What should I do?

[lartomar2002]

I have a Netgear WNR2002v2 router it is being used with both wireless and wired. I just install a Netgear XAV2001 Powerline adapter kit. My isp is Road Runner and my internet speed is 20Mbps (approx) download and 2.0Mbps upload. I am waiting on deliver of a Monoprice 8 port 10/100/1000 ethernet switch. The devices that I want to stream to are: PS3 160gb Slim (wireless), WDTV Live HD (Wireless), Boxee box (wired), and a Directv HR-24-500 DVR (wireless). I want to make them all wired. I am wondering if I should replace my existing "N" router.
The devices will be connected through the ethernet switch to the 200Mbps powerline adapters. I will only be running 1 device at a time. The devices are a combination of a/b/g and n.
Thanks

 

[stevech]

You'll likely see no gain with new 11n gear. WiFi is just not 50Mbps and higher as the true net yield after overhead. With HomePlug or MoCA, you'll probably see 75% of the indicated raw speeds.

Want fast? Use cat5 cables

 

[lartomar2002]

You'll likely see no gain with new 11n gear. WiFi is just not 50Mbps and higher as the true net yield after overhead. With HomePlug or MoCA, you'll probably see 75% of the indicated raw speeds.

Want fast? Use cat5 cables

I did say I wanted to make them wired, I just not going with cat5 cable because it is not feasible at this time. That is why I am going with 200Mbps powerline adapter. Which I know is not as good as cat5 but it is suppose to be better than wireless. I just wanted to know if an other router could step it up a knotch.

 

[stevech]

sorry I misspoke...
If you are moving high speed IP data from place to place within you LAN, via cat5 and MoCA or HomePlug (not WiFi for this case), then the data is all on the same subnet. In this case, there is no routing. The switch built in to the router should process packets at "wire speeds". I prefer to use an external gigabit switch for intra-LAN traffic and not assume the router's internal switch is what it should be.

 

[lartomar2002]

Thank you stevech