Poor wireless do I need MOCA

[sm00thpapa]

I own a 2 story home and have an RT-N66U. 1 room upstairs in the back far corner opposite of the router down stairs gets not so great wi-fi and I would like to hard wire the PS3. If I buy a MOCA router do I just attach a COAX cable from the wall and that will give the MOCA router internet? I would like to hard wire a laptop and PS3 in that room.

 

[sm00thpapa]

No one here seems to know anything about MOCA so I went with powerline. Hope it helps.

 

[thiggins]

Sorry that I didn't see your post. Powerline should be better than weak wireless. What adapters did you buy and how are they working?

 

[sm00thpapa]

Sorry that I didn't see your post. Powerline should be better than weak wireless. What adapters did you buy and how are they working?

Hi Tim, I purchased the TP-LINK TL-PA4010KIT High-speed AV 500Mbps Nano Powerline Adapter Kit. I should get them tomorrow and test them. Hope they work well. I see you didn't test any TP-Link products in your Powerline charts. Thanks for your reply.

 

[stevech]

Suggestion: Avoid plugging in power line RF devices in the same AC outlet/strip as other tech gear is plugged, e.g., new TV, computer, etc. And avoid power strips with "surge suppressors". These tend to attenuate the signal to/from the HomePlug device.

 

[sm00thpapa]

Got them today and in the same room I'm getting between 33 - 35 Mbps. In the room that I need it upstairs I am barely getting 1 Mbps. Does that mean my houses electrical system is not on the same line?

 

[jlake]

When you used the utility, did it say if a firmware update was available?

http://www.tp-link.co.il/Resources/document/TL-PA4010_V1.0_User_Guide.pdf

 

[sm00thpapa]

When you used the utility, did it say if a firmware update was available?

http://www.tp-link.co.il/Resources/document/TL-PA4010_V1.0_User_Guide.pdf

No new firmware available.

 

[sm00thpapa]

All my rooms in my house are all on different circuit breakers. Would that make a difference?

 

[thiggins]

First, how are you measuring throughput?

It doesn't matter that the rooms are on different circuit breakers.

Check your breaker panel for AFCI breakers. Not GFI, AFCI.

Unplug any "wall-wart" type power adapters in the rooms at both ends of the connection. Cellphone chargers in particular are big noise generators.

 

[sm00thpapa]

First, how are you measuring throughput?

It doesn't matter that the rooms are on different circuit breakers.

Check your breaker panel for AFCI breakers. Not GFI, AFCI.

Unplug any "wall-wart" type power adapters in the rooms at both ends of the connection. Cellphone chargers in particular are big noise generators.

Just using Bright House Networks Speed Test and the room with the router does have a 5.8GHz phone. While in the same room they work great but in different rooms they barely have any signal.

 

[sm00thpapa]

Now they won't even pair up. This is very frustrating.

 

[thiggins]

Did you follow the other suggestions?

 

[sm00thpapa]

Did you follow the other suggestions?

Yes followed it directly from the manual. I noticed that this power line has to be plugged into an outlet all by itself and can not be connected to a switch. I brought the laptop down stairs from the room that I need the power line in and 1 room away from the router I get the full 35 Mbps download. On the same floor this power line works great but upstairs it fails to connect and when it does it barely gets 1 Mbps download. Guess I'll be getting rid of this and my daughter will have to suffice with wireless.

 

[thiggins]

Yes followed it directly from the manual. I noticed that this power line has to be plugged into an outlet all by itself and can not be connected to a switch. I brought the laptop down stairs from the room that I need the power line in and 1 room away from the router I get the full 35 Mbps download. On the same floor this power line works great but upstairs it fails to connect and when it does it barely gets 1 Mbps download. Guess I'll be getting rid of this and my daughter will have to suffice with wireless.

I mean did you follow my suggestions to check for AFCI breakers and unplug all devices powered by small power supplies in the rooms at both ends of the connection?

 

[sm00thpapa]

I mean did you follow my suggestions to check for AFCI breakers and unplug all devices powered by small power supplies in the rooms at both ends of the connection?

I unplugged everything including the power strip that all the devices are plugged into and the power line at least connected but at 1 Mbps. I could not even load a web page. I really don't know what I'm looking for in the breaker box. But if I can't plug the power line into the same out let that the power strip is plugged into this is useless. Where do I need to look for the AFCI?

 

[sm00thpapa]

Tim I just checked and all bedrooms have AFCI breakers. Am I screwed?

 

[thiggins]

Tim I just checked and all bedrooms have AFCI breakers. Am I screwed?

That explains the low throughput.

You have two options:

- Try to get one of the breakers onto a circuit that isn't behind an AFCI outlet. Unfortunately, this will probably mean running a long Ethernet cable to that location.

- Have an electrician swap out the AFCI breaker using a Square D or Eaton model if that's not what you have. Alternatively, you could have them put in a non-AFCI breaker, although they might not, since that is against current code.

 

[sm00thpapa]

Maybe companies need to add this to products description that if you have AFCI breakers DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. Money I could have saved if I had known this.

 

[thiggins]

Not all brands of AFCI breakers are the same, as noted in the article I linked.

You should be able to return the HomePlugs.