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powerline networking is your friend.

by rb808 8y ago

gjvc 8y ago
Yes it is and while not the fastest, it works surprisingly well. I tried a couple of units several years ago and it was a bust. Some guy locally was giving away two TP-link 1000 plugs and they worked first time and I'm now a believer. Give it a shot.
- gjvc 8y ago
  Just missed the edit window. https://www.tp-link.com/uk/download/TL-PA211_V1.html https://www.tp-link.com/uk/download/TL-PA211_V1.html is the device
k3oni 8y ago
This, they have some nice ones with over 900Mbps now out pretty cheap and they work as expected.
- rasz 8y ago
  last time I checked the "900Mbps" topped out at 200mbit real data
  - BrandoElFollito 8y ago
    I had the same experience but I did not expect much more from my power installation (a mixture of old and new cabling). This is still 200 Mbps, better than the Wi-Fi the device could get.
    - rasz 8y ago
      cabling is not the limiting factor, you can link them using plain cable (outside power installation) https://forum.openrov.com/t/teardown-of-a-homeplug-adapter/305/32 https://forum.openrov.com/t/teardown-of-a-homeplug-adapter/3... 200Mbps is their real PHY speed, 900Mbps is just a Scam
      - BrandoElFollito 8y ago
        Ah. Thanks for the link, it is an impressive article and while I work in IT, the electronic may be a bit off my league (I just solder a bit around IoT devices and flash them). I realized with your comment that I have never actually tested the plugs when they are next to each other (say, on an extender). I did not expect there would be a physical limitation below the advertized 1Gbps (I now all I got 400 Mbps I think but I am not at home to get that with a local iperf loop). If they cannot deliver close to that I would be pissed off :) I have, again from memory, a 2x1Gbps tplink pair. This said, my power cabling is sub par so this was the obvious reason for me for the lower bandwidth.
lozaning 8y ago
Last time I tried this I had extreme packet loss if I plugged the two converters into outlets on different breakers, do you know if this is still the case?
- rb808 8y ago
  I think it depends a lot of the wiring in the house as you've found. I think its normal to work across different circuits though - for me it worked OK. I'd expect newer models to be a bit smarter, but I imagine it doesnt work everywhere. Signal can be killed by some surge protectors & UPS or noisy motors etc.

powerline networking is your friend.

by rb808 8y ago

powerline networking is your friend.

gjvc 8y ago

Yes it is and while not the fastest, it works surprisingly well. I tried a couple of units several years ago and it was a bust. Some guy locally was giving away two TP-link 1000 plugs and they worked first time and I'm now a believer. Give it a shot.

gjvc 8y ago
Just missed the edit window. https://www.tp-link.com/uk/download/TL-PA211_V1.html https://www.tp-link.com/uk/download/TL-PA211_V1.html is the device

k3oni 8y ago

This, they have some nice ones with over 900Mbps now out pretty cheap and they work as expected.

rasz 8y ago
last time I checked the "900Mbps" topped out at 200mbit real data
- BrandoElFollito 8y ago
  I had the same experience but I did not expect much more from my power installation (a mixture of old and new cabling). This is still 200 Mbps, better than the Wi-Fi the device could get.
  - rasz 8y ago
    cabling is not the limiting factor, you can link them using plain cable (outside power installation) https://forum.openrov.com/t/teardown-of-a-homeplug-adapter/305/32 https://forum.openrov.com/t/teardown-of-a-homeplug-adapter/3... 200Mbps is their real PHY speed, 900Mbps is just a Scam
    - BrandoElFollito 8y ago
      Ah. Thanks for the link, it is an impressive article and while I work in IT, the electronic may be a bit off my league (I just solder a bit around IoT devices and flash them). I realized with your comment that I have never actually tested the plugs when they are next to each other (say, on an extender). I did not expect there would be a physical limitation below the advertized 1Gbps (I now all I got 400 Mbps I think but I am not at home to get that with a local iperf loop). If they cannot deliver close to that I would be pissed off :) I have, again from memory, a 2x1Gbps tplink pair. This said, my power cabling is sub par so this was the obvious reason for me for the lower bandwidth.

lozaning 8y ago

Last time I tried this I had extreme packet loss if I plugged the two converters into outlets on different breakers, do you know if this is still the case?

rb808 8y ago
I think it depends a lot of the wiring in the house as you've found. I think its normal to work across different circuits though - for me it worked OK. I'd expect newer models to be a bit smarter, but I imagine it doesnt work everywhere. Signal can be killed by some surge protectors & UPS or noisy motors etc.