BF2S Forums Question About Vikosmo home plug

Wait a minute, if you're not running the cable upstairs, how are you getting internet


Wait, is this using the power socket?


I've heard about using power sockets, but I dunno. Is it a better way than using wireless?

edit: No it is wireless, lol nevermind.

edit 2: no wait, wtf

Last edited by Mekstizzle (2009-07-18 12:26:22)

Well actually it does look like some sort of way of using your power lines for communication

I didn't know you could actually do that for home networking. Here I am using wireless for my PS3 like a loser. I'm gonna find out more about this shit.

But yeah, I don't know how the whole thing works in terms of software so I can't help you out with your problem of finding the network, it might be a router problem or a problem on your end (your upstairs PC)

Last edited by Mekstizzle (2009-07-18 12:30:50)

I use powerlines for my home network. 4 of them - two PCs one for the TV (bt vision) and one connected to the router. Initially i was having a lot of problems getting them to communicate with each other and i messed around with the buttons on the adapters and somehow, someway they found each other, then adding the other two was relatively simple. It seems like a real pain getting the initial two communicate each other and with the router but after that it's pretty easy.

And yeah it's far better than wireless I'm over the other side of the house to my router so it's ideal, i think the speed of the few i've got are 150Mb/s, and it's just plug in and play now.