ZyXEL PL100 HomePlug Powerline 85 Mbps Desktop Adapter

by ZyXel

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.3 x 2.8 inches ; 6.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000FGADVA
• Item model number: 91-014-004002
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

The ZyXEL Power Line is an extended access solution that allows your house to be completely networked with existing power lines. With no need for additional wiring simply connect the ZyXEL Home Plug PL-100 to an existing power socket and it will transform your electrical power lines into a house-wide network infrastructure. It's the easy way to allow data and power to share the same power socket.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The product works great for me., November 12, 2006

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N. Santos (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ZyXEL PL100 HomePlug Powerline 85 Mbps Desktop Adapter (Personal Computers)

This item is truly plug and play. No need for drivers or setup unless you want to encrypt the data. The product does go up to 85 mbps as advertised. The problem is that it can only be accomplished by connecting the two units to the same power outlet. I was able to get about 12 mbps from the 1st to 2nd floor. Sometimes it would drop to 1.05 mbps and it would not come back up no matter what I did. I managed to solve the problem by connecting the downstairs PL-100 to an outlet which is closer to the distribution panel using an extension and there are no other appliances connected to it. I am now consistenly getting over 30 mbps. I would have given the item 5 stars but it does not substain good throughput all the time. It varies with the surges that other power drawing appliances can be causing. I had to work around that by finding an isolated outlet which not everyone is going to have. It has been a relief to me with my deadspot wireless problem. I hope the 200 mbps units will deliver more consistenly when they come out.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerline rocks, January 10, 2007

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M. Stevens (Wilson, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ZyXEL PL100 HomePlug Powerline 85 Mbps Desktop Adapter (Personal Computers)

I bought this to upgrade my current powerline adapters from IOGear. I went to powerline connectivity after upgrading my wireless to pre-n and still not having network stability on the fair end of the house. These units are compatible with the IOGear units and actually connecting a little faster speed. When using just the Zyxel units I tripled my speed and gained access back to my outlet as the IOGear units are wall warts. These unit are small and do not heat up as the others did. I would recommend these over wireless if you have a fixed location device that needs network connectivity.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Worked for 1 day, November 1, 2006

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CD Lots "cd collector" - See all my reviews

This review is from: ZyXEL PL100 HomePlug Powerline 85 Mbps Desktop Adapter (Personal Computers)

I bought 2 of these, one was bad out of the box. Got em from J&R (very good service) they replaced it quick. Once I got a working pair, I had a 8-12mbps connection from my 1st floor to the basement for one day. Then I could not get the connection to come back. Called the mfg, they said this is normal in many old houses, especially with whole house surge protection, like mine. Oh well, maybe this will work in other situations, but it was useless for me.