We stayed in a gite which had one of these and it was shit, it never worked very well at all, internet was really slow (if it worked at all). Also aren't they quite expensive? Especially when compared to the fuck all cost of network cable. Also network cable is pretty low profile so can pretty easily be hidden unless you live in some minimalist white cube, in which case massive HomePlugs will also look shit.
Yeah - I have Gigabit Belkin ones and stream 1080p movies flawlessly from my storage.Great bits of kit... just plug them in and away you go. Pisses all over wireless
Just a word of warning, they never get anyway near what they promise/state in the spec. 200Mbs ones run at about 85Mbs and 1000Mbs run at about 300-400Mbs (in my experience).
As long as the ring mains are connected to the same fuse/consumer box it shouldn't be a problem (4th FAQ in the AVForums).Didn't look like your crib was imported from the US
Just clocked those at the same price on play.com, do you just get the one plug or are there two in a pack? Not very clear on Play or Dab. Do you know of any other 1000Mbps that include plug-throughs (vaguely handy not to loose sockets).
It was the plug things not the internet connection, rubbish.Do you really need to drill holes and such like? You can have long runs of network cable can't you? Surely a bit of creative routing under the edges of carpets/under skirting board should work? And will cost fuck all. And if your house is a shit heap what does it matter if there's an extra wire or two floating about? (I mean that non-offensively, for what it's worth 95% of my house is a super shitty shit heap)
Honestly the plug things were shit, they looked shit and they were shit (in my experience)
I bought mine from Scan. I think so long as you get the kit, you get 2 units?. I bought this kit so I could pick them up in person as I was passing through from Brownstones.I didn't research plug-throughs as I didn't need them (I just stuck the 4 way onto the other 4 way and freed up the spare socket that way, not ideal I know )
Quote from: nik at work on February 24, 2010, 03:53:38 pmHonestly the plug things were shit, they looked shit and they were shit (in my experience)Any recollection of what brand so I know what to avoid?
Most of my sockets are double, so plug throughs wouldn't be essential. Why'd you get plugs with American style pins, was your house wired by Americans too?
They were NetGear, big horrible looking things.
You can be arsed to build your PC from components to save a few quid but ten minutes shoving cable under carpet is to much hassle to save a hunner? There is indeed nowt as queer as folk...
how much stuff have you got to plug into the router?
i would still go with lan cable as you can get problems due to different rooms being on different ring mains etc...
I've got three homeplugs around our house. They worked out of the box with little no configuration required and have continued without problems for the last couple of years.
Not an issue, see first couple of posts, its mentioned as item four in the AVForums FAQ I linked that as long as all ring mains are on the same fusebox it'll be fine.