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Another thumbs UP for powerline adapters. I have TP-Link AV600 / WPA4220 plugs and they are a brilliant solution for me and were set up in literally seconds. I get pretty much the same speeds through them as I do directly from the router (30-40mb... I'm not in a blessed area for broadband in the UK!). In time I would like to do more hard-wiring through the house, but for now these powerline adapters are a brilliant solution for my not-spots.

I’d like to say that the effect gravity would have on an electromagnetic wave (Wi-Fi in this case) is so small that saying that Wi-Fi range is affected by gravity is nonsense. What Alex wants to say is that Wi-Fi antennas create a sphere of coverage around them and it is better to have the antennas higher off the ground so that the coverage reaches the upper floors of the house

Hey Alex can you make a video on how to connect an Ethernet cable from downstairs to up stairs in your bedroom?

powerline adapters need to be on the same electrical group for them to work.

Got to disagree about Powerline. I have the same Powerline that Alex is using and it is flawless. Very fast and very stable. I have since added a 3rd and 4th and it now isn't as good or reliable but it is still better than WiFi. Obviously true Ethernet is far superior though. Powerline does have a use case though.

Alex, for the powerline adapter it could be that there is more than one ringmain, one for upstairs and one for downstairs

Hey Alex, power line adapters have to be on the same power circuit. So if you have one electrical circuit for the upstairs sockets, one for downstairs and often a separate for your kitchen sockets, they won’t be able to see each other if you spread them out. It’s for that reason that usually aren’t that useful 🤷🏻‍♂️

Why does this guy confuse megabytes and megabits MB Mb in every video he mentions them?

We love to see it. Appreciate your vids bro

Irresponsible to trash power line just because you can’t make it work. Nobody would argue that it is better than a direct Ethernet connection but when running a cable is not an option it can be a very satisfactory solution. It provides me with usable Internet in my garden summer house and the three ip cameras in the garden run perfectly well.

i have 4 powerline adapters and they work brilliant :)

Power line adapters only works on the same "fuse area" it stops working if the signal have to travel through the switch board.

Just what I was looking for, thanks

This has been massively helpful thank u so much alex

I love this channel . Has Very good feeling and useful .

Really love the video, brilliant work, thank you

Great tips!! Going to give these a try. Thanks!x

In new builds you will have multiple ring mains. The powerlines need to be connected to the same ring main

Awesome thanks Alex will def try this

Great video mate! Powerline adapters seem to work quite well in my apartment tho, must be fidgety things at times I guess..

You are really helping me bro. Thanks

Thanks for sharing this video Alex, I already knew all this information myself but it's very useful information for people that aren't quite sure of the optimal setup. :)

Thanks Alex thanks for the roughter tip will be buying that roughter soon. I have also got a cat 7 lead coming soon to get better speeds on my ps4 for streaming. Thanks again.

Very useful information Alex, greetings from Madrid Spain cheers

the reason for the powerline adapters not work is due to the new build home normally runs on multiple circuits on the power lines so if you have one connected to the power line downstairs and then one upstairs they running completely on different circuits which will cause no connection at all. check on your consumer unit to see if your plug sockets on to different circuits

Powerline works great for me through our 3rd party router. 220Mbps

Fantastic love the videos.... Love it Basic 101 home networking... Hope people learned something... Good work Mr. Alex...

Great video Alex

No words except: Thank you Alex 🙏

Quality work once again. Big fan of your work! Poweline adapters are usually kinda hard to run properly so you are better off with a mesh system for sure in most cases at least

Love the grind keep it up

Hi Alex I have been watching some of your RU-vid videos. I am getting my house rewired,due to renovation work. I was wanting to run fibre optic through out the house. Can you suggest anything I will need to watch out for, and is this something a general Electrician can manage ? Thanks Craig

By far the best broadband help Chanel and more on the net

I've now used powerline adapters in my house for years and they work fine. They don't ever lose connection and I've never noticed them being slower than plugging my device directly into the modem. You might sometimes have a problem of them finding each other if both adapters can't find a connection on the electrical circuit, but that's not their fault.

Fantastic video.. Subbed.

