1 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:16,640 I love power line. I cannot emphasize that enough. This is the Lynxys PLSK 2 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:22,720 400. This is a power line kit that not 3 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:24,880 only communicates but also acts as a 4 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:28,800 well yeah okay communicates. So, this is a 200 megabit per second power line kit, 5 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:33,040 which is adequate for, you know, probably a single HD stream and then 6 00:00:31,199 --> 00:00:38,480 some additional, you know, surfing traffic and whatnot. So, what's most 7 00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:42,399 interesting about this particular kit is what you're going to see on the bottoms 8 00:00:40,399 --> 00:00:45,760 of on the bottom of one of the adapters. So, we've got the one adapter here. This 9 00:00:44,239 --> 00:00:49,360 is a pretty normal looking power line adapter. What I do like about it is that 10 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:54,719 it plugs directly into the wall. Um, some of them are more for positioning 11 00:00:52,239 --> 00:00:58,800 away from the wall. And, uh, while that's good from a heat dissipation 12 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:03,520 perspective, it's not necessarily great from a convenience and, um, sightliness. 13 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:11,119 I don't know. I don't know if sightly is something you can say. You could say unsightly, but yeah, I'm not really 14 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:12,799 sure. Um, sorry, from that perspective. 15 00:01:11,119 --> 00:01:19,280 Yeah. So, it plugs in directly into the wall. Okay. You've got your uh standby 16 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:23,119 reset button right here. On the other side, you've got your link button so you 17 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:26,240 can get it to communicate and link up with everything all the other power line 18 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:31,040 devices in your house that are compatible. We've got one network port 19 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:34,320 here. We've got ventilation holes. Looks like a standard power line adapter. Now, 20 00:01:32,479 --> 00:01:37,200 look at this one. Aha. This one's actually a little bit bigger. Oh, look 21 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:40,960 at that. It's significantly bigger. Okay. We've got all of our indicators 22 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:46,799 here, including the computer activity LED, the home activity LED, as well as 23 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:48,159 the power uh LED. Same buttons except on 24 00:01:46,799 --> 00:01:53,840 the side this time instead of one of them being on the bottom. And on the bottom, ha 1 2 3 4. So, what is this 25 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:56,880 good for? What is special about the PLSK400? 26 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:01,920 What's special about it is you take this guy, you plug it in next to your router, 27 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:05,600 you plug your router into it. Now, your power lines in your house are networking 28 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,800 enabled. And then you take this guy and you put it somewhere where you have a 29 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:14,959 whole bunch of devices. So what this does is it this these are all 10100 30 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:16,400 ports and it acts as a as a switch. So 31 00:02:14,959 --> 00:02:23,280 what that means is if you throw one of these in your media center, you plug in 32 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:24,800 your PS3 and your Xbox and your media PC 33 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:28,879 and your Okay, let's say you only have one console. Sorry, sorry. Back up. Back 34 00:02:26,640 --> 00:02:34,959 up. Okay, so you plug in your Xbox, you plug in your media PC, you plug in your 35 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:38,400 TV to deliver firmware updates and whatnots or whatever else. And then you 36 00:02:36,879 --> 00:02:43,519 got one more and you plug in Oh, I had another thing I wanted to plug in, but now I've forgotten. Oh, your network 37 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:48,560 media player there. There. So, you put all of these guys in here. Now, they're 38 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:53,519 all able to communicate via power line with your router, and you don't have to 39 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:56,879 have an actual switch plugged in behind your media center. So, it's just a 40 00:02:55,120 --> 00:03:00,400 cleaner way to set up the network in your household with power line, uh, 41 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:05,680 rather than breaking this out into a switch and then running everything all over the place. That's pretty much it. 42 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:10,000 So, thank you for checking out my unboxing 43 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:13,440 at the PLSK 400. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more 44 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:16,239 unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. And don't forget, Power Line is 45 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:20,400 awesome. If you're not using Power Line in your house, you should use Power Line in your house because it's really easy 46 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:26,319 to set up. It's much faster and more reliable than wireless. And unlike 47 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:29,280 wireless, it is really good. Get these 48 00:03:26,319 --> 00:03:33,440 or other power line or these. Power line is awesome. You should have it.