I have so far spread my home network by using Powerline plugs, which works pretty well. The Powerline units state that they support up to 200 Mbps, however I have never experienced more than about 30 Mbps for some reason. This is holding me back from my 100 Mbps internet connection, and so I'm looking for a replacement.
I live in a building with brick and concrete walls, and have therefore stayed away from wireless solutions. What I'm wondering though, is if a couple of 802.11ac bridges would solve the problem. All I am really looking to do is provide two rooms with the full 100Mbps internet connection. One of them has the internet router, so its fine, but the other is behind a thick brick wall and a closet full of clothes and misc stuff.
The reason I don't want to go with a 802.11ac router and a 802.11ac bridge, is the price of these AP-units are quite high, about 200USD. I also have some devices that only support 802.11g/n (2.4GHz only I think) and so it would probably be unnecessary to have a 802.11ac access point anyway. This, with the fact that I don't know how much the signal will degrade on the other side of the wall, has made me skeptical of a wireless solution.
Has anyone tried a similar setup, and if so, what hardware have you used? Another thing I'm curious of is: if I did go with the 802.11ac router+bridge solution, will a multi-band router, that provides both 2.4 GHz g/n and 5GHz ac, take a performance hit over a router that provide only 5GHz ac?
I live in a building with brick and concrete walls, and have therefore stayed away from wireless solutions. What I'm wondering though, is if a couple of 802.11ac bridges would solve the problem. All I am really looking to do is provide two rooms with the full 100Mbps internet connection. One of them has the internet router, so its fine, but the other is behind a thick brick wall and a closet full of clothes and misc stuff.
The reason I don't want to go with a 802.11ac router and a 802.11ac bridge, is the price of these AP-units are quite high, about 200USD. I also have some devices that only support 802.11g/n (2.4GHz only I think) and so it would probably be unnecessary to have a 802.11ac access point anyway. This, with the fact that I don't know how much the signal will degrade on the other side of the wall, has made me skeptical of a wireless solution.
Has anyone tried a similar setup, and if so, what hardware have you used? Another thing I'm curious of is: if I did go with the 802.11ac router+bridge solution, will a multi-band router, that provides both 2.4 GHz g/n and 5GHz ac, take a performance hit over a router that provide only 5GHz ac?
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