Hi there, It's probably in one of the posts down below, but you do know that your electric wiring are running on 3 phases, this means that not all outlets are connected to each other, the outlets are spred out on all 3 phases to even the load on the system, you have to be on the same phase (Actual Wire ) on the 2 outlets you are trying to use, otherwise there are no physical connection and no network. but otherwise, good show and good info. :)

What poe access points would you recommend that's not ubiquiti...or would you only recommend then? If so...which one for basic set up like you have done on video with a bt router? Thanks again. Great videos 👍

Power line adapters work for as long as the 2 sockets being used are on the same MCB. If your RCD has splits MCB’s for say, upstairs and downstairs sockets, it won’t work if one adapter is downstairs and the other is up. This is because the circuits arent connected. Try doing them on ground level. Should work

Thanks Alex for the tips. Powerline works here in Singapore. 👍🏻👍🏻 I guess the house here is small and the wiring is not so messy.

With powerline adapters, you are meant to pair them next to each other in the same plug socket. Then once they are paired, you can move it around anywhere you like in the house

Thanks for the video, great information. Is there any merit in changing the bt router for a better unit?

All of this, and yet you don't understand the difference between Megabits and Megabytes

Very interested about your comments re powerline adapters. My experience is different to yours. I have a VDSL connection 80/20 to the router in the hallway. Using a Tenda PH3 powerline adapters and a network switch, I am able to get the same speeds to my TV, Apple TV, PS4 and Sky Q box. Having said this, they have to be plugged in on the same floor of my 10 year old build house- the electrical distribution board messes things up.

Hey mate Good video. Though I would say the modern phones and I pads are capable of selecting between 2.4 and 5 GHz seamlessly. I have mine set to auto select and use 5GHz whenever I'm in range of it and 2.4 everytime else. Any particular reason for still seperating them out as that will mean I need to connect to 2 networks and hope they switch seamlessly

my area is crap at the moment but openreach is currently installing new lines, so soon i can call my provider and upgrade to the package I used to have before I moved 10 miles away from my old house. I use ethernet over powerline plugs which do come in handy, but I did have a problem a while ago. Where the wifi would give me full speed and the plugs would not but then it would be the other way round..It has worked fine since although I do miss having a 30 meter ethernet cable from the hub to my room..It broke a long time ago

Great videos. Took your advice and added the TP-Link as an added access point for £45 and it's solved all my VM 3.0 hub problems. Now have full 110 mbps all over house, garage and patio. Can I ask what wifi analysis apps you use?

Thank you Alex! This was so useful! Guess it's time I run some cables to get my tech to actually fully use my BLAZING FAST 2.5D 2.0U from BT 😂

Good video thanks Alex👍👌🇬🇧🇬🇧

My powerline adapter gives about 60mbps across a fairly sizeable house and up two storeys but it only worked after I paired them next to one another on a power brick

Sir Alex I have a tp-link deco wifi M5 mesh can i select it in to a access point mode, I don't know if there is an issue of connectivity to the device and I have a main router downstairs connected to it. Right now my mesh system is in a router mode. Thank you for your answer. 🙂🙂

Your sockets may be on different RCDs or trip switches and this can interfere with them connecting. Theese units are better for older houses/fuse board setups.

Btw Alex BT does allow both 2.4 and 5gHz networks to work at the same time with 2 different SSIDs

Before running the initial, wired speed test, it would be wise to check what speeds you are supposed to be getting from the provider. 40/10 or 80/20 etc. And what the minimum promised speed is. Also, mesh is the way forward in my opinion, and power line adaptors are great as long as they are plugged in on the same wiring circuit, which I guess you'd be able to check by looking at your fuse box / consumer unit.

Hey Alex hope you and family OK covid19 freedom soon great to see your well and enjoying life ☺☺

Is Ruckus R350 access point device better than modern day Mesh System such as AiMesh from Asus?

Love you Bro Keep it up 😍😍🤩🤩🥰🥰❤❤

Great video

My AV1000 powerlines work very very well and with very minimal loss. The issues are not always to do with other appliances but insulation types used

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It sucks you haven't had success using powerline adapters. My house was built in the 50's and I've been using the tp-link powerline adapters successfully for over a year now, between 2 floors, to uplink a Unifi switch. No issues, no complaints. I also installed a pack in my aunts house when she started working from home to improve her Zoom calls. She hasn't called me since.

