Hi...please excuse my ignorance on the following, but I've literally just stumbled my way through what I know so far! I'm hoping one of you more expert people can help me out here!
First off,to understand my layout a bit better, see the pic below...
http://img105.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=400595113_house3_122_199lo.jpg
I've been slowly archiving each and every one of my BluRay's and DVD's over the last few weeks, (over to mkv files) to view on our 50inch TV in the living room via DNLA (and Homeplugs!)
As my PC is situated in a part of the house that was once an internal garage (that was converted by the previous owner into an office),I've found that the only Homeplugs that can connect - and STAY connected - are Devolo's...I'm led to believe that this is probably because the 'PC Room' is on a different ring main to the rest of the house - I'd tried Solwise and Netgear homeplugs that would initially connect...but within a few secs, drop-out...then re-connect etc etc....
It was only when I read somewhere the Devolo's were the best for crossing different ring mains that I tried them, and found that they did actually stay connected.
However....(there's always one isn't there?) Even though I'm using 200AV-Plus units, the connection between the Homeplug in the PC Room and the one next to the TV is (according to Devolo's Cockpit software) only about 80mbit/s (at best...sometimes it drops to 50mbits/s) As a result, when playing 1080P mkv's, I often suffer from a lot of 'buffering'
Therefore, to get the highest speed between the 2 points, I'd like to run some cat5e cable around the house to the TV position in the living room. The total run is 'at most' 20m, so shouldn't suffer any loss (from what I've read)
I've bought a TP-Link 5 port Gigabit switch already - and out of curiosity more than anything, I tried plugging in the Homeplug in the PC Room + the cable from my PC into it to see...(naively) - if it would make a difference - it didn't, obviously
I've tried searching locally to see if someone with networking nous can help but came up with a blank, so it's down to me by the looks...
Can someone please give me some guidance on what to do to achieve what i want?
Many thanks in advance if you can help.....
First off,to understand my layout a bit better, see the pic below...
http://img105.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=400595113_house3_122_199lo.jpg
I've been slowly archiving each and every one of my BluRay's and DVD's over the last few weeks, (over to mkv files) to view on our 50inch TV in the living room via DNLA (and Homeplugs!)
As my PC is situated in a part of the house that was once an internal garage (that was converted by the previous owner into an office),I've found that the only Homeplugs that can connect - and STAY connected - are Devolo's...I'm led to believe that this is probably because the 'PC Room' is on a different ring main to the rest of the house - I'd tried Solwise and Netgear homeplugs that would initially connect...but within a few secs, drop-out...then re-connect etc etc....
It was only when I read somewhere the Devolo's were the best for crossing different ring mains that I tried them, and found that they did actually stay connected.
However....(there's always one isn't there?) Even though I'm using 200AV-Plus units, the connection between the Homeplug in the PC Room and the one next to the TV is (according to Devolo's Cockpit software) only about 80mbit/s (at best...sometimes it drops to 50mbits/s) As a result, when playing 1080P mkv's, I often suffer from a lot of 'buffering'
Therefore, to get the highest speed between the 2 points, I'd like to run some cat5e cable around the house to the TV position in the living room. The total run is 'at most' 20m, so shouldn't suffer any loss (from what I've read)
I've bought a TP-Link 5 port Gigabit switch already - and out of curiosity more than anything, I tried plugging in the Homeplug in the PC Room + the cable from my PC into it to see...(naively) - if it would make a difference - it didn't, obviously
I've tried searching locally to see if someone with networking nous can help but came up with a blank, so it's down to me by the looks...
Can someone please give me some guidance on what to do to achieve what i want?
Many thanks in advance if you can help.....
