On Nov 13, 2:06 am, (Chris Lewis) wrote:
According to AZ Nomad :

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:52:46 -0000, Chris Lewis
wrote:
Powerline Ethernet adapters are capable of 200Mbps or more.
Eg: Netgear
http://www.netgear.com/Products/Powe...erlineEthernet...

At that speed, it won't go through transformers, or even necessarily
jump legs in an electrical panel - as the OP seems to be experiencing.
In other words, it has all the disadvantages of wireless and wired
without the advantages of either.

Not really.

Not going through transformers is a feature, not a bug - you know your
neighbors can't receive it, without having to encrypt it.

In most cases, there is no transformer seperating your house from a
neighbors. A typical transformer installation serves more than one
house. Now the signal still may not get far enough for your neighbor
to be able to recover data, but this isn't any kind of security
guarantee. It's like having a wireless with no encription and
relying on distance outside the house for security.





Not jumping
legs is probably not universal, and easily rectified. Likely better
reliability/consistency throughout a whole house than wireless if
the hub can't be optimally placed. Wireless phones won't interfere
with it. Doesn't need holes drilled/wire laid like wired. Connects
to your ethernet connector, no awkward wireless cards - (for us Linux
weenies, not having to worry about whether your laptop's wireless is
supported in the OS is a nice feature).

The main disadvantage seems to be that they're relatively new,
not terribly common (yet) and still fairly high price.

If they were more available, I'd probably switch to it from
wireless.

More and more people are using notebooks and similar today and for
years they've been coming with wireless already built-in. With
wireless, you can use those devices not only in your house, but when
staying at hotels, traveling, Starbucks, etc. So, I don't see much
market today for these powerline devices, except for peculiar apps,
like the one the OP has.




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