Can anyone explain How tese work in Layman's terms please

FreddieM

Extra Value 200Mbps Powerline Adapter Twin Pack

This homeplug twin pack with PLC passthrough product for transmitting data up to 200Mbps across the household power line, and every power socket becomes a connection, which is suitable for use in a wide range of both residential (in-home) and commercial (offices, apartments, hotels, warehouses) network applications. No cables, no drilling. These adapters enable the effortless creation of a high-speed network that supports video, voice and data.

Fifer

They turn the mains wiring in your house into a big long ethernet extension cable. Technically, they modulate the data onto the mains voltage at one end and demodulate it at the other, but basically, connecting two (or more) devices to the mains via these adaptors is pretty much like connecting them directly with ethernet cable.

leemoss

The actual bandwidth they can provide can vary depending on the quality of the wiring too.

Dave_C_2

Fifer wrote: »

They turn the mains wiring in your house into a big long ethernet extension cable. Technically, they modulate the data onto the mains voltage at one end and demodulate it at the other, but basically, connecting two (or more) devices to the mains via these adaptors is pretty much like connecting them directly with ethernet cable.

Not quite, a hard wired Ethernet cable is much cheaper and more reliable, but it does mean running a long Ethernet cable through your house.

Also direct Ethernet cables don't need any extra software or security.

Dave

John_Gray

"Extra value" means that the manufacturers are trying to make out that you are getting a bargain.
(For the remainder, see above!)

Fifer

Dave_C wrote: »

Not quite, a hard wired Ethernet cable is much cheaper and more reliable, but it does mean running a long Ethernet cable through your house.

Also direct Ethernet cables don't need any extra software or security.

Dave

I was trying to do the simple version. They actually do a little more than a cable in some respects, as they really turn the mains network into an ethernet switch or router, with each adapter acting as a port. But there are downsides. It's more expensive, slower, less robust and less secure than a cable, but in many situations, chasing a cable just isn't an option.