Hi,
Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote:
Hi,
A while ago, a group of individuals have demonstrated
us with devices that can be used to extend your
yes, it works wonderful.
But there is a huge but.
It works wonderful as long as the data volume is low.
The problem is that the powerlines are not shielded. Every bit of data
going through a powerline transmit a signal in the radio frequency
range. The frequency depends on many factors.
The main problem is that it will interrupt the usage of those
frequencies by their legal owners.
The moment you hit the frequencies used by the military they will find
the source and stop it.
long time ago and some Electric companies in other
They use this also in many countries to read their own meters. But the
large scale usage was or is blocked by the owners of the affeced
frequencies.
know any ongoing opensource initiative regarding this
technologies??
You do not need much software to do it as the hardware speaks already
TCP/IP.
Erich
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