Well, a powerline device allows you to connect at least two computers together so they can communicate with each other by using your home's existing electrical wiring.
Typically you'd have to either run networking cable through your house and drill holes for the connections. You could also use a wireless network to connect your devices, but there can be dead spots, or other home devices such as microwaves can diminish the signal.
A powerline device is plugged into an electrical outlet and then your computer's network cable is plugged into this device. You do the same with a second device with a computer in another part of your house.
The powerline device sends it's network signal of a specific frequency through your home's electrical wiring. It's perfectly safe and has been in use for many years now.
In my case, I did not want to run CAT5 cable through my house,..nor drill holes in my walls,..nor fish wires through walls. This is not as bad as I make it sound,..but I just did not want to deal with it.
While I do have an existing wireless network,..the throughput I was getting when I tried to stream movies to my home theater computer was not so good.
With the powerline adapter,...I essentially plugged them into the electrical outlets, plugged in my network cables, set the encryption on the devices, and I was good to go!
Now I can stream movies with no interruptions or hesitations.
Here's the device I brought: ZyXEL PLA401v3 HomePlug AV 200 MbpsPowerline Wall-plug Adapter (Starter Kit - 2 units)
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