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BlueDragon1981
12-10-2006, 10:45 PM
http://dravensportal.uptonspc.com/drvpforum/index.php/topic,1246.msg10341/topicseen.html#msg10341

ZyXel is an outlet adapter for your regular electric lines that allows you to network your computers in your house through your regular outlets. They make two claims. One will allow for 85 MBs, and the other says it can do up to 200 MBs. This is not something for big networks but it could be a useful tool in home networking, because you would not have to run any lines.

Here is the web site www.us.zyxel.com for more information, or read the reviews and articles at http://find.pcworld.com/54995 .

I would like to try this to see how it works.....

Cryozombie
12-11-2006, 10:41 PM
I would like to try this to see how it works.....

If those speeds are correct thats cool. We used Ethernet over Power to do networking at my old job, but it was only 10baseT

BlueDragon1981
12-12-2006, 01:08 AM
I'm sure the quality depends on how up to date the lines are. The 11 mbps are what some will go to... so it is not any better than the 10baseT but if you get it running at those speeds I think it would be worth it for people to use if they don't have a place they can wire. Some apartment buildings won't let you drill holes and such. Of course with the new wireless N coming into the scene you have other options.