[ALUG] Wireless networking

[Adam Bower]

On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 10:28:30AM +0000, James Freer wrote:
> 
> Why are folk generally derogatory towards Netgear and why not save 
> yourself the grief and expense of wireless and use powerline? The unit 
> costs the same as a wireless card from ebuyer. I've had 7 months of 
> faultless use so far.

I'd like to know where you can buy powerline adaptors for the same price
as wireless cards? I'd quite like some to get all the kit I have that
doesn't move around onto something faster.

Also, what kind of performance do people see with this powerline gear as
in latency and speed? I've read reports of it being about as slow as
wireless.

Also there are 2 reasons that it is not as popular as wireless, first 
off some people have problems with powerline not working for them so 
they are in the same boat as wireless. Also powerline doesn't help me 
with my laptop which I move around the house, and most people have a
wireless network as most laptops have wireless adaptors built in, but
i'm not aware of anyone offering powerline stuff built into machines
(although, if you could buy psu's and laptop adaptors that had it built
in that'd be neat).

Adam
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