I've been a bit disheartened by the terrible state of PCI wireless adapter drivers for Linux, when I discovered powerline networking adapters at a fairly reasonably price.

I'm a bit wary of the NetGear one - I've had bad experiences with recent NetGear wireless hardware - but there are others. However, the interoperability is a bit puzzling as there's one model which seems to run it's own tune and is listed as not working certain newer and older adapters from the same company.

So. Anyone with any experience with them? What's the security like? And performance?

Wade.