Powerline vs wireless

prs999 wrote:

Hi I am after some advice, I am about to buy a DUO v2 with 2x2tb drives which I will use predominantly for storage of photos etc and streaming of music. Due to the layout of my house I will be unable to do a directly wired Ethernet network. My main question is are Powerline adapters any good? I am looking at the Solwise NET-PL-500AV ones, will I have problems with them transferring properly? I would expect there to be a reasonable connection as the house is small and only wired with 1 ring main (don't ask). are these better than an N wireless router or would I be better with one of those. Any advice would be greatly appreciated Cheers

I used to run a set of four Solwise AV PL-200AV-PIGGY here quite happily. Streamed from the Duo (v1) with no problems. (Same for the media players, the sole reason I bought them was because wifi had issues, including my old n150 Linksys.)

I've tried a few over time and these are the only ones that performed well and were usable over a sustained period. (BT-Comtrend, Belkin and unbranded used previously with disappointing and fluctuating results.)

I've eventually managed to get a wired solution in place, but the Solwise were a good alternative until I could get the cables run. I still keep two on the network where the cable runs are problematic.