Powerline vs wifi, worth it?

[Snickerzz]

Right now i'm useinng a dualband usb 2.0 wifi adapter and my speeds top at 2.4mb/s and avg around 1.8-2.1mb/s when downloading. My router is a linksys E2500 and i use xdinity (comcast), not particularly sure on what plan. Would i get that much of a boost from powerline? Also if it matters the router is downstairs, im upstairs :)

Heres a speedtest http://www.speedtest.net/result/2684302635.png

This would probably be the powerline ide get http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156390

[Blade of Grass]

To be honest, your speed test looks pretty good. If you want better performance, get a PCIe WiFi card.

[Snickerzz]

To be honest, your speed test looks pretty good. If you want better performance, get a PCIe WiFi card.

i was also thinking about that too, and you changed you avatar, i like :)

[Blade of Grass]

i was also thinking about that too, and you changed you avatar, i like :)

Thanks you :D

[Dieman566]

Is running a CAT6 cable an option?  Thats my pick.  

 

USB wifi adapters are not really that strong,  I would get a pci-e wifi card with external moveable antennas such as the ASUS PCE-AC66.

[MathijsZ77]

Our dear friend Linus has a video about this, might help you.

 

[rufee]

1. Run a cable its cheap and all your problems go away.

2. If you can't do step one do powerline.

3. If all else fails - wireless.

 

(no trolling intended)

[l11h]

I personally use powreline now. This reason why I do this is because someone hacked my Wi-Fi and was downloading huge amount of data lol, luckily i'm on unlimited download but was still being throttled. 

 

Anyway, I use 2 powerline, 1 upstairs for the PS3 (in another room), and one downstairs for a laptop. I personally saw a huge improvement in speed, i have no idea if the modem/router by ISP is bad but i saw a huge improvement. 

 

On wi-fi I was getting about 10Mb/s (my download is 60Mb/s), with Powerline i was getting 50Mb/s. 

 

So for me it was worth it. 

 

I would have gone for the wired route but would be too much hassle. And yes the laptop is old and wireless card is bad in there lol. 

 

But hope it helps :) 

[Snickerzz]

Is running a CAT6 cable an option?  Thats my pick.  

 

USB wifi adapters are not really that strong,  I would get a pci-e wifi card with external moveable antennas such as the ASUS PCE-AC66.

nope :/

 

Our dear friend Linus has a video about this, might help you.

 

seen it but it didnt really help much 

 

 

I personally use powreline now. This reason why I do this is because someone hacked my Wi-Fi and was downloading huge amount of data lol, luckily i'm on unlimited download but was still being throttled. 

 

Anyway, I use 2 powerline, 1 upstairs for the PS3 (in another room), and one downstairs for a laptop. I personally saw a huge improvement in speed, i have no idea if the modem/router by ISP is bad but i saw a huge improvement. 

 

On wi-fi I was getting about 10Mb/s (my download is 60Mb/s), with Powerline i was getting 50Mb/s. 

 

So for me it was worth it. 

 

I would have gone for the wired route but would be too much hassle. And yes the laptop is old and wireless card is bad in there lol. 

 

But hope it helps :)

thats a huge improvement! i think im going to go with powerline :) thanks everyone

[R4STABAN]

I've almost finished running cat6 through my house. It was quite a challenge getting it from upstairs to downstairs through the wall cavity as it's about 1.5cm thick..