Running Home network over normal home electric power (Powered Ethernet adapter)

[sonxEr77]

I came across this and wonder if its effective. I have Billion router in my room and have lounge PC / HTPC which has Ethernet card. Would this adapter transfer better than a wireless from my room to lounge? and does it work with wireless N routers

 

[bruce_the_loon]

I came across this and wonder if its effective. I have Billion router in my room and have lounge PC / HTPC which has Ethernet card. Would this adapter transfer better than a wireless from my room to lounge? and does it work with wireless N routers

As long as you don't have noise filters in your DB, or run X-10 devices to control lights and appliances, you shouldn't have problems with this device as long as you get a 220V version. Speed-wise, it is rated for 200Mbps, while wireless-N is 300Mbps max depending on distance/walls. This device should work with the ethernet ports on the router, not the wifi, so you might be limited to 100Mbps if that's what the router has.

Pricing seems to be $90 to $140 for a pair, you should be able get someone to run a gigabit ethernet cable between the two rooms for a lot less and get better speeds with a 100% chance of it working.

 

[syntax]

I came across this and wonder if its effective. I have Billion router in my room and have lounge PC / HTPC which has Ethernet card. Would this adapter transfer better than a wireless from my room to lounge? and does it work with wireless N routers

Depending on your wireless signal...but i would say no.
Although they have some awesome cool claimed speeds, you get nowhere near that... latency is horrific, with my testing i averaged 200ms ping times or more across the home network...
I would go wireless if you can

 

[sonxEr77]

The max 4mbps down/up speed i may get from my ADSL will not have issues then over this as it will not transport less than 100Mbps... I also have Xbox in my lounge but it has the old wireless dongle which mean i won't connect with wireless-N router. But this powered adapter should help me connect to the Xbox Ethernet maybe?

 

[bruce_the_loon]

The max 4mbps down/up speed i may get from my ADSL will not have issues then over this as it will not transport less than 100Mbps... I also have Xbox in my lounge but it has the old wireless dongle which mean i won't connect with wireless-N router. But this powered adapter should help me connect to the Xbox Ethernet maybe?

Any router with wireless-N should still support the b/g standard as well just at the 11/54Mbps instead. Which model router do you have?

 

[sonxEr77]

Any router with wireless-N should still support the b/g standard as well just at the 11/54Mbps instead. Which model router do you have?

Billion 7300N

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Billion 7300N

That device support b/g. According to http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=425236, the original XBox wireless adapter that plugs into the ethernet port only support WEP, not WPA-PSK, and that would require downgrading your security on the Billion to allow it to connect. That may not be worth the risk. I'll stick by my original suggestion of getting a Cat5/6 cable in to plug the XBox directly into the LAN ports of the Billion.

 

[sonxEr77]

That device support b/g. According to http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=425236, the original XBox wireless adapter that plugs into the ethernet port only support WEP, not WPA-PSK, and that would require downgrading your security on the Billion to allow it to connect. That may not be worth the risk. I'll stick by my original suggestion of getting a Cat5/6 cable in to plug the XBox directly into the LAN ports of the Billion.

which is the reason for powered adapter. Xbox seats at the lounge and router is in my room