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> Powerline Ethernet is not really a good solution either. Why is that?

• JustSomeNobody 9y ago
  It's very finicky about line quality, it likes to be on the same circuit (doesn't cross breakers), and it doesn't live up to the claimed speeds.
  • rrauenza 9y ago
    As a no longer suffering user of X10 now enjoying ZWave, the issue is usually crossing the out of phase 110 legs (every other full size breaker in the panel is on a different leg). To cross the phases, the signal has to go to the power pole where the phases originate. X10 has a repeater you can install and sometimes people just install a passive one (a capacitor if I recall.) In a smaller house, signalling to the panel and back out to circuits on the same leg is more likely to work than crossing the phases.
    • JustSomeNobody 9y ago
      Thank you for the clarification.