Peter Alcibiades wrote:
Its super easy to tell what's happening with the Solwise: you either have three lights or you don't. And you just plug in a spare, assuming you have one. If it works, you know.
An obvious (to those who've used them) point that I don't think has been mentioned yet is that from a Linux point of view (back on topic!) you're connecting into a network hub, and you therefore need the same drivers as you would to plug into any other hub - ie none.
The same applies if you're trying to connect your games console, network media player, etc; it's just a network port, no drivers needed.
If you routinely use access points rather than wireless adapters you get the same benefits on wireless, but compared with the £10 USB dongles that have been mentioned in this thread, on Linux certainly (and on Windows too in my opinion) this is a big benefit to the homeplugs.
Well, just my own experience.
Mine too!
I can second Solwise's support, both in their forums and direct. As a reseller we rely on this more than the average punter as we do have to deal with returns and support, but they're a friendly bunch to deal with.