Comments on: Hands On: Plaster Networks PLN3 Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter http://www.wegotserved.com/2009/12/26/hands-on-plaster-networks-pln3-powerline-av-ethernet-adapter/ Connecting Your Digital World Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:41:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ian http://www.wegotserved.com/2009/12/26/hands-on-plaster-networks-pln3-powerline-av-ethernet-adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-29442 Ian Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:32:13 +0000 http://www.wegotserved.com/?p=17589#comment-29442 I have struggled with Homeplug assorted in my 10 year old house for years. I have spent hundreds of dollars on devices from Iogear, Actiontec, Zyxel, Netgear and Linksys. All suffered from constant link breakdowns and were unable to reestablish without being reset (power cycled!). Many outlets would never work at all. I bought 4 PNA3's. They have worked flawlessly for over a week. Excellent data rates and no drops or disconnects. I even tested with the old devices in the same double outlet. They still do not work, but the PNA3 do. I had given up on Homeplug and used Actiontech coax assorted, which are reliable. But I don't have coax all over my house. Plaster Networks has a product that just works out of the box, and they have fantastic support ( evening answering my tough questions on competing products long before I made a purchase). They have restored my faith in what has previously been a flaky and undeniable technology. I give the the highest recommendation! I have struggled with Homeplug assorted in my 10 year old house for years. I have spent hundreds of dollars on devices from Iogear, Actiontec, Zyxel, Netgear and Linksys. All suffered from constant link breakdowns and were unable to reestablish without being reset (power cycled!). Many outlets would never work at all. I bought 4 PNA3′s. They have worked flawlessly for over a week. Excellent data rates and no drops or disconnects. I even tested with the old devices in the same double outlet. They still do not work, but the PNA3 do. I had given up on Homeplug and used Actiontech coax assorted, which are reliable. But I don’t have coax all over my house. Plaster Networks has a product that just works out of the box, and they have fantastic support ( evening answering my tough questions on competing products long before I made a purchase). They have restored my faith in what has previously been a flaky and undeniable technology. I give the the highest recommendation!

]]> By: Eric K http://www.wegotserved.com/2009/12/26/hands-on-plaster-networks-pln3-powerline-av-ethernet-adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-13779 Eric K Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:35:33 +0000 http://www.wegotserved.com/?p=17589#comment-13779 FYI.....Every circuit in your house is connected to the breaker pannel.....you would have no power a circuit that did not connect to it. I'm not familiar with how the powerline adaptors work but the panel uses two seperate phases from the transformer comming into the house so you might have a problem if one computer was plugged into one phase and the other computer was on the second phase similar to X10 devices. They make a signal bridge (repeater) for X10 devices that fixes the problem. That being said, seems like it worked fine. Thanks for the review! FYI…..Every circuit in your house is connected to the breaker pannel…..you would have no power a circuit that did not connect to it. I'm not familiar with how the powerline adaptors work but the panel uses two seperate phases from the transformer comming into the house so you might have a problem if one computer was plugged into one phase and the other computer was on the second phase similar to X10 devices. They make a signal bridge (repeater) for X10 devices that fixes the problem. That being said, seems like it worked fine. Thanks for the review!

]]> By: David Carey http://www.wegotserved.com/2009/12/26/hands-on-plaster-networks-pln3-powerline-av-ethernet-adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-13734 David Carey Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:45:03 +0000 http://www.wegotserved.com/?p=17589#comment-13734 I suspect that they say 200Mbs because the ports are 100 Mbs "full duplex". Ethernet is 10Meg, 100Meg, or 1000Meg (aka 1Gig). dc I suspect that they say 200Mbs because the ports are 100 Mbs "full duplex". Ethernet is 10Meg, 100Meg, or 1000Meg (aka 1Gig).

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]]> By: Brandon http://www.wegotserved.com/2009/12/26/hands-on-plaster-networks-pln3-powerline-av-ethernet-adapter/comment-page-1/#comment-13723 Brandon Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:21:31 +0000 http://www.wegotserved.com/?p=17589#comment-13723 Hi. I believe that the reason you saw 100 on your NIC is that although these adapters claim 200 mbits, they only have 10/100 ports on them. So.... They only interface with the rest of your network at speeds of 100. Hi. I believe that the reason you saw 100 on your NIC is that although these adapters claim 200 mbits, they only have 10/100 ports on them. So…. They only interface with the rest of your network at speeds of 100.

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