I have an extender already, but it’s a cheap one and bandwidth sucks. Any success stories?

Edit: Thanks all for your replies!

  • TrustingZebra
    13·
    1 year ago

    YMMV with Powerline. In my experience it often has worse speeds than Wi-Fi.

    • Rescuer6394@feddit.nl
      3·
      1 year ago

      they improved quite a bit in recent years, here i can buy 500mbps powerline kit for less than 100€

      • TrustingZebra
        10·
        1 year ago

        Did you test it? Don’t blindly trust the number on the box. My distrust of Powerline is based on testing different TP-Link sets at different homes; the speed was almost always slower than Wi-Fi.

        I guess there are various factors that can affect this; I’m not an electrician but I assume that the way your home’s power grid is set up might make a difference.

        • TrustingZebra
          5·
          1 year ago

          Yep this has been my experience too. Maybe it works well in some homes, but I generally can’t recommend Powerline.