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dpaanlka
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on: April 07, 2007, 21:38
I'm thinking of setting up an ethernet over power network in my house for devices that do not have wireless (most of my system 7 machines and a few iMacs and printers and stuff). I was thinking of one of the following products: http://www.buy.com/prod/linksys-instant-powerline-plebr10-bridge-external/q/loc/101/10321918.html http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=152644 http://review.zdnet.com/Netgear_Powerline_HD_Ethernet_Adapter/4505-3304_16-31970278.html http://reviews.cnet.com/Siemens_SpeedStream_Powerline_Ethernet_adapter/4505-3304_7-20684584.html Does anybody have experience with such networks? Any specific product experiences? |
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mac2geezer
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64 MB Posts: 68
Reply #1 on: August 31, 2007, 20:35
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Hi, It's been months so I don't know if you're still interested in this topic. I just set up two powerline ethernet adaptors (Corinex, $29.95 each from Dr. Bott) to connect my IIfx in another building to the LAN in the house. First tested by setting things up in the same room in the house and the adaptors worked great right out of the box connecting the IIfx (Sys 7.6.1) to a Sys 9 iMac and a Sys 10 iMac through a Linksys router. However, moving the IIfx to the other building causes problems. Normally there are 6 circuit breakers in the electrical circuit between the two buildings, and plugging the Corinex into an outlet there does'nt work. If I run a long exstension cord from the halfway point, thus bypassing at least 2 circuit breakers, it works. In fact this is being written on the IIfx connected through the Corinex adaptor. If you set up such a network I would like to hear your experience.
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p-amadeus
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64 MB Posts: 89 
Reply #2 on: September 01, 2007, 00:25
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When I recently had cable internet set up here at my new flat rather than install a jack in the room where my computer is like they had done every other time they instead set me up with some ethernet over power adapters to get the cable connection from where the modem was to my G5. Bad idea. The internet would constantly go out, literally every 15 minutes it would stop working and I would have to unplug and plug back in one of the adapters. It was horrid, I called the cable company and made them come install a real jack in my office. They were Netgear adapters. Total crap. I personally would never buy something like this, I'd rather just run an actual ethernet cord.
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mac2geezer
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64 MB Posts: 68
Reply #3 on: September 01, 2007, 00:34
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All things being equal, I would rather have a Cat5 cable also, but my other building is about 100 feet away so would require an exterior grade cable to connect the two buildings. There may also be a problem due to differences in ground potential between the two buiuldings, along with digging a trench, drilling holes in exterior walls, etc. I may still install a cable, along with a ground wire to connect the ground planes of the two buildings, but haven't got that desperate yet. When I use the extension cord from the halfway point the Corinex adaptors work reliably, as far as I can tell.
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p-amadeus
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64 MB Posts: 89
Reply #4 on: September 04, 2007, 01:35
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Assuming you already have wireless, couldn't you just get another wireless router to put into the other building and set it up to be on your existing wireless and extend your network, allowing you to hook up the non-wireless macs to the router ethernet ports?
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p-amadeus
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64 MB Posts: 89
Reply #5 on: September 04, 2007, 01:36
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Not much reason not to with deals like this: http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=344149&ref=cj $2 for a wireless router after rebates.
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mac2geezer
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64 MB Posts: 68
Reply #6 on: September 04, 2007, 20:17
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If my router was wireless your suggestion makes sense, but it's not, so to go the wireless route I would end up junking the existing router and then buying two wireless units. Not sure 11g would work with the distance and walls involved, so it might mean going the 11n route...much more expensive. In any case the powerline ethernet units seem to be working as long as I'm selective about which electrical outlets I use. And at 14Mbps they're plenty fast enough for the 10BaseT card in the IIfx.
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