Recommend me a mains networking kit please..

[#1]

Hey gang!
As many of you know i'm not keen on wifi or the idea of it frying my little lad of 7 months. Now having recently needed to move a lot of stuff around, my computer is no longer ethernetable to the router and is currently (as a last resort) using wifi on a temporary basis.
I need a mains networking kit - cheap, super reliable and fast. When I say fast i mean networking speed not the recommendation or delivery.. though come to think of it maybe it should apply there too lol.
Anyway... help?!
Thanks,
7up

[#2]

Hi 7up ,,,
I got a pair of these http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/computing-accessories/networking/powerline/netgear-xavb5421-100uks-pow... which i connect the TV and sons PS4 & never had any problems .
Ok not the cheapest around but Quality is good and you dont lose a mains  socket  

[#3]

I can't fault these http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LV41PO4 work very well. I've had these since Oct 2014 and so far have served me well.

[#4]

I have several TP-Link 200Mbps adapters. Speed on those is absolutely fine for watching iPlayer on my connected TV. They are no longer available on Amazon but the newer 500Mbps are: http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-LINK-PA411KIT-Powerline-Adapter-Starter/dp/B0084Y9N3O/ref=sr_1_7?s=comput... - only £25 for a pair. There's also multi port versions (I have one of these so I can connect my TV and FreeSat box).

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Quote from: spoon

There's also multi port versions (I have one of these so I can connect my TV and FreeSat box)

1 port version - £24.98
2 port version - £24.99
Seems silly not to get the 2 port version really (Unless you need the 3 port version)
Even if it's just a spare port in case you need an extra one in future.

[#6]

Just remember, they emit enough RF radiation to drown out DAB and AM radio using your household wiring as a big antenna, sooo, tinfoil hat on standby...

[#7]

No problems with radio here!

[#8]

Not for me either, I have a Pure DAB radio in the hall and it works perfectly and that's using the same mains for it's power adapter.

[#9]

So all these different homeplugs... are they interchangeable like normal network switches? EG will netgear work with TPLink?
I'm assuming there is some sort of common protocol they use just like normal network switches?

[#10]

Also bear in mind you can mix and match I have 500Mbps Solwise units working quiet happily with 200Mbps Tp Link units. I found the 500 units wouldn't work in the office at the top of the house because of our convoluted wiring but I have 500 units between the media centre and the router on the ground floor.  

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I didn't see your last post before I posted. Yes there are standards so different manufacturer's products work together 

[#12]

IMHO Devolo are the best, if you can afford them, I had some of the 200s a while back but decided to upgrade to 500s when I went onto fibre, the Devolo were too dear for me at the time so took a punt on ZyXEL, turned out to be good, had them for over 3 years now and they're still going strong. A pair of singles, one by the router and the other upstairs for the PC, and a 4 port device in the living room to feed the TV, YouView box, Bluray player.

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I started off with solwise and upgraded to tp link's (the former were 50mpbs the later 200's) no problem traversing the entire fuse box unit between circuits although the top floor only gets 11mpbs the ground floor secondary ring gets 150.
or you can just buy a longer Ethernet cable and tack it round the room /

[#14]

I did mull over a longer ethernet cable and tacking it round but the missus isn't keen on that - property owners getting all snotty about it and all that jazz - couldn't be threatening their investment could we!!!
So ethernet over mains it will have to be...

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just be careful that the ones you get are certified for multicast and iptv (there's plenty around that aren't) if you think you might like to stream films over them or view ipcam footage otherwise the connection gets all choppy and the plugs start de-syncing/ refusing to reconnect.....
I made that mistake once but fortunately I was able to send them back to amazon and billy bonus they sent out the alternative product which was delivered when the useless ones were collected which double bonus were cheaper due to a prime sale which fortunately meant I was a winner that time, although that hasn't always been the case /