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IOGEAR Homeplug Networking Reviewed

Posted by Hemos on from the ease-of-the-networl dept.

Chris Allen writes "Wired or wireless? This is always just about the first thing anyone thinks of when planning their new home/soho office. It always comes down to price/performance/practicality, in whichever order you feel is more important. Sometimes it just isn't possible to run CAT5, for a variety of reasons. The only options available for the average consumer is wireless, HomePNA, which uses your existing telephone network in your house, and HomePlug, using your existing power grid. HomePNA has been around for around 3 years or so, and has matured some, starting out transmitting at dismal speeds and lackluster reliability in regards to interference. HomePlug is short for HomePlug® Powerline Alliance."

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  1. Re:Will it work as good? by ediron2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Aiieee... Who thought this was intelligent? How the screamin' George Jetson did that get to a 5!? This is arguably the dumbest damn mod-5 posting I've ever been subjected to. Thank the gods at least one person has -1'd it for being 'overrated'.

    C'mon, folks, this isn't 'news for nimrods' or Networking for Idiots! I expect this sort of post-hallucinagenic half-witted technobabble based on guesses from normal people who discover I'm a computer expert, but not from technically-inclined geeks!

    This post seems to imply a whole slew of people (moderators and poster) don't digest the technical basics in /. stories enough to understand basics like digital signals allowing better noise cancellation (taking the ring out of untwisted copper well enough to enable DSL or T-1's), frequency-based filtering (notch filters, chokes, ham radio, and LRC circuits), and a slew of other concepts probably involved that I have no clue on, since I'm no expert on stuff that involves digital via telecom systems (opto-isolators, for example).

    But, for crissake, I don't pop off with my half-baked stupid/fearful ramblings because a misinstalled cheap-ass Radio Shack intercom based on 20-year-old analog technology buzzed a lot , and/or moderate up stuff that I don't know beans about as 'insightful'.

    Here's a simple (and I thought obvious) rule, moderators:

    If you don't know the subject well enough to know who is an expert and who isn't, don't GUESS . Just don't moderate the posting. Wait for an expert to do the peer review.

    Ohmigod. I just noticed the grammar gaff in the title. Will it work as well, not good. That clinches it. Slashdot's been hacked or redirected to some wierd Jeff Foxworthy Redneck alternate Slashdot. I can't wait for the Monster Truck, WWF and Nascar stories to flood in...