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Posted November 22, 2011
I’m interested if anyone here has tried to use Powerline Adaptors before? They seem to get good reviews.

Example 1:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833181158

Example 2:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=33-122-387&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=-1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=3


My desktop has a habit of dropping the wireless internet and it can’t seem to fine the high speed channel. I like having the wireless router near my TV and XBox360 so I can use a cable to connect them for Netflix and gaming.
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Posted November 22, 2011
they work though they're slower than real cat5 cable connections
Posted November 22, 2011
We use these to get a wired connection to the other end of the house (until I network it up properly) and we don't have any issues with them at all.
Posted November 22, 2011
It's highly dependent on your house and the wiring inside. If you live in something that was built fairly recently and wasn't wired by a blind electrician with only 1 thumb, you are 'probably' ok.

But say you live in New England, where homes were built in the 1800's using aluminum wiring and are strung together with twine, then you're going to get pretty crappy performance.

You 'can' get good performance out of it. But it's highly variable and not something you can predict very well ahead of time. If 2 outlets happen to be on the same circuit it's better. If they're on separate ones it may or may not be great.

A sneaky way to test is to maybe get something locally, try it out to see if you like it, then return it and buy on newegg :P
Posted November 22, 2011
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satoru: It's highly dependent on your house and the wiring inside. If you live in something that was built fairly recently and wasn't wired by a blind electrician with only 1 thumb, you are 'probably' ok.

But say you live in New England, where homes were built in the 1800's using aluminum wiring and are strung together with twine, then you're going to get pretty crappy performance.

You 'can' get good performance out of it. But it's highly variable and not something you can predict very well ahead of time. If 2 outlets happen to be on the same circuit it's better. If they're on separate ones it may or may not be great.

A sneaky way to test is to maybe get something locally, try it out to see if you like it, then return it and buy on newegg :P
Thanks,

The only issue I see is I’m moving to a town house using an adapter I guess would give the whole building internet. I might just get a new thumb drive wireless adapter for the time being.

I do like the idea of trying one out then returning it.
Posted November 22, 2011
I wouldn't worry about the security issue. Powerline adapters aren't that popular and your neighbours are highly unlikely to have one 'lying around'. The wifi is a much more common and easier vector to get in if you have weak security on that.

Another 'option' is using MOCA, which is Ethernet over Coaxial. These are much more reliable as you know where the termination points are and such. The bad thing is that these adapters are super expensive. If you have Verizon FIOS you house pretty much gets 'wired' for MOCA because of the way their set top boxes work. But like I said cost is a huge problem here.
Posted November 22, 2011
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wodmarach: they work though they're slower than real cat5 cable connections
That's probably true with decent wiring.

I tried that at my parents house and results were really, really bad. There are a few limitations which made it not work hardly at all. It would work consistently, but would be extremely slow.

Probably the biggest issue is that the power around here is quite noisy and the wiring quality is poor as well. IIRC they don't work through different circuits in the house.

I'm sure that under good conditions you're right, but if you don't have a recently wired home I think the results aren't going to be satisfactory.
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