NETGEAR XE104G 85 Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet Extender Kit [one XE104, one XE103]

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NETGEAR XE104G 85 Mbps one XE103]
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  1. Personal Computers
  2. Publisher: Netgear

Product Review

"No New Wires – that’s what NETGEAR's Wall-Plugged Ethernet Bridge means to you as it uses what’s already there – your home’s electrical outlets. Completely network your home by plugging in to the existing electrical outlets in every room. The XE104 85 Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet 4-port Switch makes a high-speed broadband connection available anywhere in the home without running any cabling, but rather turning each electrical outlet in your home into a 4-port Ethernet connection. Easily extend an existing Ethernet network to PCs in other rooms to maximize the use of all your peripherals. With a sleek new design, the XE104 rests while plugged into an ordinary electrical socket, without any component to step on or take up desk space. Get your LAN party underway in minutes, by linking up to 8 game consoles together using just two XE104 units. This product complements NETGEAR’s other products, such as the WGR614 and WPN824 Routers. Simple to install and use, and equipped with newly designed icon-based indicators to enable easy monitoring. Robust and rate-adaptive, the XE104 minimizes interference from other household appliances. So run your hair dryer, vacuum cleaner or TV, your network will automatically find the best data rate so that you can continue surfing, gaming or telecommuting. *XE103 is compatible with NETGEAR’s XE102, XE104, and WGXB102 products. XE103 is not compatible nor interoperable with NETGEAR’s HDX101, however it may coexist on the same network."

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Average Customer Review
4.6 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Despite negative reviews, February 17, 2007
DiscriminaTor "iHuman" (world) - See all my reviews
This review is from: NETGEAR XE104G 85 Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet Extender Kit [one XE104, one XE103] (Personal Computers)
I have to say I'm very pleased with the product. I have two units connected on 2 different circuits and the performance is great- 50-60Mbps.

My building does have new electric wiring so perhaps it helps too.

The heat issue doesn't exist- the units feel barely lukewarm to the touch. And the 4-port switch is sweet- no extra power supplies, no wires. Great design indeed !

My only complain is that software is a bit flaky, seems to freeze and I couldn't change the password to anything but default. But the software is really not necessary anyway- it is a hardware solution. I plugged the units in and they worked !


2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says on the box!, February 11, 2007
Colin Nederkoorn (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NETGEAR XE104G 85 Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet Extender Kit [one XE104, one XE103] (Personal Computers)
This product is fantastic. Beats the pants off wireless for connecting my Media Center PC that is attached to my TV to the router. The main difference between this and wireless is the quality of the connection. In my house, it is rock solid, just like ethernet.

I havent done extreme tests on throughput, but now I can stream video from my Media Center PC to my other computer that is connected wirelessly. I was never able to do this before when they were both wireless.


1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Performance seems to be based on current electric load and distance to base unit, January 5, 2008
C. Williams (UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: NETGEAR XE104G 85 Mbps Wall-Plugged Ethernet Extender Kit [one XE104, one XE103] (Personal Computers)
The first one of these that we bought acted like it connected, but we could never get an IP address at the remote location. Set passwords, etc, to no avail - netgear support incorrectly told me, (to finally get me off the phone no doubt), that the reason it was failing was because the kit contains an XE104 and an XE103 and that maybe they can't talk to each other - this is completely get-the-customer-off-the-line bogus information.

We returned the first one and bought another one to see if the unit was at fault. IMMEDIATELY the new one started working like a champ! We had almost instant internet and LAN access. However, we were disappointed to discover that our speeds were SLOWER than our wireless!!!!! We have fiber speeds of 50 mbps into our router, and 15 mbps through wireless. We were hoping that this would give us the same speed of 48 or so that we get directly from our router via cable, and so then we wouldn't have to rely on wireless.

We got about 6...Read more

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