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 ...

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 ...

Some Powerline devices can act as WiFi extenders, bringing new wireless access points into rooms where Wi-Fi signal isn’t very strong. If you’ve got your wireless router set up downstairs and the ...

If you’ve never heard of powerline adapters before, we wouldn’t blame you. It’s an extremely useful technology, but not necessarily one that has received mainstream popularity. Powerline adapters ...

Q We want to connect a Blu-ray player to the Internet to stream Netflix (NFLX) and thought we could use our wireless router. We tried a few players with built-in wireless, but they can barely see the ...