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Ethernet over power

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They have probably the best recap of them and some decent relative testing methods. My advice would be to avoid the older generation 200 models and stick with the newer 500 models. Stores are getting rid of the 200 stock and for good reason their performance was not that good. Be aware 200 and 500 are must marketing numbers and dont mean anything. View it as 500 as a better design that navigates electrical circuits in a better way.

Another alternative if you have TV cable wires between rooms is to use a cable adaptor pair (very similar). Overall your on the right track at a reasonable connection plan besides drilling.

(note on charts above the netgear nano results are so much better solely based on plugging two units in the same receptacle (sender unit and receiving unit, so the results are marginally better in reality than the other strong 500 series performers).

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reply to rustydusty
Appreciate all the information, I will have to look through these reviews. Anyone purchased any of the 500's and had good luck? Like I said, this will be for an AP that doesn't need huge speeds. I'd like to think I could get 75Mb/s at a minimum out of the adapters.

I bought this zyxel PLA4205kit HomePlug AV 500 Mbps Powerline Wall-plug Adapter kit so I could connect my wife'e desktop PC to our router last spring. Works great...

»www.amazon.com/ZyXEL-PLA4205kit-···duct_top

FWIW, the only time I checked I was getting just under 30 Mbps running iperf between my wife's Win 7 desktop and a Win 7 laptop. I don't have Gigabit interfaces in the computers or our ZyXEL NBG334W router so that is probably the issue.

reply to rustydusty
Another thing to keep in mind is that you are going to have to have a switch that supports PoE as well.
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Eventually I want to do this as well. I already have a power line plug for Dish and the nice thing about Dish is that my receiver gets the connection via the power plug.

My wife has a wireless connection and with the brick house and several walls her connection can get flaky. I am thinking I may only need one other wall connector for my wife's PC and a short RJ45...
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reply to rustydusty
I got a ZyXEL PLA4201KIT. 500 protocol. After understanding the 3 states the device can be in, everything was a breeze.

bandwidth is good enough for me to watch HD Netflix (which has SD audio.) Its reliable. Next step is to put my vonage line on it and see how that works. By the way, currently I have them on separate legs of the municipal transformer. I intend to change them to the same, but as it is, Im getting more than enough bandwidth...
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reply to rustydusty
I currently have 3, and may be able to get it down to 1 if I can get the one in the ideal spot in the center of the house and up high. Prefer to use the AP's I've already purchased, if possible. I'll have to try one of the Ethernet over power adapters above and go from there.

Which APs do you have? If they support N, 150 meg or better, you will want them to connect at gigabit.

Depending on the size of your house, I would install the APs to get maximum "best" coverage. You should plan for "potential" future use. Such as additional wireless devices, like Roku's, TVs, BluRays, etc.

reply to rustydusty
I use three TL-PA210 powerline adapters, they provide ethernet connections for printers, access points and computers.
I had the adapters and devices plugged into the same outlet with no problems. I opted for the 200mbps models because I don't need the 500Mbps data rate.

reply to rustydusty
I'm lost. Why does he need a switch that supports PoE? What roll does PoE play in this?

reply to rustydusty
No idea why anyone suggested PoE either, as my access points don't use it, nor does it help the situation. I have a hard time getting cat6 to the desired location, not power. Which is why I'm opting for a ethernet over power. Not sure where the PoE came into discussion...hmm

Wayjac:

Any problems with that model so far? I've heard nothing but bad things about 200 models and everyone suggests the 500. Like I said, this is for an AP only and it's only running the 2.4 channel as I've had nothing with issues with 5. Also, could there be issues plugged the AP into one port, the adapter in the other port? There's a power outlet near where my desired location is, however the AP and adapter would need to be in the same outlet. Not sure if there could be issues there.

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These seem to have good reviews as well:

TPL401E2K

reply to rustydusty
I don't think there are any issues having other things plugged into the same outlet. There will be lots of other things on the same circuit anyway. There is a warning about plugging the adapter into a surge protector or any type of protecting power strip.

From what I understand, the 500 is a newer protocol. More fault tolerant and better performing. The 500 is supposed to be able to cross over between legs of the transformer as well, while the 200 has trouble with that. I'm not sure if that is just theory or of it works in practice. I know my 500 works across the legs, but I'm not sure if a 200 would not...
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When I say ports, I mean the electrical outlet. There's only one outlet where I need to get the AP, so it will be plugged into one port on the electrical outlet, the adapter in the other. Wasn't sure if that could cause issues or not.

At the electrical outlets I use power cord splitters