WEBVTT 00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:16.640 I love power line. I cannot emphasize that enough. This is the Lynxys PLSK 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:22.720 400. This is a power line kit that not 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:24.880 only communicates but also acts as a 00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:28.800 well yeah okay communicates. So, this is a 200 megabit per second power line kit, 00:00:26.880 --> 00:00:33.040 which is adequate for, you know, probably a single HD stream and then 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:38.480 some additional, you know, surfing traffic and whatnot. So, what's most 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:42.399 interesting about this particular kit is what you're going to see on the bottoms 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 00:00:44.239 --> 00:00:49.360 is a pretty normal looking power line adapter. What I do like about it is that 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:54.719 it plugs directly into the wall. Um, some of them are more for positioning 00:00:52.239 --> 00:00:58.800 away from the wall. And, uh, while that's good from a heat dissipation 00:00:56.960 --> 00:01:03.520 perspective, it's not necessarily great from a convenience and, um, sightliness. 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 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:12.799 sure. Um, sorry, from that perspective. 00:01:11.119 --> 00:01:19.280 Yeah. So, it plugs in directly into the wall. Okay. You've got your uh standby 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:23.119 reset button right here. On the other side, you've got your link button so you 00:01:21.520 --> 00:01:26.240 can get it to communicate and link up with everything all the other power line 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:31.040 devices in your house that are compatible. We've got one network port 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:34.320 here. We've got ventilation holes. Looks like a standard power line adapter. Now, 00:01:32.479 --> 00:01:37.200 look at this one. Aha. This one's actually a little bit bigger. Oh, look 00:01:35.520 --> 00:01:40.960 at that. It's significantly bigger. Okay. We've got all of our indicators 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:46.799 here, including the computer activity LED, the home activity LED, as well as 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:48.159 the power uh LED. Same buttons except on 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 00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:56.880 good for? What is special about the PLSK400? 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, 00:01:59.119 --> 00:02:05.600 you plug your router into it. Now, your power lines in your house are networking 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:08.800 enabled. And then you take this guy and you put it somewhere where you have a 00:02:06.880 --> 00:02:14.959 whole bunch of devices. So what this does is it this these are all 10100 00:02:11.200 --> 00:02:16.400 ports and it acts as a as a switch. So 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 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:24.800 your PS3 and your Xbox and your media PC 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:28.879 and your Okay, let's say you only have one console. Sorry, sorry. Back up. Back 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 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:38.400 TV to deliver firmware updates and whatnots or whatever else. And then you 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 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:48.560 media player there. There. So, you put all of these guys in here. Now, they're 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:53.519 all able to communicate via power line with your router, and you don't have to 00:02:50.720 --> 00:02:56.879 have an actual switch plugged in behind your media center. So, it's just a 00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:00.400 cleaner way to set up the network in your household with power line, uh, 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. 00:03:03.920 --> 00:03:10.000 So, thank you for checking out my unboxing 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:13.440 at the PLSK 400. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more 00:03:11.440 --> 00:03:16.239 unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. And don't forget, Power Line is 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 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:26.319 to set up. It's much faster and more reliable than wireless. And unlike 00:03:22.640 --> 00:03:29.280 wireless, it is really good. Get these 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:33.440 or other power line or these. Power line is awesome. You should have it.