Has anyone tried using a line carrier Ethernet adapter on a Ring Elite unit or anywhere else. I know I can just drop a Ring Pro extender close by but want to try a "semi hardwired" lan approach, if reliable. Worst case I may pick up a pair to try, if owner is willing to pay my labor if I need to switch to Pro Chime extender.
On August 3, 2019 at 11:40, BlackWire Designs said...
What are you trying to accomplish?
To get a "hardwired" lan to the Elite unit. I can power the Elite close by from a closet. My thought was to use a line carrier adapter to inject the lan into the Ring Poe adapter versus using the Ring Pro to feed it wirelessly, hoping for a quicker connection when using it. Any input would be appreciated, thanks
This looks like the classic XY problem. See http://xyproblem.info/ We do this all the time!
I didn't know there was a name for it until recently. For years I've seen things like this and said "let's back up one step: what are you trying to accomplish?"
The XY problem, in a nutshell, is this: We want to do something. We think we know what we can do to make it happen. We then put our energy into making the "we know what we can do" part happen.
I'm going to needlessly compliment myself by saying I'm one of y'all wizards.
It's typical of the way we wizards think that even when we answer what we want to do, we phrase it in such a way that it still has to be figured out.
Reading Post 3, your goal is a faster connection. Is this the only way you might be able to make that happen?
The one line carrier adapter I've looked into puts a wall wart into a power plug within hard-wire distance of the place I want a network connection. Is this also the way the one you're looking at works? Seems that would be pretty clunky. But then, if you look at 0:17 of this Ring install video (), you'll see Ring is suggesting a network switch should be placed on a nightstand with the unit's wall wart nearby. What ugly!
A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything. "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw
To get a "hardwired" lan to the Elite unit. I can power the Elite close by from a closet. My thought was to use a line carrier adapter to inject the lan into the Ring Poe adapter versus using the Ring Pro to feed it wirelessly, hoping for a quicker connection when using it. Any input would be appreciated, thanks
The Ring devices only need 1-2 megabits so going hardwired isnt going to make a difference. Power the unit up with what ever method you have and then put it onto the wifi.
The main reason you would use the elite is if you have a 1 gang hole cut in the wall of the project.
On August 3, 2019 at 13:34, BlackWire Designs said...
The Ring devices only need 1-2 megabits so going hardwired isnt going to make a difference.
Ah. When he said "quicker connection," I took that to be "initiating a connection more rapidly," not having a faster data rate.
Which is it? Or both?
A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything. "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw
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