Powerline and Pass Through

burtons

I have fibre broadband and I want to buy a powerline and pass through kit but is it best to buy one made by netgear or tp link and will I need a 600Mbps or 1000Mbps.

DCFC79

Buy whichever 1 fits in your budget and requirements, just do your research.

arciere

Netgear is generally a better option than TP-Link, but since it's only powerline adaptors, whichever you like. Note that some units come with integrated wireless access point, others don't.
600/1000 is plenty in any case, as long as you don't have a Gigabit fibre connection. If you are on a more traditional 50 or even 100Mbps, you are fine with either.

John_Gray

arciere wrote: »

600/1000 is plenty in any case, as long as you don't have a Gigabit fibre connection. If you are on a more traditional 50 or even 100Mbps, you are fine with either.

This statement presumes that you do not want to transfer files across your LAN, from one PC to another, say. If that applies, you want the fastest transmission speed possible.
Also, like wireless data transmission, in practice you are never going to get the 'nominal' speeds with powerline/homeplugs. Divide by about 3-5 to get real-world speeds. These numbers also vary depending upon mains wiring quality and the distance between the plugs, also whether the data is travelling across ring mains..

burtons

DCFC79 wrote: »

Buy whichever 1 fits in your budget and requirements, just do your research.

I can buy the TP-Link 600Mbps for £34.99 and the Netgear 1000Mbps for £39.99 but I know nothing about them and I don't trust the reviews. I've read a few reviews saying they get better wifi using the same models I'm looking to buy but they don't have wifi built in.

Carrot007

I use this


https://smile.amazon.co.uk/TL-PA8010PKIT-Passthrough-Powerline-Configuration-Beamforming/dp/B00UTG32TQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1537432103&sr=1-3&keywords=TP-Link+TL-PA8010PKIT


Though the replacement appears cheaper so would go for that these days.


https://smile.amazon.co.uk/TL-PA8010PKIT-V2-Passthrough-Configuration-UK/dp/B0734B71N6/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1537432103&sr=1-2&keywords=TP-Link+TL-PA8010PKIT


The higher rated stuff is important on the powerline things as they use better technology and in some house's you will get a massive loss and the older kit really did not work, the speed is not the network speed you would get (the 500's were often sold with a 100 network port as you would not be getting and faster).

DoaM

Let's tackle the unasked question ... why do you think you need powerline adaptors?

arciere

John_Gray wrote: »

This statement presumes that you do not want to transfer files across your LAN, from one PC to another, say. If that applies, you want the fastest transmission speed possible.

Of course, otherwise I presume OP would have said that. If you need to transfer files you need to go Gigabit, no doubts there.

Carrot007

DoaM wrote: »

Let's tackle the unasked question ... why do you think you need powerline adaptors?

Presumably because;


a. All wifi is useless. And thowing repeaters at it is just expensive and maybe they want to game and get rid of the lag (Yes I know powerline is more laggy than wired, but nowhere near wifi).


b. No inclination to put in cable, which could be for a multitude of reasons.


That would be the standard reasons!

arciere

Carrot007 wrote: »

Presumably because;


a. All wifi is useless. And thowing repeaters at it is just expensive and maybe they want to game and get rid of the lag (Yes I know powerline is more laggy than wired, but nowhere near wifi).

Not true, it all depends on how you set up your WiFi. The problem is 'repeaters' rather than 'all WiFi'.

Carrot007

arciere wrote: »

Of course, otherwise I presume OP would have said that. If you need to transfer files you need to go Gigabit, no doubts there.

Gigabit ports really don't matter much. But internally youi do want the powerline but to use at least 1000 (or 2000) becuase you need it there because of better protocol and to actually maintain reliablility of even a 100 conenction. However does any repulable manufacturer sell without gigabit? I adds what a few pencec to the cost for them.