The reviews on the Homeplug devices (and the NetGear WiFi version from the previous post) looked pretty good. I'm using the MediaLink power line network devices which are apparently much smaller than the Linksys version. I've had mixed results with the MediaLink networking. It works well on my wife's Linux PC. Not perfect, but well enough that it's seldom a problem. However, the RF interference on the power line at the CNC machines has caused problems. I have the LinuxCNC machines in the basement shop and I pull cat5 cable from each machine up to the ceiling and over to the ceiling mounted router.
One of today's tasks is to move a big HP laser printer off the unreliable parallel port on my desktop Linux PC because the HP printer driver keeps locking up the PC and forcing me to reboot, and onto the network for faster and more reliable printing. The NetGear WiFi port mentioned earlier would be easier than pulling cat5 into my office. I should see if that'll work. Like Eric, for LinuxCNC machines, I think I've standardized on networking that avoids configuring the PC for WiFi because it's problematic and that work will need to be redone after every OS upgrade, or trying to use power line networking. I think I'll just keep a router in the shop and run cable from each machine to the router to keep it simple and reliable. On 10/20/2014 12:00 PM, Eric Keller wrote: > I've had horrible luck with homeplug. Not sure what's going on, but I had > some netgear devices that never worked well and the Sharp devices I > replaced that with just died after less than a year of service. I'm going > to give up and pull cable > > On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 11:28 AM, andy pugh <bodge...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 20 October 2014 16:21, Charles Buckley <rijrun...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I never use wireless drivers for LinuxCNC. I use wireless to ethernet >>> adapters and just let the standard internal ethernet driver handle the >>> networking. >> This might be the most reliable way, indeed. >> My garage network is via homeplug, so all the machines just use >> standard wired ethernet. This has the not insignificant advantage that >> I can us Wake On LAN to power up a garage PC to drop G-code files >> onto it / fiddle with config files, make sure it is ready to go when I >> get there etc >> >> >> http://www.ebuyer.com/344129-linksys-plsk400-200mbps-4-port-powerline-adapter-kit-plsk400-uk?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products&gclid=CPaWx87Fu8ECFSEOwwod6rAANw >> >> >> -- >> atp >> If you can't fix it, you don't own it. >> http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. >> Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. >> Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. >> Take corrective actions from your mobile device. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. > Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. > Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. > Take corrective actions from your mobile device. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Zoho _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
