powerline vs wireless internet, worth a try?

hello, it's me again!

wireless internet is convenient but sometimes quite annoying due to dropouts, dead spots and short range and other IP-related issues.

i've heard a lot of people talking about their good n bad experiences with powerline internet and it makes me quite curious. In my house, the internet is shared by 5 wireless PCs and the wireless speed is not that desirable. i would love to try out powerline units to see if i get any better internet in term of speed and signal reliability and range.

i have seen some units at fry's from trendnet, airlink101, netgear, linksys ranking from 85mbps to 200 mbps.

my question is: should i give it a try? which brand is better? i don't know if the electrical wiring in my house qualifies for this technology, but the house was built not long ago.

any suggestion or idea is very much appreciated.

thanks

 

Your wiring should be good to go for powerline ethernet. There's a basic Howthingswork.com article that basically seems to indicate that it works well, as far as it goes, but it's no great shakes in terms of speed or range of different systems (when the article was written, it only worked with Windows-based systems).

 

You could always setup access points to patch up the dead spots.

 

so i should stick with wireless connections and use access points?