Going to have to disagree with Alex on the powerline adapters. I have the TP-Link 8630P powerline adapters and they're working amazingly well. I haven't had a any issues with it just yet like I've had with other older and cheaper powerline adapters but they do the job pretty well, even with older house wiring. I have one powerline on the ground floor and a WiFi enabled powerline in the loft. I get 60-70mbps from the sky router and I get almost the same from the powerline extender in the loft aswell. I think it might not work for Alex as his wiring on each floor or rooms may be on multiple separate RCDs. Or he can't set it up properly. I can admit the setup process can be a bit of a fiddle. Ideally, I would get the multiple Mesh routers but but I've heard it messes up with Sky Q boxes and the multiroom boxes as they are on they're own wifi mesh system.

I'm pretty sure the instructions state for powerline you need to pair then right next to each other, best take an extension and plug in right next to each other, pair them and then place around home.

Hi Alex, what are your thoughts on the BT Whole Wi-fi discs...?

I dont care for extenders or the powerline adapters, however I did decide to invest in gigabit netgear powerline adapter ( one supply and the other is wireless and has one port to hardwire) as far as my service, im 1Gbps symmetrical out in BFE. I hardwired my house with cat 6 drops, however I wanted to get internet to my barn mainly for IP cameras to get another view on the property, since my barn has a feed from my main panel instead of another meter i decided to give powerline a shot. its maybe about 300 to 400 feet away and im surprised how well the powerline adapters have worked. I set it up and it works like a charm with decent results. the way i have it, im using a outlet in my network panel fed on its on dedicated breaker, at which point the adapters work anywhere I put them. but the speed results in the barn were great. although im on a gigabit service and pull around 900 wired, I do suffer speed loss, but Ive seen anywhere between 200 and 500 download (connected to the powerline wirelessly) I never tried directly connected to the other adapter. But regardless it works for what I need it to do.

well done Alex

10:00 i have some cheap powerlan adapters from tp link myself and they work just fine. Your house is probably too new. It probably has filters for the ac that filter out noise in the power cables. But the adapters rely on that noise. Or your floors have different phases. Mine dont work when one is connected downstairs and the other on the 1st floor, but they work from the 1st floor to the 2nd and if both are on the same floor. Its the same reason why they dont recommend plugging them in an extention chord. First try plugging them in the same cheap multi plug extention chord, then try plugging them in in the same set of outlets to test them, then try them in the same room, then on the same floor. If they don't work in the cgeap extention chord, they may be broken, if they don't work in the same set of outlets or in the same room, then you have filtering outlets and if they don't work on the same floor, you have filtering between the safety switches(idk what they are called but they are in the electrical pannel as a safety method for overcurrent protection).They can be a little bit finicky at first, but if they're working, they are miles better than wifi through a brick wall with a cheap usb dongle.

Powerline adapters need to be on the same phase line, check the house line schedule. How to find out which wall sockets are on the same phase, connect lamps or radios to the wall sockets and remove the fuses. The wall sockets that stop working are on the same phase, so different parts of a building are on different phases in your fuse box.

12:51 When you make the access point have the same ssid and password will it automatically connect to the nearest/strongest signal like a mesh network or will there be two ssids with the same name and will I have to manually swap to it?

Great vid quick question I have the bt discs if I change the bt hub to 5ghz will this signal be passed through the dics acting like access points? Thanks

I get 400mb from spectrum. Speed test is around 460. But I noticed that actual browsing and downloading is actually slower.

Great video bro I done this few months back for a mate i split the ssid so there was a separate network for 2.4ghz and 5ghz as he said speeds were all over the place also a tip as well is that sometimes when my mate tries to play a game with someone in the house on xbox on the same network such as fortnite it would kick one of them out the game so I said one connect to 2.4ghz and one connect to 5ghz and it worked neither of them ever have been kicked out of a game since.

