Brian's Brain

This blog post references my cover story 'Home Transportation: Benchmarking Powerline, 802.11, and Ethernet' in EDN's August 2, 2007 edition. It's one of a series of web addendums to the print writeup.

First off, here's the raw data. The Zip file contains the ASCII reports generated by Iperf, along with client-side screenshots in JPEG format. The directory tree is divided into 'desktop PC' and 'notebook PC' folders, with subdirectories underneath each folder for the various networking technologies, as well as both iPerf client and server configurations depending on the particular test. For powerline networking, directory naming differentiates between the office-to-swamp cooler closet and office-to-hut spurs. I found no easy way to automate the transfer of report data into the Excel spreadsheet that formed the foundation of the article's table, so if you notice any errors that resulted from my manual copy-and-paste transposition, please alert me asap and I'll work with the online production team to fix 'em.

Next, you'll find a bulleted list of some of the writeups that I archived in the process of researching this story, which I found particularly interesting for one reason or another. They're in no particular order (sorry) but I hope you'll also find them useful. See the main article's references for additional information sources.

• Streaming High Definition Video over a Wireless Network (Xbox 360 documentation)
• Video-enabled home-networking technology trickles to market (from EDN's Maury Wright)
• FastTCP Commercialized Into An FTP Appliance
• Newly Declassified Window Film Keeps Out Snoops
• Air Force Jams Garage Doors
• Wireless Routers for Congested Areas?
• How to get your Wi-Fi working again
• A Faster Wi-Fi World Is Coming and The Trouble With Home Networking
• College to Deploy First 802.11n Network
• Wireless Networks Causing Headaches For Businesses
• Ubiquitous Multi-Gigabit Wireless Within Three Years
• The Things Other Apple Airport Extreme Reviews Don't Tell You
• AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi Wireless Base Station
• Apple Sets Wi-Fi on Fire
• An in-depth review of Apple's 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station
• A Fake Steve Jobs Confession: I cannot for the life of me understand WiFi routers (they can't all be serious links....)
• Speed test: Airport Extreme lives up to its name
• Netgear HDX101 200Mbps powerline Ethernet adaptor
• Solwise PL-200AV 200Mbps powerline Ethernet adaptor
• Netgear XEPS103 powerline power brick
• How to Upgrade a Core Duo-based MacBook to Support WiFi 802.11n
• The Airport Extreme, Version N, Dissected
• Connecting Audio
• Hidden nodes and Wi-Fi performance
• Power-Line Shines at Multimedia