That is really cool. I have a need to extend my network and I have too many 802.11g items that my 802.11n router just steps down... what times are you seeing for transferring 2 - 4 gb files?
-Francisco http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More... On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Anthony Q. Martin <[email protected]>wrote: > Well, I got my powerline stuff a day early....all of it is netgear, but > still running the linksys wrt56g at 10/100. > > Getting the netgear powerline stuff going is too easy...just plug in the PL > adapter, plug in the ethernet cable to it, and than plug in the other piece > (I got the 4 port AV unit) into a socket someplace. So right now I have the > laptop at the other end of the house (one level down), where the wireless > signal barely makes it. But on the powerline system I got 100 Mbps network > (what's reported) and I am transfering files at 45 Mbps (big files). > > Of course, that same file moved over the router to my other PC moves at 92 > Mbps. > > So wired ethernet is definitely better than powerline, but we knew that. > > I can't wait to try this on the Netgear router...it will take longer to get > that up, so I'm doing simple tests first. > > > On 5/10/2010 11:00 AM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: > >> I've used a few a scrapped all of them. Very slooow and intermittently >> glitchy. I still have a couple sitting at home somewhere. >> >> lopaka >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Anthony Q. Martin<[email protected]> >> To: The Hardware List<[email protected]> >> Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 6:22:18 AM >> Subject: [H] Powerline adapter (rather than wireless N) >> >> Since I have both Tivo and a Blu-ray player downstairs, I'm think that >> perhaps a powerline adapter would be a better option. That way, I could >> connect both devices over a powerline network rather than using a special >> adapter for Tivo and nothing for the Blu-ray. And, if I get an XBox or >> something like that, I have a ready solution for networking. From some >> reading, the logic goes that a wired ethernet connection is best, followed >> by a powerline connect, and then a wireless connection. Is that true? I >> live in a two story house, so one wondering if the wiring is truly connected >> between the levels. >> >> Anyone played with one? >> >> I guess I can be the tester... >> >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> >> So I hear that Tivo now has an 802.11n wireless adapter. >> >> I get spoiled watching HD movies from Amazon on my Tivo XL. >> >> Having the speed of 802.11n would make the transfers faster. >> >> But my laptops are 802.11b and g. Will they work on an 802.11n system? >> Are the backward compaticable? >> >> Would my new phone (Droid Incredible), when I get it, be able to use >> 802.11n on its WiFi? What about an iPad? Is everything new these days >> 802.11n ready? >> >> I just read the descriptions of two different products on Amazon and >> neither of them mentioned backwards compatibility. That makes me think it's >> not there. >> >> If it is there, which router is best? >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2865 - Release Date: 05/10/10 >> 02:26:00 >> >> >> >
