New router or homeplugs?

forgotmyname

Use wires, What do you do when your gaming and someone sticks the microwave on? Makes a big difference
to my wireless speeds.

hemophobic

My current router works fine but is not wireless n, that is why I was thinking about getting another. I am going to buy some 200mbps plugs to replace my old ones as well since I can't get one to work and the other two have lose connections. I saw the plugs on hotukdeals and the 200mbps are a lot cheaper than they were.

I think wired is better for me, i agree it is more reliable.

Thanks for the help

exup

best option - wired
2nd option - wireless
3rd option if the above two are not possible or impractical - home plugs.

home plugs suffer from noise/crosstalk issues and are half duplex

BikerEd

I just upgraded all my Homeplug stuff from 85 to 200 and things run a lot smoother from the Mac to the XBOX 360 and from all the systems to the NAS box. I thought for a second about the gigabit versions but then I watched some video on YouTube which showed the interference it caused and decided to stay clear for now. Prices are really coming down on gigabit though, so worth keeping an eye on.

I bought from Solwise and got a 3-port box for the TV / Blu-ray / XBOX, a single-port passthru and then a homeplug-enabled wireless router.

Cheap is not always good. I would personally stay clear of white box specials off fleabay.

savemoney

I got a netgear 200Mbps one which has a hub so you can run 4 appliances. I currently run a xbox360slim (has wireless n), wii, blue-ray and freesat pvr I haven't had any problems with video and run iplayer on it at highest rating not quite HD but best quality iplayer give for freesat

I find it very easy to setup and no messing about with ip addresses, passwords