XAVB2501 expansion required ?

paulc01 wrote:

Yes i could use a switch or hub, in fact i have one, but i don't have a great deal of space. This room is rather small and the equipment sits on a desk, below the desk the room only has one power socket, into this goes the xavb2501 and into this i have a 6plug power extension strip that sits on the desk. Basically just looking for a simple solution that will not take up much room, i realise this may not be opt 1 as it doesn't have a pass through. Wasn't to sure how compatible the netgear powerline kit is, was told by a salesman at broadband buyer that netgear power line kit was pants and maybe i should look at Devolo. I don't mind buying a new pair of power line adapters but i see it being handy if the old ones are compatible for use elsewhere in the house. thanks

Not a hub. Use a switch. Switch's do not have to be large and can be placed on or off the desk. The switch will give you several ports to connect your ethernet-based hardware and properly handle data to multiple clients simultaneously.

As long as all you powerline products use the same certification then you can mix or match. Read the reviews of the powerline HomePlug plugs on SmallNetBuilder.com. For the most part you can even use a different company's software to run someone else's plugs according to a review on SNB.

I have no idea what you mean by "pants" in the following:

"a salesman at broadband buyer that netgear power line kit was pants"

From the reviews I've read, including SNB webmaster thiggins and SNB forum member rhombus reviews of the Powerline 500 Mbps plugs, I would go with Netgears. If you read reviews, throughputs measured as averages over time (the way rhombus tested) seem more real world results than spot checks at single points in time (the way thiggins measures). Regardless, thiggins has terrific general information and has a troubleshooting article as well.