Talk about false advertising, the 200mbps their on about is the physical connection to the network card. 100mbps upload and 100mbps download. I doubt it would reach that speed, even if plugged in right next to each other in a double adapter. Maybe you should try that to see if it reaches anywhere near that speed.
I've got a similar setup at home and it's incredibly useful for kit that doesn't come with wireless access. I already had a hub hanging around so adding something like this to my network gave me a quick (well, quick enough) link to let a 360 and PC access the net quite happily without any of the setup quirks or potential security issues of adding another wireless bridge. Not a solution for everyone but for those who either can't or don't want to use wireless they work very well (just check everything's on one fuse board!)
Any word on when those Belkin AV+ units are coming to the UK? You know, the one with 3 ports at the bottom. Been waiting for those to show up (a TR review would be great)
Right next to each other is even worse. They don't actually use the mains cabling as a direct connection; instead they use it as a big aerial to transmit a wireless signal.
That's why it works even if you put it on a different ring main.
It still worries me though, putting that much RF into a power circuit used for sensitive devices (PC, TV, BD player etc.).
This is a standard practice for these sort of adapters; they all advertise 200Mbps but use 100Mbps Ethernet adapters and result in much lower real world performance. I think the best we've obtained from devices like these is around 60Mbps, which is enough to stream HD video.
Sorry commented when only one comment had been approved. So my above comment was in response to Justin.
@Kaplan
In all honesty all these devices (which are rated at the same speed) use the same circuitry so the only differentiators are the design and software, neither of which I would care about.
@Ninjakettle
Solwise already do a triple port version though it is of the slower 85Mbps standard. We find this version of the standard can actually give real world performance of around 45Mbps.
@Ryan
Huh? What utter tosh. These devices do nothing of the sort. They very much do use the wiring directly and being closer is better. The reason they might work across ring mains is because ring mains aren't electrically isolated from each other - these things can theoretically work between houses but in real life the signal breaks down too much.
The speed isn't that bad to be honest - 32-38 Mbps is more than fast enough to share an ADSL broadband connection without bottlenecking, and for LAN gaming, streaming audio and video (maybe not high bandwidth HD) and transferring all but the largest files at reasonable pace. Yes you'd get better performance by hard wiring CAT 5 all round your house, but that's a slightly bigger job than plugging in a pair of these.
It is significantly faster than the real maximum throughput seen on most so-called "54 Mbps" 802.11g wireless networks, and in a house with decent wiring the signal should hopefully reach further with less drop in speed than Wi-Fi. And to cap it all, they're a breeze to install.
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I have a couple of the 85Mbps Solwise plugs and a Solwise ethernet + Wireless plug and I absolutely love 'em. So easy to install, brilliant, consistent results and I never have any problems streaming HD content over 100ft away. Highly recommended...if you've got good, solid house wiring - great for a block of flats too.
I got these like many others with my BT vision package. I am very impressed and find them a godsend compared to my previous set-up.
I have a studio at the end of my garden and I used to use a wireless network to get internet access down there. It was never a perfect set-up, even with wifi boosters etc..
since using the powerline, I now have my router in the front room sharing the telephone line for the SKY box, I plug my BT vision directly into the router and the other LAN connection goes into the powerline. I simply turn on the power in the studio and within seconds Im ready to go.
The speed is very similar to what I get up in the house. My studio connection consists of 1 laptop, 1 PC and an XBOX, the power line in the studio can host all of these by connecting to an Ethernet hub/switch to it.
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