Netgear's 802.11g HomePlug extender

We haven't met many people using powerline networking (anyone out there taken the plunge?), but Netgear just introduced the WGXB102, an 802.11g wireless access point that connects to a home network using the HomePlug powerline networking standard. The whole point behind HomePlug is that you use turn the electrical wiring in your home to create a network. It hasn't gotten much attraction, but if you have a home that's too big to be covered by a single wireless access point and/or you don't feel like stringing Ethernet cables everywhere (not that there's anything wrong with that), it's definitely a viable option. Anyway, the one thing to keep in mind is that while the WGXB102 will let you use HomePlug networking to add 802.11g hotspots to disparate wings of your McMansion, the top speed of HomePlug networking gear is just 14Mbps, which means you won't get the full benefits of making the move to 802.11g(which runs at 54Mbps) if you're looking for a speedier way to wirelessly whip files around your home network. 

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