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Actiontec HLE08500-01 MegaPlug 85 Mbps Ethernet Adapter | List Price: $57.99
Discount Price: $48.02
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Brand: Actiontec
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Box Contents - MegaPlug 85 Mbps Ethernet Adapter, Quick Start Guide, Installation CD, User Manual on CD & Ethernet Cable
- No new cables required, uses your existing power lines
- Compatible with any Router or Gateway
- Supports HomePlug speeds up to 85 Mbps
- Perfect for gaming, use with any Gaming Console
Simple and reliable. [Posted on 2008-03-04]
I bought two of these beauties to connect a PC on the other side of an enormous room to my LAN. It worked out of the box, first time, no configuration necessary. I was impressed.
Being an obsessive gamer, I decided to try this with my PS2. Again, I plugged it in, loaded the network settings via DHCP from my router, and was online in less than a minute.
It literally took longer to unpack the box than to build a new network segment with these devices. Get a few and have the reliability and speed of a wired LAN without running wires or drilling holes. Plug in and go.
Works as advertized out of box. No fiddling needed. [Posted on 2008-05-25]
After totally unsatisfactory wireless links, including fiddling with the Linksys Range Extender I gave up on wireless, using this for connecting two buildings on the property. Plugged in and it ran. Works fine with the Acitontec 85 mbps 4-port hub.
As other reviewers have said, you have a chance it won't work if the two places you want to connect are on the opposite phases of your power feed.
If that happens, it's never gonna work so send it back.
mostly doesn't work [Posted on 2008-05-30]
The product is super easy to install and worked great right out of the box...for about 2 days. After 2 days of bliss, it began to work less and less. I'd say that it worked about 10% of the time. If it worked on a given day it would work all day, but if it was off, it would stay off for a week or two. Very frustrating.
I have since bought myself a huge coil of cat 5 cable and built myself cables to route through the attic and down through the walls. Given that this procust was purchased to expressly prevent me having to go into the attic, I'd say this purchase was a total waste of time.
Megaplug 85MBPS [Posted on 2008-08-09]
I purchased the Actiontec two megaplug kit to extend my Fios home network because wifi was not fast enough (6 to 24MBPS). I purchased this megaplug to add another computer to the network. These products were suggested by my providers tech support when the WiFi was transmitting too slow. This product was easy to set up and provides a consistent stable connection for the other computers to connect to the Internet.
Works well, setup software is PC Only [Posted on 2008-09-19]
I purchased the two pack. And while I believe the two come already paired, I think you need the software to link up three or more. This is relevant if you are going to buy the single one listed on this page. But, the single one costs $57 while the pair costs $75 so it really doesn't pay to buy the single. You could buy the double pack and resell the single.
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