Re: [misterhouse-users] Homeplug

[Ernie O. <ern...@ho...>]

I haven't done it, but back when I was on the Audiotron mailing list, there
were people who said they had very good performance from the 10BaseT port.
The Audiotron is an embedded form of Windows CE so that may follow along
with what you are seeing, but I'm pretty sure that Homeplug is platform
independent.  They only seem to have a driver for USB, but they recommend a
Windows software package for both versions.  Probably not necessary.
ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pdf/plebr10plusb10_ug.pdf

And they say it is X10-safe...
Q.  Do the instant PowerLine product cause interference with other home
networking or powerline products?

A.  No. The Instant PowerLine product can co-exist with phoneline and
wireless networking technologies. Instant PowerLine devices operates in a
different frequency band than powerline control and can co-exist with
technologies such as X-10, CEBus, and LONworks.


Ernie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Friedberg" <fri...@co...>
To: "Ernie Oporto" <ern...@ho...>; "Carl Friedberg"
<fri...@co...>; "misterhouse-users"
<mis...@li...>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:15 AM
Subject: RE: [misterhouse-users] Homeplug


Have you actually done it? I set up the network (3 PLEBR10's) and only
Windows boxen can communicate, so far. I am about to put some net
utilities onto the Mac, but I have to burn a CDRom first. I haven't
tried the Linux boxes yet, so I'm hoping it will work as you say...

The Mac did get an IP assigned, so it can talk; but nothing else works
(from the Mac).

Carl

-----Original Message-----
From: Ernie Oporto [mailto:ernieoporto%hot...@fw...]
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 7:05 PM
To: Carl Friedberg; misterhouse-users
Subject: Re: [misterhouse-users] Homeplug


From a post a few days ago on www.techbargains.com, the price is down to
$70 each.  If you go for the non-USB unit, you can use it with Mac or
Linux or any other device that has an RJ-45 plug...

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Powerline Networking, Nov 23
Linksys PLEBR10 Powerline Ethernet bridge has fallen
to as low as $71.95. Use it to connect an Ethernet
segment to Powerline.
http://techbargains.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=578851/
sear
ch=powerline/ut=cfac9a5b569b1679

Linksys PLUSB10 USB Powerline adapters have dropped to
$70.95.
http://techbargains.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=578852/
sear
ch=powerline/ut=cfac9a5b569b1679



Ernie


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Friedberg" <fri...@co...>
To: "Ernie Oporto" <ern...@ho...>; "misterhouse-users"
<mis...@li...>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 1:42 AM
Subject: RE: [misterhouse-users] Homeplug


Ernie, as I'm cleaning out my year-old messages, I wonder if you had any
response on this?

I've got 4 of the LinkSys PowerLine modules (1 USB, 3 access points) and
it works great with windows, not at all (yet) with Mac or Linux. I'll
try to debug that issue.

Did anyone report any X10 interference? HomePlug has done PowerLine
communication right; read the details (a range of frequencies, inverse
Fourier transforms to match specific frequency response every few
minutes!). Security so other homes on your power-line distribution
(transformer on pole is share-point) won't interfere or snoop...

But, I need Mac and Linux (sob).

Carl

-----Original Message-----
From: Ernie Oporto [mailto:ernieoporto%hot...@fw...]
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 9:50 PM
To: misterhouse-users
Subject: [misterhouse-users] Homeplug


Has anyone heard anything about the guys at http://www.homeplug.com?
Supposedly they are working towards a powerline home networking standard
which is supposed to do 14Mb/s.

They even have a product using this technology reviewed at
http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-7055-404-6720669.html.  These might
be nice for placing an Audrey somewhere that you can't normally run a
wire to. The line of products they'll be producing can be seen at
http://www.phonex.com/productsNA_main.shtml and are about to hit the
shelves soon.

At $99 per node, you need two to get started, going up to 12 total on
the same "network."  That doesn't compare too badly to buying an access
point and some PCMCIA cards.  Still, I'm wondering how much interference
something like this might cause for X10.

Ernie



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