29-08-2013, 22:38
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Powerline adapters
can you use a splitter and plug into 2 laptops?
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29-08-2013, 23:37
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Re: Powerline adapters
I'll have 2 laptops side by side. so instead of running the one cat cable to just the one, I'll run it to the both.
thanks for the link, looks the part. I could just get 4 adapters and use the extra one for the TV.
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30-08-2013, 09:00
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Re: Powerline adapters
I do just that. A Powerline is connected by ethernet to a switch/hub and I plug as many devices into the switch as I want.
Another Powerline is near the TV; ethernet into the TV and the TV is smart.
Fairly simples.
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30-08-2013, 09:52
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Re: Powerline adapters
It's been a while since I used a powerline (think it was 12Mb circa 2004) or similar, what are the more modern ones like?
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30-08-2013, 10:16
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Re: Powerline adapters
I started off on Devolo 14 megs - my son still uses them. I'm now on Devolo 200AV. They sync at 200 meg and I can get 50 meg out of them.
The 500 meg Powerlines might get you 90 meg downlink. Smallnetbuilder.com has done a useful review. http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwa...dapter-roundup
It's a shame that they haven't yet reviewed Devolo, which I believe sets the standard.
Hope that helps.
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30-08-2013, 17:46
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Re: Powerline adapters
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Originally Posted by techguyone
It's been a while since I used a powerline (think it was 12Mb circa 2004) or similar, what are the more modern ones like?
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PITA to setup but work fine after that as long as you don't touch them.......then they are a PITA to setup
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30-08-2013, 18:19
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Re: Powerline adapters
Heh Ramrod: I remember the pain to set up, though I've done a bit of research into the Devolo ones mentioned by Seph, and they seem to have solved that problem.
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30-08-2013, 19:01
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Re: Powerline adapters
Yeah - doddle to set up.
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30-08-2013, 22:08
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Re: Powerline adapters
I have TP Link, also a doddle
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23-10-2013, 12:36
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Re: Powerline adapters
One thing I found when using them in the past, is two different brands I had, both blew up when there was a storm nearby, so something to bear in mind
They either don't work, or work very poorly on surge protected strips, too.
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23-10-2013, 18:30
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Re: Powerline adapters
A question on these adaptors.
My Modem & Router are both upstairs and out Tivo box is downstairs, now I want to connect the Tivo to the router.
But when our house was rewired all electrics went to the fuse box, would a powerline adapter work in this scenario?
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23-10-2013, 18:37
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Re: Powerline adapters
would have thought you want all your electric to go to a fuse box lol
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23-10-2013, 18:46
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Re: Powerline adapters
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Originally Posted by Hom3r
A question on these adaptors.
My Modem & Router are both upstairs and out Tivo box is downstairs, now I want to connect the Tivo to the router.
But when our house was rewired all electrics went to the fuse box, would a powerline adapter work in this scenario?
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If each floor is on a different circuit and has its own circuit breaker then you wont get much speed out of them perhaps 2 or 3 Mbits. If all on one circuit breaker then you should get near the expected speed.
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23-10-2013, 19:22
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Re: Powerline adapters
I'm not sure about what arcimedes has said. It's prrolly a terminology thing - "circuit breaker".
I've been using Powerlines for years. I take BT Infinity downstairs from the router upstairs and get the same 50 meg direct to the router or downstairs via powerline.
In my house, we have an upstairs ring and a downstairs rinh, each with their own circuit breaker. If one circuit breaker trips, the Powerline link between floors is broken. It would have to be because there is no power on one floor! But there is no degradation in normal mains behaviour.
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