Reddit reviews NETGEAR PowerLINE 1000 Mbps WiFi, 802.11ac, 1 Gigabit Port - Essentials Edition (PLW1010-100NAS)

These are called "mesh networks" and Google is far from the only company that makes them. There is also the option of using powerline extenders with wifi access points on them. They have the advantage of being significantly cheaper, but require compatible house wiring.

Look to amazon, 4 stars and up!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01929V7ZG

Seems to be good, there's cheaper options.

Have you thought of using a powerline solution with ingegrated wifi? For best coverage install it in every room and configure small cell sizes (=reduced transmit power), so your devices will roam around in your house.

Example: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01929V7ZG/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494167009&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=powerline+802.11ac&dpPl=1&dpID=41p08cCBcHL&ref=plSrch

You should consider of buying an 802.11ac compatible model for best throughput and to avoid the overfilled 2,4 GHz band.

Edit: of course you could use a wired connection over powerline aswell. I don't recommend to play games over wifi. You will have air congestion which leads to lag.

Ditch the wifi repeater. That's no good for gaming. Replace it with power line network adapters. Here's one on the fancier side:

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-PowerLINE-1000-802-11ac-Gigabit/dp/B01929V7ZG

You plug in the base by the main cable modem/wifi router and attach it via Ethernet. Then you plug the other wireless hotspot in the needed area. You may have to try a few rooms if the signal is weak (houses have 2 phases of electricity, works best when the base and wifi extended are on the same phase). Lastly set the wifi repeater to have the same SSID and password, also make sure to select different and far apart channels. You can make the wifi worse if they are conflicting. For 2.4ghz use channel 3 on one and 11 on the other. For 5ghz use channel 40 or so for one and 130 for the other. Now computers will see many choices for wireless and connect to the strongest one.

In my old 1950's house (original wires) I get about 250 megabits over the powerline from one side of the house to the other (~75 feet)

No, because unifi AP is imo better hw.. You want to run DHCP server there. You want to turn of DHCP on tplink by either assign it a static ip or have it getting it from your unifi AP.

But really, if you are going with powerline solution, you probably want to look into something like this

Save a bit of space and with 5ghz radio.

You're dealing with unreliable wifi not only connecting to your extender, but also having your extender connect to your main router. I'd look into using a powerline adapter rather than a wifi range extender.

https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-PowerLINE-1000-802-11ac-Gigabit/dp/B01929V7ZG/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1540394067&sr=8-5&keywords=Powerline+Network+Adapters

This not only keeps the wifi extender capability, but also provides an ethernet port, which is what you would want.

Here's a youtube video on how powerline adapters work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQeJCa3jl8

Powerline networking might be an option. It uses the powerlines in your house to extend your network so you don't have wires running every which way. Here's an example of one of those products: Link

Here's one that also serves as a wifi extender if you need a better signal in a certain area: Link

Agreed. Something like this would probably work. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01929V7ZG/ref=psdc_1194444_t1_B009WG6K66

Project is mostly done - disappointingly simple.

We have cable internet coming in, 100mbs to a MTA modem/router. That sends out WiFi to the local room, (middle of house) but doesn't get the two far ends, the garage and master bedrooms.)

Directv is also installed, ran with coaxial everywhere. Nowadays Directv sets up a series of WiFi emitters, and each TV has a 'mini genie' box to pick up that WiFi and bring video/sound to the TV. This avoids the need for lots of cable drops, and lets you move equipment around easier.

Played with running internet through the coaxial used by Directv, played with running extra coaxial and using MoCA, running Cat6 and setting up drops, looked at Ubiquiti, looked at several other items.

Ended up with four of NETGEAR's Powerline adaptors: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01929V7ZG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Plugged the wireless one into the router and wall socket, dropped a WiFi capable powerline AP in the garage, Master bedroom, a couple on each end of the upstairs bedrooms. Deliberately didn't name them the same as the main router, but otherwise they all have the same SSID and password as each other. Go anywhere in the house, and you pretty quickly lose the signal from one but come within the range of the next. Due to the house construction there are sharp dropoffs between rooms so simply going through a door is enough to force your device to switch APs.

