Well one of the perks of working there is that I on occasion can get some free stuff. As such, I'm going to try to do something cool with everything they give me as a way of saying "I'm incredibly thankful for this gift". I'm not plugging the company by any means, as I will admit they have their faults. I also want to make it CRYSTAL CLEAR that THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS AN ALL OTHER WEBSITES ASSOCIATED WITH MY BEING IN NO WAY REFLECT THOSE OF BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC OR ITS AFFILIATES.
That being said, time to geek out.
So the first items I received from them were a ScreenCast AV4 and a Powerline AV Starter Kit. The Screencast is this really awesome product that serves as a wireless HDMI bridge. The Powerline is another nifty gadget that bridges ethernet connections through the electrical wiring in your home.
What I did was the following:
- Created a wireless hotspot on my Galaxy Nexus.
- Connected my computer to the hotspot over Wi-Fi
- Turned on Internet Connection Sharing in Microsoft Windows 7
- Shared my internet connection via my ethernet port
- Plugged from the ethernet port on my laptop to the 1st powerline adapter in my bedroom.
- Plugged the other powerline adapter in the next room over.
- Plugged the ethernet cable from the second powerline adapter in to an XBox 360.
- Plugged the HDMI port of the XBox in to the ScreenCast Transmitter
- Plugged the ScreenCast Receiver in to the HDTV in the living room.
- Loaded the XBox and signed in to XBox live.
Now I didn't do much past that because I limited to 2GB / month on my phone. I just set everything up to prove that I could. The network looked a little like the following image.
I might be getting some more stuff soon so I will post other random configurations I come up with. Thanks again to Belkin.
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