Gizmodo: powerline

Belkin Powerline HD First to Reach Gigabit Ethernet Speeds

Mark Wilson — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:59:01 EDT

Network-over-powerline solutions have never been bad—their convenience just came at a cost of speed. That's no longer the case with Belkin's Gigabit Powerline HD.

Reaching data rates of 1000Mbps (over the former speed of 200Mbps), Belkin's new $150 Gigabit Powerline HD Starter Kit includes two Powerline adapters, allowing you to stream multiple uncompressed HD data feeds through your home with little issue.

Of course, these are best case scenario numbers. If your old home has lousy electrical, that theoretical spec speed could drop a lot lower. Then again, at the overkill bandwidth of 1000Mbps, it can afford to. [Belkin]

Netgear's 200 Mbps Powerline Adapters Are $170 For HD, $150 for AV

Mark Wilson — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:20:00 EST

While we've already seen older iterations Netgear's powerline-based networking products, it's just today that the new Powerline HD Plus Ethernet Adapter Kit ($170) and Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter Kit ($150) have become widely available. Both systems transfer data at 200 Mbps over your home's electrical wiring, but the big difference is that the Powerline HD Plus system includes a socket so you don't miss out on the plug space. Now if only my apartment's electrical were as reliable as its airspace, I might consider the purchase. [Netgear]

Netgear Extender Stretches Out Your Internet Connection

Louis Ramirez — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:20:39 EDT

Need to expand your Internet connection to another part of your apartment? Netgear's new XEPS103 PowerLine Extender can turn any electrical outlet into an instant Internet connection. As a bonus, if you have a Netgear router, it'll replace your router's power adapter and still double as a network extender. Speed-wise you're looking at 85Mbps. The Extender is out now for $80. A full kit (with the XE103 Wall-Plugged Ethernet Adapter) is coming this summer. – Louis Ramirez

Press Release

Icron Brings USB 2.0 Over Powerline

Jason Chen — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:30:40 EDT

We haven't quite dipped into the Ethernet over Powerline revolution yet, but this USB over Powerline seems to be the next step. Icron's combining Panasonic's HD-PLC powerline tech with its ExtremeUSB to make a USB extender that works over your home's electrical system.

Technically cool, but it's even cooler when you think about implications like hooking up your set-top box's USB port to your PC, or sharing a USB hard drive over the span of your entire house. What's also good is that Icron says there's no need for drivers on Win, Mac or Linux, but it only gets speeds of up to 190Mbps. That's a bit less than half of USB's 480Mbps max. Still, some connectivity is better than no connectivity. – Jason Chen

Press Release [eHomeUpgrade]

Slinglink Turbo: Merely a Powerline Networking Adapter

Brian Lam — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:25:39 EST

Amazon leaked an unrevealed piece of Sling gear yesterday. The next day you'll be assaulted with words from blogs claiming the Slinglink Turbo is a revolutionary piece of gadgetry.

It's nice, like all Sling gear. But it ain't revolutionary.

The device is simply a Powerline networking device, like the old Slinglink. The one new has four 100BASE-T ports, instead of one. And the original pushed 14mbps, while the newer one does 84mbps, using HomePlug 1.0 Turbo standards. There is a one port device in the kit that receives the powerline signal and uploads it to the home network. To my knowledge, powerline equipment from Linksys will do the same thing, albeit, not in the same pretty shell. As a Sling fanboy, that does score it brownie points, but the fact is, this is a piece of networking gear. –Brian Lam

[Sling Community]

Sony CPF-IX001: Audio Streaming over Powerline like it's 1999

Brian Lam — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:20:51 EDT

Sony's new audio streamer grabs tunes from a PC over WiFi, Ethernet, or powerline. That's right, I said the words "New" and "Powerline" in the same coffee-tainted blog breath. Aside from being able to network over home power plugs and lines, there's not much info in the press release. From the looks of it, the lil' fella is a two channel deal, with a simple mono color display. According to John Falcone at CNET, the CPF-IX001, pronounced Cippif-Icksool, is out in August for $300.

On a related note, a fellow tech editor in the know says there's some new powerline networking gear that works really well. But, until I see High Def over my AC with my own eyes, I'm sticking to Wifi and fatty gigabit.– Brian Lam

CPF-IX001 [sony's release]

CPF-IX001[CNet's preview]

Powerline Networking by Netgear [Maximum PC Magazine]

Netgear HDX101: 200Mbps Powerline Networking

johnb — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:27:01 EDT

Poweline networking has long been the laughing-stock of networking devices. While Wi-Fi and other wireless junk has taken off, everyone is always harshing on poor powerline networking for no good reason. Until now.

Enter 200Mbps powerline rockage with the HDX101. 200Mbps is considerably more than the trickle we once saw with this selfsame technology and at $249.99 for a full kit—the HDXB101—I might actually even give it a try. Beats waiting for Wi-Fi to transfer all my illicit pornography around my home network. – John Biggs

Press Release [Netgear]