Hey /g/ How do you guys feel about ethernet powerline adapters?

my house is from the 70s (germany). i dont know if my powerline is that old too but i wouldnt be suprised.
wifi works slightly better for me than the powerline shit, even through many walls. andi only have the default router that telekom gave me

>>57476558

They're great - I find them faster and have lower latency than wireless

Latency is about on par with wireless, throughput and connection stability are far superior.

Worth it, and they work fine with shitty wiring.

>>57476558
Use a booster you fucking idiot

>>57476558
>How do you guys feel about ethernet powerline adapters?
They are absolute trash.

I've been using one for the past few months. I have some issues with it but for the most part it's much better than wireless.

Pros:
*Better Latency
*Much better connection stability

Cons:
*Fails for about 10 minutes at a random time maybe once per week or so (might just be that mine is fucked up or my wiring is bad)
*Uses up an outlet spot (can't be plugged into power strip)

>>57477149
You can plug them into a short extension cord. I haven't noticed any speed loss or latency issues.

I have 2 sets a 500Mbit and a 1Gbit pair, both by Netgear. Both fail randomly or lose speed if they heat up too much, but unplugging for 2 mins for a breather fixes it, so the other poster isn't alone in that issue.

I run mine to a switch so I get more ethernet ports and even in a 20 year old house they work just fine.

I would definitely suggest reading some reviews though.

>>57476558
There are a lot of variables on whether or not they'll work well in your situation. You're usually better off just running a cat5e cable.

>>57477453
Pretty much work fine unless you are running industrial equipment that shits out a ton of EMR or have some super fancy circuit breakers.

>>57478693
If you don't need throughput much past 50Mbps, sure.

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They're shit, but wireless is worse.

They're better than wifi but worse than directly coming from your router.

The worst part about them is definitely needing to call up your landlord or whomever to physically replug it if anything goes wrong if you don't have access to the router yourself. Speaking of replugging, makes sure you plug it into a socket that doesn't have interference because the performance is affected by the socket.

>>57476558
They're good, but you have to plug them directly into the outlet.

Plugging them into a power strip will make your connection really shitty and it will lose sync all the fucking time.