Mains pass through ports and cables.

The common consensus on this forum is to avoid.  They are accused of polluting your & neighbourhood power supply,  they also transmit RFI & cause problems in various areas of the radio spectrum.  There has been discussion about health issues but that does not appear to have been confirmed one way or other that I have read.   There was talk about banning them a while back but I understand a tightening of the RFI regulations that apply to them has put that on hold.     

The worrying thing is the wide acceptance of them over the general domestic consumer sector & are sold & installed by number of companies e.g. BT routinely install them for their TV service. 

I would only use them on a temporary &/or last resort basis.  

John L F posted:

Am thinking of wiring my Nova through the Ethernet using a mains pass through ports and cables.

If anybody has done this I’d be grateful for information regarding the port and cable manufacturers.

I use this (no real option - the house is built with thick stone walls, so wi-fi won't go far).  It's the only way I can (realistically) get ethernet to computers, TV and streamer. Wiring up with ethernet cables would be a major undertaking.

I can't say that I have any problems that I can attribute to having this arrangement.

Our house has internal walls nearly half a metre thick, made of very hard, irregularly shaped stone and crumbling lime mortar. It took me about 3 hours to drill through them and insert ducting and network cables. If I can do it, I think anybody can. 

Beachcomber posted:

I can't say that I have any problems that I can attribute to having this arrangement.

Unless you've tried the alternative, how can you be sure?

Mike-B posted:

The common consensus on this forum is to avoid.  They are accused of polluting your & neighbourhood power supply,  they also transmit RFI & cause problems in various areas of the radio spectrum.  There has been discussion about health issues but that does not appear to have been confirmed one way or other that I have read.   There was talk about banning them a while back but I understand a tightening of the RFI regulations that apply to them has put that on hold.     

The worrying thing is the wide acceptance of them over the general domestic consumer sector & are sold & installed by number of companies e.g. BT routinely install them for their TV service. 

I would only use them on a temporary &/or last resort basis.  

Despite all this, the devices don’t provide Ethernet, they provide a network link layer  less reliable and capable than regular duplex Ethernet... so you might get working if the RFI affecting SQ doesn’t affect you, but they won’t be providing an Ethernet link, you will instead get a proprietary adhoc point to point wlan solution that RF modulates your house mains cables... so you may get less than optimal discovery and other features when streaming. Best use Wifi (which is a lot more capable - especially setup as an ESSID)  or Ethernet.

Despite your thread title, there is no pass through of Ethernet.. there is however a transcoding of protocols, in this case a robust internationally standardised protocol to a consumer kludge, and then back again.

Simon

Thanks for the replies. Think I’ll remain with Wi-fi for the time being.