NetGear Poerline
February 2, 2009
Geek Brief TV
NetGear Powerline
The NetGear Powerline is an amazing invention. I think it is one of the most interesting
peices of technology I have seen in some time. Firstly I will explain what it does. It replaces
a wireless router by turning the electrical grid in your house into a home grid. It is also simple
to use too, all you do is plug the ethernet cable from router into your first box. Then plug another
cable from your computer into the second box. Then plug both boxes into the closest electrical
outlet, and your’e done.
I am very impressed with how handy this thing is. It was even helpul to my grandpa. Here is what
happened. My grandpa had his computer set up on the opposite side of the room from where the
internet jack was. The problem was that the only way he could get a cable from one side of the
room to the other would be by crossing a door way and he didn’t want to cut up his carpet so he
could fit the cable underneath. So decided to go with a wireless router. Unfortunately the wireless
connection kept cutting in and out so it got annoying. One day I told him about this and he tried it
out for a little bit and hasn’t switched since.
