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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 @12:14PM (#6079245)
As a HAM radio operator, I was playing around with ethernet over powerline adapters and it caused all kinds of issues. Signal quality to many repeaters dropped, and I would get random interference when one of the computers would wake up.

Instead I just wired my whole house with Cat6 instead. Nice patch panel in the basement, and I am a happy camper.

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Re:Converting to Powerline on one machine can be a help to y... by revelation on Sunday July 21, 2013 @12:24PM (#6079277)
Thats because powerline adapters turn your normal, non isolated wiring into a big antenna.

(Interestingly, the FCC does not seem to care that 50$ boxes are messing up public frequency bands.)

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