A family member has their Virgin router in the lounge, getting around 380Mbps.
Their laptops etc get good signal throughout the house but they have 2 wired PCs and a NAS in a study, which they've used a DeVolo (1400Mbps) network-over-powerline pair to connect to the router in the lounge.
However, the powerline signal from lounge to study is poor - losing over 90% over the bandwidth and only getting around 30Mbps in the study
I've tested the powerline plugs in the same 4-way extension and they get 350+ there, so it's not a fault with the plugs just noisy mains, I guess.
I've rejected installing wireless cards in the PCs, as the NAS is old and won't support that.
They don't want to run an ethernet cable as they only moved in a year ago and have only recently had building work and decorating completed.
So... is it possible to connect the study (with 3 wired devices) to the Virgin WiFi in the lounge?
They all run into a single switch which then connects to the Powerline plug - can I just replace the Powerline plug with an Access Point or WiFi extender and connect that wirelessly to the Virgin WiFi?
Any help appreciated as I'm out of my comfort zone here!
Their laptops etc get good signal throughout the house but they have 2 wired PCs and a NAS in a study, which they've used a DeVolo (1400Mbps) network-over-powerline pair to connect to the router in the lounge.
However, the powerline signal from lounge to study is poor - losing over 90% over the bandwidth and only getting around 30Mbps in the study
I've tested the powerline plugs in the same 4-way extension and they get 350+ there, so it's not a fault with the plugs just noisy mains, I guess.
I've rejected installing wireless cards in the PCs, as the NAS is old and won't support that.
They don't want to run an ethernet cable as they only moved in a year ago and have only recently had building work and decorating completed.
So... is it possible to connect the study (with 3 wired devices) to the Virgin WiFi in the lounge?
They all run into a single switch which then connects to the Powerline plug - can I just replace the Powerline plug with an Access Point or WiFi extender and connect that wirelessly to the Virgin WiFi?
Any help appreciated as I'm out of my comfort zone here!
