Product Description

2 Highspeed HomePlug Ethernet adapters for 85Mbps PC networking & Internet access extension over your existing household power circuit The MicroLink dLAN Highspeed Starter Kit is the first product to offer data transfers of up to 85 Mbps over your existing household power circuit. This new high-speed generation of devolo MicroLink dLAN adapters now opens up a whole new range of possibilities. In addition to extending your existing broadband connection around the house, this latest standard ensures that PCs can exchange large files over the electricity mains without long delays, and even videos in DVD quality can be transferred over your household electricity circuit. In combination with IP-TV (Internet Protocol-TV), video on demand can be an impressive experience anywhere in the home, wherever theres a power socket! MicroLink dLAN Highspeed adapters are highly secure, equipped with automatic DESpro encryption and are fully backwards compatible with the popular MicroLink dLAN products currently supporting 14Mbps transfer rates. As MicroLink dLAN adapters communicate over your existing electricity network, they are particularly well suited to old buildings and houses; MicroLink dLAN adapters dont suffer from typical WLAN obstacles like thick walls and multi-floors. - 85 Mbps high speeds! The high-speed transfer rates of up to 85 Mbps now make it possible to transmit video or IP-TV in DVD quality, transfer large files or carry out heavy-weight data backups effortlessly across your existing household power circuit. - Fast Internet! The MicroLink dLAN Highspeed Starter Kit combined with an ADSL or Cable modem router can allow all networked PCs to easily surf the Internet together. - Easy Network Management! The software utility MicroLink Easyshare and the monitor program MicroLink Informer offer you full control over the networks activities and infrastructure. - Substantial software package! The package includes printed manuals along with v

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27295 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Devolo
• Model: 1154
• Released on: 2005-07-18
• Platform: Windows
• Dimensions: .29 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
The MicroLink dLAN Highspeed Ethernet is the first product to offer data transfers at up to 85 Mbps over the household power circuit. This new high-speed generation of devolo dLAN adapters now opens up a whole new range of possibilities. The new high-speed standard ensures that PCs can even exchange large files via the electricity supply without long waits. Even videos in DVD quality can be sent through the household electricity circuit. In combination with IP-TV, video on demand is an impressive experience anywhere in the home -wherever there's a power socket. The MicroLink dLAN Highpseed Ethernet is of course equipped with the tried-and-trusted DESpro encryption and is fully compatible with the popular MicroLink dLAN products with 14 Mbps transfer rates.

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Customer Reviews

The end of my home networking nightmare.
It's true. After months of trying to get a wireless network operational in my house using different routers and boosters, I've given up and tried the MicroLink dLAN Highspeed Starter Kit. The box blurb says "One Minute Installation" and "Easy Home Networking". For once it's not lying. This kit is really easy to setup and use and it's allowing my son at the other end of the house to use the internet. I just wish I'd bought this before trying wireless!

Stands above all other homeplug implementations.
The devolo homeplug kit stands way above those offerings by Zyxel, Netgear, etc.

Firstly, not every user runs Windows. The driver CD (and website) both featured setup tools for Linux and MacOS X. The quoted install time of 1 minute is a bit overenthusiastic though - you would be hard pushed to have the software installed in that time!

Secondly, other manufacturers have produced homeplug devices that have cables to run the devices away from a plug socket, producing unnecessary wire clutter. These just plug straight into the socket. No trailing cables other than the ethernet cable. Let's face it, if you're using a computer, the chances are you're going to be near a plug socket anyway.

Thirdly, if you're worried about privacy or snoopers: Don't. The range is 200 metres across a single phase, and these neat little units feature encryption based on a key you set in the setup tool.

The gold standard of homeplug devices. Get rid of those trailing cables!

Great in theory, disappointing in practice
Hugely disappointed that this product doesn't work effectively in my situation.
Easy to set up, easy to use, the product should have been ideal. But the connection speeds drop of dramatically when used in distant parts of the house, especially if on a different fuse at the consumer unit. We are in a modern house with RCD protected circuits, and I suspect the protection interferes with the dLAN.
I was getting reported connection speeds of only 8Mbps and 75% to 100% packet loss on a ping across the connection, when located in the room I wanted to use this in at the other end of the house. Put the units near to each other on the same circuit and they work as advertised.
Manufacturer's technical support blames the house wiring and can't help.
I thought these were going to be the solution to my networking problems, but sadly they aren't.