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On 09/07/2021 22:06, Simon Waters wrote: > Hi, > > weighing up the power-line range extender versus cabling. > > Current (admittedly very cheap) power-line range extender seems to max out > just under 100Mbps on wired ethernet to wired ethernet, which is the maximum > of what I expected given the cables and devices in use. > > What kit are people using to get the best throughput on power-line extenders? > And what is the best throughput you are getting? > > Not really bothered with WiFi at this point in that anything that does the > desired performance on the physical ethernet likely also to offer 802.11ac or > WiFi 6. > > Currently Ookla measured download speed to the gaming PC is 93Mbps, but this > involved donating all my good kit to my son (my Internet slowed by a factor of > 3). > > Also going to get quote for Cat 6 cabling as my cabling skills are modest. > > Time to make everything ~1Gbps. > > Also noted that USB WifI adapters using "Mediatek mt7612u " chipset cards are > down to around £12 (Terow Row02CD - I believe the recommended low cost one in > the US was the Terow ROW02FD but I failed to find technical details on the > difference between these models). I'm going to give it a try at that price. The > chip-set supports monitor mode in Linux, and the Amazon UK reviews say it > "just works" in Linux. Definitely be my new Wireless Pen Test card if it works > well. Some of the reviews suggest it may not be terribly fast, I guess a > compromise is made somewhere to get to that price point. > > > Cat5e/6+ is cheap (very cheap). Run cables. If you absolutely can't hide/bury/conduit cables, for whatever reason, Mesh network it or use Point-to-Point links with beam-steering WiFi (most modern kit is capable of this, and improves coverage significantly). Ethernet-over-Power is completely unregulated, and only moderately reliable for single-circuit links/spurs. It's really not clever to connect your ring circuits to a big source of RF/digital energy as the rings make a beautiful antennae, and yes, they do radiate all over the place. They don't tend to work cross-circuit as most modern protection devices have coils in them which don't like RF frequencies generally. Regarding "AP-mode" for wireless cards, check out the penetration-testing linux distributions for support (I know devs in Pentoo and Kali, and they're always fixing something...) </my 2 dollars>
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