What is it about power-line today, everyone is asking us about it. You can either get cat5-to-cat5 or cat5-to-wifi. Performance on the latter is getting better but the bottleneck is the bandwidth across the electrics.
The cheaper units are 85Mbps while the newer units can do 200Mbps across the wire. So you only get 10-30Mb bandwidth which you can terminate in either a switch or an access point. You can also use them to bridge across floors if necessary. The netgear unit works well and is easy to setup, you can also buy additional transmitters, but it is only the slower speed - good for laptop and internet browsing bad for streaming media. If you have a spare access point at work you could go for the faster units and then put the AP at the end. Always useful to have a set of plugs in the office in case someone (management usually) breaks a socket and you need a quick fix. There is even a unit you can buy with a 3 port switch and a 6 way power adaptor in it. Mike From: Lee Douglas [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 08 September 2009 16:32 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Power-line Wi-Fi Network I use a power-line connection to an old wireless access point and it works very well. Since I had the old WAP, it was very convenient - and cheap - for me. Google for NETGEAR Powerline Wireless Range Extender WGXB102 - Wireless access point and I suspect there are others as well. Do you really need a router on the 2nd floor? On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Stefan Jafs <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I know that I can get a power-line wired network, however is there equipment that can use power-lines to a wireless router in a different area off the house? My boss owns a 2 story condo and the wireless stops dead with all the concrete walls. He does not want to run additional Cat6 wires to the upstairs. Any ideas? ___________________________________ Stefan Jafs This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the Amico Corpoartion company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
