I am now in a large house (renting a room) and the router is in the front of the house and I am in the back. Don't know if wifi will have the range and stability so I am looking at all the alternatives from running a long cable to powerline.
looks like a powerline adapter set will cost about $50
Actiontec - 500 Mbps Powerline Home Theater Network Adapter Kit - PWR511K01
has anyone use these or other powerline adapters?
how is powerlines speed? Are they more stable then wifi?
powerline cost is good i am just currious about the performance
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That depends- it fades with distance rather quickly and will not work at all if you are on a different circuit in your room than the room with the other power-line adapter.
While this doesn't usually happen in flats it may well happen in a house. -
+1 for the Actiontec.
I use 4 of their 500mbps adapters throughout my home and have had great luck with them. I am able to stream HD video from a server in my basement to an HT PC in my livingroom on the opposite end of my house with no issue at all. For refrence, I tried Monsters powerline adapters first and they were quite a bit more sporadic.
But yes, you do have to be on the same circuit for these to work...they wont jump boxes. -
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The only times I've run into a real problems with powerline are in huge houses with multiple meters/drops, or in houses with extremely old wiring.
Sometimes the powerline signal can be detected as far away as a neighbor's house, but the noise makes it unusable for communication.
will powerline work as good as wifi
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by juice4dman, Oct 9, 2012.