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NETGEAR XE102 14Mbps Homeplug - Help me please!
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HI I have just bought some like this for linking to the garage to test a product we design and manuf and need different ways to get remote access. I am about to try them but can see no reason why they will not work. I should try later today so watch this space?
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HI
Just tried the 14Mbs plugs and they work fine. I do have some 85Mbs devices but they should be no different.
I just plugged the units in (on different legs of a distribution board) and up it came. I do not have more than 2(of each) at the moment but I will get some more and try a multi node network.
We do (amongst other things) a web based monitor and control device. We have just launched a new use of it and that is to measure and record power usage as required by the new EEC regs due next year. I am about to shock myself in seeing what I use here at home on the different computers and how much I can save by turning stuff off or even replacing it? Being web based you can monitor remotely.
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You need 2
As I understand it there are 2 types. 1 which I am using is module to module replacing a bit of wire but using mains to carry the signal. ie plug one in by your pc and attach a patch lead to it from an ether port on that pc and another in the office by the hub/switch/router (what ever is being used) and again a patch lead into that from that plug. There are at least 2 variants of that plug just different speeds.
I have also seen some that are wireless by that i mean plug one in each end and it extends the wireless network again using mains to carry the signal. SO again you need 2 and I think one may be wired into the hub/switch/router and the other is just plugged into the mains and has a little aerial to give you a wireless network at the far end.
SO you need 2 units, one for each end. It just saves you having to put cable in for data alone.
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The one I have just installed, from the garage now, works fine but the product on the end is only a 10Mbs device. I do have a couple of 85Mbs devices to try but this will make no difference to the speed of this device. As you say ADSL will be the limit but it does depend on what else is on the network and what it is used for. If you are using a switch and most goings on are mail web etc then 14Mbs will be OK taking it that you are sharing say 2Mbs ADSL but if you start file sharing and printing to a central server you will have to wait a bit at times but nothing horrendous.
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They're great things these, I'm using one right now to post this. Thoguh I've got this one instead.
Been working great since I got it 4 months back. [Plugged in the back of router downstairs]
Yeah, you just have to be on the same ring main
You know setting up some Cat 5 cable wouldn't be too much of a job, but to do it properly I guess it would involve digging up the ground and drilling through your walls.
Actually I've changed my mind and can see your point
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I think you mean you have to be on the same phase which you are just about guaranteed to be at home. My units are not on the same ring!
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