Effects of 2 different access points with 2 different providers in the same house?

[zombieshy_guy81]

So recently some of my family have been saying that my Netgear Powerline adapter that I use for my Ethernet is screwing up all of their wifi/internet speeds and I'm not going back to wifi as I can't play any games reliably on it, and to be quite honest i don't think the adapters are doing anything but whatever. So i'm looking to get a second internet provider for my house with its own access point just specifically for my pc and maybe a few other devices but will this affect the speeds or reliability of my internet? The person i spoke to over the phone for getting my second internet said that having 2 access points could hurt my ping in games but from what i can understand from my little experience in networking this should only hurt my wireless speeds and not my wired/ethernet speeds correct? TL;DR Will having 2 different internet providers with their own access points affect my Ethernet and WiFi Speeds on either router?

 

Also my current internet has both a 2.4GhZ band and a 5 GhZ band if that helps. feel free to ask any questions on anything i may have missed. Thanks!

[Norwegiantweaker]

4 minutes ago, zombieshy_guy81 said:

So recently some of my family have been saying that my Netgear Powerline adapter that I use for my Ethernet is screwing up all of their wifi/internet speeds and I'm not going back to wifi

disconect it for a day w/o telling them and ask if they noticed any changes. that will settle that argument rather fast. 

[Mr Technician]

7 minutes ago, zombieshy_guy81 said:

So recently some of my family have been saying that my Netgear Powerline adapter that I use for my Ethernet is screwing up all of their wifi/internet speeds and I'm not going back to wifi as I can't play any games reliably on it, and to be quite honest i don't think the adapters are doing anything but whatever. So i'm looking to get a second internet provider for my house with its own access point just specifically for my pc and maybe a few other devices but will this affect the speeds or reliability of my internet? The person i spoke to over the phone for getting my second internet said that having 2 access points could hurt my ping in games but from what i can understand from my little experience in networking this should only hurt my wireless speeds and not my wired/ethernet speeds correct? TL;DR Will having 2 different internet providers with their own access points affect my Ethernet and WiFi Speeds on either router?

 

Also my current internet has both a 2.4GhZ band and a 5 GhZ band if that helps. feel free to ask any questions on anything i may have missed. Thanks!

If you do get a second connection, set them to different wireless channels so they don't interfere (it adjusts the frequency slightly).

[Beowulff83]

21 minutes ago, zombieshy_guy81 said:

Will having 2 different internet providers with their own access points affect my Ethernet and WiFi Speeds on either router?

It will not effect an ethernet connection.

 

14 minutes ago, ThatFlashCat said:

set them to different wireless channels so they don't interfere (it adjusts the frequency slightly).

As long as they don't overlap.  You are better off having them on the same exact channel than having them overlap on the edges.  I recommend downloading a wifi analyzer tool on your phone to check to see what is the best channel with the least interference to set your wifi on. 

[Windows7ge]

I would not go so far as to pay for my own ISP connection because my family claims a simple power-line adapter is killing their internet (which by the way I'm pretty sure isn't the case). Assuming you have a half decent plan at the moment something else would have to be the culprit.

[Daniel644]

the powerline adapter wouldn't effect the speed of the wifi, now your use of internet while gaming may effect their speeds depending on what your speed provided by your ISP currently is (what speed plan do you have from the ISP currently?). I would look at faster internet before getting a second connection entirely.