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But I cannot seem to find any suport for this on Netgear's site.Poor support in my opinion. Not enough to play video. Downstairs, on the kitchen circuit, the speed only hit 15mbps. I understand there is a filter I can put on my appliances to reduce the noise on the lines. I bought two XE103 adapters. They produce the maximum speed of 85 mbps on the same circuit in the same room. I would expect better documentation as to how to make this product run faster.
Plugged one in at the router and the other at the DirecTV DVD. Speed wise it is comperable to my desk top. I bought the set of two. Ran a 6 ft Ethernet cable from the router and a 14 ft cable to the DVD, Download and configuration took about 28 hours (DirecTV says 24 hrs) and has been on line ever since.
The only catch is that you'll need to buy more than one, and the more connections you need, the more you will have to buy. All the three XE103 have been plugged on the wall for more than 1 year and half and my connection never broke or had problems (knock on the wood). (By the way, I am using Netgear XE103 as Slinglink Turbo 1PORT Enet Connection Bridge in case you are also wondering if they are equivalent). If you are having trouble bringing the wireless connection to different floors, this can also be your solution. Despite the convenience of wireless connections, people sometimes prefer wired ones for they are more reliable, faster and will not raise any health concerns. For the exact reasons, I bought three "Netgear XE103" : One for the ADLS modem, another for my computer and a third one for my Slingbox Pro. Some people seem to have problems with the product due to the internal wiring of their house, but for me it was as easy as plugging it on the wall and connecting the cable.
Then one day they suddenly will not stay connected no matter where they are plugged. It's probably due to the wiring in my house. When they connect and stay connected it works great. With others it was intermittent. I am in a house built in 1981. I got a pair of these several months ago but I had issues getting them to work reliably. With certain outlets the pair would not work at all. I had no problems for a few months.
Of course, this means that you already have one plugged in to your router. All I did was plug them in and start using my home network and the Internet.
I turned my wireless off once I bought and installed these adapters.This is what we were promised twenty years ago with technology rather than the endless setting up and tweaking of computers, networks and other gizmos. I did not notice any difference between this method and normal network cable.
Works without any other setup or aggravation. My wireless setup was intermittent in some areas.
Just plug it into a wall outlet, run a network cable between this device and your computer and you are done. Once you have at least two of these you can always add more devices anywhere in your home.I never read the directions.
I did notice a difference between this and wireless; this works in every room.
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