No, he's talking about powerline networking. Try this: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/power-network.htmCuriosityx said:Are you refering to POE? (Power over ethernet)
Or have you been watching been watching the Sci-Fi channel?
Hmm, right.Kroegen said:Its rubbish, fill stop . Just buy a wireless router and your sorted.
Kroegen said:Its rubbish, fill stop . Just buy a wireless router and your sorted.
I'll have it .Fluff_eei said:Not terribly helpful. I live in an old victorian house with very thick walls and a couple of extensions
Ha! Not mine, my parents', but yeah, it sucks for wireless. A homeplug twin set is looking to be around £70, competitor so can't say where, but that's the same as 2 wireless access points so could be worse, and I hope *touch wood" they are more reliable. Will go get some soon, and infact may start a thread seeing if people have good/bad experiences.Phnom_Penh said:I'll have it .
Phnom_Penh said:Well the best way to do networking it to take up the floor boards, and run them under the floors on each floor, and then run a cable between the floors where it's easiest to, like through a hole that's got a pipe going down it. You can then put ap's in rooms you want them, out of the way.
a. me#Chri5# said:And who can
a) be bothered to lift carpets and floor boards and more importantly
b) get permission from girlfriend / wife / parents to do so?
The next-generation of HomePlug standard, called HomePlug AV is rated at 200Mbps. There's also a number of companies (NetGear is one) that offer wireless APs / Homeplug combo units which is a handy thing.
I want to move my "server" out into the garage. The signal from my firewall/AP at the front of the house isn't reliable enough without having to faff around with a repeater. I'm certainly CBA to cable it, so I plan to try a Homeplug AV set-up and see how it performs.