I wanted to share this opinion on Hackaday about a topic that is the usefulness of a something that has become ubiquitous relatively fast.

This techonolgyy has a lot of potential, what do you think?

  • laverabe@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    PoE is terrible. I threw mine away and went to 802.11ac wireless and it was 10x faster. The problem is the circuit breakers, washing machines, or anything that generates EMI screw with the quality. Ethernet>wifi>PoE, at least for most use cases.

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      10 months ago

      I think you are confusing PoE (Power over Ethernet) with EoP (Ethernet over Power).

      PoE: is an ethernet technology that uses the ethernet cabling to power small devices like APs, phones, cameras, etc. while providing an ethernet connection.

      EoP: is using a pair (or more) of devices that plug into power outlets which you then connect ethernet cables to. This “extends” the ethernet cabling over the power cables in your house.

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      10 months ago

      Are you talking about the adapters that let you run network through your electrical circuits? Because that’s different from PoE. PoE is running power through the network cables so you get power and network with one plug, so kind of the opposite of that.

      I can confirm that using electrical infrastructure for network is really not great.

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        10 months ago

        Ah yes, that is what I was thinking of, thought that was the same thing since it was power and Ethernet together.