[mythtv-users] Power Line Network Connections and Myth ?

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Sun Sep 26 17:33:48 UTC 2010


Raymond Wagner wrote:
>  On 9/26/2010 12:31, Brian Wood wrote:
>> Anyone have any experience with any of the various powerline 
>> networking units being sold?
>>
>> I know WiFi us a poor choice for connecting a Myth frontend, but my 
>> brother has a situation where hard wiring is going to be difficult, 
>> and I'm looking for alternatives.
>>
>> I'm certain none of the available units will actually meet their 
>> advertised speeds, but some are rated at 200 Mbps, and if can get even 
>> half of that I should be OK.
> 
> The most basic fault with powerline networking (and one that wireless 
> suffers as well), is that it is a broadcast medium.  Assuming you have 
> clean lines for decent throughput, and the hardware you want to use is 
> on the same half of your split, it will work fine for a small number of 
> machines.  If you expect to have multiple frontends, or be doing file 
> transfers, or have networked tuners and slave backends, powerline just 
> wont cut it.
> 
Yep. Way to re-invent thin-Ethernet.

[Thinks. I have a box of that stuff somewhere. Why?]

-- 

Mike Perkins



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