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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | Netgear's HDXB101 Powerline HD Network Kit for high quality video and gaming is an ideal solution for connecting a PC, DVR, X-Box 360, PS3 or other game console to the home network. Simply plug one HDX101 into an AC outlet near your router and the other HDX101 near the device you wish to network. Built-in Quality of Service (QoS) ensures high quality, consistent performance for things like real-time HD video and audio streaming for a digital media adapter (DMA) for Internet gaming and VoIP calls. Data rates up to 200 Mbps provide large file transfers to networked storage devices up to 12 times faster than previous Powerline networking products, all with encrypted security. Supports up to 16 HDX101 units on one home network Plug-and-play connection of a Powerline HD network Network Ports - One 200 Mbps Powerline HD interface and One 10/100 Ethernet port Electromagnetic Emissions - FCC Part 15 Class B Power and Safety Regulations - UL Certified Typical Coverage - Up to 5000 square foot home System Requirements - Available RJ-45 Ethernet port, Microsoft Windows Vista, XP and 2000 | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 9.4 inches | | Product Width: | 8.4 inches | | Product Height: | 3.1 inches | | Product Weight: | 4.0 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.5 inches | | Package Width: | 8.0 inches | | Package Height: | 3.1 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 78 reviews |
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| | Features | Delivers up to 200 Mbps* to any power outletUses existing electrical wiringBuilt-in Quality of Service for video streaming, gaming and VoIPSimple plug and play installationConfigurable Quality of Service for advanced users
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 No Luck with this product! Dec 01, 2008
I could not recommend this product to anyone. The first one I received was bad (the two devices wouldn't sync. The second one would sync but the communications would drop intermittently. The product also gets very hot.
 Now I can stream Netflix to my entertainment center Nov 21, 2008
I bought the LX BD300 Blue Ray Player with Netflix streaming and had no networking/internet in that location of the house. (This player does not have wireless networking)
I bought the Netgear HDXB101 Powerline HD Ethernet Kit to send networking through the electrical lines of the house, and to my entertainment system. There is a cheaper version of this model, but this one had more bandwidth.
Steps that I took:
* I placed one module in an electrical outlet near the router and the other module in an electrical outlet near the entertainment center
* I plugged an ethernet cable from the router to the first module and another cable from the second module, near the entertainment center, to a Netgear FS605NA 5-Port Fast Ethernet Switch (this allowed multiple ethernet devices)
* I plugged my LX BD300 Blue Ray/NetFlix ethernet cable into the switch, and I plugged the Dish Network HD Receiver into the switch.
* Both devices connected to the router and receive IP addresses
All work easy and flawlessly!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Get Connected Oct 29, 2008
I am no technical wizard. There's nothing I hate more than a piece of technology that comes out the box that you need to configure and spend a lot of time setting up before it works. I always end up doing *something* wrong. I had no such problem with the Netgear HDXB101 Powerline HD Ethernet Kit. There was no set-up required at all. Just plug it in!
Man, I can't say how happy I am. I have two 60GB PlayStation 3's in my house. One is about 10 feet from my Netgear Wireless Router, which wirelessly connects with 100% signal strength. My second PS3 is on the same level of the house, but through some walls and around some corners...apx 60 feet from the router, so I only get about 10% signal strength at best; hence, my wireless connection to my second PS3 fails regularly.
Therefore, I could never go online with the PS3 that was far from the router, and when the second PS3 needed a System Update, I'd have to go through the inconvenient process of disconnecting my modem from the router and setting it up near the second PS3 to do the download.
Not anymore! I unboxed the Netgear HDXB101 Kit today at 10:00 a.m. At 10:10 a.m. (yes...the same day!) my second PS3 was online. Talk about plug and play!
The Kit comes with two HDXB101 Adapters and two Ethernet cables. Plug one HDXB101 in near your router, then connect the router and the HDXB101 with one of the Ethernet Cables. Then plug the other HDXB101 in near your PS3 (or whatever it is you're trying to get connected) and use the other Ethernet cable to connect the HDXB101 to your PS3. If the Power light is green on both HDXB101s, the blue connectivity light is lit on both and the data light is blinking green...you're connected!
I was shocked (no pun intended) that this process went so effortlessly. Especially when the electrical outlet near my router and the electrical outlet near my second PS3 are on two separate circuit breaker boxes! And amazingly, the speed of downloading is way faster than my wireless connection on my first PS3 that's connected wirelessly.
The only thing that I don't like about the HDXB101 is that it doesn't want you to use it with a surge protector, and nowhere on the box or instructions does it say that it's guaranteed to prevent a surge to your devices. So for now I'll be disconnecting it when I'm not using it.
One other thing to keep in mind is that I live in a house; if you live in an apartment, using the HDXB101 without configuring the security might provide your Internet Connection to the rest of your building for all I know. Heck, now that I think of it, maybe now I'm providing Internet to my whole neighborhood???
The HDXB101 comes with a CD that'll help you get through any custom configuring that you might need to do (and Netgear Customer Service is one of the best that I've ever had to call...I called them about 6 months ago to try to get my router wireless connected to my second PS3).
So while surge protection and security remain unsolved by this user, I'd say that I'm a lot more happy than I am worried that someone might try to borrow a little bandwith or that I'll get struck by lightening.
Connect this item to your cart is my recommendation.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Device is promising, but technology isn't ready Oct 13, 2008
I was really excited to give this technology a try, as I wanted to get Ethernet from the basement up to the second floor of my house.
My home is less than 15 years old, and I wasn't able to get a network connection going from one side of my basement to the other. I found that even having a halogen lamp on the same circuit affected throughput -- turning the lamp off increased the reliability to some degree.
Unfortunately, since I wish to stream media the last thing I can endure is a network connection with spotty results.
It's too bad really, I would try this again in the future if there was any improvement - it's a shame that existing powerlines cannot be used.
0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
ethernet over power? Oct 02, 2008
this is an easy to use networking device. anyone can do it. just plug it in.
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