[mythtv-gta]: Is 54Mbit wireless like "hub" or "switch"?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 07:06:24PM -0400, Tom Scott wrote:
> Whatever term you want to use for transmitting Ethernet over your home
> wiring, I can tell you I didn't have a lot of luck with it when I tried to
> connect an upstairs bedroom frontend with my basement backend.
> 
> I had a Belkin system that promised an 80MB/sec connection over the house
> wiring.  In practice, it would transmit music no problem, but playback would
> stutter every minute or so even on standard definition recordings.
> 
> Apparently the transmission rates are highly susceptible to interference
> (e.g. using a device with an electric motor on the house wiring, among other
> things), also they don't work behind any kind of power-conditioning
> equipment (even a cheap surge suppressor power bar completely blocked the
> Ethernet traffic).
> 
> When I finally ran the wires through the walls and was able to get rid of
> the Belkin set-up, no problems streaming anything, including HD over the
> wired network.

I have never believed networking over your internal house wiring would
work well.  I certainly have no intension of trying it.  Wifi is bad
enough, although with 5Ghz stuff it works quite well (but with less
range than 2.4GHz of course).

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Len Sorensen
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