Powerline Adapters - Do they work in India?

[imgene]

Anyone here using powerline adapters successfully?

 

[reignofchaos]

I have a set. It works but is slower than WiFi. The one I have is the top of the line devolo dlan unit.

 

[imgene]

Oh great, would you recommend those to extend the network or just get another router to extend the wifi capabilities?

 

[reignofchaos]

Oh great, would you recommend those to extend the network or just get another router to extend the wifi capabilities?

Its easier to get a router and use as a repeater.

 

[canchi]

Oh great, would you recommend those to extend the network or just get another router to extend the wifi capabilities?

Well, I bought a Dlink wifi extender to do that, have reviewed it in this thread.
Cheers.

 

[reignofchaos]

What router do you use? If the router supports ddwrt or tomato, its worth flashing and trying to increase transmit power.

 

[imgene]

I have the ASUS RT-N56U, am planning to add another router to the mix so that all rooms have good signal strength when needed.

 

[Naturelover]

manniraj uses a pair and I believe he is quite satisfied. I have read somewhere that it is advantageous to have a wireless router at a height rather than keep it on a table

 

[manniraj]

manniraj uses a pair and I believe he is quite satisfied. I have read somewhere that it is advantageous to have a wireless router at a height rather than keep it on a table

Thanks Rajiv, I am using the TP-Link 500 power line adapters. Initially the connection used to be around 20% sensitivity but I realized that the existing power line cables installed were of not so great quality, hence got the Finolex cables installed direct between the 2 switch boards passing thru the MCB without any cutting in between. So I am using these switch/plugs for the powerline adapters and now I get a decent 80 to 90% sensitive and I can even play a 40gb movie over them without any stuttering on my Pi thru the Synology NAS. I think the power line adapters speed is dependent totally on the internal electrical wiring that has been done and if there is a way to replace them with straight wiring without any cuts in between, then its a great alternative to the wifi adapters especially if you are trying to play high bitrate movies over the network.

 

[nkvp]

@manniraj Which powerline adaptor plug type do you use? I tried searching on amazon but they all seem to have US plug type. https://www.amazon.in/TP-Link-TL-PA...CG/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=

 

[Deleted member 38504]

I use the tplink AV2000 powerline adapter. Works brilliantly. My main router is very far from my tv and streamer. By using the powerline adapter I get blazing fast speeds. In that place I never got wifi. If at all, it used to be slow and laggy. With the powerline, it’s super fast speeds.
Edit : And then I saw it’s a 2014 post, sorry.

 

[rsponline]

I bought this from amazon US. Using it from a month

Comtrend G.hn 1200 Mbps Powerline Ethernet Bridge Adapter 2-Unit Kit PG-9172KIT


Working very smooth. No issues so far.

@celester340 I think it is fine if you are posting on old port. May be useful for others

 

[swamytk]

Though it is old post, just for the record: I have TP-LINK TL-PA6010KIT AV600. Using it for last two years in three houses I rented. Those houses are all of 22 years old to brand new (it means all kind of wiring). Still it works fine to connect my PC with router in Living room. I haven't really measured performance since I haven't faced any bottleneck. US plug doesn't matter since it supports 230v. It is just a matter of an adaptor.

 

[srini1969]

The only problem in India is that many houses have 3 phase connection. So, the wiring for the house is split between 3 phases as 3 circuits. So, data cannot move from one circuit to other...

 

[arj]

I do use this but a 200mbps connection drops to 5 mbps

 

[Subbu68]

I do use this but a 200mbps connection drops to 5 mbps

After all that search on powerline adaptors, wi-fi extenders, second router to extend the signal settled on Google wifi mesh. 3 pucks distributed over the house and all rooms 250Mbps that is the rated speed of my connection. Had a boost to 500 Mbps for some time under an offer from the ISP and got that too in all rooms. Happy since 2019.

 

[arj]

After all that search on powerline adaptors, wi-fi extenders, second router to extend the signal settled on Google wifi mesh. 3 pucks distributed over the house and all rooms 250Mbps that is the rated speed of my connection. Had a boost to 500 Mbps for some time under an offer from the ISP and got that too in all rooms. Happy since 2019.

Yeah I also moved to a tp link deco mesh. I went for thr wifi 6+ version which internally communicated at 6 mhz and internet zips ! Also have a asus TUF for work and between them it's great. Have one dead spot where I have the powerline with above issue !