On Tue, 01 Oct 2019 23:59:54 +0100 Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2019-10-01 at 17:41 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > Ethernet over the ac power line? I've seen those advertised, know > > nothing about their suitability for this application however. > > Powerline Ethernet (usually called Homeplug - > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomePlug) is my standard answer for > people who want to extend their home network. Very easy to install and > much cheaper than the alternatives (not counting wireless "extenders" > which are basically a kludge). The downside is that unlike mesh > systems they don't tend to merge everything into one network, relying > on your WiFi device to hop from one to another. Does this work across the polyphase wiring [1] in the house? I'm guessing not? Various parts of my house are receiving power from the three different phases (as provided by the power company), and various power lines in my household are therefore mutually physically disconnected. Is there a Homeplug device that would retransmit the ethernet signal from one phase line to another? Or is the ethernet signal somehow being transmitted over the single "zero" wire (and how would that even work)? If neither, that is a serious disadvantage compared to a mesh wifi network... Best, :-) Marko [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphase_system _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
