Here is a little real life comparison of techs. I purchased a house 4 years ago, and setup wired network in 3 rooms. Between them bridges. Due to structural constraints it went like this.
As a first solution, I set up a wireless bridge, 802.11g. It used the same wireless network that other devices used too. With this setup I got around 1-2 MB/s sustained datarates.
The I moved the bridge to a separate band, and switched to 802.11n, but still on 2.4ghz. I was getting 3-4 MB/s.
Reading reviews of powerline, and a local sale made me switch to 500mbps powerlink adapters from TP-Link. This gave me 7-8 MB/s. Enough to stream Full HD video content.
Finally I bit the bullet, and invested in crimping gear, cat6 cables, and proper tools to wire the cables. Now there is cat6 cables, linking 3 gigabit switches, and only mobiles and ipad etc is using wireless. I now download from NAS to PC with >70 MB/s. Likely restricted by Nas disks, not the network.
I regret now spending so much time on wireless and powerline techs. Gigabit is so much better! And crimping and punching down cat6 is nowhere as hard as some forums suggest. Being a complete novice, I used 2-3 plugs per successful crimp. Punching down is even easier.
As a first solution, I set up a wireless bridge, 802.11g. It used the same wireless network that other devices used too. With this setup I got around 1-2 MB/s sustained datarates.
The I moved the bridge to a separate band, and switched to 802.11n, but still on 2.4ghz. I was getting 3-4 MB/s.
Reading reviews of powerline, and a local sale made me switch to 500mbps powerlink adapters from TP-Link. This gave me 7-8 MB/s. Enough to stream Full HD video content.
Finally I bit the bullet, and invested in crimping gear, cat6 cables, and proper tools to wire the cables. Now there is cat6 cables, linking 3 gigabit switches, and only mobiles and ipad etc is using wireless. I now download from NAS to PC with >70 MB/s. Likely restricted by Nas disks, not the network.
I regret now spending so much time on wireless and powerline techs. Gigabit is so much better! And crimping and punching down cat6 is nowhere as hard as some forums suggest. Being a complete novice, I used 2-3 plugs per successful crimp. Punching down is even easier.