Which brand of powerline adapter are you using? I've got three Netgear units and while they're great when they're working, I've had them less than a year and had to replace two of them under warranty so far. Having said that, there's no doubt they provide a far better network than wireless.
On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:09:16 +0900, "John Winters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Have you considered an ethernet over powerline adaptor? There are a few > available, and a number of configuration options including a wireless > access > point. The simplest is an ethernet to ethernet plug pair which you can > extend to wherever you have a power point (or an extension cord!). Just > add > more modules to go to another room. I managed to set one up in about ten > minutes, and it saved me having to crawl through the ceiling with another > cat 5 cable! This may save you the vagaries of wireless, and the need to > go > and get the USB adaptor every time you need it. Murphy's law states it > will > always be plugged into the OTHER computer when you need it. > > Regards, > John > __________________ > John Winters > Phone +61 8 9244 4564 > Fax +61 8 9446 7709 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > From: Neil Houghton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:18:58 +0900 > > To: WAMUG Mailing List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: WTB: Airport card > > > > Hi Josh, > > > > Yeah, main attractions of a USB adaptor for me are: > > > > 1) Easy to swap between two computers (both are 2nd computers so we won't > > want to use both simultaneously) > > 2) Should? have a better wireless range so handle the brick/granite walls > > better. > > > > Ebay have a few original airports for sale - the one that closes first is > > currently up to $33 (+$5 postage) and closes in 19hours: > > <http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120189284351&ssP > > ageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=002> > > > > I guess the "flakiness" or otherwise is what I was trying to gauge with my > > post! But I see that Macfixit are selling an Asus one on ebay for $55 (+$10 > > postage) that they say: > > > >> Works with Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4 Tiger > >> > >> 100% Compatible With Apple Airport and Airport Extreme > >> > >> GUARANTEED APPLE COMPATIBILITY, EASY SET UP: > > > > <http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280179337318&ssP > > ageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=018> > > > > I was just looking for some WAMUG wisdom and experience (good or bad) with > > ANY usb adaptors before making any decisions. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Neil > > -- > > Neil R. Houghton > > Albany, Western Australia > > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > on 3/12/07 2:18 PM, Josh McKinnon at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Similar story to Neil's recent post... > >> > >> Anyone have an original (pre-extreme) Airport card to sell?? > >> > >> cheers, > >> Josh > >> > >> Neil: I'm going this route because I've gathered a general impression > >> of 'flaky' for the USB-Wireless cards on the Mac. It might be an out- > >> of-date impression... > >> > >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Need to get in touch? Email & MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about its friends -Make something idiot proof and someone will build a better idiot -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
