Mesh v Powerline

[Andreas-Jackson]

Hello all 

I have a dilemma I live in large home with multiple rooms ie walls etc interfering with signal I have virgin media 1gbp Internet on a hub4 which is in modem mode I also have 3 x RAX20 wifi routers that I need to feed with internet to each one I have them setup at the moment with TP Link AV600 Powerline extenders but they only allow 62mbps which is very poor did try the AV1000 also but same results so I am looking to feed theses RAX20,s with some life any suggestions out there ( Virgin media did supply plume mesh pods but they are terrible had the engineers out so many times they just don't work)

any suggestions would be appreciated 

[plemans · Accepted solution]

MOCA adapters tend to work really well for a wired backhaul. 

And that'd let you use a cheaper orbi or mk nighthawk setup since you wouldn't be using the wireless backhaul. 

The dual bands are cheaper but perform the same as all but the best tribands if the dual bands are hardwired in. 

[plemans]

So powerline doesn't make that fast of speeds. 

And plume mesh pods don't work that well.

Do you have coax fed throughout the home? 

Or any chance of running ethernet? 

Because if powerline doesn't work well and the mesh wireless has issues that are related to the home and not the plume pods, then you might have a difficult situation. 

[Andreas-Jackson]

I do have Virgin cabling and tv aerial running to each of the areas how will this help I think I also have telephone cabling installed never thought to run ethernet when we done the rewire

[plemans · Accepted solution]

MOCA adapters tend to work really well for a wired backhaul. 

And that'd let you use a cheaper orbi or mk nighthawk setup since you wouldn't be using the wireless backhaul. 

The dual bands are cheaper but perform the same as all but the best tribands if the dual bands are hardwired in.