TP-Link Powerline system

Equaliser123

Hi

Have a problem extending internet coverage across our house.

The router is plugged into the master socket at one end of the house. I have rigged up a 200mps TP-link powerline system connected to a Tenda 311R wireless router that enables wifi across most of the house.

I now need to get it into the garage as well as I have a new office there. I can take the TP-link and Tenda and it works perfectly. Trouble is, that then will not cover the house.

I have borrowed another TP-link plug in receiver but it doesn't seem to work when the other, original, TP-link receiver is plugged in.

Can more than one be used or would I need to get another pair? Possibly a different brand?

Any ideas gratefully received.

System

you can add them in to a system, you just need to associated them with each other, like you have to do at the start with the first pair, i.e. plug them into a double socket and press the config button...
I don't quite understand what you are doing with your description, are you taking the router and the homeplug into the garage? Are you using the router as a wireless access point rather than as a router?
is there another router in the house - sorry, maybe I just can't read

Equaliser123

the_r_sole wrote: »

you can add them in to a system, you just need to associated them with each other, like you have to do at the start with the first pair, i.e. plug them into a double socket and press the config button...
I don't quite understand what you are doing with your description, are you taking the router and the homeplug into the garage? Are you using the router as a wireless access point rather than as a router?
is there another router in the house - sorry, maybe I just can't read

Hi. thanks for that. Will give it a go.

Here's what I am trying to do.

Broadband router stays connected to the master socket.

One homeplug and Tenda router for upstairs wifi.

Plan is to have ANOTHER homeplug and Tenda for wifi in the garage.

bod1467

I'd suggest giving the 2nd Tenda a different SSID and put it on a separate wifi channel from the 1st Tenda. Whilst it might be possible to get them to work in tandem, having them separate is probably easier.

(I'm happy for others to debunk my suggestion, provided they also offer a viable alternative solution).

Fifer

I've read the OP a few times to attempt to understand the set-up. I think the router plugged into the master BT socket may not be a wifi router? A pair of TP homeplug adapters link the wired router to the wifi roter in another part of the house. I'm not sure what the OP is trying to do with the third borrowed homeplug adapter, unless the plan is to use it as a wired network point in the garage/office. If so, I think it's just a matter of associating the three Homeplug adapters on the same network.

bod1467

I'm not 100% sure, but I think at the master socket there IS a wifi router, but he needs a wifi AP at the other end of the house to give wifi coverage for the whole house - this is connected via homeplugs to the master router.

He ALSO now wants wifi in the garage ... so wants another homeplug plus another wifi AP in there.

It SHOULD just be a case of associating the homeplugs (as already advised). BUT ... is the garage electrical circuit on a separate feed/circuit from the "fusebox". And/or are there any RCD/isolators between the house and the garage? If yes then it's possible that a homeplug in the garage might not be able to "see" the other homeplugs due to the electrical filtering components in such devices.

bod1467

Actually just reread the OP and note the the existing homeplug and Tenda work fine in the garage - so ignore my previous comment about RCDs etc. Looks like just an associating issue.

Fifer

bod1467 wrote: »

I'm not 100% sure, but I think at the master socket there IS a wifi router, but he needs a wifi AP at the other end of the house to give wifi coverage for the whole house - this is connected via homeplugs to the master router.

He ALSO now wants wifi in the garage ... so wants another homeplug plus another wifi AP in there.

Three wifi access points for coverage? Is it a house or a hotel?

System

Fifer wrote: »

Three wifi access points for coverage? Is it a house or a hotel?

I have three in my 3 bed flat!
(problem is that there are two 800mm stone walls either side of the hallway)

neilwoods

How is the electrics in the shed wired up. Is it using another a spur with fuse box within the shed

bod1467

neilwoods wrote: »

How is the electrics in the shed wired up. Is it using another a spur with fuse box within the shed

I had the same thought initially. But if you read the OP again you'll see that the current homeplug/wifi AP (from the other end of the house) has been tested in the garage and works fine. So to me it's just an association issue for the new homeplug.