Is there anyway to have the TP-Link access point without the long eithernet cable? Basically a wireless access point?

alex would the tp link access point like run as a mesh and auto join the strongest one from your main WIFI to the access point?

I think powerline adapters need to be on the same circuit for it to work.

I want better wifi in my garage, ive got cat6 cable in there from the router. Will a another router work with my existing sky q hub?

Love all your videos. We leave in Harrow, Middx apart from Virgin which is so expensive we have BT up to 60mg speed but it gets very busy. Vodafone is promising to be cheaper and guarantee their speeds 😦 not so sure . Do you have any recommendations? Thanks and keep up with the great videos .

Can you suggest some good router+modem for FTTH?

What are your views on using BT Whole Home? I have found that download speeds are drastically reduced?

Love the videos so not hating on you, but powerline adapters work wonders for me. We pay for 50mbps and over wifi i get about 30 in my bed room, but with power-lines on my desktop i get 48. I think for just standard networks they work fine, you just have to make sure the two plug sockets they ate plugged into are on the same rjng main 👍

Hey alex some powerlines have problems three-phase current,maybe thats why your powerlines cant work. btw my powerlines work just fine and they are very easy to install instead of fixing the access point

Great video! How do you run your smart lights on 5ghz WiFi because I’m going to put mine into 5ghz but all my bulbs are smart so I don’t want to mess them all up. Cheers

Is it okay to turn on dhcp server on the second router?

The DTIM interval to 255 is better?

With the latest BT hub ( smart hun 2) you can’t split the networks

Well explained. If only all ISP customers realised they pay for the speed to their router. The amount of calls from people who do a WiFi test whilst having 20 devices connected, some streaming at same time then expect the full Mbps they have in their package. Then seem amazed when told an ISP doesn't guarantee the full speed at all times to all devices on WiFi and are shocked when it's suggested to them if they're working from home best to use ethernet for a great connection.

Imagine being as knowledgeable as this kid on tech and not understanding how power line adapters actually work. They work perfectly well if used correctly,

It might be the isps fault because most isp provided modem/router/switch combo units perform like an iceblock on a summersday( overheating)

Powerline adapters do not work on surge protected circuits as you have a new house you more than likely have a surge protector in your fuse box

Big question since you beam internet to other people, Would someone in a remote area that has Starlink internet be able to beam internet like you. To help out neighbors in the rural community

I find it interesting you have had such bad luck with powerline adapters. I have tested several of them at 200 - 300 Mbps. I guess the quality of your wiring makes a huge difference. That said I am surprised you were unable to get it to work. Of course running Cat 6 is always going to be preferred.

I see that DJI FPV Drone :) Are you going to make a vid on it?

Hey awesome video but I have some questions so In my house if I’m plugged directly into the router I get 900down and 100up but in my room upstairs I only get 60-60 that’s with using an access point in the best place possible and my dad is very wire phobic so is there anything you’d recommend to do. Thinking of hiding a professional to try get an Ethernet cable from the router to my room

hi, i have a cable running from my upstairs office directly into my router. i pay for 200mb but when testing the speeds plugged directly into my Ap upstairs the speeds drop off to around 80mb, do you know what this could be?

what did it for me was to choose a custom wifi channel for 2 and 5ghz network instead on setting it to auto then I installed an ethernet cable. all good now

You’re right adding an access point is great however running wires in the house isn’t easy at all

Would be a nightmare for me to run a cable from my router to another one in my house, I’d love to see a video or you swapping out the ISP router for a new to see the difference then maybe install a mesh to that, I’ve heard sky can be troublesome with mesh networks

8:53 "Wi-Fi falls with Gravity?" I've heard some crap in my time, but seriously? You just make stuff up.

Strange your power line adapters didn’t work, I’ve got one in the hall for the front doorbell and camera and one down the end of the garden in the shed. The one in the shed is the furthest away running of the armoured power cable that feeds the shed. That provides WiFi for the gardens smart bulbs and an access point for streaming Netflix in the hot tub

Hey Alex that’s most likely because you plugged it in down downstairs socket and upstairs sockets are on a different Ring

Powerline adapters need to be the same circuit. RCD/Circuit breakers, surge protectors even a power strip will mess with or not allow the onnections.