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Brands for Less is a store located in Salmiya opposite Eureka and NBK. Although they’ve been open for around 2 years now yesterday was the first time I passed by. Nat wanted a kitchen scale and she had heard there was a good one at Brands for Less so we went to check it out. The place although not very big was surprisingly interesting. They had a clothes and shoes section but I stayed downstairs where they had on display various electronics, stuff for the house and just really random stuff. I am trying to name some of the random items I saw but they’re just too many to list out. I mean they even have a unicycle!

The prices are very cheap, the cheapest I’ve seen in the market for what I was looking for and everything or at least the majority of the items were a German brand called Tchibo. All the product descriptions on the packages were also in German so its recommended you take a German speaking friend along. I ended up leaving with a few items my favorite being an Ethernet-Over-Power setup. The package came with three wall adapters and it cost me only KD13! Thats very cheap and although all the instructions were in German I didn’t need to set them up, they worked perfectly out of the box. There was only one more left so if you interested you need to hurry up.

I highly recommend anyone who loves places that carry random stuff to pass by. They’re located in Salmiya and their number is 25752456.

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regular network u need an ethernet cable from on point to another point.

with ethernet over power, your home electricity network replaces the ethernet cable.

for example: You have a computer in your bedroom but your DSL router is in your living room. You have two choices usually:

1) run an etherent cable from the dsl router in your living room to your bedroom
2) setup a wifi accesspoint in your living room and hope your computer can see it in the bedroom

ethernet over power is another way of doing it.
You get two adapters, plug one into the power outlet in the living room and connect it to your router, then you plug another adapter in a power outlet in your bedroom and connect it to your computer. and thats it, you basically turn your power network into your computer network.

That’s awesome.

I wanted a Powerline solution for ages! I didn’t even think they had it in Kuwait. The one on Amazon I wanted was 30KD which is too damn much.

Review it Mark if you can.

the problem with the ones on amazon or woot is that they are 110v and if u use a transformer it wont work. the one i got yesterday is 100-240v.
hmm maybei should pass by and get the last one lol

Well for a number of reasons.

1) I live in a safe. From my living room to my bedroom there is maybe 15 meters and I can’t get a wifi signal in the bedroom even though the wireless router is in my living room. I can’t even see the other wireless router i have set up in my ground floor. My building was built in the 80s by Koreans, its indestructible.

2) Wireless units are bulky and I already have 3 wireless repeaters in the house and they aren’t very stable. Not a problem for browsing the web, a problem when streaming video to my media server. The connection would suddenly drop for no reason during a movie and it would stop playing.

3) this is cheap, KD13 for 3 units. The cheapest wifi repeater I got was from Amazon for KD10 and it was complicated to setup and not stable

4) My audrey is now setup in the kitchen (going to post about it now). Its located right next to the microwave. I dont think microwave and wifi go very well together…

please excuse my ignorance but is it possible for your neighbors to also connect to your net if they have an adapter?

Good question n74 !

I guess if they are getting their electricity from the Same source then yes!!

That’s interesting to find out … Mark !

I found some info mark .. it says that all devices should be on same power circuit ! It seams you and your neighbor have the same circuit.

Is there any vacant flat beside you ? lol

Aha 🙂

But this could be a problem on big houses cause most big houses have more than one circuit so you wont be able to use it on all power points.

However still very useful.

Anyone know where to get Ethernet over Power in Kuwait? I dropped by @ Brands for Less, but sold out, of course. Any alternatives? I already visited some shops in Bin Khaldoun street, but most did not even know what the stuff is about.

Well I got confused a bit when I was reading the description but it seams to function both ways .. both power and data can be transmitted up to 100m using standard Ethernet cabling.

That means according to the description if not mistaken .. that you can have an internet device of 5v or 12v (such as an internet camera or an additional Access Point) away from any power sources having the D-link transmitting power and data to the internet device at the same time.

If this is right then it is a great device and cheap.

It doesn’t work both ways. One turns power lines into network lines the other turns network lines into power. Both have completely different uses and you can’t use one instead of the other.

What I have been talking about in the comments is Ethernet over Power and its supposed to be another option instead of wifi and regular ethernet.

But it’ll transmit through ethernet (power and data). It’s a different concept and not like the one Mark bought (which is more expensive).

We know now the ins and outs, but can we get the stuff anywhere in Kuwait (other than @ Brands for Less where they were sold out)?

IPlanet sells them in hawally. On the first floor in the complex connected to McD’s. They have had them for over 3 years now and they were priced at KD 30 for a pair then!

Went to Brands for Less last night and found the Powerline adapters. 3 for KD 20 this time… They were last three, again

Excuse me .. but can you give me there website .. i went there 2 days ago .. unfortunately i forgot some stuff i bought from them .. i want them to send it back if it’s available 🙁 !!

I need these “Ethernet on Power Adaptors” Please update me if any one knows where else I can get them, (Brands are less dont have anymore)

If anyone willing to sale please PM me

regards

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