JohnE

WOW! I just got a new MacBook (duo 2). Today I noticed the flicker and thought it was an application problem or maybe the angle of my MacBook BUT I still have my original MacBook (core duo) to test against. No problem with that one. I put them side-by-side. I beg, please fix this!!!

Guys, I have the exact same problem! And I tried the Netgear xe104 84mps...its BS.

Bottom Line: NOT WORTH ANY $$$ or $170 ($85 * 2)

Since no one has reviewed this device I had to be a pioneer. I am trying to find a solution to stream HDTV to my xbox 360 without running cat 5e wires.

So it appears that Netgear has taken the same position on throughput as they have with WiFi; Lie about it. I read no where that it is a theoritical 85Mbps but that is most certainly the case. I live in a 3 story town home. I am trying to link the 1st floor to the 3rd. The XE104 won't even connect!!! In truth I get a connection every other minute, only to be dropped. The two outlets are probably 60 wired feet apart.

Test 1: Same floor with outlets 4ft apart: 14Mbps! :(
Test 2: 1st floor to 2nd floor, outlets 30 wired feet apart: .5Mps
Test 3: 1st floor to 3rd floor, constant dropped connections: 0Mbps

Test Setup:
The tests were run with a laptop at each end. One laptop had a ftp server. Throughput was given from the file transer of a 4GB movie file.