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[Fassou]

Magog! lucky eyes

[Plok]

I can't even think about reforming the fiber optic.

On Monday I'll stop by Media Markt to see what they have, although I've already seen something online. The doubt I have is whether it would be better for me to have a PLC at the electrical outlet and another one at the outlet with WiFi and a plug, since I could put it in the living room in the outlet of an air conditioning unit, or put it without WiFi and put the Zyxel router as a transmitter, and if it doesn't work well, as whololon says, I'll change it and look for another solution.

But another doubt that just occurred to me regarding the use of Zyxel as a transmitter is that this router is type.11bg at 54 Mbps and yet the signal that would enter it would be.11bgn of at least 130 Mbps that couldn't come out, right?

And if the PLC were type.11ac at 5 Ghz, it would be better, since in the living room there won't be many walls to dampen the signal.

[whoololon]

As shown in the guide for creating an access point with that same router, the connection to it is made using a data cable, so you would have the maximum contracted bandwidth, obviously the data transmission capacity via WiFi from there is conditioned by the type of network it supports, 802.11g in this specific case.

The PLC model is a matter of taste and requirements, just remember that to broadcast at a frequency of 5 GHz (802.11ac) we must be sure that the rest of our devices are compatible with said environment (minimum 802.11n), and that its coverage range is less than in 2.4 GHz.

Edit: To recommend, Devolo dLAN 1200+ WiFi AC. Important to connect it directly to a wall outlet never to a power strip, even less so if it has surge protection.

[Plok]

I'll keep that in mind. I think everything that would have access via WiFi, laptops, phones, and tablets in my house, are all.11bgn. And something like that, just, I had been looking on the Internet, but not that expensive! Of course, the same thing wasn't with WiFi.11ac and 1Gb. And from what I can see, there's not much of this type to choose from and they usually don't specify the type of WiFi, so I guess if they don't specify that it's AC, it will be N.

[Mystique]

Plok, I think that if you don't want to run cables and decide to go with a PLC setup, it's better to get one with wifi and forget about the other router.

Nowadays, PLCs with wifi are very configurable, even more so than many routers.
There's also the issue of consumption, with PLC+Wifi you have a single device, and with PLC and router, the consumption of the router and the PLC together will be higher. It's not a big difference, but at the price of electricity...
And the last thing is the simplicity of installation and wiring. With the PLC with wifi, you just have to plug it into the wall and you're done. With the router, you have more size and wiring

Cons of the PLC, sometimes one of the two gets stuck and you have to unplug it for it to work again. But well, like almost everything

[whoololon]

When I mentioned that PLC with WiFi were available from 60 €, I took as a reference a TP-Link model (TP-LINK TL-WPA4220KIT) with 802.11n (2.4 to 2.4835GHz) with Ethernet 10/100, offered as a kit (one main device and one supplementary) and without female plug. Theoretical maximums 300 Mb/s in wireless mode, 500 Mb/s via Ethernet.

I repeat that I took it as a reference only for the price, not as a purchase recommendation.

[Plok]

@Mystique:

Plok, I think that if you don't want to run cables and decide to go with a PLC setup, it's better to get one with WiFi and forget about the other router.

Nowadays, PLCs with WiFi are very configurable, even more so than many routers.
There's also the matter of consumption; with PLC+WiFi you have a single device, and with PLC and router, the consumption of the router and PLC together will be higher. It's not a huge difference, but with the price of electricity...
And last is the simplicity of installation and wiring. With the PLC with WiFi, you just plug it into the wall and you're done. With the router, you have more size and wiring

Cons of the PLC, sometimes one of the two gets stuck and you have to unplug it to get it working again. But well, like almost everything

Well, all that you say to me, it reaffirms me in the idea of the PLC and you're right about the router, it's another device to consume electricity.

