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I agree. I have three power line carriers in our house and they work exceptionally well. The main use for me, however, to to extend the network to devices that don't have wifi as you can just use a network cable at the other end.
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Hss he got an old router? Most people have.
It can be used as an extender, either connected by Ethernet or WiFi.
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For more or less static extensions, yes.
See my answer to WBalboos above, devolo is way more flexible and comfortable for non-static solutions.
OP (or better said OP's friend) has to check the relation price - functionality - usability and see if it is worth for him or not.
no needing long ETH cables and being that flexible is for me worth the price delta.
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Nelek wrote: no needing long ETH cables and being that flexible is for me worth the price delta.
For me, it's more about being able to get it up and running half an hour, and not have to spend ages reading and trying to compare specs printed in tiny letters on boxes in stores.
Router: Check. Cables: Check. Put the coffee on; I'll be finished by the time it's ready.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Router: Check. Cables: Check. Put the coffee on; I'll be finished by the time it's ready.
You, possibly me too...
My devolo was 5 to 10 minutes reading and 3 to 5 minutes execution (plug both new devices, click in satellite, click in main unit, wait to sync, move satellite to other room, test). Done.
With the one with 2 satellites I needed a bit more because I didn't paid attention at the beginning and had to repeat it 2 times (finding out the hard way, that each satellite brings its own wifi and own password). After a  while, and taking the required notes properly, it was running after 10 minutes.
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Joan M wrote: good and cheap
Good luck with that, it's much easier to find expensive crap.
Anyway, the little experience I have with Powerline networking is not very good to be honest. It's sensitive to disturbing equipment, and if the house has a modern electric net, where every appliance has its own circuit breaker instead of a few old fashioned fuses the function might get severely limited. (A circuit breaker has an electric coil)
Anyway, I have experience with so called mesh networks, which is a fancy name for using repeaters. It works fine as long as you keep your expectancy at a reasonable level. In the same way that every user share the bandwidth, the repeater uses twice the bandwidth as the connected users.
I also have no experience from Devolo so I can't say how they cope with it.
But I have personal experience with Ubiquiti[^], and I can recommend them. They have better range and speed than any access point I have tried.
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I'll second Ubiquiti - cheap, well, not so much ... I had to design/implement a Ubiquiti network on a 'property' here in Aus that has high-end cabin/cottage accomodation, spread out, and couldnt lay cables etc
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Just make sure that:
a) If possible, make sure your powerline network extenders are on the same breaker circuit, that will give the best results.
b) If you have a three phase electrical connection ( as I have ) make absolutely sure that your powerline network extenders are on the same phase, otherwise the extenders will never see each other, let alone communicate.
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Winds today promised at sustained speeds reaching 45-50 mph and gusts to 70 mph. Tree, power lines, and electricity will most likely suffer pretty much in that order and in rapid succession.
The mess is expected to last, although not at full intensity, for about 12 hours.[^]
I'm up on the early side - been observing the small tree just outside my window starting to shake more and more - not much yet.
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After reading the subject I was expecting another thing   
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Remember to put your "KSS" and "Lounge" filters in place
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They are... that's why I didn't say "what"
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Why do they call it that, when the last thing you want is "inflation"?
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And why is it so contradictory? I mean, "inflation" actually comes when the system is not that "robust"
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Very bad winds here in Upstate New York, too.
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Where I live those wind speeds are called a light breeze. I have a 130 MPH roof on my house because of the daily winds we get.
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Silly me!
When I put stuff down, outside, I usually like it to still be there when I come back.
People live in all sorts of places - maybe the real estate is cheap? Usually, it's cheap for a reason (see "supply and demand").
If I knew where "there" was I'd add it to my list of places not to live.
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obermd wrote: I have a 130 MPH roof on my house
That's a fast roof. Can the rest of the house keep up with it?
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That was our weather last night and yesterday. I live in Xenia, Ohio which had 55% of the structures in the city destroyed in the 1974 Super Outbreak.
Our reaction is "Pfft; it's just an EF-3." 
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We lucked out, locally - only gusted into the 50's. Other spots, especially the NJ coast (visible from our beach) even reached 80+ mph gusts. Lucky, again, with blackouts - they were sprinkled rather liberally throughout the island (this islands 118 miles long[^]).
Never a complaint about ducking a bullet. So long ago, but Sandy left a really deep scar. You'd never know by looking how it was rebuilt (very many houses now raised 8' or more) - but when the hurricane season is here I can't help but wonder if the warmer waters of the Atlantic (these past few years) won't leave us - and all around us - with nothing.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: I can't help but wonder if the warmer waters of the Atlantic (these past few years) won't leave us - and all around us - with nothing.
Regardless of your beliefs regarding climate change, I think your caution is well-advised.
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Interesting article... somehow inspiring for the new generation of scammers... Conclusion: Whatever you do, do it big enough, once started to roll, it won't be stopped.
Hopefully there are some "lessons learned" effect on this. But I don't really expect it though. 
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You mean we should start a Bank?
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