Re: Netgear "house wiring" Ethernet network

On 2/1/06 8:22 AM, in article lvydnWuwmaD8fX3enZ2dnUVZ_tednZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
"Dan" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I need to connect my wife's mac laptop to our cable Internet.  I have a
> pc at the modem.  Maybe I'm a bit paranoid, but a wireless router
> concerns me, even with encryption.

I agree, you are paranoid.  I have two PCs (both wireless) and two Macs (1
wireless and 1 Ethernet) served by a wireless router with 64 bit encryption,
and don't have any problems, nor do I expect any.  I'm using an Airport
Extreme, which makes it simple for all to share a USB printer located near
the base station.  Wireless would permit your wife to  be just about
anywhere in your house or outside with the laptop, without dragging a cable.

Don

> So I'm looking at these, a Netgear
> product (belkin, others also make them) that basically turns your house
> wiring into an Ethernet LAN:
> http://www.netgear.com/products/details/XE102.php  A set of 2 (what I'd
> need for a connection to my wife's laptop in her office) is about 100
> bucks, adding a router takes the total to ~$150.  Once set, the
> "transmitter" is plugged in to a wall outlet at the router, then the
> "receiver" can by plugged into any house electrical outlet & you have an
> Ethernet jack (though presumably the outlets must be on eht same side of
> the 120 line?)  I do have a concern though regarding whether or not our
> signal might be propagated over the local power grid to other homes in
> the area.  Also, the device operates at 4 to 20 mhz.  I'm guessing at
> these frequencies, house wiring is not a very effective radiator, but is
> it possible the signals may be broadcast  under the right conditions?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Dan

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