macnn
04/19/2008, 6:05pm, EDT
Saturday, April 19th
MacWireless offers 200Mbps over household wiring
MacWireless.com has announced its new ultra-fast Powerline Network Adapter 200Mbps for Macs. Powerline networking allows users to route a network through the electrical lines that are already built into any home or office. Offering speeds up to 200Mbps, users can easily install an Ethernet network to other floors or rooms in the building without the need to run wires. The devices convert data from any computer into a signal that can be transmitted over standard AC wires. According to the company, the signal does not interfere with the ordinary current traveling through the wires and up to 16 devices can be used on a single network (up to 980 feet of electrical wire). The adapters, which do not require drivers, support Mac OS 9 or Mac OS X, and Windows.
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They should sell as a PAIR at a slightly lower price then $198.00, and offer the singles at the $99.00 price. Kinda miss leading to see this great price, only to read the fine print on checkout that you need to purchase 2 of them. There are other companies that sell this too for half the price, and I'd be more interested if it was $99.00 for TWO.
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Back on topic:check the Networking thread here for some info. There are a huge number of "gotchas" with the technology.
BTW, I'm confused by the posts requesting a single station: there's no point in pushing your data traffic down the local power vendors throat if you can't pick it up someplace else, no?
At any rate, I agree that this price is on the expensive side. But then again, running cat-5 from my basement to my second floor isn't cheap either. I just don't want to blow $200 on something that works only when I'm not running my dishwasher or microwave or something.