Electrical Circuits as a Network - Clarification


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http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/?model=TL-WPA4226KIT

 

So am I right in thinking that this just saves cables?

 

If I have a PC that I want wired upstairs, but the router is downstairs, I can just plug two of these in, one cat5 from the router into this plug, then another cat5 from the second plug upstairs to the PC upstairs and it'll be as good as running a cat5 cable from upstairs to downstairs?

 

I have the latter set up now as I bought 30m of cat5 cable years ago, but now thinking if I can grab some of these cheap then it'll be more efficient perhaps?

 

And the wireless version extends the range of the current Wi-Fi?

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Not sure I would say as good as cat5, I doubt you will get the full bandwidth you would get if running true cat5e. But some of that would depend on your nics, etc..

But yes is would for sure be better than wifi, and easier. You can put a switch on the other end and have multiple devices, or just plug in AP -- not sure if would get the ones with wifi on them. For starters location near the floor on the wall is not the best place for an AP. Nor are you getting prob the best of AP with those things, etc.

But sure they could be used to extend the wiring to where you want to put a AP..

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I have one for my TV because the WiFi signal is too weak to stream movies properly, works well for me. The wireless one creates a new WiFi signal that isn't dependent on boosting another WiFi signal so you get much better coverage.

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Efficient? Certainly not.

In some cases convenient. Certainly better than WiFi - gives your WiFi bandwidth to the devices that really need it (laptops, phones, tablets etc).

Go for a direct Cat5e connection if you possibly can. My biggest regret is not having the whole house plumbed with it when we renovated a few years ago.

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I have a TP-Link TP6030 I think its called. 3 x 1Gbps ports on it. With concrete walls between my living room and office I went this route and it works great for me. WiFi is not a problem but I wanted to cable up some items. Items are:

4K Smart TV

Xbox 360

WDTV Live Streaming

WDTV streams files from the server in my office so bandwidth was a concern. Also didn't want the traffic on WiFi so the laptop and other devices get a good chance of doing their thing too.

As for the device, I obviously don't get 1Gbps speeds from it but it's in the 200-300Mbps range which is more than my WAN (100Mbps) Netflix on the TV and other streams can get their best quality.

So yeah, there is definitely a good use case for it and as you said, it basically just replaces a long cable run around doors or up into the attic but when they work they work great.

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