RE: Powerline Ethernet Technology

["Neil Ball" <neilball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well I can push a full bandwidth 1080P 3D video and lossless HD audio
down a
single Cat5e over quite some distance using HDBaseT extenders (as well as
RS232, IR and Ethernet data), and Kaleidescape movie streaming over a
Cat5e-based Ethernet network with no issues at all. If I were wiring today
(I moved in to my self-build 5 years ago) I would go for Cat6 now rather
than Cat5e (always better to have bandwidth to spare) although in most
installs it makes little or no difference.



I certainly would not be relying on powerline having had much experience of
it when trying to get a network running around an old cottage I rented
while
building my house. It worked well enough for a few Ethernet connections but
there is no way it would cope with whole-house data/AV distribution.



Neil B.



From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Bryan Smith
Sent: 30 January 2012 16:48
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Powerline Ethernet Technology






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?

--
Bryan Smith





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