been thinking of that for my shop even though I am not unhappy with my bridge even with reduced speeds.
Happy New Year to all pf At 08:19 AM 12/31/2010, Anthony Q. Martin Poked the stick with: >I traveled over the holidays to my Mom's. Her router is at the back of the >house and I tend to stay on the other end. The wireless is hit and miss (so >bad that my phone just didn't work on her wireless). So, this year I got a WD >powerline system. I just plugged one end into her router (and powerstrip, not >wall socket, which they claim you're not supposed to do) and the other unit >into my laptop and a nearby wall socket. It worked great. I should have >gotten a second wireless router so I could have provided wifi for my phone >(anyone know of a good unit for that) that would plug into one of the ports on >the WD unit. > >The really good news is that this same WD powerline AV system works with my >NETGEAR Powerline AV stuff. I just plugged one unit into a wall socket and >instantly have 4 100 Mbit ports for internet connections. This works much >better than just depending on wireless at all parts of the house...speedtest >shows 40+ mbps in remote parts of the house. >Basically, I have 8 additional internet ports that can be in two different >parts of the house or travel with me. > >Just thought I would report to the collective on recent Powerline stuff. It >seems this hasn't worked very well in the past but things seem to work much >better now. > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >database 5750 (20101231) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com > > -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- I must have slipped a disk -- my pack hurts.
