24 responses to “Powerline vs Wireless vs Ethernet Networking (NCIX Tech Tips #52)”

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  TheAngryAmericanwon January 18th, 2012 at 08:42

  My wireless router is amazingly fast! but it depends, I have 3 apartments hooked up to mine! no one is experiencing any problems, I have tested my wireless network.. what I use are netgear wireless repeaters and have created a nice little relay system. the main wireless router which is connected directly to the internet, shares that to my parents apartment, then from there goes to another repeater and give internet to two other apartments. Its the way I have it sent and works excellent!

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  ShitWrangler January 18th, 2012 at 09:12

  @zogmfirst You’re a hater hurter life destroyer. Just like Linus himself, a greasy huckster that gets take home product for ham fisted product pitches. Powerline is the superior mechanism for data transfer outside of using a modem or router, and it doesn’t transmit harmful radio frequencies into your cranium like wireless. Shame of jew, agent of misinformation. Now we know all evil comes from your peoples.

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  zogmfirst January 18th, 2012 at 10:10

  @ShitWrangler you got to be kidding/trolling. Read my post again, i clearly recommended CABLE as in a wired network… And FYI, these units radiate MORE than wifi, using your powerlines as antennae so if you are scared of the radiation you just shot yourself in the knee.

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  ShitWrangler January 18th, 2012 at 11:08

  @zogmfirst you don’t know your asshole from your jewnose, powerline delivers from my experience. go cook yourself with the wireless signals frying your brain and polluting your body with cancer.

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  XxmikexX30 January 18th, 2012 at 11:47

  if my dad takes off mi internet thrue his computer at night what can i do to turn it back on

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  naratcliffe January 18th, 2012 at 11:57

  You got shafted with your office move.

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  zogmfirst January 18th, 2012 at 12:52

  @darkitp sure there is newer faster equipment, but these interfere even more than the older ones since they just use a wider spectrum of frequencies. Dont expect the ambulance crew to be able to make contact with the hopspital when you are having a heartattack and blocking their radio (and everyone elses in the vicinity) using these devices. It started out low and ‘only’ interfered in the 2-30MHz bands but now, since they want to go faster they are widening the spectrum up to as high as 300MHz.

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  billonicle January 18th, 2012 at 13:13

  i wonder who george is

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  Hib92 January 18th, 2012 at 14:12

  @Nocat88 noted, thx 

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  Hib92 January 18th, 2012 at 14:32

  @adr2t glad to hear that, thanks

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  darkitp January 18th, 2012 at 14:36

  @zogmfirst some new power lines are way faster than it showed here .. this video is from 2009 and he shows 200mb/s PL , now there are 1gb/s powerlines .. not cheap of course but its more convenient than a long Ethernet wire from room to room

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  adamx20 January 18th, 2012 at 15:31

  @greasekill Do you mean megaBYTES per second or megaBITS? If you are getting 22-23 megaBITS you are using old wireless. 300MBps = (1 Megabit = 125 Kilobytes [300*125 = 37500]; 1024 Kilobytes = 1 Megabyte [37500/1024 = ~36.6]. If you do the math … sounds like you have a Wireless N Gigabit router.

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  Nocat88 January 18th, 2012 at 16:26

  @Hib92 It will not affect your Skyrim experience. It might affect your Diablo 3 experience if you plan on playing mulitplayer.

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  sdm1234567890 January 18th, 2012 at 17:07

  press 8 repeatedly

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  adr2t January 18th, 2012 at 17:33

  @Hib92 It’ll be fine… only FPS type of games need super fast connections in terms of ping anyways.

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  adr2t January 18th, 2012 at 17:55

  @greasekill Huh… there are two types of speed… there is internet and intranet… he was abouting about intranet… get over your self and learn…

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  zogmfirst January 18th, 2012 at 18:53

  Powerline adapters are shit. Please stop polluting the radiospectrum with your fucking noise. Stick to cable, WAY faster, WAY cheaper, WAY LESS RFI.

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  nerbne January 18th, 2012 at 19:17

  I have 4 meters of my cat 6 cable running to my directly to my modem from PC works great  I have it clamped to the floor & it runs under the door so it’s out of the way no need to hire a contractor for that =)

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  Hib92 January 18th, 2012 at 19:58

  I’m getting a PC for gaming and we have a wireless connection here. I won’t be playing games like FPS where connection is vital, but will a wireless connection affect my gaming experience when playing RPG games like Skyrim and Diablo 3 (when released)? Any answer would be apppreciated.

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  greasekill January 18th, 2012 at 20:21

  you lie, becuase my wireless ethernet connection is about 22-23mbps and with wire i come up to 24mbps so it isnt that much slower.

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  mrrcorn January 18th, 2012 at 20:30

  @bigcarth

  LMAO
  

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  mccoolboii January 18th, 2012 at 21:23

  loooool keep pressing 8

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  Cunelito January 18th, 2012 at 21:23

  wired ftw
  thx for this, it’s really interesting

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  KatiushaVN4 January 18th, 2012 at 21:48

  wireless G?