<html><head></head><body data-blackberry-caret-color="#00a8df" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"><div id="BB10_response_div" style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I have two pairs at home, not the av speeds, slower. They work but not always flawlessly they tend to get warm so they suck a fair amount of energy. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">They have some drawbacks. They don't work across a transformer. Which usually isn't a problem unless you're trying to connect to a neighbour across the street. This also means that interference from a neighbour's powerline adapters is possible. And interloping is too. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">When you use more than one you are effectively setting up a shared media, unlike a switch. More like a hub or wifi access point. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Also like wifi it's not easy to get the full bandwidth because like shared media collisions happen. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Now that we are down to two in use (from four) they seem to operate well for Internet use. I'd be wary of pumping a lot of data across them, like a backup. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The ones I have (dlink from years ago) have a password protect option. I bet this means a neighbour would have to spend 15 or 20 minutes to crack the security. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I originally purchased them as a stop gap. We bought a house and I needed time to wire it. These gave access during the months it took me to pull cat 6. </div> <div id="_signaturePlaceholder" style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td id="_persistentHeaderContainer" colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div id="_persistentHeader" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>unsolicited</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, October 24, 2013 7:11 PM</div><div><b>To: </b>Kwlug-Disc</div><div><b>Reply To: </b>KWLUG discussion</div><div><b>Subject: </b>[kwlug-disc] Powerline networking - viable?</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div id="_persistentHeaderEnd" style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style="">Been minded that 'powerline' is out there, again. Poking about at Canada <br>Computer, seems I see 3 manufacturers, D-Link, Netgear, Trendnet - no <br>doubt all the same internals. Kits range from $55 - $100.<br><br> From a bit of poking, I see claims of gigabit ports, but further <br>reading reveals max. 500 Mbps transmission. (And they wonder why people <br>mistrust marketers. The info. may be factual, but ...) (Tag seems to be <br>'AV 500'.)<br><br>Anyone have any experience with powerline / wisdom to share?<br><br>- not trying to run multiple HD video streams, just get across a gym <br>with very high ceilings that make a physical copper run problematic. One <br>1280x800 ip cam stream reliably coming full bore would be desired, though.<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>kwlug-disc mailing list<br>kwlug-disc@kwlug.org<br>http://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org<br></div></body></html>