Powerline adapter help

FlyingFish · 29 Jul 2017 at 08:35

Hi, I was wondering if someone with some knowledge could help

The father inlaw is quite ill at the mo (cancer) and my other half is going to stay with him for a bit while he starts his treatment. She will be working from their house and needs a network cable connection to do her work, which is what she does here through our Netgear powerline 1000 kit (just a pair)

Now her father has BT infinity, and it uses a pair of BT's extender flex powerline plugs, to get from the home hub to the BT tv box.

My question is, if she takes one of our Netgear PLP 1000 plugs, is it possible to pair it with the BT extender thats connected to the back of his homehub?

Speed isnt really an issue, as it doesnt need to be fast, and her fathers homehub is far away from any area to setup a working space....hence the need for a powerline extender.

He lives miles away, so its not practical to pop round back and forth trying stuff

Many Thanks
Mick

pcfarrar · 29 Jul 2017 at 09:58

Yes it should work fine as the BT extender flex are just standard AV500 plugs.

Avalon · 29 Jul 2017 at 13:25

Take two - at worst they don't pair with the BT kit and she plugs in one next to the router.

FlyingFish · 29 Jul 2017 at 13:54

Thanks for the help guys, so really it should work (google seems to give mixed results), but she is best to take both adapters just in case.

Any risk of there being a conflict across the two different powerlines using the same house electrics?

Mick

r7slayer · 29 Jul 2017 at 20:03

It's hit and miss tbh. Some powerlines just don't want to play with others and only sync with same models. Can't speak for BT but i know our talktalk ones dont sync with my Devolo powerlines.