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PL1000v2 (x2) and XET1001 (x2) on one home wiring system
I have those 4 items - can I use them on one home power wiring system? That is, the 2 1000s talk to each other and the 2 XETs talk to each other for 2 seperate networking links in 1 house? I would th...
JeffOB wrote:
I have those 4 items - can I use them on one home power wiring system? That is, the 2 1000s talk to each other and the 2 XETs talk to each other for 2 seperate networking links in 1 house? I would think so since they use different technology but I want to ask here 1st
You could try it in that scenario. Two separate networks.
Don't try them on the same network. They are several generations apart and might not even talk to each other. XETs are HomePlug 1.0 while PL1000v2 are the newest AV standard.
Even if they did work, the drawback is that powerline plugs will talk to each other at the speed of the slowest plugs on the network. In the case of the XETs they work at 85 Mbps, while the PL1000v2 do 1000 Mbps ("with real throughput greater than 80 Mbps").