Power line Query

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KeithI wrote:

I have a Netgear Wifi Mesh extender AC1900

 

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AC1900 is not a reliable guide to model number. Many devices come with an AC tag, but it is essentially a label that Netgear, and other brands, attach to hardware to describe wifi speeds.

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KeithI wrote:

The workshop is about 40m from my house and probably 50m or so from my router.  I have a Netgear Wifi Mesh extender AC1900 that sits in my conservatory about 30m from the workshop and has a good connection to my home wifi, but I'm not convinced I'm getting a reliable connection at the workshop end. 

I can't work out how far anything is from anything else in that description, but wifi has its limits. 50 metres is pushing many systems. Maybe an Outdoor Orbi satellite would help. (They can also work on their own without an Orbi router.)

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KeithI wrote:

I have a powerline 1000 plugged into my mains and computer via a cat5 cable and I wonder whether a repeater in the workshop would be a better option.

 

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Lots of things get called "repeaters" so I don't know what this is either. Or where these Powerline devices are in that array of stuff. But Powerline also has its distance limits, especially if separate buildings have their own fuse boxes and breakers. Powerline devices don't like negotiating those.

I have used Powerline to create a connection between a router and an Orbi system.