Re: Powerline Ethernet Technology

[Kyle Gordon <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 30/01/12 16:47, Bryan Smith wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am confused. On the one hand I have read that Cat5e is not capable
of
> handling HD video yet now I am reading that I can send it over the
mains
> using the 200Mbps Homeplug standard.
>
> If Homeplug really will do the job, and given its low cost and ease of
> expansion, why would anyone bother to pull miles of Cat5e?
>
> My major refurb/extension project as yet has no ceilings or dry
lining,
> or even electrics so I am well placed to get someone to install cable
to
> a perfectly located node zero, but I am wondering whether I should
bother.
>
> What am I missing?
>
What protocol over Cat5e? Certainly with standard IP over Cat5e it works
just fine. Oodles of bandwidth. I regularly push multiple 1080p streams
over my home GigE network.

Whoever wrote your article is either lying or not providing enough info.

Kyle


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