Wifi powerline adapter or mesh system?

[Swiftz]

My friend is looking to extend the wifi coverage of his restaurant, the router is the TP-Link TD-W9970 which is in the office at the front and it provides good signal at the front and middle however there is no signal at the back or the function room upstairs so I'm wondering whether wifi powerline adapter (TP-Link TL-WPA4220T or devolo dLAN 500 Wi-Fi Powerline) or a mesh system (Tenda Nova MW3) will work better to extend the signal?

 

[Swiftz]

Powerline will depend on how well the wiring happens to suit them. No way to know without trying them.

For mesh it's also going to guesswork without knowing the layout and structure of the building (and there's still no way to really know without trying them).

The one solution guaranteed to work reliably is running a network cable and hanging an access point off the end.

He currently has the Tenda PH5 wifi powerline kit in the middle of the restaurant which extends the signal to the back and works however the adapter has a power saving mode which drops/slows down the connection so he is looking at getting a different brand wifi powerline adapter (TP-Link or Devolo) or a mesh system but both of us haven't used one before so don't know whether they are better than the adapter.

 

[Swiftz]

Best of both worlds and get a DECO P9 kit cheap. Wifi mesh with powerline as backbone when needed.

He doesn't want to spend more than £80 on the kit and the Deco P9 is around £170, the current Tenda PH5 wifi powerline kit he is using is £25 but the adapter goes into power saving mode which drops/slows down the connection.

Out of wifi powerline adapter and mesh system, which would work the best?

 

[Swiftz]

So you know, if you ignore the power saving issue, that Powerline adapters will work?

If so, that seems like the safest option if you can buy a set where power saving can be disabled. I installed a set of TP-Link adapters (TP-PA9020) for someone a couple of days ago and they had an option to disable power saving.

IMO you'd still be better off with a cabled option.

Yes, the Tenda PH5 wifi powerline adapters works perfectly just the power saving mode is an issue. I'm looking between the TP-Link TL-WPA4220T or Devolo dLAN 500 Wi-Fi Powerline but not sure which one is better but I know both have the option to disable power saving.

Also, he will switch to the cable option with access points later on in the year when he install some IP cameras.