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Col
03-11-09, 17:08
Kevin's got homeplug!
coiler
03-11-09, 17:11
EH! kevin, homeplug? EH!?
Funlester
03-11-09, 17:13
WYF really?

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Firerat
03-11-09, 17:14
This weeks Sales ledger?
Col
03-11-09, 17:20
EH! kevin, homeplug? EH!?
My brother who's been complaining about a crap network connection for years has finally accepted that homeplug > wireless.
coiler
03-11-09, 17:27
why didn't he just go wired?
Firerat
03-11-09, 17:33
hmmm, homeplug greater than wireless?
great if you want a proper network with ya neighbours
Wireless is probably a little more secure, for now at least (http://books.google.com/books?id=mSMsqoqufMoC&pg=PA120&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false)
Col
03-11-09, 17:36
why didn't he just go wired?
Mum wouldn't let him have a 10m ethernet cable trailing up the stairs.

The neighbours are all using wireless. I don't think a lot of them have heard of homeplug. There's a lot of controversy about the security of homeplug anyway. Many people say anyone on the national grid can access your network, others say only if they're on the same mains ring.
alexnifty
03-11-09, 17:42
Is homehub traffic not encrypted? If it is encrypted then surely it is as secure as wireless.
Firerat
03-11-09, 17:43
Mum wouldn't let him have a 10m ethernet cable trailing up the stairs.

The neighbours are all using wireless. I don't think a lot of them have heard of homeplug. There's a lot of controversy about the security of homeplug anyway. Many people say anyone on the national grid can access your network, others say only if they're on the same mains ring.
I belive its the same substation , so probably yours and a few other roads

I followed the Tech ages ago ( 10-12 years ago ? ), for Power companies becoming ISPs, they did some trials at schools, but found that it was a bit of a security/privacy nightmare. apparently streetlamps became transmitors !!
alexnifty
03-11-09, 17:45
Why wouldn't encryption work? Surely they must have thought of that. It wouldn't be any worse than WiFi.
Col
03-11-09, 17:46
Is homehub traffic not encrypted? If it is encrypted then surely it is as secure as wireless.
You can set up encryption, but the software to do so only works on XP. Also the two plugs that he bought don't seem to work with mine, so we have two homeplug branches on our network now: one for me and one for him, running separately. There are two adaptors by the router now.
coiler
04-11-09, 10:11
I have 20 metres of UTP cable around the side of my house, from the NTL box on front of house and in through the back bedroom wall :D