Re: Re: Replace ethernet cables with POF backbone on home Powerline ?

"x13" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups alt.comp.hardware
Message-ID <[email protected]>
John,

I was being myopic in my last post.

My idea was just to speed things up. But of course by using a POF cable I would be bypassing the electrical wiring in the walls thereby defeating the whole purpose of Powerline. I could of course run a POF cable in the walls but that's a *really* tedious job (I've done it 2 years ago with coax cabling for my TVs).

My point is this: I need a 1-on-1 hardware connection (no router overhead, albeit my Technicolor Gateway _is_ fast) and no cable through the house unless _absolutely_ necessary. In the case of POF, the cable being so small and the speed being so great, that would be an very acceptable trade-off. While it's true I could just as well use an Ethernet cable for the job, if I can get near-100% throughput, why would I settle for 70-80% ?  Plus it's rather cool to (get) to use fibre as a consumer and not in Datacentre.

So I may well get a POF kit (like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO4YW4xMzYE). No POF switch necessary, just 2 very short Ethernet cables and 2 POF-UTP media converters (included in the kit). By using white or beige the POF cable it would be vitually unnnoticeable.

Thanks for your input all the same.
x13



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