Netgear Wireless solution

Sherm

Sherm

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Would just liek to run this option over with you guys. Just got a new house and have my main pc upstairs, but no phone connection up there. Going to be apain in the a** to get ehternet cables up there.

What do you guys think of this option?

Netgear WN311T 300Mbps Rangemax NEXT PCI Adapter - Gigabit Edition
Netgear DG834N 270Mbps Rangemax NEXT Wireless ADSL2+ Modem/Router/Switch/Firewall

Going to need the best speed that i can get foe Eve and wifes heavy shopping sprees ! Also HD content to Apple tv maybe....

Other solution would be the powerline option i guess, what would be better?

Thanks
 
Powerline is a far, far better solution than wireless. If it's in your price range then absolutely, Powerline all the way.
 
jdderbys said:
sorry but whats powerline?
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You get 2 (or more if you like) adapters and plug each one into the mains. You then have Ethernet ports on each so you use your house mains for your network.
 
Being honest the the budget is not an option, i just need the best option i can, otherwise its just going to drive me mad !

Could someone outline what i would need for a powerline setup? I guess a adsl router modem as normal, then rj45 to first powerline adapter? then an adapter in the room where you want the next network access with an rj45 to computer? I see there is a starter kit, i guess that is enough?

What kind of speed are you guys getting? Is it consistant?

thanks for the help guys :)
 
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netgear powerline is 85mbps (200 on the HD range) and, unlike wireless, is ROCK solid, i have it installed at my dads (admitedly only 11mbps) but it is as stable as the electrical wiring in your home

some sites say electrical wiring cant handle 85mbps, but then these are probably the same people that said phone lines couldn't take more than dial up net connections (yet look where copper phone lines have taken us now)

the only time its gone wrong is because dad knocked it part out of the socket so thought he'd broken it

all you need is one for the router (+ a router :p ), and one for each pc connection via powerline. jobs a goodun




ill probably move to powerline when i move house as well, a shortage of sockets is a bit of an issue atm for me though
 
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Will definetly look into this solution i think. Would like to here from people using the HD range, as this is the one that i would be interested in and a few sites reviewing the kit say that they never got anywhere near the 200 stated....
 
compare it to the speed of the wireless, factor in the inconsistency of a wireless signal and i imagine the HD powerline still retains a consistently higher rate of data transfer than wireless


i imagine more than anything its down to the distance and quality of the electrical wiring, but im no electrician...or a network expert....and nor do i own the netgear hd powerline range, so i guess i cant comment
 
"The 200 stated" would need gigabit networking installed on both machines with good cat5 or above connecting to the powerline, jumbo frames enabling on both and a hard drive that could keep up with all the above on the boxes on each end.
On a wired network with the boxes next to each other with 6 inches of crossover cable it would be a rare setup that would do full 100Mbit full duplex between the 2 :)
For your purposes I would think it fine - gone with an 85Mb kit myself as its the long link down to the router downstairs. Only 1 actual box hanging off it (but is the media box so will be getting well tested).
As above though - i'd say its always goign to spank wireless pretty hard either way.
 
I was thinking about getting the NetGear router/modem aswell with gigabit as i still have my bt homehub at the moment. Pretty sure that my mb has gb network ports,s o with some decent cables, i should be able to get some decents speeds i guess.


thanks for you replies
 
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