Linksys PLEK400 Powerline Ethernet Adapter Kit Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2012-05-07
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welcome to another links's power line unboxing this is slightly different from
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the one that we saw before so there's two versions of the pl something 400
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there's the plsk 400 which has the one with one port and the one with the four
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port Hub built in and there's also the pl ekk 400 which
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just has two 200 megabit per second
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power line adapters and neither of them
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has a four port Hub or switch or whatever you want to call it it's more
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of a switch than a hub built in okay so
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what do what does lynxis have to say for themselves transfer speeds up to 200
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megabit per second it should be noted that most Powerline kits are not even
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whatever they're rated at are not capable of exceeding 200 megabits per
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second anyway so Lyn's claim is that their spec is a very honest spec if not
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nothing else okay if even if it's not the best spec Plug and Play easy setup I
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can attest to that push button security which you don't even have to use you
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just plug them in and they go fast Ethernet ports I think by fast they mean
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1000 which by today's standards is not that fast but neither is power line when
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you compare it with gigabit Ethernet so it's not really fair power line is the
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technology that if you don't already know and you don't follow this Channel
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and you don't know how much I love power line it allows you to run networking
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data through the copper wiring that provides electricity to the various
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parts of your home so you take this you plug it into the wall preferably where
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there's an outlet and not here and then
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you have an Ethernet cable that runs either to your router or to some other
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networking device whether it's a smart TV down in your media center or whether
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it's a computer that's in the attic and is otherwise very inconvenient to access
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with uh with straight networking cable
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comes with everything you need including two Ethernet cables which you plug into
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there and then plug into the other thing that you want so the networking happens
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between these two actually this is the best illustration I can think of for
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power line cuz it basically works like this these guys interpret the data that
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runs along I can never remember it eight pins here turns it into two pins here
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then there's some copper wire in between and this guy interprets it on the other
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side for eight pins to be compatible with pretty much any network adapter
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anywhere attached to a device so there's the button that enables the security
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there's your gigabit Ethernet or gigabit 1000 Ethernet port there's your power
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indicator there's your um network indicator and there's your other more
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different network indicator for the other more different network that is running on here don't forget to
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