They are fairly useful.

I want to mount two of these POE IP security cameras at my parents house, under the eaves where there is a reasonably-protected AC socket, but where running Ethernet is not feasible: I do NOT want to ...

D-Link last week shipped a kit for delivering Ethernet over electrical power lines at 200Mbps. No, this isn’t Power over Ethernet – that’s when you run electricity to devices via the cables you’re ...

Belkin recently started shipping an adapter kit that runs Ethernet over power lines at up to gigabit-per-second rates, but there is an asterisk attached. The Gigabit Powerline HD Starter Kit is like ...

Powerline is less vulnerable to outside attack, although it can leak to other houses, depending on how your area is wired. Click to expand... Powerline supports encryption like WiFi does. Usually ...