I tried 200Mbps powerline products two years ago and they didn't live up to the hype. It even states in the user manual of the powerline products that the maximum throughput is 76Mbps using FTP. In my house, two outlets in the same room got me 30Mbps, two outlets in adjacent rooms was 10Mbps, and on a different floor 20 feet away it was 1Mbps. Then when a fan in the house was turned on all transmissions collapsed. Overall a horrible system with weak promises. In 99.9% of instances wireless is better. I have 802.11g in my house and I get 20Mbps throughput from one side to the other.
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mnemonicj @ Nov 2nd 2008 2:10PM
I tried 200Mbps powerline products two years ago and they didn't live up to the hype. It even states in the user manual of the powerline products that the maximum throughput is 76Mbps using FTP. In my house, two outlets in the same room got me 30Mbps, two outlets in adjacent rooms was 10Mbps, and on a different floor 20 feet away it was 1Mbps. Then when a fan in the house was turned on all transmissions collapsed. Overall a horrible system with weak promises. In 99.9% of instances wireless is better. I have 802.11g in my house and I get 20Mbps throughput from one side to the other.
Powerline: Too expensive and too hyped