Ethernet over power - How does it effect pings?

[Tesla]

Hello,

I have a quote friday for a network install. The customer want's wired as her kids are WoW obsessed.

I am unsure of the cost of my cat5e quote yet but would like to know an alternative, ethernet over power. How well does this hardware work when being used demandingly by games and such?

I have installed a few before and used Netgear products. They worked well but ping and response was not a primary priority in these installs.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[Tesla]

I would always advocate laying the proper cat5 / 6 cable.

Is this for a customer?

There are ways to route cables without the hassle of pulling thorugh wall and ripping the decor
Trunking - can get all sorts
Hollow Laminate edging
Hollow Skirting boards
Under floor boards
If there is attic space above, can be wired from above.
Some times there is space behind skirting and, under room threshold strips

Yep for a customer and thanks for the info but I am aware of ways to neatly run cables.

The customer lives in a big old victorian house but the main issue is that the house is rented so I thought offering a solution she could take with her when moving would be a good idea.

The product sounds as good as wireless, but how does it compare to proper Cat5e network?

Also, to run 2 pc's do I need 4 homeplugs or 3?

 

[Tesla]

Thanks for the info. I think I will recommend homeplug to my customer as when they move they can take it with them (they rent).

 

[Tesla]

I would like to thank you guys for your advice. The Netgear XE104's worked very well and the customer was very pleased.

I was pinging bbc.co.uk at around 24ms, my own home connection (also Virgin Media like the customer) is around 13ms (however I did install the homeplugs on a Friday evening so perhaps more traffic then anyway?).

Thank you very much.