Powerline

valerian · 23 Apr 2013 at 12:24

i assume that if you have multiple powerline adapters around the house
that only 1 needs plugging into the router or hub??

bremen1874 · 23 Apr 2013 at 13:30

Craigius · 24 Apr 2013 at 17:09

Yes thats right i believe that you will need the same brand of homeplug, for them to all work.

Stu · 26 Apr 2013 at 16:15

Craigius said:
Yes thats right i believe that you will need the same brand of homeplug, for them to all work.

You don't need the same brand, but all need to use the same powerline technology/standard and compatible versions. So long as all plugs are HomePlug AV compliant, then you will be fine.

Good info on Wikipedia.

Edward78 · 28 Apr 2013 at 17:04

I have often thought about getting some, but they are a bit much over here in the US at least.

jas72 · 29 Apr 2013 at 13:41

mine came today can't wait to get home test them out.

So fed up of low speed wireless with patchy signal.

LightraysWiFi · 29 Apr 2013 at 13:45

They need to go on the same circuit though.

bremen1874 · 29 Apr 2013 at 14:25

LightraysWiFi said:
They need to go on the same circuit though.

They don't, they just tend to work better if they are.

LightraysWiFi · 29 Apr 2013 at 14:45

bremen1874 said:
They don't, they just tend to work better if they are.

How do they talk to each other then?

bremen1874 · 29 Apr 2013 at 15:11

LightraysWiFi said:
How do they talk to each other then?

All of the circuits in a house are interconnected to some extent. General rule of thumb is that any circuits connected to the same consumer unit will be okay.

You do occasionally hear about accidental connections between different buildings, so it's always worth setting your own encryption keys rather than relying on the factory defaults.

LightraysWiFi · 29 Apr 2013 at 16:00

bremen1874 said:
All of the circuits in a house are interconnected to some extent. General rule of thumb is that any circuits connected to the same consumer unit will be okay.

You do occasionally hear about accidental connections between different buildings, so it's always worth setting your own encryption keys rather than relying on the factory defaults.

Any particular make and model you recommend?

bremen1874 · 29 Apr 2013 at 16:20

Unless there's a good special offer available for something prettier you may as well stick with TP-Link. The performance of the different adapters is very similar.

LightraysWiFi · 29 Apr 2013 at 17:59

I think I will go with TP-Link. They seem reliable and getting better

TonyM19 · 29 Apr 2013 at 19:41

Just bought a pair of TP-Links. Ridiculously easy to set up (compared to my previous experience of anything to do with networking anyway). My main PC has 31.3 Mbps reported by speedtest, and I'm getting 10.1Mbps through the powerline adaptors. Its quite an old house however and its virtually the full length of the house apart. Is that sort of performance par for the course? I bought it to stream Premier Sports through my TV and its not working out very well tbh

Craigius · 30 Apr 2013 at 13:54

Which speed TP-LINK ones did you buy mate? Im looking at upgrading mine actually.

jas72 · 30 Apr 2013 at 15:21

Ok I bought net gear ones for around 80 euro they were the AP 500's they come with their own monitoring software which seems to show 237 one way and 253 the other way not sure if this is good or not but it's completely solved my time out /lagg problems with the wifi on my PS3. Im so impressed that I'm just about to order another one to extend my wifi but this time it will be on a different ring circuit (but same consumer box) so we'll see how it goes.

jas72 · 30 Apr 2013 at 15:23

TonyM19 said:
Just bought a pair of TP-Links. Ridiculously easy to set up (compared to my previous experience of anything to do with networking anyway). My main PC has 31.3 Mbps reported by speedtest, and I'm getting 10.1Mbps through the powerline adaptors. Its quite an old house however and its virtually the full length of the house apart. Is that sort of performance par for the course? I bought it to stream Premier Sports through my TV and its not working out very well tbh

I would have thought 10M was enough to stream tv :eek:

valerian · 30 Apr 2013 at 17:08

does anyone know if the tp link starter kit has got ethernet cables included and if so how long are they?