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Our PC is upstairs but we have a poor wifi signal blackspot in my daughters upstairs bedroom. I purchased the above and it perfectly resolved the problem in my daughters room.
However the wifi signal is also poor in our downstairs lounge so I am thinking of buying a similar model.
Do I simply buy exactly the same model again ( seem to be out of stock) ? Or is there an updated model I should buy ?
There seems to be such a complex range I am confused.
Please could someone send me an amazon link for UK & I will immediately buy based on your advice ?
I live in a standard 2 storey house with I think standard electricity and plug sockets.
I have a broadband box upstairs & the existing powerline is connected by an ethernet cable. The powerline adapter is also upstairs in my daughters bedroom.
I would assume that with this additional new model that i plug in upstairs next to the existing powerline and connect this to the modem with a second ethernet cable.
@borischelski wrote: I would assume that with this additional new model that i plug in upstairs next to the existing powerline and connect this to the modem with a second ethernet cable.
You can add new powerline plugs to an existing network. It is an easy job.
You need to have only one powerline plug attached to your modem/router. So the one there already will feed other plugs.
If you do buy new plugs to add to an existing network, you have to remember to follow this:
This is because out of the box plugs will only talk to the other plug in the box.
In your case, the easiest thing to do is to buy another pair with the XWNB5201.You will then have a new wifi source and a spare plug that you can use for something else.
If you can't get those (remember, Amazon is not the only, and rarely the cheapest, supplier) then something like the NETGEAR PLW1000-100UKS would work.
You can mix different brands and different speeds so long as they use the AV standard. But remember that the network will operate at the speed of the slowest plugs.
You may have to work out how to configure two wifi extenders so that they don't fight with each other, but we can deal with that when you come to it.
Newer plugs like the PLW1000 have a LAN socket that does 1000 Mbps. (That's the speed that the plug talks to the device attached to the LAN socket, not the speed over the mains.) Your plugs are 100 Mbps, but for most of us that is fine. If you have Internet that is faster than 100 Mbps (lucky you), then that might be a factor to consider.
