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Powerline is a crapshoot, at least as much as Wifi. I installed several different models a few years back, for me and some friends/family, and in every case end
by ht85 9y ago
Powerline is a crapshoot, at least as much as Wifi. I installed several different models a few years back, for me and some friends/family, and in every case ended up finding another solution as they would just add another layer of unreliability.
Cheap ones suffer from the same problems as cheap routers, randomly hanging and requiring a physical plug / unplug when the room gets hot, or whatever other interferences degrade their performance over time.
Expensive ones are still not 100% reliable, and most of the time will cost more than a well done ethernet installation.
- danieldk 9y agoNever had any problems in three different houses. Two different brands (we use AVM Fritz!PowerLine now). I reliably get high bandwidth and low latency. A gave an old set of adapters to my parents in law who live in an older house (from the 1930s) and it works well for them as well. Of course, as a sibling said, it'll depend a lot on the wiring and/or other connected devices. So I guess it's best to try with a borrowed pair of adapters first.
- blackflame7000 9y agoI've had one brand that did not work at all, but netgear powerline adapters 500mbps or better have been solid for me even in heavily congested outlets.