Phone over ethernet over powerlines?

[MrRobin]

Why are you plugging in your Sky box in the first place?

Sky insist that the box has access to a phone line so it can phone home periodically. The installation engineer won't do the work if there's no access to a line. Once he's completed it and he's gone, you can just unplug it and it will still work just fine.

I would suggest you buy a £1.99 extension lead, let the guy install the box where you want and connect it to the lead that you can just trail accross your living room floor, and then when he's gone just pack it all up.

[VectraMan]

Why are you plugging in your Sky box in the first place?

Remember what's in the Sky box is an old analogue modem, and I'm not sure how well one of those would work over a DECT thingy.

The phones in your office are probably using CAT5 sockets, which although the same are used for ethernet doesn't mean that the phones are working over ethernet. So ethernet devices like the power line access points aren't going to help you in the slightest.

[DiscoStu]

I have tried this (telephone over mains) with Devolo home plugs and the answer is no.
The other thing you cant do is use port doublers/splitters such as coolport.

I contacted Devolo who told me "This connection does not support the ethernet specification IEEE 802.3. Only standard compliant ethernet connections can be replaced with dLAN Adapters."

Thanks, looks like I'll have to shell out the £50 for these DECT thingies then

[crack_ho]

I have tried this (telephone over mains) with Devolo home plugs and the answer is no.
The other thing you cant do is use port doublers/splitters such as coolport.

I contacted Devolo who told me "This connection does not support the ethernet specification IEEE 802.3. Only standard compliant ethernet connections can be replaced with dLAN Adapters."

[DiscoStu]

Panic over.

Slightly more than I was hoping to pay but found this and it seems to do exactly what I want.

Thanks all

[Spacecadet]

I'd say no.

Ethernet (cat cabling) is digital where as phone lines are analogue. The converters I am 99% sure won't be looking for an analogue singal.

Just get some DECT phones.

just realised, you probably meant the power to ethernet converters which would only br broadcasting the digital component over the power supply

[DiscoStu]

I'd say no.

Ethernet (cat cabling) is digital where as phone lines are analogue. The converters I am 99% sure won't be looking for an analogue singal.

Just get some DECT phones.

I would but I need to have the Sky box plugged into a phone socket.

[KevinS]

Just get some DECT phones.

How do you plug a Sky box into a Dect phone??

[Sockpuppet]

I'd say no.

Ethernet (cat cabling) is digital where as phone lines are analogue. The converters I am 99% sure won't be looking for an analogue singal.

Just get some DECT phones.

[Spacecadet]

I have a couple of homeplugs that allow ethernet over mains.

buy the adapters and test it out... i'm sure the adapters are very cheap

[DiscoStu]

So, I've just moved house and annoyingly there isn't a phone socket anywhere near where the Sky box is going to live. I'm not keen on running an extension as it's a rented place so here's my somewhat convoluted idea...

Often in offices phones are cabled using ethernet cables with adapters.

I have a couple of homeplugs that allow ethernet over mains.

Can I get a couple of adapters and run a phone signal over the mains using these? I've googled and can't find anything.

Ideas anyone?