Powerline or just stick with Wireless N?

Firegod

Firegod

Firegod

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Hi all

Well ironically my router has died tonight, so I've dusted off the old replacement to get me by until I order a new setup. I've settled on the Billion 7800n (when it's available). However, I've been looking at network adapters and the Wireless N adapters are nearly the same as these Powerline thingys. lol.

My question is, what would you buy if you were in my position? x3 Powerline adapters (Router and x2 PC's). Or, x2 Wireless N adapters?

Now on paper, Wireless N should be better. 300Mbps vs 200Mbps. However, what happens in reality? Do the Powerline kits offer a more stable, higher, transfer?

I can pickup the Cisco (Linksys) 200Mb PLE-300 adapters for £53.60ea. Whereas the Belkin Wireless N adapter is £43ea.


Thanks for any pointers! I plan to buy real soon.

Thanks. :)
 
Also, just seen this at the bottom of the specification:-

* The HomePlug AV network data rate is up to 200Mbps. Actual throughput of the PLE300 is limited to 100Mbps by the Ethernet 10/100 specification, and will vary depending on network traffic and environmental conditions such as building wiring type and routing.

Now I take it this won't affect me if I were to buy these as the Billion 7800n has 4x Giga Ethernet ports??

Thanks.
 
I've got Powerline at the moment, brilliantly stable which is the main reason I got it over wireless G at the time which was flaky, but I'm tempted on giving N a run out if it's as stable and offers faster throughput, but I'm not convinced.
 
Deaco said:
Depends, on distances and construction of walls etc.
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Yep...that is always the case. I live in a big house and use the mains system and plugs (there are different flavours) instead of Wifi to send stuff to and from my IL2 game server. Not only that, I have it configured so that 8 players (one from Canada) can play in the game. It handles it with no problems at all.
 
I run some D-Links I got from OCUK a couple of years back - which are 200MB rated. Use them for HD and SD and they are fine.
But these would be a nice upgrade over Wireless N - if they are reasonably priced :)
 
Forgot to say - the D-links can be pretty warm, so they do need a bit of ventilation. I don't think they are alone with the problem.
 
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