Powerline-based home networking faces the daunting task of overcoming its reputation as slow and unreliable, a reputation that originated from less-than-stellar initial attempts at the technology.

Belkin today announced two pretty cool networking products—a new router and Powerline adapters—that each have a unique and very useful new feature. But you’ll have to wait a few months to get your ...

While not as well known or widely used as Wi-Fi or Ethernet, powerline networking—using your existing home electrical wiring to transmit data, turning every outlet in your house into a potential ...

German manufacturer Devolo wants to reintroduce U.S. consumers to powerline networking. But it’s not using the HomePlug AV2 standard you might be familiar with from 10 years ago. Devolo’s Magic 2 ...

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The HomePlug® Powerline Alliance (www.homeplug.org), the world’s leading industry group for powerline networking, today announced the availability of the HomePlug AV2 ...

Netgear launches two new high-speed Powerline Adapter kits; one is compact and lightweight and the other incorporates a pass-through power outlet. Dong Ngo Former SF Labs Manager, Editor Former CNET ...

A profusion of incompatible “standards,” the lingering memory of poor initial products, and the sheer technical challenge of the application have thus far retarded the adoption of powerline networking ...

I'm a ham and want to be sensitive to other hams' concerns about networking over powerlines. It is unfortunately the only option available to me right now as I don't own the building I'm living in and ...

Imagine that all the hassle associated with computer networking -- adapters, cables and the configuration issues -- suddenly disappeared, and all you had to do to connect multiple PCs to each other ...

I have a 2-story house built in 2003. I have 3 rooms which have a lot of networking activity. Downstairs, where the cable internet comes in, I have the home entertainment center. Upstairs in one ...

How simple is it to network your home via existing power lines? I connected my PC’s Ethernet port to a powerline adapter and plugged that adapter into a power strip that already fed several other ...

Fast in-home networks over electrical wires got a boost on Friday as proponents of two rival technologies merged their approaches and said products already in the market will work together. The ...