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They are nice pieces of kit. I used the Devolo dLAN Highspeed (85) which are the description implies works up to 85Mb/s as I've got a rack in the garage of Lab kit and pc's/phones in my work room. Two observations I would make. 1. Whilst the boxes imply 85Mb/s the quickest I got was 30 - 40Mb/s (which is still considerably faster the Wifi). Also this is a shared resource -- so if you have more than two units the bandwidth is total for the network (or thereabouts). 2. I managed to run VLAN's over the top of them by back to backing two switches. Whilst ISL encapsulation (Cisco proprietory) didn't work -- Dot1Q worked with quite a bit of success. The native VLAN (untagged packets) worked without a hitch but those with VLAN headers were good whilst the frames stayed small. My deduction from this is that whilst the units support the full BCP (which has provision for a VLAN ID). They also have a fixed length frame size. In my case I am using the VLAN for my ip phones which will almost always be smaller than the maximum size. An excellent update to these devices would be having PoE on board. As this would allow an IP phone to be plugged in and take it's power from the unit. Best regards Mick E: mick@xxxxxxxxxxxx > From: Martin Gautier <martin.gautier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 12:26:37 +0100 > To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Devolo > > Richard > >>> as long as they are on the same meter > > Thanks for the verification. That's what I meant. Substitute "fuse box" > for meter". Don't most houses have one fuse box serviced by their one > meter? > > I've installed Netgear systems in various old buildings & Barn > Conversions and they "just work". Having said that, one location had a > similar set up to your garden office client - they had a separate > secondary fuse box feeding a new office located in their garden. The > owner claimed it was fed from a single meter but the Netgears didn't > work - in this case, we were able to run a cable through a service duct > they hadn't yet buried so I didn't look into their wiring in any detail. > > My house has 3 fuse boxes, serviced by 3 meters because originally the > building was 3 separate units. Whilst testing the Netgears, I found they > only worked across the same fuse box (ie meter). > > Martin > > Richard Brown wrote: >> Hi Neil >> >> 2009/5/19 Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> >>> I have my desktop computer upstairs. My wife uses her laptop downstairs >>> via my wireless router (DSL G604T). She often complains about losing the >>> signal or it all being very slow. >>> >>> I have seen a little about devolo and I wondered if anyone on the list >>> has it in use. It looks as if it could be useful. One possible problem, >>> our downstairs power plugs and the upstairs ones are on separate >>> circuits. At least, they have separate switches on the mains box. Would >>> that cause any difficulty? >>> >>> >> I have used Devolo in a number of situations and have had no problems >> with them at all. Contrary to what Martin says I have found that as >> long as they are on the same meter they will work across floors and >> whole buildings. I have a client who has an office at the end of his >> garden with a separate fuse board but all on the same meter. His >> devolo system works fine. >> >> hth. >> > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html