[ale] PowerLine Networks

[Michael H. Warfield]

On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 10:00 -0500, Preston Boyington wrote:
> 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?

	No it is not.  I haven't heard of anyone having problems with this.
What you are thinking of is BPL.  Broadband over Power Line.  Yeah,
that's caused some major grief and even a lawsuit against the FCC, which
they lost.

	Regards,
	Mike
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