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The essential guide to buying a HomePlug Ethernet adapter (including 6 hands-on reviews)
Wi-Fi may be the most popular networking technology, but sometimes even the fastest wireless connection just doesn’t hack it. Perhaps the signal can’t get to the farthest reaches of your home or office, or maybe there are so many wireless … Continue reading
Linksys PLEK500 power-line networking review: Pricey for its performance
The adapters in the Linksys AV2 networking kit were the only ones in their class to be outfitted with three prongs (the Zyxel AV2 MIMO adapters do, too, but they’re MIMO adapters). Avoid these if your home doesn’t have grounded … Continue reading
Netgear XAVB5201 HomePlug Ethernet adapter review: Squeezing better performance from an old standard
Netgear’s current power-line offering is based on the HomePlug AV spec with enhancements that bring theoretical speeds up to 500 Mbps (hence the product name). When I asked why the company hadn’t introduced an AV2 product, the answer was that … Continue reading
TP-Link TL-PA6010KIT HomePlug adapter review: Very fast for HomePlug AV
Whatever TP-Link did to soup up the HomePlug AV adapters in its AV600 Gigabit Powerline Adapter Starter Kit, it definitely worked. In my tests, it racked up TCP throughput speeds in the high 70 Mbps range, a good 10 Mbps … Continue reading
ZyXEL PLA5405KIT HomePlug adapter review: MIMO delivers the goods
In one of those annoying quirks we’ve seen in networking standards development, all HomePlug AV2 products are not created equal. There are mandatory elements in the spec, and then there are optional ones that, when supported, produce products that are … Continue reading
Trendnet TPL-408E2K HomePlug adapter review: Being skinny didn’t make this adapter any slower
Trendnet’s HomePlug AV2 kit (mysteriously labeled as delivering 500 Mbps when most AV2 products are rated at 600 Mbps) sports a midsized footprint (smaller than a deck of cards but larger than a matchbox) and a slimmer profile than other … Continue reading
D-Link DHP-601AV HomePlug Ethernet adapter review: On par price and performance
D-Link’s first HomePlug AV2 adapters are somewhat large—about the size of a deck of cards—but its two prongs are placed so that when plugged into an outlet, the second outlet should be available to standard-sized plugs. LEDs glow to indicate … Continue reading
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