Don't ask me why this is the way it is, 'cause I never figured it out, but.....
About 18 months ago, I was working with a friend who is far enough out in the boonies that he only has dial-up, and even that didn't always work. He wanted to be able to dial out from anywhere in the house, so we tried one of the dial-tone-over-powerline extenders. Truly lousy connect speeds - where he normally would get at least 33.6 and up to 52K, he never got above 24K, and usually not above 19.2. Thinking the extender set was faulty, we took it back and got another set by the same manufacturer, and had the same results. The store manager was easy going, so we tried another set of the same make, with the same results. Went so far as to try a set by a different manufacturer, same results. Moral of the story - unless something has changed in the last 18 months, don't try extending your modem line this way unless you don't need much speed. DC >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/17/03 04:40PM >>> Hi. I am looking for a remote dialtone solution for a client. They have a modem in a remote location, but no phone line trenched to that location. I'm trying to avoid them trenching by using a wireless solution. I have been reviewing the Dailtone-over-powerline products recommended for adding a phone jack on the far side of a house. (Like one would use for a DirecTV or Tivo set top box. - see below for links.) But the setting I am working from is hardwired on both sides of the powerline. I can get one regular 11AC jack installed with little difficulty, but the other is running up conduit directly into a circuit breaker box. The powerline products all plug in to regular AC outlets. I was looking for a 900MHz dialtone extension product (ideal) or perhaps a modem extender that would extend the serial modem output of a wireless link (needs more engineering). Has anyone come across this yet? Any ideas? Thanks, Mike O. Ac outlet dialtone extender: http://phonex.com/prd_wj.htm 900 MHz dialtone extender: ____________________________? RS232 Data extender: http://www.pointsix.com/cgi-bin/PointSix.cgi?Wireless&PointTransceiver -- Mike Outmesguine President, TransStellar, Inc. Co-Founder, Southern California Wireless Users Group (SOCALWUG) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL-IM: socalwug ICQ: 176284 Say: /OUT-mess-geen/ Direct: 1-818-889-9445 x102 Fax: 1-818-337-7420 Corporate Information: www.transstellar.com Wireless User Group: www.socalwug.org
