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Ethernet over powerline..
16-11-2014 8:07 PM
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Been mulling over putting some EoP adapters on the xmas wishlist...
Then I got thinking.. don't these only work on the same ring circuit? - What happens if up and downstairs are on different circuits?
Then I realise that they're all linked to the fusebox and little black box anyway.. which made me think that ok.. they WILL work on seperate rings.. but that then got me thinking.. in that case, next door would be able to use my ethernet too!
So.. can someone clarify this for me? I seem to be loosing my marbles..
@nanotm.. no need to tell me about how MI5 were having trouble with this interefering with their spy activities.. i read a story about it years ago and for once i will believe you.
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16-11-2014 8:15 PM
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jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |

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16-11-2014 8:50 PM
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16-11-2014 9:01 PM
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Quote from: purleigh you link YOUR homeplugs together when you install them, so the neighbours can't piggy-back your network.
So this can actually be done? - So whats to stop me using one of these at my place and then another at my mates the other side of town? (ok .. maybe 20 houses up the street lol)

Re: Ethernet over powerline..
16-11-2014 9:09 PM
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16-11-2014 9:16 PM
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16-11-2014 9:24 PM
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The never go near the speed quoted even when quite close, and the speed quoted is sum of both directions. Unless you have perfect wiring you need at least 500Mbps rated to get fibre kind of speeds.
One thing I found made them work badly is having the homeplug in a twin socket with computer equipment in the other half (which is a very natural setup). I lost more then 50% of speed from this; using a slightly longer ethernet connection to another socket in same room/same ring resolved it. (after post on BT forum; I didn't believe it till I tried)
Re: Ethernet over powerline..
16-11-2014 9:39 PM
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Quote from: purleigh Because the speed drops off rapidly after about 50 foot of mains wiring, AND your mate would have to be on the same mains phase (a one in three chance).
Shame .. until i realised the internet and a vpn would do the same job

Where do i come up with these crazy thoughts?


Re: Ethernet over powerline..
16-11-2014 10:05 PM
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I was simply offering you an olive branch by getting involved, in the hope of moving on from past differences,
but instead I have every word nit-picked, twisted, argued with, and then you kick me in the teeth just for trying.
Re: Ethernet over powerline..
16-11-2014 10:19 PM
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16-11-2014 10:41 PM
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Quote from: purleigh
Quote from: 7up Where do i come up with these crazy thoughts?
You already answered that at the beginning of this topic -
Quote from: 7up I seem to be loosing my marbles..
and the word is "losing" NOT "loosing"
What on earth is the matter with you?
You come back after vanishing for ages, bang on about your wonderful 64bit router being up for decades (like anyone can really compete with that) and then when i jokingly mention that you can't reboot your copper or fibre you lose your rag and go ape at me causing me to retaliate in self defence and then you start deleting stuff everywhere.
Grow up purleigh. I used to have a lot of respect for you but your behaviour is somewhat odd lately. You of all people should also know i don't carry spats between topics (with the exception of one or two members) yet you're dragging this out over two topics.. and why... because i made a comment about your connection wire with a laughing smiley next to it?
Are you for real?
Re: Ethernet over powerline..
17-11-2014 8:06 AM
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The only complaints I know of about the use of the faster PLTs is it apparently wipes out DAB and AM (Inc. SW, MW and LW) radio, the biggest complaints coming from HAM radio users, kind of a modern take on the old Marconi spark-transmitters which radiated noise right across the spectrum, which were quickly banned as soon as tuned circuit radio came into existence, but for the cost of the plugs versus the cost of some CAT5 or CAT6 wiring, I'd go for the wiring myself...

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17-11-2014 8:13 AM
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17-11-2014 8:41 AM
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Works very well indeed.
No interference to DAB with radio in same room. If I turn the wifi on it does radiate a signal outside the house much further than the router can.

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18-11-2014 12:05 PM
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