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Homeplugs (ethernet over power) are fine for some things, but they add so much latency to the network.

Wired is so much better.

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[–] espurr@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can send stuff through the home power sockets? WTF first time I heard this sounds like magic

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's old magic too and in a pinch it works reasonably well.

We use this as a networking option for an old dorm I was in which didn't have ethernet and the concrete walls between rooms made Wi-Fi unusable.

Blocks of rooms were not separated on different circuits which made this possible

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Was it not possible to draw Ethernet, or did they just want the cheapest solution? I consulted for a place that had a similar situation, and it was unacceptable for most of the students due to the jitter. So we drew Ethernet and put mini APs in each room.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

But I wasn't facility. I was a student.

The dorm itself did not have internet and had no plans of running ethernet or providing internet to students.

I got internet through a wireless access point, positioned very carefully in window for a WISP. And they distributed that to rooms near me.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

It's always possible, but not often practical, especially when you don't have permission to drill holes in those concrete walls.

I suppose you could do surface runs, but those are ugly and more vulnerable to physical damage.