jsniper
Prominent Member
Ok, I'll do that at some point but there were no instructions so gotta try and wing it a bit. Assuming I get fairly solid speeds would my 'setup' idea from my previous post be of use?
I've just bought the Devolo 650+ triple starter kit. It's way better than I need; however, it should see me through my fibre upgrade this year and whatever speeds I will be able to get for years to come. It also has three Ethernet sockets on one of them, so ideal for TV, set top box and bluray all fed from one unit. It was £99, but I'm sure something half the price would have been fine for me. Your speeds are blistering though... You might want to look at the new 1200 units. Lots of info on the web as to why the speeds quoted by the manufactures can't be achieved. Oh - make sure you get them with gigabit Ethernet sockets. Many still have 100 sockets, which means that you can only get 100 max (I think that's right).
Yes, you only need two plugs. One plugs into the wall by the router. I'd suggest getting one with passthrough as then you don't lose a socket - you can plug the router into the socket on the powerline unit. Then use the Ethernet cable from the powerline to the router.
Then go to your xone (whatever that is!!) and do the same. Powerline into wall socket, zone thingy plugged into powerline passthrough socket, Ethernet cable connecting both. So now you have a wired connection from router to zone. There might be a button on each powerline which you have to press to make them recognise each other. I pressed the one on the router side, it started flashing, then I pressed the one on the equipment I was connecting (zone powerline in you case). Voila, they worked. I also downloaded software from Devolo (Cockpit) which is great as it monitors them. Oh, almost forgot, I have an old Devolo 200 unit (from work) which I put in the garage to connect to my solar panels. So I can monitor their output online. It was recognised instantly by the software and now all three work seamlessly.
I used them because my wifi on my Bluray was poor and kept dropping out whilst watching Netflix on my projector. I didn't want to drill holes through two walls to put in a proper connection.
Any questions, just ask. But it really is simple - I know bugger all about this stuff, and I did it in 1 minute. I think it's a bit more complicated if you get powerlines which double as wifi extenders though.
this is great, thanks alot!!! xone = xbox one lol. trying to be down with the kids in my shorthand typing.
I'm having fibre installed at the master socket in the lounge. I need to get internet to 3 locations, study, other side of lounge, and playroom. I would also like to boost wifi in the playroom as it's furthest away.
Can I have a homeplug by the router (with passthrough) and 2 non wifi adapters in the study and lounge and a wifi one in the playroom?
Can all of them including the wifi one have ethernet ports?
I will be using a Netgear WNR2200 router
Any advice/recommendations appreciated.
Thnk I,m going to have to sell my devolo 650+, only getting just over 100Mb/s out of them. Have virgin 152Mb so that isn't ideal, but it is also slowing down transfers to my NAS. Going to bite the bullet and hardware I think.
Seems around 100Mb/s is about what should be expected, so that's a shame. The triple Ethernet ports and passthrough was really handy.
Hey guys I have some 4 year old belkin home plugs gigabit and am finding the middle light keeps flickering yellow indicating slow speeds. I am starting to notice lag when playing games and slow internet speed upstairs
I have the one downstairs plugged in to a small extension cord but it's only very recently it's been slow (I have no option but to use the cord as it's not my house) it is connected to a EE bright box router so probably only 100mb transfer anyway
Would pas through plugs be better for me? And anyone aware of Any decent priced ones. Possibly with a wifi extender also?