Johnathan, This is awesome info., I didn't know products like this existed and it may be a solution to some of my needs. I do have a question that you may or may not have encountered. I have a 440 amp service in the home, (two 220 amp boxes) so do you know if the plug and play would encounter a problem if one end of the plug was drawing power from one of the 220 boxes and the other end was wired to the other 220 box?
Many thanks, John On Feb 14, 2009, at 9:23 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > On Feb 14, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Mike Watkins <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The main trick, however, is the converters! Perhaps one would do; >> Jonathan used two (one near my main computer and >> one in the studio). The prices of these gadgets vary widely. > > > No. You need two. One to put the signal on your household wiring and > one to take it off. The ones I put in Mike's house were refurbs that I > got for about $30 apiece, but I have seen new ones in a twin pack in a > retail store (in Indianapolis, haven't seen them locally, sorry) for > $100. You can get them online, though. > > While we're on the subject, there is a range of speeds for the things. > Among the ones I've seen are between 80 Mbps and 200 Mbps. Mbps = Mega > BITS per second. For comparison fast ethernet is 100 Mbps and gigabit > ethernet is (of course) 1000 Mbps. So, the slowest are slower than > fast ethernet, while the fastest are about twice as fast as fast > ethernet. Another comparison is that wireless G is rated at 64 Mbps, > so even the slowest powerline ethernet adapters are faster than > regular Airport Extreme. > > One other problem with the PEAs is that they cannot work through any > device between them. So surge protectors are verboten. Even bad > household wiring and some breaker box configurations will reduce > performance and even block the signal. > > The $100 a pair ones I mentioned are the NetGear HDXB101 and are the > 200. Prices on it vary widely, from the aforementioned C-note to > almost twice that. The cheapest I could find the package is here: > > <http://tinyurl.com/ae2nrw> > > They appear to be the cheapest of the faster ones that I could find. > > j. > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > FileMaker 9 Certified Developer > > Project Foreman > NewMedia Construction Co. > [email protected] > > Instigator > The BB&J Network > The "Go-To Guys" for > FileMaker Development in Louisville > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be February 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be February 24 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
