Wd powerline network kit 720p#

I started off with an Asoka PlugLink to take an ethernet connection to my PS3 in the other room since wireless was found to be the bottleneck on streaming certain videos (.mkv in particular) to my TV.

I’m using powerline networking for devices that don’t have a built-in wireless adapter and applications that needed higher throughput, like streaming videos that would chug a little bit on just the wireless. Another use case for the technology is extending the network beyond wireless. A big motive behind the technology was allowing all-electric cars access to the network while they charge overnight. This allows the technology to deliver data rates of 500 Mbps for LAN uses. Just last month, the IEEE ratified the IEEE 1901TM Broadband over Power Line (BPL) standard.

Wd powerline network kit 720p#

I’m using two different brands of powerline networking in my house and they’re both working well for browsing the web on a laptop, streaming 720p HD video to the PS3, and allowing the Tivo to download its program schedule. I still may run those network cables some day but for now I’m using an easier, more portable solution to getting the network into my farthest rooms and faster than the wireless bandwidth. I would run Cat6 cables to all the different rooms and be able to get connected anywhere. One of the many things that had me excited about buying my own house was that I planned to network the heck out of it.