Power line adaptor recommendations

Robzere31 · 25 Jun 2018 at 14:20

Looking for a 3 port power line adapter to hardwire my sky Q box, TV & AV unit rather than have them on WiFi.
As the router is upstairs & AV setup downstairs I thought a powerline adapter would be the best solution.
This one appeals but is out of stock

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tp-l...ine-starter-kit-tl-pa8030p-kit-nw-164-tp.html

Anything else similar or could someone recommend a better one please.

hornetstinger · 25 Jun 2018 at 14:26

Devolo also have 3 port powerline. Buy instead of having three port powerline why not one port powerline and a network switch?

Feek · 25 Jun 2018 at 14:41

A length of CAT5 is the best solution.

bremen1874 · 25 Jun 2018 at 14:45

There's nothing to guarantee that Powerline adapters would perform any better than wireless? Is the wireless actually causing problems?

A cable + switch would be preferable for both cost and performance if you're willing to do the work.

wakadoo · 25 Jun 2018 at 14:50

i have the TPlink av1200 set, one in the house and one in the garage.

almost perfect, max out my 80mb internet, pings are good and having 2.4 and 5ghz wifi all
over the garden is great.

just one small issue, i get 113MBps from the house(router) to the garage but only a fraction of that the other way..

in the garage i have one cable to the tv one to the xbox and one to a hub.

takes longer to unbox them than it does to get them up and running.

bremen1874 · 25 Jun 2018 at 14:54

wakadoo said:
just one small issue, i get 113MBps from the house(router) to the garage but only a fraction of that the other way.

113Mbps presumably? To get 113MBps you're going to need a cable not Powerline.

Apologies for the pedantry, but the difference between bits and bytes matters in this context.

takes longer to unbox them than it does to get them up and running.

Did you pause long enough to set your own encryption keys?

wakadoo · 25 Jun 2018 at 15:07

bremen1874 said:
113Mbps presumably? To get 113MBps you're going to need a cable not Powerline.

Apologies for the pedantry, but the difference between bits and bytes matters in this context.

Did you pause long enough to set your own encryption keys?

just tried it, it actually says 113MB/s when a file transfer is from the house to the garage.

its 7MB/s the other way lol.

bremen1874 · 25 Jun 2018 at 15:14

Just over 900 Mbps over Powerline? Not in this reality!

wakadoo · 25 Jun 2018 at 15:24

bremen1874 said:
Just over 900 Mbps over Powerline? Not in this reality!

i have typed it as its displayed on the screen, i thought a capital B was bytes and a lowercase was bits, it is
showing that uppercase B so i can only post what i am seeing.

anyhow help me out a little here, is 1200Mbps = to 150MBps (my AV1200 are 1200Mbps lol)

and why only 7MB the other way, thats odd.

bremen1874 · 25 Jun 2018 at 15:32

Displayed on the screen where and under what circumstances?

1200Mbps is 150MBps.

Powerline has massive overheads that need to be taken into account. If any set Powerline adapters manages over 200Mbps in real world conditions it's a miracle.

wakadoo · 25 Jun 2018 at 15:35

when transfering a file its the speed displayed in the transfer window.