Powerline adaptors

[Argenteus]

Hey Guys,

 

I live in a fairly narrow 3 story house made of concrete with the modem/router at one end, and me at the other, and its hell for wireless to penetrate. As such I've been thinking about getting some powerline adaptors (Those things you plug into a power socket, and they handle network traffic through your power circuits). I was hoping someone here had had some experience with them, and could let me know what to expect; any pitfalls I might encounter, and the alike.

 

I've been looking at the TP-link AV500 that come in a kit ( http://www.tp-link.com.au/products/details/?model=TL-WPA4220KIT ), since that comes with a wifi point, which could effectively double my wireless saturated area.

 

Thanks!

 

As a side note; I've been using window's virtual miniport adaptor, and its terrible. 

[ShadowCaptain]

They are really quite effective in my experience, I say go for it

[LemonSpice]

I have used them in the past but one thing i reccommend is having a power over adaptor as they tend to work much better with them

[MuffinTopMike]

I have a powerline adapter and it works great! Would highly recommend them, only if you get a good brand, mine is from netgear, but that TP-link one looks fine.

[MuffinTopMike]

I have a powerline adapter and it works great! Would highly recommend them, only if you get a good brand, mine is from netgear, but that TP-link one looks fine.

[ObilvionNizer]

I use them myself and have done for 2+ years now and have nothing found any problem s with them yet. You.should get them.

[Dubesta11]

 

I have a powerline adapter and it works great! Would highly recommend them, only if you get a good brand, mine is from netgear, but that TP-link one looks fine.

 

I have a powerline adapter and it works great! Would highly recommend them, only if you get a good brand, mine is from netgear, but that TP-link one looks fine.

 

2spam4me

 

 

 

Anyways OP, I have had good experience with them as long as you plug them right into the wall socket.

[LemonSpice]

Hey Guys,

 

I live in a fairly narrow 3 story house made of concrete with the modem/router at one end, and me at the other, and its hell for wireless to penetrate. As such I've been thinking about getting some powerline adaptors (Those things you plug into a power socket, and they handle network traffic through your power circuits). I was hoping someone here had had some experience with them, and could let me know what to expect; any pitfalls I might encounter, and the alike.

 

I've been looking at the TP-link AV500 that come in a kit ( http://www.tp-link.com.au/products/details/?model=TL-WPA4220KIT ), since that comes with a wifi point, which could effectively double my wireless saturated area.

 

Thanks!

 

As a side note; I've been using window's virtual miniport adaptor, and its terrible. 

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[ChaosGoW]

It must depend a lot on the quality of your power wires in your house. My experience was terrible, less than 10mbs transfer speeds between computers. I ended up using an old router as a switch and coupled together some really long cables.

[Guest]

less than 10mbs transfer speeds

Mb - megabit

mb - milibit

Mb/s - megabits per second

mbs - milibit-seconds

[ChaosGoW]

Mb - megabit

mb - milibit

Mb/s - megabits per second

mbs - milibit-seconds

sorry, 10Mb/s

[Argenteus]

Depends on your cabling quality, is it an old house?

Nah, new as of 20 years ago, and renovated 10 years ago. I'm more concerned that there might be circuit protection stuff that could interfere.

 

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I'll grab that kit, and let you know my experience.

[MuffinTopMike]

2spam4me

 

 

 

Anyways OP, I have had good experience with them as long as you plug them right into the wall socket.

Hahahaha I seriously have no idea why it did that...