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Power line adapter with wifi
31-01-2021 3:28 PM
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Re: Power line adapter with wifi
31-01-2021 8:24 PM
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This topic has been moved from ADSL Broadband to Tech help.
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Re: Power line adapter with wifi
01-02-2021 10:47 AM
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How well they work mostly depends on your house wiring, and are more likely to work when transmitting the signal between sockets on the same floor, which should be on the same electrical circuit.
I used them to transmit the signal from upstairs to downstairs, and got intermittent short dropouts, whereas a friend has used them in a similar way in her house with no problems whatsoever (wired and Wi-fi.)
Unless you have detailed knowledge of how your house is wired I'd therefore suggest borrowing a set of homeplugs first if possible to find out whether you are likely to be successful.
Re: Power line adapter with wifi
01-02-2021 3:44 PM
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Buy them from Amazon, try them out and if you have any problems or they do not work return them within the 30 day period.
Could be screw fix have the same policy but never had any issues with Amazon returning my money within the period allowed.
A look in you fuse box should give you some idea of the circuits in your house.
Re: Power line adapter with wifi
01-02-2021 4:42 PM
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Hi @BKB
Take a look at this tp-link tl-wpa4220-kit Everything you need to know about them.
I've been using a similar TP-Link devices (TL-WPA281) for years with no issues.
Hope this helps
Dan.
Re: Power line adapter with wifi
02-02-2021 1:20 PM
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They are very much a matter of you get what you pay for, how you install them and equally important how you configure the WiFi SSIDs.
I've used Devolos for years and have found their performance excellent in comparison to Netgear and TP Link.
DO NOT plug them into extension cables.
Set WiFi SSIDs to be the same as on the router, but fix all SSID channels to (on 2.4GHz) to one of 1, 6 or 11 and ideally make them different. Thereby wifi devices will 'roam' between the SSID stations picking up the better signal, without co-channel interference.
Powerline adapters are a much better option that WiFi extenders.
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