Mains ethernet

¬Stephen Hammond

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Feb 6, 2005, 1:13:59 PM2/6/05

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Can some one recommend a mains Ethernet kit?

I want an ADSL modem with built in Ethernet to connect one computer to,
then I want to connect the other via the mains socket instead of cutting up
the house to lay an Ethernet cable.

I can't be arsed with wireless,

Thanks

Stephen

John

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Feb 6, 2005, 1:32:50 PM2/6/05

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¬Stephen Hammond wrote:
> Can some one recommend a mains Ethernet kit?
>
> I want an ADSL modem with built in Ethernet to connect one computer to,
> then I want to connect the other via the mains socket instead of cutting up
> the house to lay an Ethernet cable.

I hace used Devolo for ethernet over the mains. Works well

JP

Bronto

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Feb 6, 2005, 3:14:06 PM2/6/05

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i got the Acer Homeplug kit (comes with 2 adaptors) from www.ebuyer.com
it's about Ł50

anyway, yes they work a treat with PCs, even tried it with my Playstation 2
for online play and works fine.

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Feb 6, 2005, 3:52:51 PM2/6/05

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ŹStephen Hammond wrote:

Why don't you use WiFI - you are mobile then - and also,
its a lot more cheaper because its now a lot more common

¬Stephen Hammond

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Feb 6, 2005, 4:30:18 PM2/6/05

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looks like the ticket :)

Stephen

>i got the Acer Homeplug kit (comes with 2 adaptors) from www.ebuyer.com

>it's about £50

>
> anyway, yes they work a treat with PCs, even tried it with my Playstation
> 2 for online play and works fine.
>
>

>>

Ivor Jones

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Feb 6, 2005, 5:09:37 PM2/6/05

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More secure. With WiFi unless you are scrupulous about setting up
security, anyone within earshot so to speak can get in on your connection.
A friend I spoke to the other day says he can see the WiFi systems of
three of his neighbours. Of course he is honest enough not to take
advantage, but not everybody is.

With mains ethernet, anyone wanting to listen in would have to be on the
same mains phase, plus unless they plugged in their own device (and were
on the same phase) they'd never know you were there.

Ivor

7

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Feb 6, 2005, 5:27:50 PM2/6/05

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Ivor Jones wrote:

If you want fortress level security, you couldn't
think about any of these options.

WiFI is similar, there is encryption available if needed for
the actual traffic or simpler methods like user authentication,
or mac address verification will ensure its a difficult
exercise for anyone to clammor on to your WiFI router.
Plus these things are done up such that trying to get
a connection from next house is reasonably inefficient
unless your router has a booster.

StuffJustHappens

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Feb 6, 2005, 5:58:05 PM2/6/05

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John wrote:

Saw a pair of units (brand name not known) in the 'specials' pile in PC
World (Chichester) yesterday - being sold off for 19.99 (maybe 29.99 - I
wasn't that interested!).

Ian Stirling

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Feb 7, 2005, 2:08:05 PM2/7/05

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7 <website_...@www.ecu.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
<snip>

>
> WiFI is similar, there is encryption available if needed for
> the actual traffic or simpler methods like user authentication,
> or mac address verification will ensure its a difficult
> exercise for anyone to clammor on to your WiFI router.
> Plus these things are done up such that trying to get
> a connection from next house is reasonably inefficient
> unless your router has a booster.

MAC verification isn't security.
MAC can be trivially read, and then spoofed easily when computer is off.
Antennas that give really good gain, and can pick up the router from several
times that that a typical omni antenna can do are simple.
Old sky dish, bit of coax, job done, an antenna with about 6 times the
range of a typical omni.

David G

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Feb 7, 2005, 2:13:48 PM2/7/05

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StuffJustHappens wrote:

> Saw a pair of units (brand name not known) in the 'specials' pile in PC
> World (Chichester) yesterday - being sold off for 19.99 (maybe 29.99 - I
> wasn't that interested!).
>

Didn't know they were in Chichester - whereabouts are they?

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P H

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Feb 7, 2005, 5:23:08 PM2/7/05

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> StuffJustHappens wrote:
>
>> Saw a pair of units (brand name not known) in the 'specials' pile in PC
>> World (Chichester) yesterday - being sold off for 19.99 (maybe 29.99 - I
>> wasn't that interested!).
>>
>
> Didn't know they were in Chichester - whereabouts are they?
>

On the Eastern end of the by-pass, in the retail area where McDon's and
Sainsburys are.

73 de Phill H.

David G

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Feb 7, 2005, 6:04:52 PM2/7/05

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P H wrote:
>
> On the Eastern end of the by-pass, in the retail area where McDon's and
> Sainsburys are.
>
> 73 de Phill H.
>
>

Cheers - must be the old Homebase store.

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Bronto

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Feb 8, 2005, 2:14:30 PM2/8/05

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"Ivor Jones" <iv...@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
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>7 wrote:

>>
>> Why don't you use WiFI - you are mobile then - and also,
>> its a lot more cheaper because its now a lot more common
>
> More secure. With WiFi unless you are scrupulous about setting up
> security, anyone within earshot so to speak can get in on your connection.
> A friend I spoke to the other day says he can see the WiFi systems of
> three of his neighbours. Of course he is honest enough not to take
> advantage, but not everybody is.
>
> With mains ethernet, anyone wanting to listen in would have to be on the
> same mains phase, plus unless they plugged in their own device (and were
> on the same phase) they'd never know you were there.
>

The Acer Homeplugs i mentioned previously have built-in hardware password
protection, which is particularly useful if u live in a flat