Ethernet via the ring main?
 

Does this work? At present we seem to have an almost constant 30m ethernet cable strung round our house in various directions for one of my lads' X-Box.:rolleyes:

I'm sure I've read somewhere that they don't work, or can be affected by chargers?:confused:

And if they are any good, could some kind soul recommend one?:notworthy

Been using them on and off for 10 years, never had a single issue.

I too have used them for years with no issue, one thing to make sure is that they are plugged directly into the wall socket, not on a gang lead as this can affect performance.

We have two. One upstairs as the router struggles to reach the back bedroom, most likely due to wall thickness and another in workshop as. Both work without fault. Wish I found them earlier!

I used to use them for years, they worked faultless for me

I use devolo powerline adapters and quite happy with the performance. Typically they lose 1-2mbs through the mains, but they, like all others, have to be plugged into the power socket and not via an extension lead or 4 way to get the best performance.

I have 4 or 5 in my house. Some go via extension leads. Still see > 300mbps so can easily stream Blu-Rays across the network. Personally, I'd avoid pass-through plugs. Although convenient, I've had a couple that have failed after 3/4 years. Worth getting wifi extender ones.

I tried it but got intermittent disconnects of the network, which was a ball ache for gaming so gave up and now have a cable up the stairs till i put something more perminent in.

Same here, it would drop out when the boiler fired up. Ran a cable outside then used an old router to give wifi.

I've used a number of TP Link Powerline, some with and some without WAPs. They can work on extension leads but not if that lead has surge protection.

Currently use them in my place in Wales to run from the router 50m (straight line) to my holiday let, which is on a different ring main, with its own fusebox/meter.

They work well and I've not yet had a failure.

I have a Devolo plugged into a surge protected extension and it works fine.

mines a brand new house as well. well was 8 months old when i put them in

They should build all new houses with Cat 6 cable running both upstairs and downstairs to give you Ethernet points around the house, in this day and age I'm surprised that isn't standard.

There are two versions:

One is a Wifi Repeater and the other is a Home Plug from memory.

I stand to be corrected, but I think:

Wifi Repeater literarily bridges a gap and extends the range, so for example if the furthest point in your home/office is struggling for a Wfi connection, you can plug this into the mains at say the half way point between router and device, and you then connect to this device which is therefore a shorter distance.

Home plugs use the Earth within the ring main, usually offer Lan only, but I think you can also wifi if required.