MicroLink dLAN duo is a HomePlug adapter - Internet access extension and home networking using your existing household power circuit. PRODUCT FEATURES: The easiest broadband... more
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DEVOLO DLAN DUO KIT
Devolo aLAN duo starter kit. Includes 2 homeplug adaptors for internet access extension
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and PC networking over your existing household powerlines. Up to 14Mbp/s networking speeds. Extend your broadband connection - One Minute Installation!,HomePlug 1....
the household power supply Ethernet or USB? This question is now redundant thanks to devolo?s MicroLink dLAN duo. You can handle both. This dLAN adapter is equipp...
the household power supplyEthernet or USB? This question is now redundant thanks to devolo?s MicroLink dLAN duo. You can handle both. This dLAN adapter is equipped ...
Data Link Protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, HomePlug 1.0
Spread Spectrum Method: OFDM
Status Indicators: Link activity, port transmission speed, power
Features: Auto-uplink (auto MDI/MDI-X)
Compliant Standards: IEEE 802.3
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces:
4 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
1 x network / power - HomePlug 1.0
1 x USB - 4 PIN USB Type B
Miscellaneous
Cables (Details):
1 x USB cable - 5 m
1 x network cable - 3 m
Encryption Algorithm: DES
Compliant Standards: CE, EN 60950, EN55022, EN55024
Power
Power Consumption Operational: 3.3 Watt
Manufacturer's product description
MicroLink dLAN duo is a HomePlug adapter - Internet access extension and home networking using your existing household power circuit. PRODUCT FEATURES: The easiest broadband extension into any room and onto any floor in the house, simply by connecting a MicroLink dLAN duo adapter to an Internet enabled ADSL/ cable modem's Ethernet interface; and plugging it into a power socket! No new cables, no drilling, no mess! Just use any power socket to access the Internet or home network throughout the whole house; Ethernet or USB PC connection? The choice is yours... The MicroLink dLAN duo adapter has both, so you can choose either! devolo Power-Saving mode - 30% less power consumption when not in use; Perfect for connecting games consoles to the Internet (e.g. X-Box, PS/2 via Ethernet); Installation? Child's play! Simply plug the MicroLink dLAN duo into the power socket and connect it to the PC's interface; install the supplied software - and go! Data rates of up to 14 Mbps over your existing household power supply; Ranges of up to 200 meters - thick concrete walls and multi-floors are not a problem; Very compact design: no bigger than a mains power adapter!
Software / system requirements
OS Required: Linux, Apple MacOS X, Microsoft Windows 98/ME, Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP
Peripheral / Interface Devices: CD-ROM
Manufacturer warranty
Service & Support: 3 years warranty
Service & Support Details: Limited warranty - 3 years
Advantages: No wireless connection fuss, just plugs in from straight out of the box Disadvantages: Doesn't work through surge proof devices, infrequently cuts out
...If you want a wireless network in your house, but like me don't know much difference between 802.11g and WiFi, or between hubs and bridges, then this Devolo ethernet plug should do wonders. It has me connected to the internet right now, and it works just the same as using a really long ethernet cable.
The idea behind the device is that it uses the electric circuit in the home to act as a large ethernet cable, where every plug socket acts as a potential ethernet connection. Thus with two Devolo plugs running, you have a fuss free wireless connection. I have no idea how the technology actually works, I assume it's got something to do with sending pulses through the current, however rest assured it doesn't affect any other electrical devices when running.
Straight out of the box, just attach the ethernet cable from the PC...
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Advantages: Quick, simple, fuss free system Disadvantages: Your on your own setting up the computers!
...is that the manual supplied with the Devolo adapter doesn't tell you how to get your computers talking to each other. Windows XP does this all for you, but my internet connection was totally unresponsive. The reason for this was due to the firewall installed on the PC that was actually connected to the internet.
Once I'd twigged to this, it was plain sailing. I now have a laptop and desktop computer connected to the internet. The connection is stable and the speed is consistent. If I want to move my laptop to another room in the house, all I have to do is unplug the relevant adapter and plug it into a mains socket in another room.
The manual lists the effective range of the wired network as being 200m, which should be plenty far enough.
I'd love a wireless network, but the complexity and unreliability put me off. This is a really simple...
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Advantages: Much better than other forms of wireless networking, and so easy to set up Disadvantages: This is an extension plug, you need the starter kit first!
...Before starting this review, let me make it quite clear. This is an extention plug for the Devolo Microlink Highspeed Ethernet Starter Kit, which only provides access to and from one ethernet socket. Thus in order to use it, you already need at least one of these plugs, or maybe two, which are provided at better value for money in the starter kit.
If you have already purchased the Devolo Microlink highspeed Stater Kit; you'll know what it's all about. Replace complicated wireless systems with this device, which transfers data just like an ethernet cable, using the circuitry built into houses as a network of cables. The design of the plug is the same as the two Highspeed plugs you should already have.
What this plug allows you to do is to create another connection to the two way network that originally comes with the starter kit...
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This product must be unique in computing, its easy to use! In fact its the easiest electronic device ive ever used. Whats more it dose exactly what it says on the box. The whole set up takes about 2 mins, you simply plug your pc in one unit and the... more
If you want a wireless network in your house, but like me don't know much difference between 802.11g and WiFi, or between hubs and bridges, then this Devolo ethernet plug should do wonders. It has me connected to the internet right now, and it works just more
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