Powerline communications is bad because it radiates Radio signals in the short-wave spectrum.
Electricity wires are not made for those frequencies and act like big antennas for transmission and reception. Although the home-plug standard notches some bands in the short-wave spectrum.. the notch is only 30 db Broadcasting, marine and military short-wave bands are not notched. Although with a couple of homeplug modems in a house the interference is localized, it can be not so nice for the neighbours around you if they make use or listen to that short-wave spectrum. They can legally demand that it will be switched off. WiFi is a much better solution indeed. Bob Tenty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <wireless@lists.bawug.org> Sent: December 24, 2004 3:39 PM Subject: RE: [BAWUG] Recommendations for outdoor access point > If the houses are on the same electrical grid, and it sounds > like they > probably are, your best bet might be to use your power lines > as a backbone > with the help of a couple of HomePlug adapters: They are but I have absolutely no interest in doing this, it sounds so flakey and our power stuff is always problematic that I don’t want to mess around with something that will be more trouble than it's worth. Also, WiFI is so plug&play, no need to do support for the guests. Connecting peoples laptops' network connection to the AC sounds like an accident waiting to happen. Chris Mason -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.4 - Release Date: 12/22/2004 _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
