Re: Powerline Ethernet Technology

[Adrian Apthorp <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Living in rented accommodation I've found that they're a necessary evil and
do a far better job of getting bandwidth around the house than wifi.
However, my experience supports the consumer unit challenge.

Adrian


>
> I remember reading somewhere that the signal can get screwed if it has
to pass through your consumer unit and the RCDs.
>
> I don't know the truth of that, but in my experience, I haven't been
able to get any powerline ethernet devices to connect above 17Mbps (if at
all) in my house. I gave my Belkin ones to a friend and they have worked
perfectly for him.
>
> So the only way to know for sure is to take a chance and buy them and
see what happens. Personally I've given up on the whole thing and will be
going wired when the recession finally hits and the kind of house I want to
run them in is available for a more sensible price!
>
> Mal
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Phil Harris" <phil@...> wrote:
> >
> > "So maybe it's when you use multiple units?"...
> >
> > Yes - any more than one... ;-)
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx[mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > > Of Ian Oliver
> > > Sent: 07 February 2012 20:48
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Powerline Ethernet Technology
> > >
> > > In article <38898.1327956231@...>, Phil phil wrote:
> > > > I think it's worth mentioning again that the Homeplug
units aren't in
> > > > any way a reliable
> > > way of punting data from one place to another...
> > >
> > > I used homeplug to connect a myth frontend in a bedroom, and
it only
> > > stuttered on challenging content. It has now been replaced
by my
> > > finally punching-down the cat5e to that room but I was
fairly impressed
> > > with homeplug. I was only using two of them to "plug a
gap"
> > > so maybe it's when you use multiple units?
> > >
> > > Ian Oliver
> > > Sunny Leeds, UK
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >


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