Adam Bower wrote:
On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:28:30AM +0000, James Freer wrote:
Why are folk generally derogatory towards Netgear and why not save yourself the grief and expense of wireless and use powerline? The unit costs the same as a wireless card from ebuyer. I've had 7 months of faultless use so far.
I'd like to know where you can buy powerline adaptors for the same price as wireless cards? I'd quite like some to get all the kit I have that doesn't move around onto something faster.
Also, what kind of performance do people see with this powerline gear as in latency and speed? I've read reports of it being about as slow as wireless.
Also there are 2 reasons that it is not as popular as wireless, first off some people have problems with powerline not working for them so they are in the same boat as wireless. Also powerline doesn't help me with my laptop which I move around the house, and most people have a wireless network as most laptops have wireless adaptors built in, but i'm not aware of anyone offering powerline stuff built into machines (although, if you could buy psu's and laptop adaptors that had it built in that'd be neat).
Adam
Adam
I bought the Netgear XE102 which is £26ish each. PCworld charge about £50 each for them.
http://www.ebuyer.com/cat/Wireless/subcat/Adapters---PC-Cards
cards go from £11-99 to £77 ish ok a rough mean is about £40.
The only problem someone can have with powerline is some fault with their power supply. Wireless is preferable because it's the 'yuppee' thing to have - if you want to spend the money. All you have to plug in is the plug and an internet cable - nothing to build into a machine. I'd like a laptop but i'd still use a powerline.
james