powerline adaptor?

[myosin]

I have my cable modem and wireless router downstairs in the office. Upstairs the signal is week. I also am going to start watching unlimited netflix on my my Wii.

However, the wireless signal is weak up stairs.

These were the top rated powerline adapters on newegg.


NETGEAR XAVB101-100NAS Up to 200Mbps Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter Kit

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16833122233


That will get the netflix going. But I also want to boost my wireless signal upstairs.

What do I need a repeater? Wireless AP / Bridges?




So from the powerline adapter, I can use a cat5 cable to connect to this


D-Link DAP-1522 Xtreme N Duo Wireless Bridge/Access Point
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16833127256

This will transmit a wireless signal and I can plug the Wii into this.

Worried that I will already have a wireless router, then throw this into the mix that I will not be able to configure it.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Powerline works okay if you have newer wiring, it doesnt work for spit if your house wiring is old. You can use it to feed another AP. So your options are to run an AP off the powerline adapter, or use a repeater to grab existing signal and repeat it. If the powerline works well use it with an AP

 

[Simeon Naranjit]

You could use a powerline adapter to feed an AP, but this would drastically reduce your throughput speed. The powerline gets horrible speed especially on old wiring as the previous poster stated. Then on top of that, the AP will not do a good job because AP just suck. You should try to find a DD-WRT compatible wireless router and have it configured as a wireless repeater from your existing wifi router. There are numerous sites that show you how to do it. Plus you can boost the power on the DD-WRT router to amplify the signal more than the average router. You won't actually have to put the DD-WRT router upstairs, but just put it where it can get a decent signal from the original router and then it should push it upstairs for your devices to get a good signal. Hope this helps.

 

[funks]

DD-WRT acting as a repeater bridge FTW!

 

[Eug]

If the powerline network signal is OK (ie. good house wiring), running an access point off it should work fine.

My 802.11g AP's speed is usually maxed out on my powerline network. There's no point in putting an 802.11n AP on it though, since the real-world speed of a powerline network is slower than 802.11n.

This may pose a problem for netflix. The speed will vary depending on the quality of the signal at any given moment. Therefore, HD may not stream reliably, but SD should if everything's working fine.