Netgear XAVB101 Powerline AV Network Kit

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- Uncomplicated to setup- When you can get superior speeds, it is faster than wireless- Built in encryption is nice- Really cool idea - Really picky about what outlets you pick- Even if the light is "green" you nevertheless aren't guaranteed very good transfer speeds. I was seeing as low as 35Mbps with the green light. I wanted to extend my existing household network to my new house workplace. My workplace is up a floor and at the other finish of my property. Nevertheless, this ought to have been well within the advertised range and I could only transfer a file at < 2Mbytes/s . On my existing wireless G setup I can transfer at 2.8Mbytes/s, so there was no point in me keeping these.I even set them up, just to experiment, on the same floor of my home and I still was only in a position to transfer files at 3Mbytes/s . The Finest I could obtain was when I had them in the same space on the similar circuit. EVEN THEN, I was only obtaining 8Mbytes/s file transfer speeds (comes out to 64Mbit/s) -- So, even if the most perfect scenario they are only at 64% of their advertised maximum speed of 100Mbit/s . I really feel that is unacceptable and misleading, to say the least. I would have been ok if I could get the 64Mbps speed across the property, but in spite of all my impact it just didn't work that well. It is a shame, I wanted these to perform, I really did..

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runs fairly cool and Really steady, i've by no means even observed one hiccup when streaming video, vs continuous issues with wireless. it seems fairly resiliant immediately after a year+ of power spikes/outages with no noticeable complications to the unit.the push-button encryption is a nice feature. included computer software is not necessary, it's really 'plug and play'. as others have mentioned, current spikes from compressors/vacuum cleaners could result in concern for this medium, but this unit is no far more susceptible than any other powerline network unit.200Mbps is not a measure of the network exchange you will get, but a measure of the max transfer rate achievable by way of the wall. particularly if employing tcp and/or duplex communication, anticipate 16-36 Mbps on this 10럼 connected device (depending on the distance of the outlets). i reside in a condo exactly where operating wire isn't an choice and i necessary a resolution to stream 1080p content to my media box. wireless N achieved well above the rate i required, however it fluctuated too wildly which is not acceptable for media streaming. the ether-more than-power choice operates excellent simply because it is so trustworthy, although at a lower bandwidth than N. if you're will need is to maximize average bandwidth, this may well not be the device for you.

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- Uncomplicated to setup (as in you need to have subsequent to no technical knowledge to set these factors up... I could give them to my grandmother... and she would be able to do it)- Solid connection- The units don't look too negative on your wallThey are excellent for shorter distances! - Price tag (a con of powerline networking in general... not limited to these adapters)- Speed degrades really swiftly the additional you get from your base (obvious con... and accurate of any sort of networking seriously... even wired...) I had and returned this set of networking adapters. I only returned them since I could not get a strong sufficient connection for the placement that I bought them for. In their defense, I was trying to bridge my router (which is on the second floor of our residence) to my media gear in the basement (on the opposite corner of the home). The system that they shipped with showed a connection of 50+/-3Mbps which wasn't quite sufficient to stream the HD media that I purchased them for; on the other hand, it was far more than sufficient for points like xbox reside / psn / or utilizing our 12mbps / 1mbps DSL connection. I was actually very impressed with the stability of the connection from corner to corner of a 4800 sqft house; however, I had to return them as I had no use for them other than the intended use. I will say, they would make a great purchase for somebody in a condo or smaller single household (or a renter) who doesn't want to wire up their property with cat 6.

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This is a good item if you are so tired of employing wireless cards. I get above 100 mbps which I consider is good and I haven't had any difficulties with it. These are a newer model due to the fact they do not get that hot, which I assume is awesome. Its Netgear, LOL. Also it comes with software that ought to be intstalled prior to using. The sling link powerline was plug and play, no computer software needed whichwas wonderful. Very first of all I think in order to get the 200mbps on these you have to have a fairly new home. My residence is only 6 years old so I have no troubles but others have not had the identical expertise with powerline adapters. I went from making use of the Slinglink powerline which I liked incredibly much but the transfer rate was horrible. To transfer 4gb from my pc to my server took practically an hour. With the Netgear it has brought that transfer rate to almost 10 minutes. That is a massive distinction. I can now also stream movies more than to my extender in my living room, I could prior to but it would stutter a lot. Now there is no stuttering and I assume I may possibly even be able to stream Blu-Ray Movies. We'll see.

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- Ease of setup--just plug n play.- No problems with Ubuntu 8.04 and WinXP SP3, but I had the impression the OS didn't produce significantly of a problem with these kinds of devices, as it seemed to me to be a various aspect of it...but that's not for here.- At present employing it to connect a PS3 to my router, and it performs sufficiently quicker than with 54G Wireless, which is portion of the point. - Price tag is far too high for this kind of item, and I wish it had been not the case.- a single adapter is nonetheless pretty bulky, but at least these ones don't seem to burn out or overheat too a lot, at least so far.- position of ethernet port is somewhat limiting in certain scenarios, but i make do. not genuinely a con, but not a thing I liked. Would have preferred the port on the bottom of the device, or if it was feasible, the top. Not significantly here. Hoping they last for decent although, and they must. This is in a residence built in the last four years.

