Extending your network over the powerlines

Today I tried out a Netgear solution for expanding a LAN by using the power circuit in the house. Just plug your router into one of these netgear devices (model XE102) and plug the device into an electrical outlet. Then take a matching device wherever you might be having a dead spot on your wireless LAN, plug ethernet cable from that to your PC, plug the device into an electrical outlet and viola! Works great. Fast, reliable connection far, far way from the router. Netgear has another type of device for the "far end" if you wish – it is a wireless device that has a transmitter in it. Creates an entire wireless hotspot at the other end. Nice.