Homunculus
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Dar al-Harb
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| Network over Electric?
Has anyone tried anything like this? It sounds interesting... and good... if it would work...
»www.macwireless.com/html/product···dex.html
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normanzhang
join:2004-09-03
Calgary, AB | This has been around for a long time. My friend tried 4 years ago, it didn't work out quite well. Maybe things are little different now. |
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prestonlewis
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join:2003-04-13
Sacramento, CA
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It works but there are a few kinks in it:
If your house has 220v anywhere, like washer/dryer, etc., then some of your 110v lines may not be on the same circuit and PNA (powerline network adaptor) will not communicate with others. 220v is accomplished by having 2 separate 110v lines going into your house. Both 110v lines are used for 220v appliances while 110v appliances only need to use one of the "hot" wires. Powerline adapters must all use the same "hot" 110v line or they do cannot communicate. Secondly, the speed your posted page refers to, 10x DSL, is pretty fantastic. I'd advise you to expect speeds no faster than 3mbps, which isn't bad if your broadband speeds is 3mbps or less, you shouldn't notice any slowdown in your internet surfing speed. Also, you can expect some degredation of speed if you powerline connection has to cross your circuit breaker box going from one room to another. The best connections are when all the powerlines are sharing one straight powerline, without the circuit breaker box having to be crossed.
So expect it to work, but it won't be speedy but that might not be a problem since broadband tends to be slow anyway. However, the big hurdle is 220v/110v problem. You have two 110v circuits in your home, if you are a typical home, and you're likely to have rooms where the 110v line is not the same as where your powerline adapter connects to your broadband connection. Good luck. |
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SoonerAl
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join:2002-07-23
Norman, OK
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Something else you might look into is a HomePNA system...
I did this awhile back with a Linksys HomePNA kit that included two HomePNA network cards for one of my sister-in-laws and her roommate. One Windows Me machine ran ICS so the other PC could access the internet via a cable modem. It worked very well for them in their small home. It was a good solution for them because they did not want to go the expense of purchasing 802.11b/g wireless hardware or a broadband router and have someone pull 10BaseT cables through the house.
Unfortunately Linksys no longer makes the product.
»www.homepna.org/
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Homunculus
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Cool, thanks for the replies and info... I was just asking, more out of curiosity than anything... I will be set up with 802.11g as soon as my router arrives, and ran across that stuff at the link I posted... It sure sounds good... but you know how that goes...  |
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