I am considering a homeplug to extend my current home network.

The latest version supports speeds up to 200mbps but I am wondering the 
benefits of this speed; at the moment no broadband even exceeds the 
slower 85mbps standard.

BBC's Iplayer plays fine over my own adsl, which is not particularly 
fast, so even the slowest homeplug would suffice.

Is the latest 200mbps standard aimed at future development rather than 
being of any major advantage now.

Geoff Lane

In article <gajo89$oet$1@news.datemas.de>, Geoff Lane says...
> I am considering a homeplug to extend my current home network.
> 
> The latest version supports speeds up to 200mbps but I am wondering the 
> benefits of this speed; at the moment no broadband even exceeds the 
> slower 85mbps standard.
> 
> BBC's Iplayer plays fine over my own adsl, which is not particularly 
> fast, so even the slowest homeplug would suffice.
> 
> Is the latest 200mbps standard aimed at future development rather than 
> being of any major advantage now.
> 
It's a bloody big advantage when you want to transfer files.


-- 
Conor

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looking good either. - Scott Adams

On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:21:45 +0100, Geoff Lane
 wrote:

> I am considering a homeplug to extend my current home network.
>
> The latest version supports speeds up to 200mbps but I am wondering the 
> benefits of this speed; at the moment no broadband even exceeds the 
> slower 85mbps standard.
>
> BBC's Iplayer plays fine over my own adsl, which is not particularly 
> fast, so even the slowest homeplug would suffice.
>
> Is the latest 200mbps standard aimed at future development rather than 
> being of any major advantage now.

If your LAN is only used to share your DSL access around the house and you
don't have any data to being transfer between the different hosts on your
LAN then the extra speed will be wasted on you.

Tony

On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:21:45 +0100
Geoff Lane  wrote:

> I am considering a homeplug to extend my current home network.
> 
> The latest version supports speeds up to 200mbps but I am wondering
> the benefits of this speed; at the moment no broadband even exceeds
> the slower 85mbps standard.
> 
> BBC's Iplayer plays fine over my own adsl, which is not particularly 
> fast, so even the slowest homeplug would suffice.
> 
> Is the latest 200mbps standard aimed at future development rather
> than being of any major advantage now.
> 
If you have a server under the stairs to store all your music and
videos and run a printer and a remote desktop session and a
security camera you'll soon be looking for more bandwidth.

In message <20080915012826.6a6b563b@bluemoon>, Rob Morley 
 writes

>If you have a server under the stairs to store all your music and
>videos and run a printer and a remote desktop session and a
>security camera you'll soon be looking for more bandwidth.

That's the sort of setup that I have. I'm pushing my 100Mb network as 
hard as it will go, and waiting for gigabit hardware to come down in 
price.


-- 
Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author.

Rob Morley wrote:

>> Is the latest 200mbps standard aimed at future development rather
>> than being of any major advantage now.
>>
> If you have a server under the stairs to store all your music and
> videos and run a printer and a remote desktop session and a
> security camera you'll soon be looking for more bandwidth.

Yes, you have a point.

At the moment, especially with a 10/100 router, I cannot see a definite 
use for the 200mbps system but like anything new, it is not until you 
get it that it's uses become apparent.

Geoff Lane

On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:18:23 +0100, Geoff Lane
 wrote:

>Rob Morley wrote:
>
>>> Is the latest 200mbps standard aimed at future development rather
>>> than being of any major advantage now.
>>>
>> If you have a server under the stairs to store all your music and
>> videos and run a printer and a remote desktop session and a
>> security camera you'll soon be looking for more bandwidth.
>
>Yes, you have a point.
>
>At the moment, especially with a 10/100 router, I cannot see a definite 
>use for the 200mbps system but like anything new, it is not until you 
>get it that it's uses become apparent.

1 point AFAICT the 200 Mbps is total bandwidth for all sessions
including overhead - so if you connect several machines they all share
this - just like an old co-ax based Ethernet?

and paraphrased, the FAQ (for Homeplug AV - and it seems badly out of
date) mentions in passing 200 Mbps PHY level and 100 Mbps useful
bandwidth - so 1 link in a house might keep up with a Cat 5 100 Mbps
Ethernet pipe.
http://www.homeplug.org/about/faqs/

the white paper talks about 150 Mbps useable.
http://www.homeplug.org/products/whitepapers/HPAV-White-Paper_050818.pdf
>
>Geoff Lane
>
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