can Dish do powerline networking?

[ackbar]

Just installed a 722 and discovered the Dish Network's online theater.

I don't want to install wifi so my question is, will this work with a powerline networking system, a home networking system that works through the house's electric wires?

 

[sethwell]

with a homeplug adaptor it may work. i haven't tried it on mine but the 722 has homeplug tech built in.

 

[KAB]

This:

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[pabeader]

works great! sometimes there is trouble if your outlets are on different sides of the service panel. But other then that, I have had no trouble at all.

and NO UPS or filtered power strips!! unless they carry the HomePlug seal

 

[ackbar]

Thanks, now I'm set!

 

[ackbar]

But now I have another question,

Is there anything actually on this Dish Online thing?

 

[pabeader]

YES. lots and lots of stuff to watch, some free, some not. and plus you can control your receiver from the web. i like that feature quite a bit.

 

[ralfyguy]

So you stick that in the wall and hook ethernet from your router to it and then the 722 has internet?

 

[MikeD-C05]

If the 722 is plugged into the outlet and not a surge protector. It should see the internet through the plug. You do have to set the 722 up using the menus under internet option.

 

[ralfyguy]

If the 722 is plugged into the outlet and not a surge protector. It should see the internet through the plug. You do have to set the 722 up using the menus under internet option.

The Broadband setup or the Dishcomm setup?

 

[HIFI]

Broadband

 

[ackbar]

Are the plugs themselves able to work as surge protectors?

 

[MikeD-C05]

I don't believe so.

 

[pabeader]

Are the plugs themselves able to work as surge protectors?

????

there is only one 'plug'. it's the one attached to the satellite receiver that you plug into the wall.

the power line adapter (transmitter) plugs directly into the wall like a wall wart and then you plug your ethernet cable, from your router, into that. That's it. One device. The power line receiver end is built into the satellite receiver.

 

[pabeader]

the original question was which setup menu to use DishComm or Broadband.

Broadband

isn't it both? one makes sure you can see the powerline adapter (DishComm) and the other makes sure you have a connection to the outside world (BroadBand)?

 

[ackbar]

????

there is only one 'plug'. it's the one attached to the satellite receiver that you plug into the wall.

the power line adapter (transmitter) plugs directly into the wall like a wall wart and then you plug your ethernet cable, from your router, into that. That's it. One device. The power line receiver end is built into the satellite receiver.

I meant the thing that plugs into the wall that you then plug the receiver into. Does that effectively work as a surge protector?

 

[pabeader]

I meant the thing that plugs into the wall that you then plug the receiver into. Does that effectively work as a surge protector?

there is no thing you plug the receiver into. it goes straight into the wall just like it does now.

 

[ackbar]

there is no thing you plug the receiver into. it goes straight into the wall just like it does now.

The descriptions I've been reading all seem to say you will have a plug on each wall outlet to plug into, with additional plugs sold separately.

 

[pabeader]

THE VIP RECEIVERS HAVE IT BUILT IN!! that is what DishComm is all about! That is, after all, what you were asking about in the first place.

Buy ONE sling adapter, plug it into the wall near the router.
plug the router into it.
make appropriate adjustments in the DishComm and Broadband menu on the satellite receiver.
Enjoy.


You've found Satelliteguys. NO reason to read any other site for Dish information.

 

[ackbar]

Great Scott!