Powerline adaptor advice...please.
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Situation > 3 story house with VM router in the front room downstairs. 2 kids on floors 1 and 2 increasingly wanting internet connectivity. Daughter in 2nd floor attic has a laptop which seems "ok" connection wirelessly. Son on 1st floor has an inherited desktop I'd like to connect.
So....can anyone recommend a set up/product where the main unit is in the front room next to the router and I get two add ons with both wired and wireless connections please?
Are the TP units wireless and wired or just wired?
Any help would be appreciated.
So....can anyone recommend a set up/product where the main unit is in the front room next to the router and I get two add ons with both wired and wireless connections please?
Are the TP units wireless and wired or just wired?
Any help would be appreciated.
Never had an issue with TP Link stuff.
OP - this gives you both wired and wireless. I've been using these since March 2018 and they have been faultless. They're running across two consumer units as well, something which a lot of people suggest is not even possible. Have recommended them to many people and no-one has been disappointed.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07349P1TX/ref...
OP - this gives you both wired and wireless. I've been using these since March 2018 and they have been faultless. They're running across two consumer units as well, something which a lot of people suggest is not even possible. Have recommended them to many people and no-one has been disappointed.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07349P1TX/ref...
sgrimshaw said:
Never had an issue with TP Link stuff.
OP - this gives you both wired and wireless. I've been using these since March 2018 and they have been faultless. They're running across two consumer units as well, something which a lot of people suggest is not even possible. Have recommended them to many people and no-one has been disappointed.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07349P1TX/ref...
I was using an older version of these with no issue until recently. I only stopped when I got a Sky Q Mini box on the first floor which doubles as a repeater giving wifi in our loft.OP - this gives you both wired and wireless. I've been using these since March 2018 and they have been faultless. They're running across two consumer units as well, something which a lot of people suggest is not even possible. Have recommended them to many people and no-one has been disappointed.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07349P1TX/ref...
DocJock said:
Devolo Magic for wired and wireless.
Ditto.We have some odd interference here (not an old TV), and wifi is intermittent (sometimes 1mbps, sometimes 500mbps).
With the Magic 2 Next ones we've recently fitted (replaced ethernet only 500AV ones), they put out a strong enough signal that we don't have to use the ethernet ports at all.
All of the powerline adaptors I have encountered are a) limiting on bandwidth, b) cause wide spectrum interference. TBH avoid at all costs.
If you can then fit wired, or if not then WiFi boosted connections via an access point or WiFi plug-in boosters. For a teenage son and his probable desire for UHD video 'needs' - go for wired!
If you can then fit wired, or if not then WiFi boosted connections via an access point or WiFi plug-in boosters. For a teenage son and his probable desire for UHD video 'needs' - go for wired!
Marlin45 said:
All of the powerline adaptors I have encountered are a) limiting on bandwidth, b) cause wide spectrum interference. TBH avoid at all costs.
If you can then fit wired, or if not then WiFi boosted connections via an access point or WiFi plug-in boosters. For a teenage son and his probable desire for UHD video 'needs' - go for wired!
This was my experience as well. The network ran at half the speed and dropped out regularly. Just got a decent WiFi adapter instead (was a desktop machine with no WiFi), problem solved.If you can then fit wired, or if not then WiFi boosted connections via an access point or WiFi plug-in boosters. For a teenage son and his probable desire for UHD video 'needs' - go for wired!
TameRacingDriver said:
Marlin45 said:
All of the powerline adaptors I have encountered are a) limiting on bandwidth, b) cause wide spectrum interference. TBH avoid at all costs.
If you can then fit wired, or if not then WiFi boosted connections via an access point or WiFi plug-in boosters. For a teenage son and his probable desire for UHD video 'needs' - go for wired!
This was my experience as well. The network ran at half the speed and dropped out regularly. Just got a decent WiFi adapter instead (was a desktop machine with no WiFi), problem solved.If you can then fit wired, or if not then WiFi boosted connections via an access point or WiFi plug-in boosters. For a teenage son and his probable desire for UHD video 'needs' - go for wired!
sgrimshaw said:
Never had an issue with TP Link stuff.
