Netgear Powerline AV 500 Adapter Kit

It's hard to beat the convenience of a home Wi-Fi network but it can't touch wired connectivity when it comes to throughput speed. Unfortunately, wiring your home with CAT-5 cabling can get expensive and messy if you don't know what you're doing.

Simple setup; Relatively good throughput.

Runs warm; User guide only available online

NETGEAR GS105E Briefly Reviewed

Some of the comments in the SNB forums haven't been kind to NETGEAR for their new "ProSafe Plus" switch lineup of one Gigabit and two 10/100 switches. Folks seem to question the wisdom of the 16 and 24 port models being 10/100 only and all three requiring a Windows machine running an application for...

VLAN support; QoS including bandwidth control

Tied to Windows for administration; No port disables or link speed / mode control