------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31930 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: Do you use your Slim Devices equipment wired or wirelessly? - All wired - All wirelessly - I have several units, some operate wired, some wireless ------------------------------------------------------------------------
cliveb;172852 Wrote: > I'm not sure that's appropriate. The point about wired ethernet is that > it's carried via a medium that's completely under your control and is > therefore immune to interference from third parties. > > Homeplug uses a shared carrier - the mains wiring. If a neighbour whose > home is on the same phase as yours fires up something that injects loads > of noise back into the mains (an arc welder, for example), then your > Homeplug packets may possibly get trashed. (I don't know what happens > if a neighbour on the same phase also has a Homeplug network - do his > packets get back out past his meter and compete for the bandwidth > you're trying to use?) > > Therefore, in terms of potential for dropouts I'd say Homeplug, while > certainly less vulnerable, is more akin to wireless. OK, but I had to fit it in the poll somehow. ;-) And there is copper between the HomePlugs, so I thought of it as wired. Plus apparently it seems to behave like wired for most people, I've only heard of 1 or 2 problems on this forum. -- Mark Lanctot "It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response." - Jon Heal ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31930 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
