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

John Baab john.baab at gmail.com
Mon Sep 27 15:26:03 UTC 2010


On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Joe <jfwd at phlobus.net> wrote:
> 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.
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I'll throw my 2 cents out here,  I had good success with a refurbished
pair of linksys powerline adapters.  I believe they were rated for
200mbp/s, I saw speeds of 60-70mbp/s while keeping an eye on them.
Was much easier than messing with wifi, and worked very well for HD
recordings from my HDHR and HDPVR.  Unfortunately they could not
handle 1080p content, so that may end up being a deal breaker.  It is
worth noting I am in a new home, any home with older wiring most
likely would not see the same results.


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