Different protocols. 2.4 GHz in WiFi is limited to some distance, hardware
limited to something like 32km. 2.4 GHz isn't limited to 20 miles.
Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
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Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah the total wire distance. Understood.
>
> This utility room has it's own subpanel which is newer than the rest of
> the wiring in the building. If they made a new home run for this sub panel
> then it might be 100+ feet of extra wire to get there.
>
> I've read the best case distance for homeplug is 300m, but maybe half that
> in real life. It's hard to believe they can't go a little farther. If
> 300m is the best we can hope for, then why did any ISP ever think BPL would
> work for last mile distribution? Was BPL radically different from
> homeplug?
>
> Something like 10meg at 1000m would be more useful to me than gigabit
> across the room.
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Bill Prince" <part15...@gmail.com>
> To: af@afmug.com
> Sent: 8/19/2016 1:10:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] BPL / Homeplug
>
>
> With homeplug, it's not how close individual plugs are located because
> they have to go through the breaker panel. If the panel is 3 floors away,
> then the signal has to go down to the breaker panel, and then back up to
> the other homeplug unit. The total distance is the issue.
>
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>
> On 8/18/2016 6:38 PM, Adam Moffett wrote:
>
> Is there any equipment manufacturer still selling broadband over
> powerlines equipment?
>
> I tried a cheap netgear homeplug kit to get data from a utility closet to
> an apartment 3 floors apart. It works (with weak signal) in the hallway
> just outside the apartment, but doesn't connect from inside the apartment
> itself. I get a similar result going the other way....with the one
> homeplug unit in the apartment, I can get a weak signal on an outlet down
> the hall from the utility closet.
>
> It seems like if I'm that close, then maybe just a better piece of
> equipment would make it happen.
>
> This is a temporary and freebie thing, so before you tell me how much
> homeplug sucks, just be aware that I only need it to work for a little
> while. I could run ethernet if I was willing to cut handholes in the
> drywall and patch them back up....but I'm not.
>
>
>
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