Understanding homeplugs

enigma27 · 28 Dec 2011 at 14:54

Hi all.

Looking at moving away from my external ethernet wires that i use for distributing internet around the home and was looking at home plaugs as an alternative.

But my understanding is a shallow so can anyone advise if this will work below.

Router --> Homeplug --> Front room Socket --> Homeplug --> switch --> Devices
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| -> Dining room socket --> Homeplug --> Switch --> Devices

That would be a total of 3 homeplugs.. Does it work likes this or would each homeplug in the other rooms need a home plug connected to the router?

izzop · 28 Dec 2011 at 16:31

I might be wrong with this, but my understanding is you just need the router plugged into the first homeplug.

Orcvader · 28 Dec 2011 at 16:42

Should work if I'm looking at it right. All you need is one homeplug at the router, and another homeplug for any switches you have. So for your setup, only need three.

Ryan111 · 28 Dec 2011 at 17:46

This is how you would set it up

enigma27 · 28 Dec 2011 at 23:29

Ryan111 said:
This is how you would set it up

Thank you sir... that looks exactly how i imagined it... would that also extend to putting home plugs upstairs?

My understanding if the homeplugs are on different electricity loops its still works but at reduced speeds?

scottomus0 · 28 Dec 2011 at 23:34

do you need a switch or is that just for more than just pc?

moogle · 28 Dec 2011 at 23:36

enigma27 said:
My understanding if the homeplugs are on different electricity loops its still works but at reduced speeds?

I've got the router downstairs attached to a homeplug, 2 homeplugs on the first floor and 1 in the loft and they work fine.

200mbps homeplug and the software is showing the router connected at 172, loft pc at 192, and the other pc on first floor at 196mbps. It fluctuates but it's never dropped below 120 for the router and 160 for the loft and other pcs.

From what I've tested the homeplugs act like a switch, if I want to access a device on the homeplug not connected to the router it just routes the packets straight to it bypassing the router.

enigma27 · 28 Dec 2011 at 23:57

scottomus0 said:
do you need a switch or is that just for more than just pc?

its for more than one PC.

front room has Xbox, Wii, Skybox and HTPC.

second room has my PC and Laptop and Nas drive.