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Arne
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Hey guys, 

So I'm unable to have a normal ethernet cable be runned to my PC so I bought a PowerLAN kit (not a cheap'o' one) So I installed it and the internet is meh... But with my future build coming up I have a question: Should I just go for a fancy Wifi-card or drill a hole in the floor when my parents are gone?

 

And what causes my slow internet via PowerLAN via Wifi is at the moment on my laptop the fastest.

 

Hope anyone can help and otherwise thanks anyway! 

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which powerlan kit did you get?

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Hey guys, 

So I'm unable to have a normal ethernet cable be runned to my PC so I bought a PowerLAN kit (not a cheap'o' one) So I installed it and the internet is meh... But with my future build coming up I have a question: Should I just go for a fancy Wifi-card or drill a hole in the floor when my parents are gone?

 

And what causes my slow internet via PowerLAN via Wifi is at the moment on my laptop the fastest.

 

Hope anyone can help and otherwise thanks anyway! 

If you have an old house, powerline won't work that great, but if you go for something else down the road, get Ethernet

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make sure the powerlan is placed on "as clean of a line" as you can.

 

placing powerlans on power strips stacked into power strips can degrade speed a lot.

 

(i've done some rather in-depth testing on this)

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15mm drill bit mate. Gotta get the jack through...

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Hey guys, 

So I'm unable to have a normal ethernet cable be runned to my PC so I bought a PowerLAN kit (not a cheap'o' one) So I installed it and the internet is meh... But with my future build coming up I have a question: Should I just go for a fancy Wifi-card or drill a hole in the floor when my parents are gone?

 

And what causes my slow internet via PowerLAN via Wifi is at the moment on my laptop the fastest.

 

Hope anyone can help and otherwise thanks anyway! 

I used to have a DDwrt router setup as a 5ghz wireless ethernet hub, that would in my opinion work the best because powerline adapters are really bad IMO (i have one and one of them failed on me).

My i5 6500 is bad and can't even maintain 4.5ghz, and 4.4ghz causes it to slowly become unstable over weeks with a vcore of 1.395. FML

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Make sure that both ends of the powerline adaptors are plugged directly into a wall outlwt, not into any type of surge protector or power strip. Beyond that there's not much else that can be done with powerline, as it depends on the age, quality, and routing of the wires in your house.

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