which is better for games and downloads?
PWL, at my grandma's house I'm using this (sorry the image was horizontal on my pc)¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿
That provides both wifi correctly (not a repeater) all around the same line, and ethernet connection x2. specs of all the range (this time imgur didn't troll me)
You can clone router's wifi configuration with this hardware, you get same connectio name and pass and stable wifi all around.
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Powerline is better. its stabel and not as susceptible to interference.
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Powerline adapters are literally the same as using a direct ethernet connection, it suffers from very minimal degradation. For the love of all that is holy, avoid wifi at all costs. I'm not sure what your situation is, but network switches also work wonders if you're just limited on space for ethernet connections.
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How close are you going to be to the router? How many walls inbetween? How fast will your internet connection be?
I've had no troubles maintaining a stable 50mbps internet connection with a modest Wireless N router (WNDR3300 I got years ago for $25-30 as a refurb) across a couple of rooms. For 100mbps+ links, you're going to be going into 802.11ac territory and 5GHz has a harder time penetrating walls. Not to mention 802.11ac routers are very expensive.
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Two walls shouldn't be a problem for all but the worst of WiFi routers (2005-era D-link G router?). Not sure why everyone else here has had so many problems with WiFi. I've literally only used wireless connectivity for Internet for the past 7-8 years. If you happen to have a router around, it wouldn't hurt seeing how it works before spending money on powerline adapters. Just my $0.02.
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I didn't know what powerline was either, turns out that's what I'm using though haha. Never knew about it until fairly recently when I got foxtel and the box came with 2 powerline adapters. When I cancelled foxtel I couldn't remember if they had come with foxtel or my internet modem and they didn't mention anything about them so I kept them and never heard from them. Powerline is good though, I haven't had any issues at all with it whereas when I was using wireless it kept dropping out when I was only like a room away.
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Wifi has a decrease with distance... cables do not (not something that you can feel anyway).
do your own math.
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cables has a decrease if you are using an Ethernet cable longer than 30m. from the router that is...
and even than it shouldn't be noticeable.
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As stated by others above me, I would easily go with powerline over wifi. Powerline ftw! \m/
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im moving apartment...and i will have to use or WiFi or power line internet, so i guess i need to know from your experience and knowledge which is better for games and downloads?
and if your are using them what gear you recommend to set them up?
thanks
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