On 20/05/2019 10:55, Dave Liquorice wrote:
> On Sun, 19 May 2019 16:19:27 +0100, NY wrote:
>
>> The Pi needs to be in one room because it is used for recording TV and
>> that's where the aerial and satellite cables are; the other room is my
>> study.  Wifi is unreliable and could take ages to copy recordings
>> to my Win 7 "server", so it will have to be powerline - or else a hole
>> drilled at skirting board level in the living room wall which will not
>> get SWMBO approval ;-)
>
> Personally powerline is evil, generates broad band radio frequency
> interference. Tell her that the Pi has limited storeage and that if
> she wants to watch recordings of 
> the hole is required.
>
Powerline works for one point to point. It sucks big time at adding more
connections


> Or wait until she goes out for half a day and just do it. Only needs
> to be a 6 mm hole to get the cable through, check carefully for any
> other services hidden in the wall mind. If you have the abilty to fit
> RJ45 plugs do that to the free end. Slightly more acceptable might be
> a modular networking face plate on a surface box (or plasteboard
> flush box if the wall is platerboard) to just plug a patch lead into.
> Locate the hole box and cable route so it's out of sight and don't
> use a bright red cable...  B-)
>


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