[ale] FYI: SUSE9.0/Home Power Networking

[Dow Hurst]

There was very little docs included and nothing on the 
Belkin site about how they worked.  Just the one piece of 
advice:  Don't put them behind a UPS or surge protector!

I'd love a pointer to how to configure them using a Linux 
based connection to setup the 56bit encryption.  That would 
be nice to have going but requires the Windows client to 
configure the units.
Dow


Dan Lambert wrote:
> If the UPS is any good, you shouldn't be able to get anything through them.
> They're supposed to filter out noise, which is what Ethernet is to power.
> 
> Dan
> 
> 
>>-----Original Message-----
> 
> 
>>I purchased two of the Belkin Home Powerline Ethernet bridge
>>units, F5D4070, for $85 at MicroCenter.  Once plugged in to
>>two outlets three stories and the opposite side of the
>>structure apart, they sync'd up and made a connection with
>>no config on my part.  I could not make the connection work
>>when either unit was behind a UPS.  However, the ethernet
>>cable plugged into the unit's single port was funneled thru
>>the local UPS's DSL modem surge protection port at each
>>unit.  I was able to network a laptop far away from the room
>>where the local LAN was located with essentially no
>>configuration of the device.  Throughput was 100KB/s on a
>>1.1Gb transfer with no dropouts or data loss.
> 
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