They are fairly useful.

Few of us are fortunate enough to have homes wired for Ethernet, but unless you happen to live in an igloo or a thatch hut, you do have AC power wiring. With the right equipment, you can use those ...

Unplug and replug HomePlug AV adapters at the server, at the client and/or at the intermediary router. This ‘reboot’ usually restores connectivity, but sometimes I also need to… Manually un-pair and ...

NETGEAR, Inc. today announced the addition of two next-generation HomePlug AV-certified powerline kits to its award-winning family of powerline networking solutions: the compact Powerline AV 500 ...

Power-line networking uses existing electrical wiring to connect your computers and other devices to your network router. The technology behind it allows for multiple signals (and therefore several ...

While not as well known or widely used as Wi-Fi or Ethernet, powerline networking—using your existing home electrical wiring to transmit data, turning every outlet in your house into a potential ...

Power-line networking makes use of your electrical lines to give you a de facto wired network. It gives you the range of a wired network without any of the mess or the need to run cable behind the ...

We’re used to extending our network connections and being no longer constrained in our use of Ethernet by proximity to a switch or hub. Our houses routinely contain wireless networks, and of course ...

Editor’s Note: The following article is reprinted from the BizFeed blog at PCWorld.com. Powerline AV 500 Adapter Kit Home networking giant Netgear plans to introduce a 500 megabit-per-second line of ...

Powerline-based home networking faces the daunting task of overcoming its reputation as slow and unreliable, a reputation that originated from less-than-stellar initial attempts at the technology.

Netgear’s Powerline HD Plus (HDX111) took the award for the Best of Home Networking. It will take an ordinary electrical outlet and turn it into an HD streaming connection. It features an ethernet ...