Internet through the mains

**LEE69** · 17-07-2008, 09:14

Sons wireless card as gone down..again!!

Thinking of getting these for him, anyone had any experience of them?

**LEE69** · 17-07-2008, 10:10

Getting the internet through the mains boxes you not seen them?

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With Sumvision's Speed Plug you can turn the existing electric wires in your home or office into a high-speed network. You don't have to install network cables and be annoyed with cables trailing through your house - just use your building's existing mains wiring network!

Just plug into a 3-pin wall power socket, connect your Ethernet-equipped device using the included network cable and you've turned your whole house into a network infrastructure! Attach more computers to the network by simply plugging them into the power sockets in the house, via the Speed Plug.

Once your computers are connected to the network, they can share resources like printers and storage space, and all kinds of files - music, digital pictures, and documents. With up to 85Mbps data rates, you can run streaming video and VoIP applications plus you can also share your Internet connection. Making a home or office network has never been so easy!

Features:
- An excellent networking solution and ideal for high-definition media steaming, VoIP etc.
- Easily expand your wired or wireless network
- Offers greater reliability and a stronger signal than wireless connections
- Comes with 128bit AES encryption to provide the best possible security for your network
- Easy to install, just plug into a wall socket and start networking
- No more cabling across the room or house
- Up to 200Mbps data transfer speed
- Supports IGMP managed multicast IP transmission
- Supports up to 16 nodes per network
- ROHS compliant

Specifications:
- Interface: 1x 10/100Mbps Ethernet port, 1x Power Socket
- Modulation: QAM, 256/64/16 DBPSK, DQPSK, ROBO
- Power: Integrated 100 ~ 230V Switching Supply via Power Socket
- LED: Power / Ethernet / Powerline activity

Supported Operating Systems:
- Windows 98SE, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista
- Mac OS X
- Linux

Package Contents:
- 1x Speed Plug 200Mbps Home Plug
- 1x Ethernet cable
- 1x Quick installation guide
- 1x Software CD

Please Note: You will need a minimum of two adapters to create your network (one at each end). Purchasing additional single adapters enables you to then create additional network points.

This product is only to be used with other 200Mbps Speed Plugs.

KillBill · 17-07-2008, 11:25

Yes, they work.

BT and Eircom over here are now shipping them with all their 'BT Vision' bollox. They work pretty well in most houses, are 10 times more reliable than wireless anyway... not that that's hard...

Bit expensive for what they are, but they should do your job well. The ones I've used have an additional plug socket on the outside so you can plug something else into them, and don't have to loose a mains socket.

Cheapest option is to just run a Cat5 cable from your router mind you...

**LEE69** · 17-07-2008, 11:51

Yeah the cable option isn't viable, totally other side of the house from where the router is.

turbo gav · 17-07-2008, 11:57

Use them at the workshop over a very long distance 75+m to closest house with internet. worked fine for well over a year

**LEE69** · 17-07-2008, 12:01

Good stuff

kNeo_gHau · 17-07-2008, 18:37

I nicked my neighbours BT vision one's to test them in my house, worked fine down into my bedroom which is on a different power circuit but they were cheap and nasty, couldn't really watch video's from my computer properly when they were in 2 sockets next to each other let alone down the other end of the house, i estimated i was getting >4mbits bandwidth.

Get decent quality ones

And they're piss easy to set up. Plug into socket, plug ethernet cable from router to plug. Plug into another socket, plug ethernet cable from plug to computer. Job done

pitstoppete · 17-07-2008, 18:58

how much are these badd boyz?

**LEE69** · 17-07-2008, 20:26

Can get them for £44 on ebay now.

I got some 200mb ones, not the 85mb ones.

I have been told that they may not work if you have more than one mains ring at home, how do you test for that?

donvaux · 17-07-2008, 20:31

easiest way to check ring mains is see how many fueses/circuit breakers you have isolating the sockets in your house normally have just one but sometimes kitchens are run seperate

**LEE69** · 17-07-2008, 20:36

One master one the about 8 ish individual ones.

donvaux · 17-07-2008, 20:39

right are they labelled up at all

**LEE69** · 17-07-2008, 20:41

No don't think so, is it just a case putting a lamp on it sons room, lamp down her by the router then trying to see if they go off at the same?

donvaux · 17-07-2008, 20:45

yep sounds good to me mate

**LEE69** · 17-07-2008, 20:46

ok will try tomorrow, son is in bed now

seanr28 · 17-07-2008, 20:53

sounds interesting, got a link for them?

**LEE69** · 17-07-2008, 20:55

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_t...200mb+ethernet

**LEE69** · 18-07-2008, 07:26

Just tried it and we are on different fuses on the board.

kNeo_gHau · 18-07-2008, 08:43

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Originally Posted by LEE69

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_t...200mb+ethernet

Those are the cheap nasty ones i borrowed from my mate. They work but i wouldn't buy them myself would rather try a proper branded version

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Originally Posted by LEE69

Just tried it and we are on different fuses on the board.

So is my room to where the router is, it still worked although a lot of the bandwidth was lost

The only way you're going to know for sure is to try

(and if it doesn't work give me the adapters

)

**LEE69** · 18-07-2008, 09:04

Wonder if they work on the earth or the power, if the earth they should all be linked, if mine don't work i'll try them on the same ring circuit

Give? more like sell

Rik · 18-07-2008, 16:07

They work very well.
I have a pair of the Netgear "HD" ones. They stream 1080P video with 5.1 sound perfectly fine.

About 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times better than wireless.

vxlgsi · 18-07-2008, 16:18

they work well, origonally im told the eletrical mains cables were gonna be used to supply broadband many moons ago

j17sparky · 18-07-2008, 17:20

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Originally Posted by vxlgsi

they work well, origonally im told the eletrical mains cables were gonna be used to supply broadband many moons ago

Yep i remember that from school 10 yeears ago. Thats why im unsure on these, yeah they are a quite mature technoligy but you have to ask yourself why has it taken 10 years to get to a usable point and will they just die out in a few years time? I think they wont last long as they use a network topoligy/technoligy which was phased out a good while ago, and for good reason.

**LEE69** · 18-07-2008, 19:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rik

They work very well.
I have a pair of the Netgear "HD" ones. They stream 1080P video with 5.1 sound perfectly fine.

About 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times better than wireless.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vxlgsi

they work well, origonally im told the eletrical mains cables were gonna be used to supply broadband many moons ago

You both on the same ring main too?