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The setup could not be less difficult. Security buttons on the side make it a snap to setup an AES encryption crucial. No drivers required. CD only necessary for setting up excellent of service and advanced attributes, but the CD is still not a driver; it only provides you the configuration interface which is nice. The computer has no idea it is going by means of a powerline network. Doesn't seem rapid enough to stream 1080i. If you do want to install the CD software program, you ought to run it in compatibility mode in Windows 7, and set it to run as an administrator. This appears a lot quick sufficient to stream a 720p picture. I assume you will need to do with the 1 Gbs powerline adapter kits to stream 1080i. I have a Slingbox Pro which I use to watch Tv in my space on my personal computer. Even although I have one particular old laptop running XP and a fairly new laptop operating Vista, the Slingbox would nonetheless break up each now and then when I browsed the web on one laptop and run the slingbox computer software on the other. Now that I use a mixture of wireless and powerline, the video comes in fantastic. On the other hand, when I commence transfering HD video from my TiVo to my computer system, I'll go ahead and play the file suitable when it begins transfering. It is not in a position to play the entire video which means it is not rapidly enough to stream 1080i. When I do a transfer on a 720p or even 480i programming from the TiVo, I can begin playing it correct when it begins transfering with no getting to wait for the complete factor to arrive.

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I truly wanted to like these and use these Powerline adapters but have quite mixed feelings in the end. I have my cable modem on the 2nd floor and various PCs and devices about the residence that until now are connected to a wireless G access point. I had hoped to EITHER add an access point closer to the "middle" of my household OR connect my basement workplace via the powerline adapters to the router upstairs. Nicely, neither scenario works in a 2005 residence with clearly new wiring. I can not get above 105 Mbs in the finest case scenario, even from the 2nd floor to an outlet 1 floor below and in the same portion of the house. In the basement, I get an even lower performance that is not any far better than wireless is. So I have them laying around now, performing nothing, and hope 1 day to have a require for connectivity that is just a "few outlets" over, like possibly in the similar space or next space. I also have the distinct impression that even if the connection rate is 100 Mbs+ that there is a "lag" or latency that is noticably worse than on a direct wireless G connection. Webpages just do not appear with the very same snappyness. It might be that the electronics in the adpaters is just a whole bunch less powerful than in a regular 10럼 5 port switch or wireless router. So even if the transmission rate can theoretically be high, that does not mean in daily use that you will in fact have snappy efficiency. I had been highly sceptical based on the other evaluations and experiences individuals had written about for powerline adapters and must have listened. These may be usable if you seriously do not care about the efficiency part and just need some simple way to provide internet / network connectivity. Perhaps if you turn the LEDs off so you do not see the RED light reminding you of the poor performance, it may possibly be more acceptable to some. Otherwise, appear elsewhere for greater networking alternatives. For the similar amount of income, I could have purchased two wireless N routers like the Asus RT-12N, loaded 3rd party firmware and utilized one as an AP and the other as a client bridge. It would at least have worked whereas I now have no use for the powerline units. Great luck.

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Did what it mentioned, connected my computer system downstairs to my router upstairs. Was slow Transferred just a hair quicker than my wireless-g network, about 2.7MB/s (Bytes, not bits) opposed to 2.four on wireless. In the same room upstairs, it transferred at 6.7MB/s. I have a home built in 2007.

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Operates as described, perfectly and immediately. No need to have for software program, just plug and go. Connection has not shown any drop whilst playing Netflix and Pandora on my Blu-ray player. NONE Fantastic top quality, straightforward to use, what's not to like?

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- Functions extremely nicely!- More rapidly than wireless.- Really easy to setup None But. these units work exactly as advertised. I utilised them to setup a media center PC and an XBox 360 in the living room, and connect them to my network switch in my den. Just plug them in, and press the security button on 1 of the units, and you are off and running. I havent had to touch or think about them considering that!

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Excellent Item so far. Just bought four of these for two Xbox360s and 1 PS3. Way far more trustworthy then wireless N. Streams all gaming and netflix without difficulties. Price. 4 of these babies expense me 趮!!! Ouch! This is a fantastic way to difficult wire your media devices to your property network for far better performance than wirless.

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Exceptional item! Simple, uncomplicated and rapid. I believed I would give this a attempt over a range extender for my home network and am glad I did. I use this for my household theater and movie downloads which are located in a big house addition. Vudu HDX movies download in about 4 hours, regular HD movies are available instantly, essentially no distinct than when I my VuDU directly connected to my network in a diverse room. Cost. I'm going to attempt one more connection in a unique component of the house and Ill see how that works (it will be farther and through a diverse but connected electrical system)

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None if you are trying to expand an exiing program with v1 adapters. Do not purchase this if you strategy to use it along with the prior v1 (grey color) adapters. Even though each are stated to be totally HomePlug AV compatible and they share the similar model number except for the version, v2 adapters are slow and unstable in a method with v1 adapters if they work at all. This has just been pointed our here by ejd and by many others in the thread "Compatibility of XAVB101 V1 & V2" on the Netgear web site.

