powerline adapters - make no differenece ?

TALON1973 · 24 Apr 2013 at 22:51

just wanted to make sure im correct on something .

about to go fibre but need soem powerline adapters due to me having main pc upstairs / modem downstairs

i bought TP-Link PA411KIT AV500 ( on its way )

but i noticed talk talk say its best to use there own brand .... surely that's market bs ? and anyone will do ?

bremen1874 · 24 Apr 2013 at 22:59

There aren't that many chipsets that adapters can be based on, so they're all very similar.

bledd · 25 Apr 2013 at 07:35

Go cabled if you can

joelk2 · 25 Apr 2013 at 16:20

TALON1973 said:
just wanted to make sure im correct on something .

about to go fibre but need soem powerline adapters due to me having main pc upstairs / modem downstairs

i bought TP-Link PA411KIT AV500 ( on its way )

but i noticed talk talk say its best to use there own brand .... surely that's market bs ? and anyone will do ?

i just say talk talk want your money so tell you to go with them.

it shouldnt make a difference what brand you go for (although different brands can be better than others)

I bought the same ones last weekend and they work great, i can still download at my full speed on BT FTTC. 74mbps.

glenimp617 · 25 Apr 2013 at 19:18

bledd. said:
Go cabled if you can

for home broadband connection, home plugs are fine

TheVoice · 25 Apr 2013 at 20:55

TP-Link ones are great, I've had three since December and never had a problem with them. Just plugged them all in, turned them on and they found each other without any action from me at all.

bledd · 25 Apr 2013 at 21:11

glen8 said:
for home broadband connection, home plugs are fine

Adds latency

MissChief · 25 Apr 2013 at 22:15

A few ms if you're lucky. Won't make much of a difference.

Rozzy85 · 26 Apr 2013 at 00:05

Like said, they'll be a small amount of chipsets so all the same on the inside but with a large amount of varied branding and case designs.

To most important thing is the wiring in your house and how the plugs are wired together. They'll work better on the same ring circuit for example. Going from downstairs to up will mean going through the CU and would introduce more noise from other circuits. Shouldn't make much difference though if your in a properly wired house.