps plug.
I paid around the same price for the 200 Mbps Western Digital Livewire from Amazon.
This only allows 1 device to be connected while the wd allows up to 7
Can we use a network switch behind this?
I had Netcomm 200MB set working perfecting for 6 mth before i restart it. I gave them away to my cousin and bought 4 of these from COTD. From day one keep on disconnecting from the router after 1-2 hr and have to restart it again and again.
Personally not recommend it.
My 200Mbps one got around 40Mbps (4-5Mb/s)
Does this do more than one connection to EOP?
Ie can i get two of these kits and set up Enternet over powerline from one source to the other three rooms?
a bit of digging and u sure can - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uALe0verdj4
Anyone interested in going halves in a set of adapters?
I just setup my WD Livewire kit last night - was getting 120 mbps so good enough for me….
I am getting 190 Mbps and 90 Mbps (in 2 different rooms) with my 200 Mbps WD Livewire. 90 Mbps is good for 720p streaming but not 1080p.
Nice deal, got some awesome reviews too (speed wise)
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-reviews/31624-h…