On Sep 18, 2009, at 8:14 PM, William Chops Westfield wrote:

> I have just bought some powerline ethernet modules.  I have heard
> mixed reviews about different circuits, different phases, and overall
> performance.  I haven't done any hard testing yet

I got to some tests tonight.  I've got netgear powerline modules, and  
they
pretty much appear to suck.

On the supposedly 200Mbps units (which of course is only 100Mbps, but  
(maybe) full duplex) I got about 5Mbps in one room, and 10Mbps in  
another.

Rumor has it that the RF filters found these days in most power  
supplies interfere with the powerline protocols.  That makes a certain  
amount of sense, but I'm not a very happy camper.  OTOH, both of the  
test locations ran as fast or faster than the (old, 802.11b) wireless  
network I have installed...

Sigh.  It would have made things a lot nicer if it had performed  
closer to its specification.  I may try out some "problem" wireless  
spots, but I don't think I'll be buying more units to try out the  
multi-point configurations.

BillW

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