Static coming through computer line out, PLEK500

I have three of these working just fine, in this configuration:
#1 tied to cable modem
#2 tied to ethernet port of a macbook pro
#3 tied to a Roku box
#4 is meant to serve the Ethernet port on the Mac Pro tower in my home office. Unfortunately, upon installing it I get a huge amount of audio static coming through the Line Out jack on the computer, or the speakers if not using the Line Out (which I connect to a stereo receiver). The static correlates clearly to network load; if I run a test on speedtest.net, pushing a big amount of data up and down, the static is nearly continuous. If I'm just working locally on the word processor it's intermittent. So something is interacting between the Ethernet connection and the other electronics of the computer.
What is going on here? I can't use it like this.

Hi zenpicker,
I would suggest you try using another Ethernet cord for isolation. Make sure as well that the Powerline's firmware is upto date for better performance.
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