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Strongest/fastest powerline adapters?

Since my bedroom with my gaming PC is in my bedroom which is above the bottom floor where the router and the master socket is, it would be a bit inconvenient running a 50m or shorter cable down the stairs, round the couch, nailed into the carpet, tucked against the gutter of the wall and upwards into the back of the router. And yes, Wifi is very convenient but I am playing heavy multiplayer games so no questions there. So my solution are powerline adapters. Ideally a AV500 twin pack is fine for me, but are there any differences between manufacturers hardware in the adapters? My primary companies I am focusing on are devolo and TP-LINK. Soon I will probably upgrade to 1200Mbps AV2 Homeplug adapters so the adapters can handle more data around the house e.g sharing files around the network etc.

So what are your recommendations on some good, strong and reliable AV500 powerline adapters?
 
Why would you run it down the stairs?? I am planning to run the cable to the corner above the router, drill a discrete hole through the floor/ceiling and run the cable down the wall to the router - about 3 metres. Then the next time I decorate, the cable can be hidden under the corner wrap-around of the wallpaper.
 
Why would you run it down the stairs?? I am planning to run the cable to the corner above the router, drill a discrete hole through the floor/ceiling and run the cable down the wall to the router - about 3 metres. Then the next time I decorate, the cable can be hidden under the corner wrap-around of the wallpaper.[/QUOTE

Too much of a hassle, it's so much more convenient with powerlines, plus, my walls and floors would probably fall apart since it's a Victorian house.
 
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Difficult one to answer since they all tend to follow the same basic specifications and beyond their core purpose they don't seem to do anything too special. But if in doubt then stick to a well known brand and note that bigger plugs usually mean cheaper components, although otherwise I wouldn't expect a huge difference.

I think the ones I have are Devolo units, which also act as a WiFi extender, and they seem to work quite well. However in hindsight I wish I had brought some with upward or outward facing lan / ethernet ports as the ones on the bottom of these come too close to my floor and bend the cable a bit.
 
Why would you run it down the stairs?? I am planning to run the cable to the corner above the router, drill a discrete hole through the floor/ceiling and run the cable down the wall to the router - about 3 metres. Then the next time I decorate, the cable can be hidden under the corner wrap-around of the wallpaper.[/QUOTE

Too much of a hassle, it's so much more convenient with powerlines, plus, my walls and floors would probably fall apart since it's a Victorian house.

Victorian house?? Should be better built than anything put up in the last 50 years then.
 
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In fairness the actual building methods used for modern homes hasn't changed much since Victorian times. Indeed if anything today's standards mean better ventilation in the wall cavities (less damp) and greater use of fire retardant materials, so you're less likely to die in a fire with a modern home.

The problem is more with the skills side and builders who don't do the basic jobs properly, such as by using a poor mortar mix between bricks or leaving gaps in the cavity insulation boards (gaps = problems).

Also the architecture of modern mass produced homes is not as varied or interesting as the older styles, instead you often get these very dull simplistic layouts. Contrast that with some of the beautifully historic streets in older towns/cities, such as Bath, Edinburgh or London's Nightsbridge.
 
I disagree, even the bricks they use today are rubbish. We had a wall built about15 years ago, the new bricks were about 2/3rds the weight of the old ones, and a good 15% of them have blown from frost damage since then. Meanwhile the house was built in 1904 and hasnt got one blown brick in the whole structure, and shows no sign of needing re-pointing yet either.
 
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Sounds like a bad builder or a builder who picked a bad choice of brick for the job, but I wouldn't blame the entire industry for that as there are a lot of brick options around. I've got two property developers in my family, so it's a field we're all quite familiar with.

Generally if you can drop a brick, ideally one that isn't full of lots of odd holes and lumpy surfaces, from two feet and it doesn't break then they're usually OK. Also it's worth lightly striking two bricks together and if they don't break + produce more of a ringing sound then you've got a good one.

You can also drop the bricks in water for a day and weigh the dry vs wet weight to see how much water they've absorbed, but I forget what the tolerance is for that (maybe it was 15% or 20% the dry weight).

My own house is a 1920's built and most of the bricks are fine, but there are a few that have suffered after nearly 100 years of winters, weathering and damp. No reason why a normal brick can’t last for a couple of hundred years, just watch for damp problems that might weaken them.

Funnily enough most of the houses that stand today were built after WWI and so fairly soon they’ll all have reached the 100 year point of an average brick. I wonder how many may then need partial rebuilds.
 
[not convinced, but takes it under advisement] :hrmph:
 
Difficult one to answer since they all tend to follow the same basic specifications and beyond their core purpose they don't seem to do anything too special. But if in doubt then stick to a well known brand and note that bigger plugs usually mean cheaper components, although otherwise I wouldn't expect a huge difference.

I think the ones I have are Devolo units, which also act as a WiFi extender, and they seem to work quite well. However in hindsight I wish I had brought some with upward or outward facing lan / ethernet ports as the ones on the bottom of these come too close to my floor and bend the cable a bit.

Ok if my electric wiring in my house is too old (30-50 years) then I'll have to bring out the 30m ethernet cable. If I were to use the powerline adapters with 30-50 year old electric wiring then the latency would just be off the roof, I think I might just run a 30m ethernet cable anyway even if the electric wiring is fine, just because you can never be too sure on wiring since they can be EXTREMELY unstable at times. Plus, a Cat 7 30m cable won't degrade that much signal right? Plus they are a gold plated, Nylon Braid shielded cable from Vandesail. Also, is gold plated just a myth for ethernet cables? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vandesail®-...qid=1447497398&sr=8-1&keywords=cat+7+ethernet
 
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