Best solution for powerline adapter + power strip?
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TomTom -
Hello,
I have only one phone socket in my apartment and I want to put my computer in another room. I don't want to use WiFi because I don't want to cripple my relatively fast connection (and my girlfriend is afraid of "waves" ^^), and I don't want to run an RJ45 cable all over the apartment. So the only solution left for me is powerline adapters (CPL). But as I dig deeper, I realize it seems less straightforward than it appears.
Indeed, I learn that it's not recommended to plug a powerline adapter into a power strip, for fear of significantly reducing the bandwidth. Naturally, I will need one and even several power strips to connect my computer + screen + speakers + sometimes the external hard drive + possibly a printer + my TV which will be right next to it.
So I did some searching on the internet and found several different solutions to combine powerline adapters with a power strip:
- I found this post
http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/reseauxpersosoho/WiFi-et-CPL/solution-cpl-multiprise-sujet_12199_1.htm
which explains to plug the powerline adapter into a simple power strip and another power strip, this one equipped with EMI / RFI filters
http://www.selectronic.fr/rampe-6-prises-avec-parafoudre-et-filtre-emi-rfi.html
- here
http://www.editionspraxis.fr/conseiller-windows/a/courant-porteur-ligne-multiprise/11903/
it’s advised to use a powerline adapter block that includes an electrical socket, so we would have wall socket => powerline adapter block => power strip if I understand correctly. I suppose this is the kind of thing:
http://www.materiel.net/prise-cpl/d-link-dhp-p306av-59670.html
- and then I saw that there are "CPL compatible" power strips:
http://www.rueducommerce.fr/Peripheriques-Reseaux-wifi/Reseaux/CPL-Courant-Porteur-en-Ligne/DEVOLO/4868335-Pack-de-2-CPL-AVSmart-1537-Home-Plug-200Mbps-Multiprise-parafoudre-pour-1-de-plus.htm
Among these three solutions, which one do you think is the most reliable, the most secure, the most judicious, and the least expensive?
Knowing that I have the Freebox v6 with its own CPL or Freeplugs, I would like to know if one of these solutions is more likely to ensure good compatibility between the Freeplugs and my future powerline adapter.
Thanks in advance.
I have only one phone socket in my apartment and I want to put my computer in another room. I don't want to use WiFi because I don't want to cripple my relatively fast connection (and my girlfriend is afraid of "waves" ^^), and I don't want to run an RJ45 cable all over the apartment. So the only solution left for me is powerline adapters (CPL). But as I dig deeper, I realize it seems less straightforward than it appears.
Indeed, I learn that it's not recommended to plug a powerline adapter into a power strip, for fear of significantly reducing the bandwidth. Naturally, I will need one and even several power strips to connect my computer + screen + speakers + sometimes the external hard drive + possibly a printer + my TV which will be right next to it.
So I did some searching on the internet and found several different solutions to combine powerline adapters with a power strip:
- I found this post
http://forum.hardware.fr/hfr/reseauxpersosoho/WiFi-et-CPL/solution-cpl-multiprise-sujet_12199_1.htm
which explains to plug the powerline adapter into a simple power strip and another power strip, this one equipped with EMI / RFI filters
http://www.selectronic.fr/rampe-6-prises-avec-parafoudre-et-filtre-emi-rfi.html
- here
http://www.editionspraxis.fr/conseiller-windows/a/courant-porteur-ligne-multiprise/11903/
it’s advised to use a powerline adapter block that includes an electrical socket, so we would have wall socket => powerline adapter block => power strip if I understand correctly. I suppose this is the kind of thing:
http://www.materiel.net/prise-cpl/d-link-dhp-p306av-59670.html
- and then I saw that there are "CPL compatible" power strips:
http://www.rueducommerce.fr/Peripheriques-Reseaux-wifi/Reseaux/CPL-Courant-Porteur-en-Ligne/DEVOLO/4868335-Pack-de-2-CPL-AVSmart-1537-Home-Plug-200Mbps-Multiprise-parafoudre-pour-1-de-plus.htm
Among these three solutions, which one do you think is the most reliable, the most secure, the most judicious, and the least expensive?
Knowing that I have the Freebox v6 with its own CPL or Freeplugs, I would like to know if one of these solutions is more likely to ensure good compatibility between the Freeplugs and my future powerline adapter.
Thanks in advance.
1 answer
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1- With PLC you lose signal
2- With PLC, studies have been conducted and demonstrate that it emits more waves than a French Wi-Fi. (limited in terms of power frequency compared to US Wi-Fi). It's not complicated to understand since PLC networks necessarily emit waves (just like an electrical signal) -- these waves are emitted by the electrical current and the carrier current spreads throughout your electrical installation and thus all over the house...
Wi-Fi emits fewer waves than a mobile phone, and especially fewer than a DECT (cordless) phone, a microwave, and PLC.
The arguments you put forward are those that manufacturers use to sell...
As you can understand, I am against PLC unless there's absolutely no other choice.