Re: Netgear Powerline XE102 with Multiple Switch Question

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From: Michael (milo_dhuey_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/14/04 

Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 17:02:21 GMT

Hope you don't mind my jumping in at this point. I'm considering the three
topologies (Cat5, Wireless and Powerline) for an installation at a church
client of mine. Their church office is basically a three story brick and
block construction 1940's home and running the cat5 will be difficult. The
distances between places where network drops are needed are such that the
wireless is possibly a problem. Thus I want to look at Powerline. But when I
talk to Belkin about their powerline products, they say all nodes must be on
the same circuit breaker, not just in the same breaker panel, to be able to
communicate. I can see how this makes some sense but it also severely limits
the use of the technology. I know the bedrooms on the third floor use
different circuit breakers than the offices in the basement, as you'd expect
them to. Does anyone know the correct answer here? Is there one good source
or review of the pluses and minuses of the three topologies that anyone can
recommend?

Thanks.

Michael

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <winograd@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:9qr9705mu1h9uq4n4ghvdsmftcl1o8p48p@4ax.com...
> In article <1c251713.0404061906.502587c1@posting.google.com>,
> burgerwars@yahoo.com (burgerwars) wrote:
> >Just to follow-up, I did buy a couple of XE102's and hooked them up
> >tonight. One I plugged into a router/switch upstairs, and one I
> >plugged in downstairs (about 30 feet away), which then goes into
> >another switch. I then plugged my laptop into that.
> >Both started working immediately. Nothing to configure. I then ran a
> >couple of speed tests, using dslreports.com and another service. The
> >results were about 2800 kbps download and 300 kbps upload. This is
> >very close to what I get from a hardwired ethernet connection (my ISP
> >is Time Warner Cable). So as far as internet browsing, not much of
> >speed difference there, but obviously there will be a speed difference
> >if I copy a bunch of files between PCs on my network. I'll be testing
> >these things a bit more this weekend.
>
> Thanks for the report. I'm glad that it's working so well and that
> you're getting better speeds than I do!
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
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> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
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