wall plug ethernet

[gbruzzo]

I use Homeplug 200 mbit. It is stable, robust and allows one to localize different components of one's network without concerns about wifi black spots. Excellent I say.

[Shredder]

gbruzzo-what do you do for surge protection? Do you have the problem previously described that the SB won't wake up the NAS (seems like a serious draback)?

[gbruzzo]

I use a belkin connector/surge protector. As far as the wake on lan is concerned, I never tested it, for I use a WHS on the network.

For surge protection consider
http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSecti...tion_Id=200907

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[Shredder]

Hmmmmmmmmm. I don't have my SB set up yet. I am still trying to decide excatly how to set up my server. Maybe, I am misunderstanding the "wake on LAN" problem. All I want to do is use my remote to control the SB w/ my music stored on a NAS. Will that not work if I use the plugs? Or, am I just not understanding? Sorry to be so dense, but this is very new to me.

[CliveL]

The WoL issue is only a problem to those people who turn off (or put into standby) their NAS or music server, and expect the Squeezebox to remotely switch it back on again when the Squeezbox itself is powered on... The SB3 automatically sends out the "magic packet" to wake up the Slimserver machine every time the SB3 is switched on. The problem with Homeplugs is that this packet never reaches the Slimserver.

If you don't ever turn off your NAS/Slimserver appliance, or put it into Standby, then the WoL issue will never be a problem for you and everything will work fine using the Homeplugs.

Hope that helps clear things up!! I'm tight when it comes to the electric bill and generally "Suspend to Disk" my Linux fileserver that runs Slimserver at night after a listening session by simply hitting the power button on it, so it means I have to wander back upstairs and hit the power button to resume from disk again before I can use the SB3 again. It takes less than one minute though and is no big deal really for me personally.

So that really is the only drawback I have found with the Homeplug adapters. Other than that they have been great!!

Clive

[bernt]

Hmmmmmmmmm. I don't have my SB set up yet. I am still trying to decide excatly how to set up my server. Maybe, I am misunderstanding the "wake on LAN" problem. All I want to do is use my remote to control the SB w/ my music stored on a NAS. Will that not work if I use the plugs? Or, am I just not understanding? Sorry to be so dense, but this is very new to me.

You only need WoL if you want to boot up the server with the SB remote.

I have a schedule that shuts down my server (SlimNAS) every night. Instead of going to the server (upstairs) and start it I just use the SB remote

[m1abrams]

A note of caution on powerline ethernet devices. Many houses have a split power system, basically 2 phase 220V comes into the main box and half the house is powered by one phase the other half by the other phase. If your house electrical is this way you will only be able to use the powerline interface on the same phase. There are solutions for this, basically you need to bridge the two phases. They sell plugs for 220V clothes dryers or devices designed to be installed in the electrical box that will bridge the phases.

I know my house suffers this issue and the two rooms I want to connect happen to be on different phases.

[Shredder]

OK. I assume then that this does not apply to the sleep mode of the NAS, only a full reboot?

[NewBuyer]

I use powerline networking throughout both floors of my home and it works perfectly. Their manuals state that surge protection is already built into these little networking units, with no additional protection needed. In fact it is recommended against plugging these units into a power strip, as any included filtering can interfere with the powerline network connection itself. Plugging them directly into the wall is the recommended application (using an extension cord is fine of course).

[Shredder]

NB, I have seen more that one product refereed to as Powerline. Which one are you using that has built in Surge protection? Thanks.