[ale] PowerLine Networks

[Matt Rideout]

Preston Boyington wrote, On 09/14/2009 11:00 AM:
> Scott Castaline wrote:
>   
>> I know that in the past this has come up in discussion. I was wondering 
>> if anyone has checked these out yet? 
>> http://www.shoplinksys.com/Powerline_stcVVcatId543877VVviewcat.htm
>>
>> Any opinions? How secure is this technology? Could a neighbor who 
>> happens to have an adapter be able to "see" my home network? Is 128bit 
>> AES enough encryption now a days?
>>     
>
> i'd be curious to know if any HAM radio operators have had issues with
> the powerline internet.  i seem to remember it being a pretty heated
> issue a few years back.  is this the same tech?
>   
Same principle, different scale, so RF interference is negligible. These 
devices have just enough power to make it most of the way across most 
houses, most of the time, and get stopped when they hit a transformer. 
Powerline Internet service caused major RF issues because so much more 
power was being used.