Corinex is hoping there are still a few networking situations out there where wireless won’t do, but you can be arsed to run Ethernet. Its AV Powerline Ethernet Adapter uses your powerlines as the cable, based on the new HomePNA 2.0 specification that can supposedly hit 200Mbit/sec transfer rates. That’s all well and good, except that Trusted Reviews found real-world rates of around 20Mbit/sec, which is about you can expect to get from 802.11g on a bad day, and doesn’t hold a candle to proper Ethernet. At around $130 per unit (and you’ll need to buy one for each power socket you intend to turn into an Ethernet port) it doesn’t sound like much of a value.
Corinex AV Powerline Ethernet Adapter [TrustedReviews]
