do extra powerline adapters improve signal?

[Kotu]

At the moment I have 2x 500mb powerline adapters, one upstairs and one downstairs (room below) and I only get ~5-50mb between them. As these are on different floors, I am assuming the wiring means the signal actually goes half way across the house to the fuse box and then back meaning the distance is twice as far.

The question is, would adding a powerline adapter near the fusebox improve the signal? At the moment its like:

upstairs powerline<----------20M---------->downstairs powerline

instead it could be:

upstairs powerline<-----10M----->powerline at fusebox<-----10M----->downstairs powerline

so would the powerline adapter in the middle increase the speed?

 

[bremen1874]

As far as I know there isn't any standard 'mesh' support at the moment so adding an adapter as you describe won't help. You'd also need to do something to stop the adapter going to sleep if there isn't anything plugged into it.

One thing you could do is run four adapters split into two sets using the encryption options. At your central location plug in an adapter from each pair and loop them together with a network cable.

Before you do anything you should try an work out why they're under performing at the moment. What steps have you taken to isolate the problem? The distances you're talking about aren't enough to explain it on their own.

 

[Kotu]

the speed is probably to be expected, old wiring and different ring mains, they work fine if plugged in next to each other.

 

[Rozzy85]

Simply answer: No, unfortunately