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Best Powerline Network Adapters?

legend8887
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http://www.asus.com/pt/Networking/PLX51PPLX52P/

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There isn't much difference between them in terms of performance so just get the one with the features you want. For example some come in a kit with a switch on one end, sometimes the switch is gigabit. Just make sure you get one of the AV200 or AV500 ones rather than the old kind. And don't be surprised when the "Gigabit" adapter only runs at ~50Mbps... because that's around about the top real world speed you'll get on any of them.

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There isn't much difference between them in terms of performance so just get the one with the features you want. For example some come in a kit with a switch on one end, sometimes the switch is gigabit. Just make sure you get one of the AV200 or AV500 ones rather than the old kind. And don't be surprised when the "Gigabit" adapter only runs at ~50Mbps... because that's around about the top real world speed you'll get on any of them.

I'm thinking of doing this aswell, if the "gigabit" adapter runs only at ~50mbps tops - then what's the point in the 500mbps adapters compared to the 200mbps ones?

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I'm thinking of doing this aswell, if the "gigabit" adapter runs only at ~50mbps tops - then what's the point in the 500mbps adapters compared to the 200mbps ones?

 

Well there is a difference but it's more like a AV200 adapter will run at something like 45Mbps where an AV500 one will do 55Mbps. If that extra speed is worth the cost gap then go for it. Just don't expect more than 100Mbps on the Gigabit adapter or that much more than the cheaper AV200 adapter would have done.

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