Me neither, I get the same speeds at both ends of the adaptors, albeit only on a 36Mbs connection. The only thing which does make it more complicated is if the 2 "ends" are on different circuits. If so, its far more likely you will have issues and problems as the signal has to go via the circuit board, but if its one circuit and your wiring is in good condition then I've never had any problems like other people say.
If you have an old router then you can plug that in the to the powerline adapter and with some settings changes have the same Wifi username and password across the house, and also get the advantage of some ethernet ports all for free.
cobra kid said:
Situation > 3 story house with VM router in the front room downstairs. 2 kids on floors 1 and 2 increasingly wanting internet connectivity. Daughter in 2nd floor attic has a laptop which seems "ok" connection wirelessly. Son on 1st floor has an inherited desktop I'd like to connect.
So....can anyone recommend a set up/product where the main unit is in the front room next to the router and I get two add ons with both wired and wireless connections please?
Are the TP units wireless and wired or just wired?
Any help would be appreciated.
Any TV COAX going to these rooms? So....can anyone recommend a set up/product where the main unit is in the front room next to the router and I get two add ons with both wired and wireless connections please?
Are the TP units wireless and wired or just wired?
Any help would be appreciated.
Devolo has been very reliable for me as well.
I work with WiFi - I have worked with expensive Meshed wifi such as Meraki, Cisco and Mojo/Arista, but for home I took a chance with white BT Whole Home meshed Wifi.
For the money I have been seriously impressed - once setup it has just worked. I got the large white discs, one plugged into the router then you use the mobile App and it helps you find the location for the other ones. One on each floor should do the job you can always buy individual ones and add them on if required.
Obviously you need a half decent internet connection too.There are 6 of us and the internet gets battered with working from home, 4K Netflix and youtube etc - I hardly ever have to reboot it and it is very rare we see buffering. When you work in IT the last thing you want is to spend your evenings sorting out the Wifi at home.
They are regularly on offer - there is a cheaper mini version but I have never tried it. there is a black version that works with BT routers.
Avoid the Google meshed system, my bro had a nightmare with it. Google released a firmware update that stopped it working and refused to take responsibility, luckily Amazon refunded.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/BT-seamless-connection-ev...
Buy from amazon and you may get decent support if it doesn't work for you.
For the money I have been seriously impressed - once setup it has just worked. I got the large white discs, one plugged into the router then you use the mobile App and it helps you find the location for the other ones. One on each floor should do the job you can always buy individual ones and add them on if required.
Obviously you need a half decent internet connection too.There are 6 of us and the internet gets battered with working from home, 4K Netflix and youtube etc - I hardly ever have to reboot it and it is very rare we see buffering. When you work in IT the last thing you want is to spend your evenings sorting out the Wifi at home.
They are regularly on offer - there is a cheaper mini version but I have never tried it. there is a black version that works with BT routers.
Avoid the Google meshed system, my bro had a nightmare with it. Google released a firmware update that stopped it working and refused to take responsibility, luckily Amazon refunded.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/BT-seamless-connection-ev...
Buy from amazon and you may get decent support if it doesn't work for you.
Marlin45 said:
All of the powerline adaptors I have encountered are a) limiting on bandwidth, b) cause wide spectrum interference. TBH avoid at all costs.
If you can then fit wired, or if not then WiFi boosted connections via an access point or WiFi plug-in boosters. For a teenage son and his probable desire for UHD video 'needs' - go for wired!
He's 10!If you can then fit wired, or if not then WiFi boosted connections via an access point or WiFi plug-in boosters. For a teenage son and his probable desire for UHD video 'needs' - go for wired!
cobra kid said:
Marlin45 said:
All of the powerline adaptors I have encountered are a) limiting on bandwidth, b) cause wide spectrum interference. TBH avoid at all costs.
If you can then fit wired, or if not then WiFi boosted connections via an access point or WiFi plug-in boosters. For a teenage son and his probable desire for UHD video 'needs' - go for wired!
He's 10!If you can then fit wired, or if not then WiFi boosted connections via an access point or WiFi plug-in boosters. For a teenage son and his probable desire for UHD video 'needs' - go for wired!
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