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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    14 hours ago

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

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      11 hours ago

      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

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        11 hours ago

        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.

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          11 hours 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.