Powerlines?

[Mr G]

I've just bought the devolo dLAN 500 duo Powerline Starter Kit - (500 Mbps, 2 x PLC Homeplug Adapter, 2 x LAN Ports, Compact Design, Internet Signal Booster, Ethernet Access Over Power Line, Power Save Technology.)

Is 500mbps enough for 2 PC's, online gaming mainly?

 

[Mr G]

Well has it happens I had these brand new for free, these will do as a stop gap until i can get my hands on something better surely?

Also I'm with PlusNet and get a speed from the router of 57 down and 20 up.

 

[Mr G]

Will do and I'll report back.

 

[Mr G]

They'll certainly do the job if they connect properly.

Most I've ever gotten out of a pair was around 90mbps. Your bandwidth and stability depends on your house wiring. They're usually half-duplex too, which probably doesn't make much difference but I've seen gamers discussing it over the years.

My history with them has been as follows (totally unscientific!):

Brand new re-wired maisonette with AV200 plugs - 90mbps consistently and kept their connection.
70's terrace rewired early 90's - 50mbps and needed power cycling a couple times a year
Detached house built in 1997 with AV200 plugs - at least 70mbps (didn't have faster internet or a file transfer server to test) - dropped connections every couple of months and would need a re-pairing in sockets right next to each other.
1930's semi rewired in 70's with AV200 plugs (current setup) - 60-70mbps and need power-cycling once or twice a month. Connection is stable otherwise. The plug in the extension (on it's own electrical ring) maxes out at 13mbps though...

Pretty much luck of the draw unless you know the wiring has been recently re-done and to a high standard.

House was rewired about a year ago.

 

[Mr G]

Powerline adapters are a bit hit and miss, I have tried a few different models over the years and found the TPLink AV1200 to be the most reliable in the setups I have done.

https://www.tp-link.com/uk/products/details/cat-18_TL-PA8010-KIT.html

Just going of your recommendation and other user feedback and reviews, I've decided to buy the TP-Link TL-PA9020KIT at a very nice price yesterday and upgraded all my old ethernet cables too. Will report back with my finds.

 

[Mr G]

I received these yesterday and glad to report these are as good as the wired option it replaced, can't really notice the difference apart from less wiring.