Spare Router

[original PM]

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Why can't you just cable direct from the power socket to the PS3?
(I presume you're using ethernet over power)

How do you do this???

Ok just googled it - is it really that easy?

Just put an adapter on your plug socket, stick ethernet cable from router to adapter - put adapter on another socket and stick ethernet cable from adapter into PS3 and like magic you have a network connection?

seems to good and easy to be true - how does it actually work? are you telling me the network signals travel down your power cables?

[voodooflux]

Ok just googled it - is it really that easy?

Just put an adapter on your plug socket, stick ethernet cable from router to adapter - put adapter on another socket and stick ethernet cable from adapter into PS3 and like magic you have a network connection?

seems to good and easy to be true - how does it actually work? are you telling me the network signals travel down your power cables?

Yes

[original PM]

ok thats great

so forgive me for being dim why would anyone go wireless?

apart from the 2 days a year when it is sunny enough to surf in the garden

surely most the time when on a laptop you will be near a power socket anyway for when you run low on juice?

or is it just the ease of flogging on to your favorite left handed website while on the loo?

cheers for the info anyway