/shrug Cost $400 and was pretty painless. The house was built in 1965, and they're running rock solid.

I tried a few different brands, ended up liking Netgear's the best. And as they're sold in sets, I have a handful of wired adapters for any rooms or areas that need a hardline. (One room doesn't have wireless capability, but now I just pop one of these in the socket and run a ethernet cable.)

I almost wished I paid more for a pass-through plug.

I was really looking forward to setting up Ubiquity through.

you are correct in assuming how it works.

a better option for you would be to get a powerline adapter kit

Looking around at powerline ethernet adapters it looks like you can get up to gigabit speeds with them, and seeing as how I have 100mbps up and down that should be more than sufficient.

Any recommendations as far as brand or model goes? Looking at Amazon I see this one and this one have high reviews. The Netgear one is probably overkill since the expanded wifi capabilities are pointless since it's only one room over from my router.

There are many options that exeed gigabit speed. There are even packs that have an access point built in the recieving end so you can have the best of both worlds.

We're currently using this for our setup which seem to me very similar to the Nano-Stations. BUT there is no external router per se' aside from the piece with antennas that plug into the wall. Would you think it's possible for me to just buy a separate router and plug it into the "Extender" and that would help anything?

The biggest complication is that the "Extender"/plugin piece does not seem to reach to the main house as it just won't connect. I'm not sure if that's an issue with what we're using or not. The less I have to buy right now the better.

Wifi radiation patterns from monopole antennas often look like a doughnut laying flat. It could be the room you're having issues with is sitting more or less in the hole of the doughnut.
Don't get a range extender, they're absolute garbage - trying to repeat a weak or unreliable wifi signal is going to throw speed into the crapper and will probably be just as spotty.
I'd suggest an Ethernet Over Powerline kit with a wifi AP on the remote end like this one on Amazon.
It's easier than running new ethernet cables and still gives you wifi on the remote end.

Only 50 on WiFi when next to the modem is troubling.

Make sure it's not throttling WiFi. You still may want to talk to Comcast about it.

For the WiFi to your room try a Powerline Adapter - one end plugs into the modem. The other end goes in your room. Something like this:.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01929V7ZG

The other option is a bit more expensive: A Mesh Network. You can get ready made ones (Google, Netgear, TP Link) or make one yourself by connecting a couple of Wireless Access Points together.

The Mesh Network would make WiFi better everywhere in the house, as opposed to just your room.

You can use an extender. If you have TV downstairs you can use a Coax splitter and the Verizon extender that uses MoCA to get full speed and signal down there.

https://www.verizon.com/home/accessories/fios-network-extender/

You can also use a Powerline extender in order to create a wifi network in the basement. This is slower as it uses the power wiring in your house in order to create a connection, but it is a little bit cheaper than the extender.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01929V7ZG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_M7G1DbAM7MBJG

Don't listen to Coreinkb. He is being silly. There is a way to connect your modem to something that will create WiFi. It is a weird setup, but it might work.

Here it is: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01929V7ZG/ref=twister_B01CVB6252?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Edit: No guarantees the powerline adapter would work. I'm just speculating. Your best bet would be to buy a WiFi router.

The nice thing about PowerLine is that it either works really well, or it's complete garbage. As long as you don't have the type of AFCI breakers that mess with them, and if your outlets are on the same phase, they then to be rock solid. Buy them from someplace with a good return policy, plug them in, and see if they work in your environment.

I have two sets of these, so two that have built in wifi and two that are just the ethernet.

• Non-wifi 1: Connected to my router on the 1st floor
  
• Non-wifi 2: Cconnected to my wife's computer on the 2nd floor
  
• Wifi 1: In the living room, 2nd floor, ethernet port unused. Roku4 connects to this with wifi.
  
