I use that for my 3d printer. My wifi was all fine and dandy until I got an enclosure for my printer and the metal foil seriously impacted my signal strength. Used these to get Ethernet across my house, works great in a pinch!
Until you try to use it. They have limited bandwidth and totally shit the bed if you have noisy, high power devices running on the same panel (anything with a motor).
Yeah, but don’t those usually have an Ethernet port on them? If this is a PoE adaptor, it’s the stupidest one I’ve ever seen because it requires a USB to Ethernet adapter.
They only work for lines on the same circuit, power strips are technically the addition of a circuit breaker with the surge breaker on them. I used to use several in my old apartment
I’m just saying the instruction on each one I owned said don’t use with a UPS or surge protector as it won’t work. Needless to say I tried it anyway and it didn’t work lol tbf they’re a bitch to get going on the same circuit as intended anyway, they’re fine once connected though. I only had to re-pair them once a year or so
The adapter they plugged the male usb end into is not intended to output anything in the opposite direction. Second reason is it was plugged into a strip not the wall directly so both these would prevent eop from working correctly. Last reason is the dongle is intended for a laptop without an rj45 port but somehow the user found this device that was unused and decided it was for a printer they wanted to move from one side of the office to the other.
21 Comments
Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip · 48 pts · 3y
Just you regular PoE activities, nothing to see here.
maeries@feddit.de · 25 pts · 3y
More like EoP
ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz · 24 pts · 3y
it actually exists
DeusHircus@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 3y
I use that for my 3d printer. My wifi was all fine and dandy until I got an enclosure for my printer and the metal foil seriously impacted my signal strength. Used these to get Ethernet across my house, works great in a pinch!
RooRLoord420@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Neat!
nik282000@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3y
Until you try to use it. They have limited bandwidth and totally shit the bed if you have noisy, high power devices running on the same panel (anything with a motor).
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 1y
... like a 3d printer?
nik282000@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y
More like a hair dryer, vacuum cleaner, any brushed motor. A 3D printer runs steppers off of an smps that should be relatively quiet.
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 1y
Ok cool! So just the more higher powered motors. Sweet!
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Yeah, but don’t those usually have an Ethernet port on them? If this is a PoE adaptor, it’s the stupidest one I’ve ever seen because it requires a USB to Ethernet adapter.
ThiefUserPermissions@lemmy.myserv.one · 8 pts · 3y
Its a usb dongle for laptops that are missing an ethernet port.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 3y
Sorry, that was sarcasm, it's just a USB to RJ45 adapter (a lan card), like Thief said.
donut4ever@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 3y
JJROKCZ@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
They only work for lines on the same circuit, power strips are technically the addition of a circuit breaker with the surge breaker on them. I used to use several in my old apartment
donut4ever@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
JJROKCZ@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I’m just saying the instruction on each one I owned said don’t use with a UPS or surge protector as it won’t work. Needless to say I tried it anyway and it didn’t work lol tbf they’re a bitch to get going on the same circuit as intended anyway, they’re fine once connected though. I only had to re-pair them once a year or so
donut4ever@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
cryptiod137@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Eh, usually won't work with a power strip on my experience
donut4ever@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
ThiefUserPermissions@lemmy.myserv.one · 4 pts · 3y
The adapter they plugged the male usb end into is not intended to output anything in the opposite direction. Second reason is it was plugged into a strip not the wall directly so both these would prevent eop from working correctly. Last reason is the dongle is intended for a laptop without an rj45 port but somehow the user found this device that was unused and decided it was for a printer they wanted to move from one side of the office to the other.
donut4ever@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
vd1n@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 3y
That's where the internet begins.
TheWaterGod@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 3y
That's how you get wireless internet. You have to charge the internet before taking it with you.
Ocelot@lemmies.world · 7 pts · 3y
related
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
It's called PowerLAN and it's the future!!!