Range extender or Powerlines?

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Hi guys,

As above, a friend is having issues with connectivity around her Victorian town house - solid walls and lots of floors etc. They've tried different routers and they've got one set of antique powerline adaptors. What I want to know is, is do you think it would be better to ditch the old powerline's and a get a wifi extender or get one of these wifi/powerline kits or what?

Her lads are the ones who would use it the most I'd imagine; smartphones/gaming/ipads etc, so I'm thinking wireless might be the best option - maybe also keeping the powerlines? They go to a dedicated office machine.

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts :)
 
I've heard of real issues with the "extender" devices, if it's for low bandwidth/Internet use then I'd use the powerline adapters to link to a new proper wireless access point.

This is future proof to some degree - if running a cable becomes feasible in the future, then the access point can be used with it.
 
Zefan said:
I've heard of real issues with the "extender" devices, if it's for low bandwidth/Internet use then I'd use the powerline adapters to link to a new proper wireless access point.

This is future proof to some degree - if running a cable becomes feasible in the future, then the access point can be used with it.
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Powerlines have issues to, ie anti surge sockets etc and also with extensions, also they are best on same electrical ring circuit, both Powerline and Wif-fi extenders have their pros and cons.


I did read a review and they found AC WiFi extenders to be faster then Powerline, see if I can dig it up.



End of the day personal preference really and a lot depends on your house/wiring/walls/location etc, so lots of unknown factors on which is best for you, personally get one that has both, more expensive but covers you in any situation.
 
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I had nothing but problems with my powerline set (new-build house so should have had the best chance) - I have been very impressed by my new Wireless AC setup - fast and good signal strength.
 
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