Powerline

[syke]

Whats the deal with this?

We were buying a new router today, and came across these again, and were going to get one or two, but at £30-50 a pop, thought against it.

We just bought one of the Belkin N1 MIMO Routers, and wanted a fast connection upstairs, and was thinking about Powerline.

How does it all work? By guessing, i thought it was just perhaps plug into power, plug in your Ethernet to your laptop, is it as simple as that?

Im not sure how it gains the connection?

Im a noob when it comes to networking..

Thanks for any help on this .

 

[syke]

You plug one into a socket, and then connect it using ethernet to your router, then you plug a second one in next to your PC or whatever and then connect it also via ethernet to your PC. The two powerline adapters convert the ethernet network into whatever protocol they use to communicate between themselves and then use the power wiring in your house as the physical connection.

Brilliant, thanks.

So for example, if i wanted a fast speed upstairs in a room (faster than wireless for example), i do this, plug one next to router, connected via Ethernet, connect one via Ethernet to the laptop, should be fine?