[gentoo-user] Re: {OT} "dumb" ethernet mover

[Grant Edwards]

On 2010-05-31, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, 31 May 2010 15:19:40 -0700, Grant wrote:
>
>> My cable internet outlet is across the room from my TV, and my Gentoo
>> desktop attaches to my TV.  I'm using a small wireless router to send
>> the signal from the cable modem to my Gentoo system across the room.
>> I don't like using a non-Gentoo decision-making device in my network,
[...]

> You could use a pair of powerline adaptors to route the ethernet across
> the mains wiring. I use them for my MythTV front end, because SWMBO would
> go apeshit if I tried running ethernet cables through the living room.

Do those not count as "non-Gentoo decision-making devices"?

-- 
Grant