On Thu, 2014-09-18 at 13:48 +0930, Tim wrote:
On Wed, 2014-09-17 at 08:01 +1000, Stephen Morris wrote:
> One of my collegues that I work with uses a homeplug type device
and
> tells me it works very well, so I could look at that although I'm
not
> sure how well it would work in a powerboard as I don't have any
spare
> wall power points.
I can't see see why an ordinary powerboard would be a problem, it's
just
a series of sockets wired in parallel, just like your wall sockets
are.
However, if you have a filtered powerboard, of the type that remove
electrical noise (usually with a core wound around ferrite), it's
quite
likely that they'll filter out the networking RF.
Tim, according to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomePlug:
Noise sensitivity was problematic in early powerline technology,
though later versions have solved this problem. Also, early
powerline technology could not reliably communicate across
different electrical phases. HomePlug solved this problem by
increasing the communication carrier frequencies so that the
signal is conveyed by the neutral conductor, which is common to
all phases.
I'm no electrical engineer so I've no idea if this makes sense, which is
why I said the OP should test it to make sure.
poc