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.
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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.
