Devolo

[Billie Erin Walsh]

Eberhard Roloff wrote:
> Neil Winchurst wrote:
>   
>> I have my desktop computer upstairs. My wife uses her laptop downstairs
>> via my wireless router (DSL G604T). She often complains about losing the
>> signal or it all being very slow.
>>
>> I have seen a little about devolo and I wondered if anyone on the list
>> has it in use. It looks as if it could be useful. One possible problem,
>> our downstairs power plugs and the upstairs ones are on separate
>> circuits. At least, they have separate switches on the mains box. Would
>> that cause any difficulty?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Neil
>>
>>     
> Yes, I use them all the time, mostly for customers that want to stop 
> wireless, either for performance or for radiation reasons. At the same 
> time they do not want to invest into Ethernet cabling.
>
> Works wonderfully. Separate Switches on the mains box are, normally not 
> a problem.
> Generally the mains box over here most often is what the devolos need to 
> have in common.
>
> Should they not be able to make the contact (I had this only once within 
> a large school building installation with about 70 devolos), you can 
> always have "phase-couplers" installed. With those, the devolos can 
> connect to each other, although they reside somewhere on 3 different 
> phases. Over here in Germany this clearly is a job for a qualified 
> electrician, although it is not very difficult to do.
>
> Nowadays I would solely install the 200Mbit devices. They perform 
> roughly like fast-Ethernet, when only two devolos are in use. Remember, 
> dLan, just as wireless, is a shared network where the available 
> bandwidth is evenly shared between all the connecting clients.
>
> Have some fun with your network. IMHO it cannot be much easier.
>
> Eberhard
>
>
>   

OH YES, by all means get one [ laughing maniacally ]. Why not just 
string network cable all over town and hook it to your router. And you 
think Windows standard security is a joke. All it takes is for one geeky 
hacker type to figure out that these things are in use and it opens up a 
whole new world of possibilities.

Think about it this way. With this device all the wiring in your house 
on that side of the electrical supply is now carrying your network 
information. Number one, that wiring is now an antenna broadcasting that 
signal. Number two, everyone in town that is on that leg is also now 
connected to your system. Number three, all the wiring in town is now an 
antenna that picks up all sorts of radio signals that feed back into 
your system. Park a ham radio operator, or any radio broadcast type that 
uses relatively high power transmissions regularly, down the street and 
you will have all sorts of fun. Imagine what I could do to your system 
with a thousand watt signal from a few feet away. Might as well hook 
your system directly to my transmitter.

OH YES, _PLEASE run right out and buy one TODAY. Make your neighborhood 
hacker happy.

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