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I am moving to a new house and my home office will be located on the second floor. Since it's a rental, I can't run a CAT-5E or CAT-6 network cable from the router to my office and I was considering going with the Power-Line-Communication solution. Wireless technology has evolved a lot, but I still rather have a wired connection for work.
I understand that, ideally, I should have the same circuit for better network efficiency, but that's not an option here. On the circuit breaker board, there's one breaker for the downstairs power outlets and one for the upstairs.
Would PLC work in this case? Is there any foreseeable caveat on this scenario?
gtludwig
Posted 2018-05-11T11:25:33.933
Reputation: 155
1Did you ask the landlord if you could add that wire? – ratchet freak – 2018-05-11T11:30:04.320
1Ideal for powerline networking is everything on the same breaker. The farther you deviate from that, the less reliable it is and the slower it is. The only way to really know how it will perform in your setup is to try it. BTW, there are similar modules for networking on your telephone lines (assuming the house is wired for a land line). You don't mention why you prefer a wired solution for your business. Two reasons I can think of are speed and security. You may actually get more of both with a wireless LAN. Speed depends on your situation. (cont'd) – fixer1234 – 2018-05-13T20:44:46.207
1Wireless can have better security. The powerline signal permeates through the power grid for surprising distances. Even when the signal is poor enough to cause you frustration in your own house, hackers can pick it up farther away than WiFi. – fixer1234 – 2018-05-13T20:44:51.610