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wyt168
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Nov 28, 2011

Using Powerline AV 200 Adapter Kit as a bridge?

I am wondering if I can use the adapters (XAV2001) in this kit as an Ethernet bridge, ie. will it support multiple devices hooked to the adapter via a hub? Or is it limited to only one device to an ad...
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wyt168
Aspirant
Nov 29, 2011
StratmanX wrote:
The XAV2001 is a transparent ethernet bridge. You can connect a hub to the plug. Netgear sells a kit such as the XAVB1004 that has one plug and one hub that acts as the second plug as well. You can even use more than 2 homeplug devices concurrently in your home.

Thanks, it's good to know that the adapter will work with a hub. I know that some wireless game adapters won't as they are meant to be used with only one game console.

You will not get anything near 200 Mbps with any manufacturer's plug, even with the 500 Mbps models. But, you should get more throughput the more Mbps the plug is labeled, So the XAV5001 labeled for 500 Mbps may give you significantly greater throughputs but still way under even 100 or 200 Mbps.

I wonder what is the typical throughput people get with XAV2001--what is the range?