Powerline Wireless.

Anyone here using powerline wireless stuff?
I want to extend to a couple of areas (garage and another room) plus add the TV in the living room.
I'm looking at this one.....

Amazon.com Netgear Powerline 1200 and Extra Outlet (PLP1200-100PAS) Computers Accessories

I could try and run another cable to the TV area, but it would be difficult given how our house is built.

Pretty sure it's not wireless

Justin said:

Pretty sure it's not wireless

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Don't be a smartass.

I'm using it for my AppleTV in my upstairs room which is too bad wireless reception from the rest of the house. Works great.

GreenGeep said:

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Ok, Nikola.

They work. You'll want to make sure they're all on the same main breaker. If you have multiple panels, you could have issues. Also, consider your traffic and the fact that they essentially act like hubs. You're not going to want a bunch of devices connected to the power line portion of the network.

I have powerline adapters, they work surprisingly well. I don't know what true max LAN speed I get, but speedtest.net maxes out my internet connection at 130mb/s.

wct097 said:

They work. You'll want to make sure they're all on the same main breaker. If you have multiple panels, you could have issues. Also, consider your traffic and the fact that they essentially act like hubs. You're not going to want a bunch of devices connected to the power line portion of the network.

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Gracias.

Depending on your wiring, you can have a situation where one outlet in a room is significantly faster than the next plug over in the same room. I've also read that some electronic devices can have a big impact on speed when running. For whatever reason, I've seen a lot of people saying when they charge their cell phone with a wall wart they notice a big slowdown.

It's also worth nothing that you REALLY want one of the newer MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) setups. It uses the 3rd wire for a second path (or is it 2 more paths?) with beamforming and it really does double the speed.

Compared to wifi, it's not just faster throughput but it's also MUCH lower ping/latency/lag time.