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4.0 stars
"Excellent speed. I got better than 150 mbs."
Pros: Easy to install. Very good speed.
Cons: A bit expensive. Wall wart can be hard to plug in. Only one port. Not compatible with its slow speed cousins.
Summary: I wanted to avoid pulling cable from my router downstairs to the upstairs office. I needed more than a 10mbs link since I do ship data across my intranet (Tivo video, some file transfers, NAS storage, large file printing). I was also worried that some of the low end (and more affordable) options would not deliver enough of their peak performance across my 50 year old copper wiring. My wireless link was spotty, so my choices were pulling wire and powerline adaptors. So I went for this Netgear device.
It was trivial to install. I just plugged everything in. The wall wart was a little inconvenient downstairs, but looked nice against the outlet upstairs. I think I would have preferred a short power cord, however. The links came right up and I tried some large file transfers. I was getting 150mbs sustained. I later installed the configuration tool (on my WinXP laptop, no MacOSX nor linux option). These reported 168 mbs links -- in line with my ad hoc testing.
I would have liked a web interface to the adaptors instead of the Windoze tool, but I'm not going to do much configuration (you can apparently prioritize TCP over UDP traffic -- UDP is preferred by default to facilitate streaming connections).
Overall, I'm quite happy with the purchase.
Where to buy
Netgear Powerline HD Ethernet Adapter (2-Pack):
$200.99
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