<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jul 1, 2006, at 5:40 PM, Lachlan McIntosh wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0cm; "><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="974592723-01072006">Hi</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="974592723-01072006"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="974592723-01072006"></SPAN><SPAN class="974592723-01072006">Currently I'm using a set of Homeplug "85Mbps" adaptors to link my mythbox to my network.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="974592723-01072006"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="974592723-01072006"></SPAN><SPAN class="974592723-01072006">I can currently transfer files at about 900k/sec. If I use iptraf on my mythbox when transferring a file it says the box is sending 840-890 Kbytes/sec which says 8.5Mbps to me not 85Mbps.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="974592723-01072006"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="974592723-01072006">The utility that came with the adapters says that the connection is 78Mpbs (so a fairly good connection).</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="974592723-01072006"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="974592723-01072006">Has anyone else had similar experiences? Are they just plain lying about the connection speed? Or am I interpreting it wrongly?</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="974592723-01072006"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="974592723-01072006">Any thoughts or input would be greatly appreciated.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class="974592723-01072006"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>The reviews I've read in the consumer computer mags all seem to agree that the speed claims for A/C wiring type networking devices are significantly exaggerated.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>But so are the claims for just about any consumer device in terms of speed, capacity, etc. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Heck, the industry can't even agree on what a "gigabyte" is.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You will never, for example, see an 802.11g link transfer at 54Mb, or a USB 2.0 run at 480 Mb, it just doesn't (and can't) happen. Why they are allowed to get away with this crap escapes me.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I have read suggestions that you try and get all devices on the same phase, don't use other A/C wiring type devices (X-10, "wireless" intercoms, modem jacks etc.) and try and keep the distances as short as possible. D.C. motors, dimmers, speed controls and other things that put noise on the power lines are to be avoided as well. (easy to say I know).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Still, your performance seems less than what might well be expected.</DIV></BODY></HTML>