• Wifi 2: In detached garage/workshop, ethernet port unused
  
  The router and both wifi powerline adaptors are set to the same SSID and password, and laptops/phones switch between them as needed.
  
  You could get the pair I linked above, or you could skip the wifi part and just get this pair.
  
  I also had a pair of these that worked just fine. The only reason I replaced them was because I wanted to add the wifi capabilities.
  
  Remember that the default encryption is identical for every device shipped from the factory. That means anybody who owns the same device could access your network by plugging in to an outlet on the outside of your house, or in another apartment in the same building. Leave the encryption alone when you're first setting things up, but make sure that after you've got it all working and you're happy with the performance, you go back and change the encryption so that only your devices will work together.

I'm in the UK so I don't know if this works in the US, but having bought four Google Wifi pucks I think I might have been able to get a similar result from Powerline + Wifi, which is about half the price.

Okay so the short answer is, you can get ones that do both, or just ethernet. I have been looking at the original one you posted, https://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-PowerLINE-1000-802-11ac-Gigabit/dp/B01929V7ZG. This one has an ethernet port but also creates a wireless network, correct? It just doesn't state this clearly in the specs.

I know powerline is not the most recommend solution but I’ve done a few for people in your situation. I’ve used the Netgear one and it’s been rock solid for every one I’ve setup. I always make sure the both devices are in outlets on the same phase of the panel and not plugged in to a power strip.

NETGEAR PowerLINE 1000 Mbps WiFi, 802.11ac, 1 Gigabit Port - Essentials Edition (PLW1010-100NAS) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01929V7ZG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Xdk0CbJVGRP6N

Not all of them. There are some that have wifi as well.

I have a detached garage and just installed a Wired Spotlight Cam last night. My Chime Pro didn’t work for extending the Wi-Fi to the garage. I instead am using powerline adapters. Works great.

NETGEAR PowerLINE 1000 Mbps WiFi, 802.11ac, 1 Gigabit Port - Essentials Edition (PLW1010-100NAS) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01929V7ZG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_19w-BbG2AFJC7

I added a wireless repeater that plugs into a wall outlet to solve the same problem. One end plugs in near my router and connects via cat 6. The other end plugs into the dead spot and works like a champ.

something like this should work great.

The NETGEAR PowerLINE 1000 Mbps WiFi, 802.11ac, 1 Gigabit Port - Essentials Edition (PLW1010-100NAS) offers WiFi as well as Ethernet as far as I can tell. The WiFi option makes a lot more expensive.

I went to reply to your question in r/networking, only to find it deleted lol

This might be an option
NETGEAR PowerLINE 1000 Mbps WiFi, 802.11ac, 1 Gigabit Port - Essentials Edition (PLW1010-100NAS) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01929V7ZG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_N3JkzbVYNRJST

It's a powerline adapter, which aren't the most reliable things, but one unit would plug into your router and the electrical outlet, the unit with the antennas would plug into an outlet in your room. This would transmit the internet connection through the electrical wires to the unit in your room, which would transmit a wireless signal.

This question should be asked in /r/HomeNetworking not here but idgaf so...

A router can be used as an access point if you can connect them via ethernet, not wireless. That would be your best option. If you can't connect the two routers via ethernet then what you're after is called a range extender. This device will pickup your current signal and extend it. Here's one to get you started: NETGEAR N300 Wi-Fi Range Extender, Essentials Edition (EX2700)


Better than a range extender would be a powerline access point like these: 500Mbps or 1000Mbps

As a phone company worker, I would have him move that modem for the charge and then invest in some high end "plug link" home adapters. Link [powerline adapters](NETGEAR PowerLINE 1000 Mbps WiFi, 802.11ac, 1 Gigabit Port - Essentials Edition (PLW1010-100NAS) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01929V7ZG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_9CiCybR7ZZ53T)

Thanks, I think this is the route I may have to take.

Appreciate the help - do you think the model suggested above (this) would do the job?