Powerline vs wireless

prs999 wrote:

Thanks I do own the property but jointly so networking up the whole house for my network hard drive won't go down well. I am an electrician and the wiring seemed to be in a good condition when we moved in, i'll just give it a go and see, i'll have to buy both an N router or the powerline as our internet router is only G. i'll try the powerline option, in theory it should give a much better speed if all goes ok. Thanks for your help

The link speeds quoted with both technologies is much higher than the actual transfer speeds. Here's a link that will give you some indication of true powerline speeds: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/l ... erline-faq Note that you might not actually get speeds this fast.

Also, you should pick powerline adapters that have built-in line filters. Otherwise you might need to add external filters into the mix (http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/l ... ine-filter).

If the house is fairly small, Wireless N will likely outperform powerline, especially if your PCs support 5 Ghz. My suggestion is to try Wireless N first, and see if it is fast enough.