Powerline AV Products

[moosag]

I currently use a Wireless G Router at home. Of which 5 Comps are connected to it. Works very well.

I was thinking of laying ethernet all over my house as to make things easier and faster but I am not willing to go through the hassle of guys climbing into my roof etc.

Anyways this whole Powerline AV products seem to do the job. Use your existing electrical grid as a ethernet network. Max throuput is about 40-60MB's even though they advertise 100MB.

My concerns are the noise levels on those products. Anyone used them before?? Are they really that noisy???

 

[bwana]

Is there a specific reason why you want to go powerline?

Have you considered 802.11 n? Considerably faster than g.

 

[moosag]

I have considered 802.11 n and have tested it. Problem is that the distance between router and comp's is too far. Way to much concrete slabs to go through. Completely destroys throughput. I get better coverage on N but the throughput is just as bad as G.

 

[Gatecrasher]

If you are struggling for decent signal strength in certain parts of the house you could just lay one cable from your router to a well placed wireless access point

I've done this on my netwiork, and now every part of the house and outbuildings gets good signal.

 

[bwana]

I have considered 802.11 n and have tested it. Problem is that the distance between router and comp's is too far. Way to much concrete slabs to go through. Completely destroys throughput. I get better coverage on N but the throughput is just as bad as G.

How about using WDS to your advantage? A second base station, along the way would feed off the primary and give you the coverage you want.