Twin Pack 85Mb Homeplug Ethernet Adapter

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Editorial reviews

Product Description
Solwise Description - 85Mbps Ethernet HomePlug Adapters Twin Pack. The Solwise PL-85PE Homeplug Ethernet Adaptor provides No New Wires communications to any room, over the electricity cables, at the speed of up to 85Mbps. Targeted at the residential users, it is utilizing Intellon INT5500 high-speed powerline chipset and patented PowerPacket OFDM technology. Fully compatible with Homeplug 1.0 Specifications and specially tailored to deliver speed up to 85Mbps over the most difficult powerline communication environment. Built-in Quality of Service (QOS) features also provides the necessary bandwidth for multimedia payloads including TV over IP (IPTV), higher data rate broadband sharing, Online-Gaming, VoIP Calls, extending Wireless LANs coverage, Audio-Video transmission across the network as well as Network camera connectivity. Easy to install and use, it plugs straight in to any existing wall electrical socket while having a low power consumption, it comes with 56 bit DES encryption ensuring that your network communications is free from eavesdroppers and hackers. The AutoMDI/MDIX functionality of the PL-85PE also simplifies and ensures a hassle free installation. For full specifications and downloads please see our main website at www.solwise.co.uk

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-09-16 rating:
Its so easy
These things are just so easy to use that even a child could do it. Got these to connect my Xbox 360 to the net without having to trail cables around my house. Box comes complete with 2 plugs and 2 ethernet cables. Connected 1 plug to my router and the other to my Xbox at the other end of the room. Switch both on and was instantly connected and downloading demos. Haven't even looked at the software that came with them, don't think theres a need unless you want to password your plug access. Well worth the money and will be buying more when a WII arrives at Christmas.

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review by: date: 2008-07-25 rating:
Does all I expected and more
I bought these as I was unhappy about wireless, both for privacy and (potential) health reasons. Out of the box they worked perfectly first time. Brilliant.

A couple of months later I was doing some work in the summer house which is about 30 feet from the house, and realised that I needed to access the web. As I already had trailed an extension cable from the house so I could use my laptop for more than 30 minutes - the time it takes the battery to go flat, I decided to try my luck and plug in the adapter into the extension cable as well. I didn't hold out much hope, as it says on the box it doesn't work on extension cables - but it did! The Powerpacket utility reports a high quality signal, and a speed of 77.35Mbs. I'd like to pont out that it was only a bog-standard extension cable - I use it for the lanmower too (although not at the same time!) and it was plugged into a different "ring" to that of the other adapter. Perhaps I've just been lucky?

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review by: the_bengine date: 2008-06-20 rating:
Work perfectly out of the box
Sick and tired of dodgy wireless connection between computers from one end of the (long, narrow) house to the other i decided to buy these. This seems to be one of the best prices i could find given that i don't need the 200Mb transfer rates which pretty much doubles the price.

Anyway, i've just received them, plugged one into the wall by my Nintendo Wii (with the usb/ethernet adapter i also bought on amazon) and one into the wall by my netgear adsl router.

Worked perfectly first time - wii internet connection vastly improved.

I'll be purchasing more to expand the network in future.

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review by: date: 2008-06-07 rating:
Fed up with wireless? Try this
I have had two of these for a year now and just ordered two more. Like so many I tried wireless first. That worked though the speed was well below that advertised. More worryingly, I had someone trying to hack into my computer from elsewhere in the neighbourhood.

No such worries with Homeplug. Secuity is excellent without having to go into settings because it is based on the ring main in the house. For those very worried about security, a very secure protection is much easier to set up than WEP/WAP etc.

Set up was easy. It works even without installing the software but if you want to change the setting (particularly to set up the password protection), the software is easy to use and only takes up 1.61MB on the hard disk.

In my home which is a combination of 1970s wiring and 2005 wiring connected to a RCB protected circuit board, connection speed is about 73Mbps for those plugged straight into sockets. Extension leads and particularly surge protected sockets slow down the connection though I have not experienced significant issues with the two surge protected sockets (from different brands) which I use. The speeds delivered for these are around 40Mbps, still very respectable and more than satisfactory for Internet usage and home network use.

I am very satisfied with these Homeplugs and do not understand why anyone would want slower and less secure wireless.


review by: adam12578 date: 2008-05-30 rating:
PLUG AND PLAY !!
Like others I bought these to mainly use with the 360.
Hooked up one unit to the Netgear Router and plugged into the mains.
The other to the 360 and into the mains.
Within minutes I was connected and live.
No need for wireless, and can you can use anywhere in the house where the is a power socket. Easy as that!

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