Re: [Hampshire] Ethernet over mains

Jack Knight wrote:
...
> My 2p worth having bought a pair to use as a temporary solution to
> provide Internet access during an office move and waiting for NTL to
> move the termination points. They work pretty well, but with the
> following caveats:
>
> 1. They act as a bridge, so set them up behind a router accordingly if
> you don't want your entire network slowing down to the lowest common
> denominator of bandwidth available
> 2. "Equipment like vacuum cleaners, drills etc. which feed back noise
> onto the power line can *destroy* the connection totally while in use.
> It restores when the offending piece of equipment is turned off however,
> but be warned
> 3. They won't traverse multiple powerline circuits from the fuse box
>

That reminded me, I believe you can't use them on surge-protecting power
strips (30-90% packet loss on mine) or Uninterruptible Power Supplies.
I would be a little worried about the quality of a UPS if it did work!

Simon