Solve : HomePlug Ethernet Adapters?

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Answer» I was thinking about buying a set of HomePlug Ethernet Adapters in the future, to see if I can get a wired internet connection down in our basement. The modem and router are in the home's library, and I was hoping I could buy these to get the signal to go through the power lines. I have gone online and seen how many different brands of these adapters exist. Now, the issue is with whether this will work in our home or not. The house was built in 1993. Do you think that I'll be able to use these if I have one adapter in the library connected to the router, and the other one in the basement connected to the ethernet switch? These adapters need to be connected directly to a wall outlet or an extension cord to work. Power strips are not an option here. I'd have to buy at least two more ethernet cables along with these to carry this out. If I purchase any such adapters, I'll likely get those that have a max speed of 85kbps or higher.Quote from: Ryan on September 19, 2010, 08:55:48 AM ...If I purchase any such adapters, I'll likely get those that have a max speed of 85kbps or higher. I suppose you mean 85Mbps? They're supposed to work, but I have no experience with them. They're not exactly cheap and not very popular. Better if you can pull a cable down through an interior wall.Yes, I meant 85mbps. That was a typo. I'll likely get those that have a good reputation if I have no other choice. Now, about the question about getting the cable through the wall, it would have to go down below the floor into the basement. How would we have this done? Should a hole be created to slip the cable through from the library into the wood shop in the basement, which is right below? Would a 300ft long ethernet cable be long enough or too long? What about 200ft? I am not sure about 100ft. Doing this would require the cabinet near the window to be moved, for the router is in a corner between it and the computer's cabinet, and the cable would need disconnecting temporarily. Likely, the holes would have to be created in the appropriate places. Would the wall be a better choice to create a hole in than the floor? The floor would take less time, and the location where the hole would be drilled is in a place that is not easily seen. I have not done a measurement of the length needed from the wood shop to the area of the basement where the switch is. The cable would have to go around a long way to get there due to the switch being far away from the router, and I'd be likely to make it move along the wall to keep it away from foot traffic.I don't have any architectural plans of your house and am not there to inspect it. I can't tell you the BEST way to route the cable. I would never drill holes in the floor of my house, unless it's within the wall. Any qualified electrician will have no difficulty installing what you you want. Maximum length for CAT5e cable is 100m (328ft) from active node to active node.An electrician drilling through a wall and a cat 5 cable are one of your best options, although depending on the electrician it could be expensive. For the price of some of the power line adapters, you might look at a wireless router. It would take a wireless adapter for each of your computers if they don't already have them and could be a more expensive route, but it would have better expandability. If you decide to drill through the floor yourself, DO NOT drill a hole through CARPET of any kind! An electric drill can suck up a strand of fiber from the hole to across the room in the blink of an eye and ruin the carpet. If the floor is carpeted, pull the carpet back to drill the hole. Computer Commando, I was aware that you wouldn't have any plans to our house. I would have considered that a silly thought. I was not aware that the maximum length for a Cat5e cable was 100ft. Perhaps those 300 and 200 ft cables aren't Cat5e. Quote from: rthompson80819 on September 19, 2010, 05:51:07 PM An electrician drilling through a wall and a cat 5 cable are one of your best options, although depending on the electrician it could be expensive. For the price of some of the power line adapters, you might look at a wireless router. It would take a wireless adapter for each of your computers if they don't already have them and could be a more expensive route, but it would have better expandability. If you decide to drill through the floor yourself, DO NOT drill a hole through carpet of any kind! An electric drill can suck up a strand of fiber from the hole to across the room in the blink of an eye and ruin the carpet. If the floor is carpeted, pull the carpet back to drill the hole. Well, I'm going to keep things the way they are for now. We already have a wireless network here, with a maximum speed of 54mbps, and we're using a wireless extender in the basement. I don't do drilling work myself, so that's out of the question. Since having an expert do that would be expensive, I am going to forgo thinking of asking my mother to have that done. (I'm not the owner of the house I live in. By the way, the library floor isn't carpeted, and there's no rug where the router is.) We are keeping the wireless regardless, but I might try out the power line adapter to see if a wired internet connection can be gotten in the basement. If that doesn't work, the only wired connections down there will be those I have already successfully set up for a GAMING LAN.If you were thinking that a power line adapter would get you faster speeds than your wireless router, it won't work. Your internet speed is limited by to what ever speed you get from your ISP. BTW, CC said cat 5 cables are limited to 100 meters, not 100 feet.Quote from: rthompson80819 on September 20, 2010, 02:16:04 PM If you were thinking that a power line adapter would get you faster speeds than your wireless router, it won't work. Your internet speed is limited by to what ever speed you get from your ISP. BTW, CC said cat 5 cables are limited to 100 meters, not 100 feet. In that case, I'm going to stick with the wireless connection downstairs for the internet. And yes, I must have misread what CC said in his LAST post. Since he said 100 meters, that would mean the longest ethernet cable would be around 328 feet then. (It's just an approximation. I did an online conversion from meters to feet.)

