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

[Joe]

On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
>> > Anyone have any experience with any of the various powerline networking
>> > units being sold?
>>
>> I had the occasion to try it and, at least for SD, it works...
>>
>> > I've tried units in the past that provide RJ-11 phone line connections,
>> > and had horrible results, but my home is an older
>>
>> I believe this was/is called HomePNA... I'm not sure that still exists...
>>
>> > structure with Rube Goldberg/Heath Robinson-inspired wiring. My brother's
>> > place is a newer home that should have relatively clean AC wiring.
>>
>> These things are affected by interference from other devices AFAIK and
>> you most probably won't be able to plug them in a surge suppressor (it
>> affected the signal when I tried it).


I just saw this thread.  I was in a similar boat as I just moved to
NYC.  In my previous house I had snaked wires through the walls to
every room.  Definitely the best way - fast and reliable.

Here, I don't own the building, and so that sort of thing is out of
the question.  However, the place is wired for cable tv (of course,
since you can't get anything with an antenna here), with an outlet in
the living room and the bedroom.  I ended up trying this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122243&Tpk=moca

It works pretty well.  It does add about ~2-3ms of latency end-to-end
vs a normal ethernet switch (when pinging), but the transfer rate
seems about on par with 100mb ethernet.  I have no problems with my
frontend playing a single HD stream over this, but I haven't tried two
or more simultaneous streams to find the limits yet.  And this is all
with coax cables that were probably installed in the 1970's when the
building was last renovated.

I would recommend it as an alternative to powerline if your rooms are
wired for cable tv and you cannot run cat5/6.