I have been seeing a lot of advertisements for Ethernet over mains power
lines lately, even some claiming gigabit speeds. Has anyone had any
experience with these?

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Back in the mid 80s I got hooked on X-10 devices. Eventually my whole house
was wired with them. I have removed all but one of them and that one will g=
o
soon. (To be replaced with a PIC and an nRF24L01+.) Initially, I had
problems with APC battery backup units. I needed to put emi/rfi filters on
them to prevent them from jamming the X-10 signals. Now, it seems like
everything has some kind of switching power supply putting all kinds of
noise on the lines. X-10 has become so unreliable that I have given up on
them.

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X-10 uses a relatively simple signal injected onto the mains. How can an
Ethernet signal survive all the noise? What keeps you from connecting with
the house next door?

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Just wondering,

Allen

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