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Powerline or wifi extender advice
Hi All,
I currently have a PLW1000 Netgear Powerline adaptor running in the front of my house to increase my signal and performance, I still find this to be a little slow and laggy. I was cons...
Clarky75 wrote:
Some people tell me the powerline should outperform the other 2. Which one of these devices would most likely give me more performance speed wise and also signal strength?
Not sure what they are telling you. Powerline wired ethernet will be better than wifi, but if you think of the size and complication of the access point bit of the Powerline plugs they aren't likely to be as powerful as a wifi extender.
Another possibility would be to use Powerline Ethernet to deliver the internet to an extender in AP mode. In that set up you do not rely on a possibly flaky wifi-to-wifi brdge between the router and the extender.
I have Powerline wired ethernet feeding a fancy Orbi network. That delivers wifi that is significantly better than anything that the Powerline AP can provide.