Powerline Adapters

Rexxar · 6 Feb 2014 at 11:25

Given the abysmal (10mbps) i'm getting on wifi, I'm looking to get a pair of powerline plugs, but all of the one's i have seen, have the cable coming out of the bottom, given the way the sockets are in the skirting board, the bottom of the plug would be touching the carpet before i even think about plugging a cable in...

Can anyone recommend one where the cable comes out at a different angle?

Thanks

Egon · 6 Feb 2014 at 11:33

I can't find any either. Not ideal but what about using a multi-plug adapter and plugging it in to that?

There are mixed reports however whether powerline adapters will work like this.

Spudgun · 6 Feb 2014 at 11:58

There are some Devolo homeplugs that have the connections coming out the top, such as the soon to be launched 9231

FrankJH · 6 Feb 2014 at 12:03

Egon said:
I can't find any either. Not ideal but what about using a multi-plug adapter and plugging it in to that?

There are mixed reports however whether powerline adapters will work like this.

I live in a relately old appartment block and while Powerline's worked ok (but not great) while plugged directly into the socket, I couldnt get them to work at all when plugged into an adaptor / extension.

(it may well be on a case by case basis, but imo it wouldnt be worth the risk of buying them just incase they didnt work)

Rexxar · 7 Feb 2014 at 13:10

Thanks, think i'll wait for the new devolo product

bremen1874 · 7 Feb 2014 at 14:22

In this situation I think I'd just remove the mains socket and reinstall it upside down.

Russinating · 7 Feb 2014 at 14:56

I used Powerlines for 3 years in an extension plug in a flat and it worked fine. Both the router-side and computer-side plugs were in extensions.

Besty · 7 Feb 2014 at 15:09

I used powerline for years, it was excellent and reliable.

I moved to Asus AC wireless recently and I junked my powerline adapters as I get 300mbits actual without line of sight.

ZXSpectrum · 7 Feb 2014 at 16:26

Squidger said:
Given the abysmal (10mbps) i'm getting on wifi, I'm looking to get a pair of powerline plugs, but all of the one's i have seen, have the cable coming out of the bottom, given the way the sockets are in the skirting board, the bottom of the plug would be touching the carpet before i even think about plugging a cable in...

Can anyone recommend one where the cable comes out at a different angle?

Thanks

Wouldn't the smaller type ones fit ok? TP Link, Tenda and Zyxel do smaller footprint ones.