After a small amount of ‘fiddling’, I was able to get all 4 network adapters working perfectly. I’m getting just under 400 Mbps between 3 of the adapters, and just over 100 Mbps to the fourth one. I had some initial trouble, which I believe stemmed from my attempts to lock down security before I had all the adapters working… but when I reset all 4 to factory defaults, they self-configured right away, and I could then use the included configuration utility to lock down security.

All in all, the only complaint I have with the units so far is that I wish they had a power-outlet pass-through. As they are currently designed, you lose the use of one power plug for each adapter. Still, as easy as they were to install and as well as they seem to be working, they still rate 5 stars.

I didn’t monkey with thier software, since I’m just not that concerned that a close neighbor is also going to have one of these. What are the odds?

Plugged one unit into the wall and the existing router, went to the other end of the house, where wireless is poor, plugged in the other one, and connected the cat6 wire. Presto, internet connection, just as good as being connected to the base router.

I am only getting 80mbps or so of data transmission, but as stated in the product description, much of the available speed is dependent on how the wiring in your house is setup. I have not tried other nearby outlets to see if I can up that any, but Skype is working and that is what I was trying to achieve on my new Skype enabled Panasonic TV.

I think this is a pretty cool device, that delivers on it’s promise, and is super easy to setup. I also like that it is capable of much higher speeds should I end up moving it to a location that has less interfence and that it conforms to the powerline standard.

—-Update (7/20/11)——
I finally got around to doing a bit of real world testing. I have so many projects going on I have not yet actually put these into production use yet. However, once I finish building my NAS box for I will need them for streaming full time. I did a file copy test of a 3GB disk image from a Mac Pro to a MacBook Pro and measured actual throughput at 68Mbps. Though nowwhere near 500Mbps it is good enough for HD streaming. This was with standard Apple file sharing. The NAS will be sharing NFS mounts so my hope is that the throughput will increase with NFS. We’ll see. Also there is a firmware update available that I have not done. Hopefully that boosts performance also. I’ll add another update when the NAS is online. So far still satisfied with them.

In the Massachusetts location, even with the top Netgear wireless N routers on the 2.4GhZ band, I couldn’t get a consistent signal from the top corner to the bottom corner of the place. The signal strength would report “3 bars” but the connection was spotty at best and would cut out constantly.

With the Trendnet, I can stream video consistently and the setup was as easy as plugging in both adapters into a standard wall outlet. Pushing the “connect” button seems optional. There’s at least fifty feet of wiring between the two locations and the Trendnet handled it amazingly well with Skype video displaying consistently and beautifully.

In the California location, I have about the same fifty feet of wiring although the wiring is far newer and I can stream 1080p video from my PC to my PS3. I’ve never encountered a hiccup and once again the connection was amazingly easy to set up.

I’ve never done a stress test but while streaming video, the stream has gone to ~8MB/sec without stuttering.

The downside is that there’s no power passthrough port. Some reviews complain about the powersaving sleep mode taking too long to respond but I’ve never encountered that.

Glad you enjoyed the post. If it’s possible, I’d love to hear how the implementation went in your center and what your agents think of it and any challenges that were faced getting the agents to use it (i.e., training etc.,).

All the best!

Mohamed
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You clearly provide the “why” and smart phone analogy is dead on.

Thus, I think with the convergence of technologies into one gadget that can do “everything” many companies may need to re-think their business. If your smartphone can guide you and offer live traffic updates, etc… no need for that GPS any longer! Oh, did I mention that I have a flash-light application on my BlackBerry too – so now no tripping on toys on the floor in the basement or trying go locate the keyhole on a dark night!

Not sure what else there is left for our smartphones to do … except give us a good quality phone call!!

Newer phones are all coming out with standard HD – the LG records at full HD (1920 x 1022) plus HD, TV and VGA. Throw a 16gb card in there nd you can record for quie some time plus buy a HD cable and you can play your videos in HD on a HD TV.