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Using HomePlug PowerLine Adapters for Home Networking?

Posted by Cliff on from the overloading-the-"3-prong-outlet" dept.

dbaman asks: "I have previously used a router with my broadband connection and run cables thru my house to have a home network. Now I'm in a new house, and I don't want to drill holes in the wall and run cable thru the attic again. I have considered 802.11 wireless, but am more interested in the HomePlug Powerline standard, which lets you use the electrical outlets in the house as the network. Powerline uses 56 bit DES encryption rather than WEP like wireless, and is apparently a bit faster than wireless. LinkSys, GigaFast, and NetGear have adapters out, and a Powerline-based router from LinkSys will soon be available. Does anyone have any experience or advice with this new HomePlug PowerLine networking standard?"

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  1. Does it run on the other 110v side of the house? by wa4osh · · Score: 3, Interesting

    My house is fed from a pole-peg transformer which is split into two 110v feeds. You get 220V by tapping across the two 110v circuits for the dryer, the oven and stove. If you connect the HomePlug device to one of the two 110v sides of the pole peg transformer, does it work on the other 110v circuit?

  2. Well, Cringley likes it... by LuvWeasel · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Reporting from the better-late-than-never dept., there's an article on the "I, Cringley" site that was gushing on HomePlug.