What is it?
A power-line bridge can take your wireless network into places it might not otherwise be able to penetrate. For example, you may have a room with a wall that is covered with metal shelving. This would probably put it outside the reach of your wireless router. However, you can use a pair of power-line bridges to connect your router to an access point via your electrical wiring, which lets you add wireless connectivity even to those hard-to-reach areas.

Homeplug networks basically turn any electrical outlet into a Home Network Connection upto 85MBs. It is a simple way to bring the Internet to any room in your home. You plug the powerline adapter into an electrical outlet and allow it to use your existing electrical wiring to give your complete home access to your Cable/DSL broadband connection. This means you do not need to install expensive wiring or cabling into the walls. Through these devices your whole family can surf the Web, participate in online gaming, send and receive e-mail, and share files and printers, all from different rooms at the same time. A powerline network is probably one of the most uncomplicated setups and is very quick to install.

Powerline networks use existing 240V electrical outlets in your home. The Homeplug network adapator has something called automatic rate adaption which chooses the best data rate depending on the level of interference caused by other electrical appliances. It is fully compatible with 10 Mbps or 10/100 Mbps Ethernet products. At this point all these products give data rates of up to 85 Mbps. It is suggested that you do not plug the homeplug devices into a powerstrip due to it hampering its use and degrading network performance but instead go directly into the wall socket. The good news is it does work across multiple phases and circuit breakers to provide complete coverage in your home. At this point the product ensures privacy and security over the Homeplug network by using 56-Bit DES Data Encryption to protect your network from others.

Features
• High-Speed Powerline adapter with Ethernet interface for fast data transfer over the existing household electric wires
• High-speed transfer rates of 85Mbps makes it possible to transfer video in DVD quality
• Use existing electric wiring at any power sockets with up to 200 meters
• Simple plug-and-play installation
• Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3 / 802.3u 10/100Mbps RJ-45
• Security through 56-bit DES encryption
• Allow users to connect PCs, notebooks and other Ethernet devices conveniently via any power outlets at office and home premises