LDSC: Powerline networking? Alternative to wireless

Brian Cooper bcooper at novell.com
Sun Mar 4 09:58:58 CST 2007


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>>> Jeremy Slade <jeremy at jkslade.net> 3/4/2007 7:04 AM >>>
>>.. I would consider powerline more secure than wireless since it at least requires physical access via a power outlet.  

Generally speaking that's true, but have you ever heard the 60-cycle hum from a power line coming through a radio?  Power lines are also unshielded broadcast antennas, and a nefarious individual could capture the signal from a power line network if sufficiently motivated.  

>>For some overview information of powerline networking:
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_line_communication 
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomePlug_powerline_alliance 

These are very good articles (the first one is LONG) - and they also bring up the discussion of noise transmission.



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