@whoololon:

When I mentioned that PLCs with WiFi were found starting at 60 €, I took as a reference a TP-Link model (TP-LINK TL-WPA4220KIT) with 802.11n (2.4 a 2.4835GHz) with Ethernet 10/100, offered as a kit (one main device and one supplementary) and without female outlet. Theoretical maximums 300 Mb/s in wireless mode, 500 Mb/s via Ethernet.

I repeat that I took it as a reference only for the price, not as a purchase recommendation.

Well, it's that as if you had put honey on my lips with this Devolo dLAN 1200+ WiFi AC, because no matter how much I look for a similar pair cheaper, (1Gbit, AC, with outlets and dual LAN output) I just can't see another brand, and this one is 164 €… There are others but they always lack something.

[whoololon]

Let's get specific, I think that will be best.
Being practical and realistic, in an urban environment, the only way to achieve the maximum contracted bandwidth is through the Ethernet cable, preferably in a GigaE network.
Through WiFi, we are not going to even get close to 600 Mb/s (theoretical maximum) or even 300 Mb/s., no matter how many N's it has; we would be lucky if we could get 150 Mb/s., since it will work with the MCS of the slowest device in the network and with a channel width of 20 Mhz. because of the issue with adjacent networks, as I already explained.

Getting an /ac transmitter so that it ends up working in /n compatibility is throwing money away.

Disregarding the access point issue and looking for something efficient but more hedonic, I would recommend the Devolo DLAN 500 Starter Kit, WiFi N which costs around 80 € with VAT.

[Plok]

Well, folks, the die has been cast.

This morning I stopped by Media Markt to see what they had, and among the ones with WiFi, I found the no-nonsense option at a better price than I expected, which was around 164 euros from Amazon. The curious thing is that Media Markt advertises this PLC on its website for 179 €

I bought a pair of DEVOLO dLAN 1200 WiFi-AC, for **140 €**uros, so I've already connected it (very easy to do in a few steps well illustrated in the manual: 1º plug in the transmitter; 2º Connect the RJ45 cable to a port on the router; 3º point the remote's WiFi-AC key; 4º Plug in the remote (in my case in a socket in the AA 30 cm from the ceiling and in the middle of the living room); 5º After 2 minutes, press the transmitter button and 6º go to the device (mobile, tablet, etc.) and where devolo-959 appears, enter the key and connect ¡¡Tatachánnn!! in the living room and with my S6 mobile, the signal is'very strong', in the kitchen'strong' and 234 Mbps.

It's curious, in front of the router, with my mobile, and selecting the router as the WiFi source, I have a'very strong' signal but it doesn't give me more than 144 Mbps. Without moving from the spot, I connect the Devolo and I have a'strong' signal at almost 9 m. and 234 Mbps. That's where you can see the crap router that these TrincaStar people have put in.

So here you have a good reference of how to extend the WiFi network without pulling cables, of course, spending the not insignificant amount of 140 €. There are cheaper devices, but I set the bar very high thanks to (Whoololon) for looking for WiFi AC, Gbit, both devices with a plug, which is very practical because I have reused the transmitter by plugging in a wireless phone charger again and in the WiFi one, an AA device.; it also has a couple of Lan sockets, which will normally be unused but could eventually be used to connect a laptop and/or a tablet and have 300 Mbps or almost.

[faliqui]

Using a 1W amplifier inside a house seems like a monstrosity to me and I don't know what medical consequences it could have to have such power between four walls...

It is more logical to extend the coverage by extending the Wifi without pulling cable, or as you mentioned, with a trio-plc (they sell TPlink ones for 100€) in which you have 1 device plugged into the router and two others in other plugs receiving the package by PLC and offering cable connection in the device itself and Wifi access.

Powerline WiFi AV500 Extender Kit composed of 3 TL-WPA4226T KIT devices - Welcome to TP-LINK

Regards

[Plok]

I was wondering what the burns were that my wife and I had...
Jokes aside, although I also asked myself when I installed it at the end of 12, I think 1W is not something to lose sleep over, it probably escapes more than that from the microwave oven.