Powerline Networking on Mac Pro

frjonah · Feb 15, 2013, 10:39 PM

Just wanted to give a positive report about a super simple Powerline Network setup to get the web out to my printshop... Wifi broadcast from the house couldn't penetrate the steel building so I picked up a "TRENDnet TPL-406E2K Powerline 500 AV Nano Adapter Kit" on a Newegg "Shell Shocker" deal... I was afraid it wouldn't work since I've read reports of Powerline Networking not working on Macs to start with and the printshop is fed power through a subpanel... well, it was 100% plug-and-play and speeds are much better than what I see on my mbp on Wifi.

Here's the link to what I picked up:
TRENDnet TPL-406E2K Powerline 500 AV Nano Adapter Kit

assembled · Feb 16, 2013, 07:51 AM

since powerline is just Ethernet at each end, it is completely operating system agnostic...

designs216 · Feb 17, 2013, 06:15 AM

I've been pretty happy with my TrendNET adapters also. I use them to play movies on my BRP downstairs from my NAS upstairs.

whooleytoo · Feb 18, 2013, 06:05 AM

Kind of amusing how they specify a 10/100Mbps port, then quote speeds of "Up to 500Mbps". How does the extra 400Mbps of bandwidth get out.. magic?

VoR · 09:14 AM

I've got a cheap no-brand set that are the opposite

They're labelled as 1gig power line adapters (the ports are gig) but only operate at 500meg.

They get worryingly hot, but work very reliably at around 200mb with my usage scenario - Infinitely better than the 'expensive' branded netgear ones they replaced.

Feb 15, 2013, 10:39 PM	#1
frjonah macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Almost Heaven... WV	Powerline Networking on Mac Pro Just wanted to give a positive report about a super simple Powerline Network setup to get the web out to my printshop... Wifi broadcast from the house couldn't penetrate the steel building so I picked up a "TRENDnet TPL-406E2K Powerline 500 AV Nano Adapter Kit" on a Newegg "Shell Shocker" deal... I was afraid it wouldn't work since I've read reports of Powerline Networking not working on Macs to start with and the printshop is fed power through a subpanel... well, it was 100% plug-and-play and speeds are much better than what I see on my mbp on Wifi. Here's the link to what I picked up: TRENDnet TPL-406E2K Powerline 500 AV Nano Adapter Kit __________________ www.damascenegallery.com "Words are instruments of this world, but silence is a mystery of the age to come."
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Feb 18, 2013, 06:05 AM	#4
whooleytoo macrumors 603 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Cork, Ireland.	Kind of amusing how they specify a 10/100Mbps port, then quote speeds of "Up to 500Mbps". How does the extra 400Mbps of bandwidth get out.. magic? __________________ Mac <- Macintosh <- McIntosh apples <- John McIntosh <- McIntosh surname <- "Mac an toshach" <- "Son of the Chief"
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VoR macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK	I've got a cheap no-brand set that are the opposite They're labelled as 1gig power line adapters (the ports are gig) but only operate at 500meg. They get worryingly hot, but work very reliably at around 200mb with my usage scenario - Infinitely better than the 'expensive' branded netgear ones they replaced. Last edited by VoR; Feb 18, 2013 at 09:14 AM.
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Feb 16, 2013, 07:51 AM	#2
assembled macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: London	since powerline is just Ethernet at each end, it is completely operating system agnostic...
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Feb 17, 2013, 06:15 AM	#3
designs216 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: On the way to M-83	I've been pretty happy with my TrendNET adapters also. I use them to play movies on my BRP downstairs from my NAS upstairs.
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