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Offline Rebel

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Sling Box
« on: January 17, 2009, 06:42:09 PM »
Is there anything comparable to it? Does anyone own one?

Here's the deal, I need to get the internet to an LG Blu-Ray so I can stream Netflix. It's not wireless, so I need a Cat V jack. I don't have one there. A friend has one and has the Sling Box. It essentially pipes the internet through your electrical system. Don't know if the box encapsulates IP or anything, but that's neither here nor there. Is there anything else out there that does the same thing?
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Re: Sling Box
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2009, 06:57:18 PM »
Quote from: Rebel on January 17, 2009, 06:42:09 PM
Is there anything comparable to it? Does anyone own one?

Here's the deal, I need to get the internet to an LG Blu-Ray so I can stream Netflix. It's not wireless, so I need a Cat V jack. I don't have one there. A friend has one and has the Sling Box. It essentially pipes the internet through your electrical system. Don't know if the box encapsulates IP or anything, but that's neither here nor there. Is there anything else out there that does the same thing?

I don't recall the brand but my last employer sold a device that promised home networking through the electrical system. I was skeptical about the whole thing. Never had any returned faulty or "unsuitable" so I guess they work okay.

Dlink sell these things which I assume there's a US version of.

Course, you can get yourself the RJ45 plugs, jacks and mounting plates from an electrical supply company for a few bucks total. It's an excuse to add another tool (the RJ45 cable crimps) to your tool hoard.  :-)
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Re: Sling Box
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2009, 07:01:51 PM »
They have a service here called LiveWire... it's ISP service over a 110v AC outlet.  $50 a month for 2Mb service.
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Re: Sling Box
« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2009, 07:03:38 PM »
Quote from: LC EFA on January 17, 2009, 06:57:18 PM
I don't recall the brand but my last employer sold a device that promised home networking through the electrical system. I was skeptical about the whole thing. Never had any returned faulty or "unsuitable" so I guess they work okay.

Dlink sell these things which I assume there's a US version of.

Course, you can get yourself the RJ45 plugs, jacks and mounting plates from an electrical supply company for a few bucks total. It's an excuse to add another tool (the RJ45 cable crimps) to your tool hoard.  :-)


Thanks man. I'll check it out.

As for the crimps, I already have RJ45 crimps, RJ11 crimps, and pretty much everything else for networking and adding new cable jacks and RJ45 jacks. The way my house is set up, it would be a bitch right now. My ceiling in the great room is about 20' in the air so the attics are separated. I wanted to have it wired but I was either in Alaska or Washington state for month and didn't get it done.
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Re: Sling Box
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2009, 07:10:38 PM »
Those look cool, LC. Of course, the other option is to take my spare Linksys MIMO router and bridge it to my Netgear. That would give me all the ports I need for a PS3 and the LG.
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Re: Sling Box
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2009, 11:24:00 PM »
Quote from: Rebel on January 17, 2009, 07:10:38 PM
Those look cool, LC. Of course, the other option is to take my spare Linksys MIMO router and bridge it to my Netgear. That would give me all the ports I need for a PS3 and the LG.

You still need the spare ports on the router... I thought you were trying to avoid having unsightly lengths of UTP lying on the floor like I do.
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Re: Sling Box
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2009, 11:27:53 PM »
Quote from: LC EFA on January 17, 2009, 11:24:00 PM
You still need the spare ports on the router... I thought you were trying to avoid having unsightly lengths of UTP lying on the floor like I do.


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Re: Sling Box
« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2009, 11:34:01 PM »
Quote from: LC EFA on January 17, 2009, 11:24:00 PM
You still need the spare ports on the router... I thought you were trying to avoid having unsightly lengths of UTP lying on the floor like I do.


The extra router is a 4-port and would be empty. It would also increase the range of my wireless network.
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