OK, so we're planning on upgrading our house to powerline. My question is whether or not powerline adapters work as a switch themselves. AKA, say I had a three port powerline adapter and I plugged more than one device in. Would I have to go all the way through the main router, or would it simply deal with it locally?
I'm asking because the main router is going to be connected to a 200mbs adapter, whereas I was thinking about getting a higher speed multi port adapter just for my room. If it does work the way I'm hoping then I'll be able to link up computers in my room with the higher speed without being bottlenecked by the router.
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
Far as I know it does not work as a switch. It's just a fancy hard network wiring.
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ALLurGroceries  Vegan Vermin Super Moderator
There are multiport powerline adapters but I do not know how they work.
The better solution would be to buy a cheap gigabit switch and use one high quality powerline adapter per location.
Quick powerline question
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by funky monk, May 7, 2012.