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Hi,

I've moved to a new home and here I cannot have an ethernet cable running from the main router in the living room to my upstairs office where I have my setup. I'm in the UK.

I know there is a wireless solution to connect to the downstairs router, but ping will be high probably.

Is a solution using ethernet through the electric plug sockets fast and reliable these days? Or are there other solutions that might work best. Hoping for fastest speeds out of the pipe coming into my new home as well as low latency, given my current constraints.

As always, thanks in advance.

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Posted (edited)

House have coax for television?  If so, MoCA might be an option.  It's wired, so lag isn't usually an issue compared to just about any kind of wireless (including mesh networks).

HTH

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I have done a few setups with PowerLine Adapters and the only thing I can truly tell you is that you have to test it at your very specific outlets to get an answer.

PowerLine works better the less sophisticated your wiring is. Modern homes with 3 outlets in each corner and 3 light switches, plus electric blinds and what not else have 

a lesser chance of good experience. Older homes with less cables, connectors, switches etc. usually have a better chance of a good connection.

But again, that is very specific between the 2 outlets involved, only testing will tell it. That's my experience with a handful of installs.

I personally prefer a proper WLAN, with wired AP's and Repeaters only if cabling is not doable. That is also cheaper than a good PowerLine combo,

those reputable 1200er or 1500er etc.  aren't cheap.

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22 hours ago, C3PO said:

Is a solution using ethernet through the electric plug sockets fast and reliable these days?

If you're looking for some speed it's not the way to go.
As Bitmaster says, the more complex your electrical wiring is, the less performance you get out of it.
And in your case, going from downstairs to upstairs probably means you will cross over to another circuit in your fuse box... far from the best option.
Form the tests i ran a few years ago, loss could easily go up to 80% of your starting speed. Nothing to get happy about.

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Hi - I have come up with a solution: in fact it was part of my setup in my old home. I have the internet router downstairs, and to it have connected a Deco wireless hub system comprising three base stations - the first connected to the router.

Anyway, my broadband into my property is rated at 52Mbps down / 17Mbps up (at my old place it was 950Mbps down / 120Mbps up, but hey, don't really notice it that much).

In this new place, the second Deco connects wirelessly to the first, and this second Deco connects to my PC upstairs with an ethernet cable.

Connection is rock solid and the ping is in the range of 6ms to 8ms, which is pretty good. Everything, including DCS in MP, works flawlessly.

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Before in my old property I had my PC connected with ethernet cable to my router which was in the same room and didn't use the Deco hub(s) at all apart from phone/laptop/ipad inet access in dead spots.

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