Posts Tagged ‘wireless’


How To Use Your Power Sockets As A Home Network

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Wireless Networks are fantastic but what do you do when they just won’t cut it? Maybe you live in an old house with thick walls, suffer from drop outs, you’re along way away from your router or (and maybe most importantly!) it’s causing a lag when you game. There are many reasons why you may wish that your had an Ethernet port to plug into. Unfortunately most people (especially significant others), aren’t very pro wires trailing all over the house so many people think they have to live with the problems Wi-Fi can bring. Thanksfully there is an alternative! It’s possible (and has been for a surprisingly long time) to send information through already installed power sockets via an adapter. It works by sending the data through the power lines of your house at a very high frequency so it’s not affected by the actual electricity.

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