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- particularly straightforward to install, just plug into wall and connect to router- much quicker than wireless, acquiring my max internet speed and the router is on a diverse floor of the house, all the way on the other side - a bit pricey, but I think it's worth it, especially due to the fact access points and repeaters are almost the identical price

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Excellent - works as advertised and consistently provides > 50 Mbps which permits me to stream HD content material to my SageTV HDTheater box upstairs. Audible low-frequency clicking which occurs in tandem with the green network visitors light can be heard by means of my Logitech speakers. I have a residence theater computer system setup downstairs that is connected to a Logitech 5.1 surround sound system. The network visitors introduced more than the powerline by this ethernet adapter causes interference which is picked up by my speakers and is audible.Please note that the AV Ethernet adapter is plugged into a separate wall outlet from the rest of my gear. I remedied the circumstance by buying a line conditioner and placing it between the wall outlet and my HTPC and audio equipment and this removed the annoying low frequency clicking noise. Too bad I had to spend additional for this and that Netgear can't mitigate this challenge somehow as component of their remedy.

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I was a bit skeptical that this product would function in my old home, but to my surprise it works fantastically. I am making use of this item to stream HD movies from my PC to my PS3, and it works flawlessly. My wireless router could only stream music and even then would stutter from time to time. I wish I located this sooner I advocate this item to any person who can\'t run cat5 cables throughout the property, but still want the security of a wired connection.

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Quite easy to setup. Preety slow. I live in a two bedroom apartments, from the living room to bedroom, I get 4MB/s max which is around 28 Mbits/s or 25% of maximum speed advertised. It is still far better than my 11g wireless which can\'t go above 1.5MB/s

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These powerline ethernet adapters are worth every single penny. The setup for was as uncomplicated as any plug and play device, just plug into the wall, connect the ethernet cables, and go. I have the adapters about 50 feet apart in a 1 bedroom apartment and signal strength is always green. The speed is excellent adequate to stream HD video to my PS3 with no concerns.I occasionally send wake on lan packets through these to my desktop so I can vpn and remote to my PC. The speed is quick adequate that I can leave all settings at max in Remote Desktop. None If you're feel about getting them, just get them. It's so significantly easier than ripping up floors and running wires through walls.

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Convenience: Just plug it in and you are surfing the internet. Speed: This was purchased as an alternative to wireless for streaming to an Xbox 360. G Router was faster so returned this product and bought an N router. This was really good for expanding the network for the purposes of browsing and email. Just not ideal for streaming.

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Quite straightforward to install. Installation takes as lengthy as it takes to plug into an electrical outlet and snap in a cable. Very uncomplicated. It worked the initially time. I connected my Samsung Tv to the internet. No cons. Know that there are two units to a box. I made a mistake and ordered two boxes. I had to return 1 of the boxes. Only one box is required for 1 device.

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These points couldn't be simpler, and they saved me all the time and effort of crawling under the residence stringing CAT5 cable. I put one in the room with our wireless router and the other in my wife's office and she was online, it's that straightforward. The only reason I installed the software program utility was so that I could turn off the LEDs (they're brighter than a nightlight). This item allowed me to move the router to the living room so that I could boost my computer system's wireless reception. Also, I can now hardwire my laptop to the router and the Television so that we can stream Netflix movies at the best possible top quality (this saves me the expense of a Roku box). Absolutely nothing significant (see below). Since I just got them I can't speak to their longevity. Regarding the software utility: it will not run effectively under Windows 7 RTC so I installed it on an XP laptop or computer. Not a deal breaker, and I expect this problem will be resolved when Windows 7 is released to customers in October.

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Basic, quickly, and secure. I literally plugged the adapters into the wall, plugged in the ethernet wires, and began surfing. The adapters allow altering the encryption coding with the push of a button. You can use several adapters in your home. I read in my research prior to purchasing, the adapters must be plugged into circuits on the panel. If your home has more than 1, make certain they are on the very same panel. Will not work when plugged into a power strip.

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At a distance of about 30m in an apartment building, I was in a position to accomplish about 15 Mbps download consistently, with about 6 ms added to ping by the powerline adapters. At the router speed is around 30 Mbps so there may well a slight drop in efficiency, but it's considerably far more reliable than wireless in avoiding lag spikes or disconnection. I think the speed was about the identical when utilizing two electrical outlets in the identical room, but it could have been faster. Additional high-priced than a wireless router or running Ethernet cabling. Can be applied to very easily extend the coverage of a wireless network in noisy wireless conditions such as a city.

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Super Easy setup and worked proper away None Been using for over a week and have NO Problems with my XBox 360 at the other end of the house!

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Bought this couple days ago to use it on my R3610 for media use. No installation require, just plug one into your router and wall's plug, and then the other one just plugged into the other side of the wall and the computer, and that's it. The only reason why I took a star out is because of the price, 180 included taxes is kind high!