I also have the Netgear Powerline HDs. 4 of them. They're good in a pinch when you either don't feel like running cat5e through walls or have a dead spot in your WiFi - but mainly for internet access. I tried running off of one adapter, into a 5 port Gigabit switch, and only got frustrated. Couldn't maintain consistent speeds.
There are tricks I've read about to make them work better. They did help too, but it was some work. Assigning static IPs to all pcs, testing plugs to find common circuits. I think we managed around 80Mpbs, but it was up and down. And then I started to wonder if they were interfering with our T-Mo VOIP service, but it's just T-Mo. They suck. I know... that's for Engadget Mobile. :)
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CraigK @ Apr 15th 2009 4:59PM
I also have the Netgear Powerline HDs. 4 of them. They're good in a pinch when you either don't feel like running cat5e through walls or have a dead spot in your WiFi - but mainly for internet access. I tried running off of one adapter, into a 5 port Gigabit switch, and only got frustrated. Couldn't maintain consistent speeds.
There are tricks I've read about to make them work better. They did help too, but it was some work. Assigning static IPs to all pcs, testing plugs to find common circuits. I think we managed around 80Mpbs, but it was up and down. And then I started to wonder if they were interfering with our T-Mo VOIP service, but it's just T-Mo. They suck. I know... that's for Engadget Mobile. :)