Smart Media Player Network Access in Fedora 20

[Tim]

On Wed, 2014-09-17 at 08:01 +1000, Stephen Morris wrote:
> One of my collegues that I work with uses a homeplug type device and 
> tells me it works very well, so I could look at that although I'm not 
> sure how well it would work in a powerboard as I don't have any spare 
> wall power points.

I can't see see why an ordinary powerboard would be a problem, it's just
a series of sockets wired in parallel, just like your wall sockets are.

However, if you have a filtered powerboard, of the type that remove
electrical noise (usually with a core wound around ferrite), it's quite
likely that they'll filter out the networking RF.

But I wouldn't expect boards with surge suppressors to be a problem,
they only kick in well above normal voltage levels (and not enough to
protect against some small surges - such as if you have equipment that
can't handle something like 20 volts above normal, they won't help you).
They're generally a useless device, and a potential problem causer if
you happen to daisy chain one through another, and one of the far end
(from the wall socket) arrestors decides to clamp down on the mains - it
puts a heavy load on the ones in between.

If you must daisy chain powerboards, connect the protective one directly
to the wall socket, and use bare bones ones plugged into it.


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