Powerline Adapter Issues

Hi Everyone; I don't know if I'm posting in the right thread for this but I hope you'll forgive me. I bought these poweline adapters to give my PlayStation 3 a wired connection: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008VOPABG/?tag=snbforums-20

Unfortunately, they have not been working well. They will give me a solid connection for about a day or so, and then randomly will disconnect me from the PlayStation Network. Only a restart of my PS3 fixes the issue, but only temporarily. The issue also happens when I connect the poweline adapter to another client (my laptop, for example). Because of the way my apartment is designed, it is impossible for me to get a wired connection to my PS3 from my cable modem. Also, I only have 2 wall outlets in my room, both of which have one of their two sockets occupied. I hear that with powerline adapters you need to plug it into the wall with nothing else in the second socket but that's just not feasible with the setup of my place. My questions are:

1. Taking everything above into consideration, should I give up on poweline adapters and relegate to wireless connection on my PS3?

2. Is there a more sophisticated powerline adapter out there that could perform better than the ones I own now? If so, what should I look into?

3. The PS3 does not support wireless N, so even with my router (Archer C9 AC1750) I won't see any improvement in a more stable connection with more throughput right?

Thanks in advance. This community has been great; I bought my new router from advice from folks on here and it's been working out splendidly. Looking for the same great advice again! Cheers.

Like Wi-FI, powerline requires some experimentation to optimize performance. Before you give up try these:

- Make sure both powerline adapters are plugged directly into the wall outlet, not on power strips or extension cords
- Remove other devices from the same outlet. Use a extension cord if needed to connect them to another outlet
- Unplug cellphone chargers and "wall-wart" power supplies in the same and adjacent rooms

One you find the noise sources, you can relocate them or purchase line filters. Sometimes simply plugging them into a 6' or longer extension cord provides enough noise filtering.

That adapter is pretty old technology. Newer generations support higher speeds and are better at working around noise sources. One of the best I've found is the TP-LINK TL-PA6010KIT
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-reviews/32454-tp-link-homeplug-head-to-head

+1 on the TP-LINK TL-PA6010KIT

I can stream live tv from a Silicon Dust HDHomeRun Prime to a Windows Media Center PC over the power line connection while simultaneously streaming a 1080P movie from Plex Media Server on the same PC to another PC on the network. (One stream in, one stream out over the powerline)

thiggins said:

Like Wi-FI, powerline requires some experimentation to optimize performance. Before you give up try these:

- Make sure both powerline adapters are plugged directly into the wall outlet, not on power strips or extension cords
- Remove other devices from the same outlet. Use a extension cord if needed to connect them to another outlet
- Unplug cellphone chargers and "wall-wart" power supplies in the same and adjacent rooms

One you find the noise sources, you can relocate them or purchase line filters. Sometimes simply plugging them into a 6' or longer extension cord provides enough noise filtering.

That adapter is pretty old technology. Newer generations support higher speeds and are better at working around noise sources. One of the best I've found is the TP-LINK TL-PA6010KIT
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/lanwan/lanwan-reviews/32454-tp-link-homeplug-head-to-head

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Thanks! I actually have always plugged them into the wall directly. Unfortunately, the outlets closet to my PS3 and modem are both occupied by...my PS3 and my cable modem! If I were to remove them to test for noise, I'd have nowhere else to plug them in, and would need a 50 ft extension cord for both of them to reach the next nearest outlet. I'm not kidding when I say my apartment is weirdly designed!

Is the reason why they work for a while and then disconnect a result of noise?

Noise interferes with the frequencies used and disrupts communication. Think of it like static and radio transmissions.

If you really have no nearby outlets, then get powerline adapters with built-in passthrough outlets. The outlet is filtered and should knock down any noise from anything plugged into it.

I'd try a NETGEAR PLP-1200.

thiggins said:

Noise interferes with the frequencies used and disrupts communication. Think of it like static and radio transmissions.

If you really have no nearby outlets, then get powerline adapters with built-in passthrough outlets. The outlet is filtered and should knock down any noise from anything plugged into it.

I'd try a NETGEAR PLP-1200.

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Awesome, will do! What about the TP-Link you initally recommeded? I'm familiar with that brand and they have yet to disappoint.

I recommended the PLP-1200 because it has a pass-through outlet.
TP-LINK has no powerline adapters with pass-through outlets.