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I was thinking about buying a set of HomePlug Ethernet Adapters in the future, to see if I can get a wired internet connection down in our basement. The modem and router are in the home's library, and I was hoping I could buy these to get the signal to go through the power lines. I have gone online and seen how many different brands of these adapters exist. Now, the issue is with whether this will work in our home or not. The house was built in 1993. Do you think that I'll be able to use these if I have one adapter in the library connected to the router, and the other one in the basement connected to the ethernet switch? These adapters need to be connected directly to a wall outlet or an extension cord to work. Power strips are not an option here. I'd have to buy at least two more ethernet cables along with these to carry this out. If I purchase any such adapters, I'll likely get those that have a max speed of 85kbps or higher.Quote from: Ryan on September 19, 2010, 08:55:48 AM

...If I purchase any such adapters, I'll likely get those that have a max speed of 85kbps or higher.

I suppose you mean 85Mbps? They're supposed to work, but I have no experience with them. They're not exactly cheap and not very popular. Better if you can pull a cable down through an interior wall.Yes, I meant 85mbps. That was a typo. I'll likely get those that have a good reputation if I have no other choice. Now, about the question about getting the cable through the wall, it would have to go down below the floor into the basement. How would we have this done? Should a hole be created to slip the cable through from the library into the wood shop in the basement, which is right below? Would a 300ft long ethernet cable be long enough or too long? What about 200ft? I am not sure about 100ft. Doing this would require the cabinet near the window to be moved, for the router is in a corner between it and the computer's cabinet, and the cable would need disconnecting temporarily. Likely, the holes would have to be created in the appropriate places. Would the wall be a better choice to create a hole in than the floor? The floor would take less time, and the location where the hole would be drilled is in a place that is not easily seen. I have not done a measurement of the length needed from the wood shop to the area of the basement where the switch is. The cable would have to go around a long way to get there due to the switch being far away from the router, and I'd be likely to make it move along the wall to keep it away from foot traffic.I don't have any architectural plans of your house and am not there to inspect it. I can't tell you the BEST way to route the cable. I would never drill holes in the floor of my house, unless it's within the wall. Any qualified electrician will have no difficulty installing what you you want. Maximum length for CAT5e cable is 100m (328ft) from active node to active node.An electrician drilling through a wall and a cat 5 cable are one of your best options, although depending on the electrician it could be expensive.

For the price of some of the power line adapters, you might look at a wireless router. It would take a wireless adapter for each of your computers if they don't already have them and could be a more expensive route, but it would have better expandability.

If you decide to drill through the floor yourself, DO NOT drill a hole through CARPET of any kind! An electric drill can suck up a strand of fiber from the hole to across the room in the blink of an eye and ruin the carpet. If the floor is carpeted, pull the carpet back to drill the hole.

Computer Commando, I was aware that you wouldn't have any plans to our house. I would have considered that a silly thought. I was not aware that the maximum length for a Cat5e cable was 100ft. Perhaps those 300 and 200 ft cables aren't Cat5e.

Quote from: rthompson80819 on September 19, 2010, 05:51:07 PM

An electrician drilling through a wall and a cat 5 cable are one of your best options, although depending on the electrician it could be expensive.

For the price of some of the power line adapters, you might look at a wireless router. It would take a wireless adapter for each of your computers if they don't already have them and could be a more expensive route, but it would have better expandability.

If you decide to drill through the floor yourself, DO NOT drill a hole through carpet of any kind! An electric drill can suck up a strand of fiber from the hole to across the room in the blink of an eye and ruin the carpet. If the floor is carpeted, pull the carpet back to drill the hole.

Well, I'm going to keep things the way they are for now. We already have a wireless network here, with a maximum speed of 54mbps, and we're using a wireless extender in the basement. I don't do drilling work myself, so that's out of the question. Since having an expert do that would be expensive, I am going to forgo thinking of asking my mother to have that done. (I'm not the owner of the house I live in. By the way, the library floor isn't carpeted, and there's no rug where the router is.) We are keeping the wireless regardless, but I might try out the power line adapter to see if a wired internet connection can be gotten in the basement. If that doesn't work, the only wired connections down there will be those I have already successfully set up for a GAMING LAN.If you were thinking that a power line adapter would get you faster speeds than your wireless router, it won't work. Your internet speed is limited by to what ever speed you get from your ISP.

BTW, CC said cat 5 cables are limited to 100 meters, not 100 feet.Quote from: rthompson80819 on September 20, 2010, 02:16:04 PM

If you were thinking that a power line adapter would get you faster speeds than your wireless router, it won't work. Your internet speed is limited by to what ever speed you get from your ISP.

BTW, CC said cat 5 cables are limited to 100 meters, not 100 feet.

In that case, I'm going to stick with the wireless connection downstairs for the internet. And yes, I must have misread what CC said in his LAST post. Since he said 100 meters, that would mean the longest ethernet cable would be around 328 feet then. (It's just an approximation. I did an online conversion from meters to feet.)

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