[ale] Wireless Design Suggestions

[James P. Kinney III]

Some of the powerline network stuff will only work if all the devices
are on the same electrical circuit. If the data signal has to cross a
breaker, it simply dies. I have run into this problem with intercom
systems that use the powerline for transmission. 

On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 10:24, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> I spent several hours trying to get a powerline network to work.  It looks 
> really nice.  There are several little boxes you can buy for about $100 
> that provide a bridge bewteen ethernet and powerlines.  If you buy one 
> such box for each computer, there is not need for cat 5 wiring, at least 
> in principle.
> 
> In my case it never worked, but the tech support guy I talked to who new 
> somthing (after hours on the phone to someone in india, or somewhere, who 
> knew nothing) said one of my boxes was broken--but there was no way to 
> tell which one.  They both got returned.
> 
> But it sounds really nice.  They claim 14 Mbps.
> 
> --Michael

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