Converting to Powerline on one machine can be a help to your whole house

Re:Converting to Powerline on one machine can be a help to y... by Jhsto on Sunday July 21, 2013 @11:44AM (#6079113)

I don't find this result unexpected at all. In fact, ever since I had my two PLC adapters I've taken the speed as granted.

I can agree with OP about the superiority of Powerline. I've stretched them as much as running it in my old house to a cottage circa 25 meters from the router. In the cottage I've had 6 computers linked to Internet trough 3 switches, which all come down to the single PLC adapter. Latency and overall bandwidth is almost the same, whilst WiFi struggles to even reach some devices, such as phones.

For OP I would suggest trying different wall sockets as well; I've noticed that different wall sockets provide different speeds, whilst some don't even work for me.

The adapters I'am using are low tier D-Link adapters.

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Re:Converting to Powerline on one machine can be a help to y... by X-Istence on Sunday July 21, 2013 @12:10PM (#6079218)

Different wall sockets may well be on different legs of the three phase power. That may be why you can't communicate from one to the other.

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Re:Converting to Powerline on one machine can be a help to y... by VLM on Sunday July 21, 2013 @12:57PM (#6079402)

Phrase to google for is residential split phase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_phase

you're talking about classic high leg delta aka "why is one of my wires orange?" which is psuedo-obsolete nowadays.

Its the same fundamental problem, anyway, in that signals have to go back to the nearest power pole transformer which doesn't pass the signals very well.

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Re:Converting to Powerline on one machine can be a help to y... by X-Istence on Sunday July 21, 2013 @01:31PM (#6079511)

Sorry?

I am talking about three phase power. You get three legs running into your home (at least in The Netherlands, where I am most familiar with the electrical system).

This split phase stuff may be right for US based homes... in which case it is the same concept anyhow.

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Re:Converting to Powerline on one machine can be a help to y... by ams6110 on Sunday July 21, 2013 @12:33PM (#6079318)

Technically you mean opposite phase, not three-phase.

Three-phase power is rarely (never?) seen in residential settings. It's a commercial/industrial service.

Edit: s/opposite polarity/opposite phase/

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Re:Converting to Powerline on one machine can be a help to y... by pedrocr on Sunday July 21, 2013 @12:54PM (#6079395)

In Europe (Portugal at least) three-phase is the norm in residential installs. I assume it's because that way the power company gets to gouge you on the power fee. You need to sign up for more total power as your consumption is never perfectly balanced between the three phases.

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Re:Converting to Powerline on one machine can be a help to y... by X-Istence on Sunday July 21, 2013 @01:32PM (#6079518)

In the US maybe, in Europe (The Netherlands at least) three phase power to the home is the norm. Split phase is weird to me...

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Re:Converting to Powerline on one machine can be a help to y... by ams6110 on Sunday July 21, 2013 @02:48PM (#6079785)

Yep, I was speaking about the US. Didn't know that about Europe. In the US three-phase power is only seen in commercial or industrial installations. I know a machinist who has a lathe in his home workshop that requires three-phase power. He can't get it from the utility so he makes his own by using a single-phase electric motor to drive a three-phase motor as a generator.

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