Home Plugs

Creasy_bear

Just wondering does anyone use them ?

My PS3 is in my bedroom which is nowhere near the modem. So instead of having a 5 bar beside the modem I'm getting a 3 bar signal strenght on my laptop in the bedroom. Do the home plugs make a difference ?

KamiKazi

Don't use it with the PS3 but do with my PC which I game on regurlarly as my PC doesn't have a wireless card.

Doesn't add any noticeable latency and only really affects download speeds, depending on which plug you buy.

I'd recommend it

Leeg17

Can someone explain what they are?

KamiKazi

Leeg17 wrote: »

Can someone explain what they are?

Router -> ethernet cable -> homeplug -> wireless -> homeplug -> ehternet -> PS3.

Creasy_bear

KamiKazi wrote: »

Don't use it with the PS3 but do with my PC which I game on regurlarly as my PC doesn't have a wireless card.

Doesn't add any noticeable latency and only really affects download speeds, depending on which plug you buy.

I'd recommend it

So would it be the same as being in the same room as the modem ?

How does it work ?

I put a plug in the same room as the modem, another plug in the room with my PS3/laptop. Then run the ethernet cable from my PS3 into the home plug. Is that it ?

Creasy_bear

KamiKazi wrote: »

Router -> ethernet cable -> homeplug -> wireless -> homeplug -> ehternet -> PS3.

sorry, thanks

Creasy_bear

Leeg17 wrote: »

Can someone explain what they are?

basically they're plugs you plug into your wall sockets. The wireless broadband travels through the cables you have already in your walls. My PS3/laptop is too far from my modem and the signal keeps dropping.

They will allow you to wire your ps3 straight into your modem

Kev_ps3

Ive been using them since the ps3 came out and they work great. Think they are called Netgear homeplugs, got em in Maplin.

heebusjeebus

I've got the 200mb set from Devolo and they are awesome. No more wireless interference and I can easily stream movies from my pc to my ps3.

Snake Plisken

heebusjeebus wrote: »

I've got the 200mb set from Devolo and they are awesome. No more wireless interference and I can easily stream movies from my pc to my ps3.

I've ordered these to as I am fed up of the lag fest that is MW2, I installed Wireless N access point & Bridge which was a step up from 802.11g but if i ended up the host it would go wrong and even I would get lag even though I was the host.

I do hope these help the situation and I know they won't help when others are hosting over a wireless network. I will report back when i receive these hopefully next week

P.S. Don't buy from Maplins they are looking for €204 for the same set that is costing me £111 delivered by Amazon. I did see them in PC World Swords for €159 but said I'd save myself about 30 euros buying them off Amazon.

hightower1

TBH I would only recomend these to new houses. The system works by transmitting your IP data through the electrical harness of the house and as a result is very dependant on the quality of the wiring / devices connected to it.

For instance if you have a faulty wall socket somewhere in the house this could cause huge problems for the IP traffic and if you think about the amount of plugs in a house its very very difficult track down. Like wise if you have a fault device connected to one socket in the house this could cause more issues. I have even heard of people experiencing issues with low energy bulbs and homeplug systems. Just fyi.

Your much better off with a N class router properly set up by a professional.... i.e ME lols

Snake Plisken

hightower1 wrote: »

TBH I would only recomend these to new houses. The system works by transmitting your IP data through the electrical harness of the house and as a result is very dependant on the quality of the wiring / devices connected to it.

For instance if you have a faulty wall socket somewhere in the house this could cause huge problems for the IP traffic and if you think about the amount of plugs in a house its very very difficult track down. Like wise if you have a fault device connected to one socket in the house this could cause more issues. I have even heard of people experiencing issues with low energy bulbs and homeplug systems. Just fyi.

Your much better off with a N class router properly set up by a professional.... i.e ME lols

well my house is about 10 years old so I'm fairly confident the wiring will be fine, I don't have that many sockets and if I run into issues I'll trouble shoot it, from my reasearch wired is always more preferable to wireless even a professionally set up Wireless N package (I am an IT Professional :cool: )

Lab_Mouse

Snake have you checked your ping,D/L and U/L speeds plugged directly into your router?

Wired is faster than wireless(up to 1000Mb/s compared to 54Mb/s for g adapters)but for online gaming it doesnt matter as the packets sent are relatively small (as opposed to downloading a 20 gig file).

I had a 1 meg line and played with no lag and on 4 bars most of the time

hightower1

Snake Plisken wrote: »

well my house is about 10 years old so I'm fairly confident the wiring will be fine, I don't have that many sockets and if I run into issues I'll trouble shoot it, from my reasearch wired is always more preferable to wireless even a professionally set up Wireless N package (I am an IT Professional :cool: )

While your correct in saying wired is much better than wifi a homeplug system is the exception to the rule. Think of the wire being as long as the electrical harness in the house, with multi-pal splits, multi-pal joins and multi-pal devices already connected to it As lab mouse said its all about QOS on gaming and a 3rd party N router with custom firmware (tomato) is far better QOS wise. It also allows you the option to set up a wireless repeater along the line of sight if you so wish to spend the money on it.

Snake Plisken

Lads wireless N is fine as long as I'm not the host, I am using an Netgear gaming network kit, http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_01COM/18_NETWORK/14_ROUTER/productdetails/20019315/NETGEAR_HD_Gaming_5_GHz_Wireless_N_Networking_Kit/WNHDEB111_100ISS/default.aspx

Once I get chosen as a host on say groundwar then it craps out, even me as the host am glitching, I am fully aware that gaming packets are small but once you become a host (due to activision being to cheap to provide hosting servers). Anyway I'm going to try the homeplugs more as an experiement to see if there is any improvement for playing COD. I'm hoping there will be.

hightower1

Running an N router myself, just tune it right and you'll be laughing.
Access your routers admin page and remove any firewall. If it has a QOS protection feature enable that.
Also if you run win7 or vista (:eek:) open CMD, type netsh - enter, wlan - enter, show all - enter.
That'll show you all the wifi networks in range with their sid, channel, percent signal strength. Try starting from channel 1 on the router then run the netsh cmd, from there try channel 6 and 11 also. Whichever one show the best signal percent stay on that.

When I'm not the host I am 50/50 4 or 5 bars when I am the host I am 5 bars and feel like I am cheating the connections so good.

Snake Plisken

Well got the homeplugs and working grand with Black Ops

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Was going to try homeplugs myself but if the wiring in the house isn't good probably won't bother too now.

hightower1 wrote: »

Running an N router myself, just tune it right and you'll be laughing.
Access your routers admin page and remove any firewall. If it has a QOS protection feature enable that.
Also if you run win7 or vista (:eek:) open CMD, type netsh - enter, wlan - enter, show all - enter.
That'll show you all the wifi networks in range with their sid, channel, percent signal strength. Try starting from channel 1 on the router then run the netsh cmd, from there try channel 6 and 11 also. Whichever one show the best signal percent stay on that.

When I'm not the host I am 50/50 4 or 5 bars when I am the host I am 5 bars and feel like I am cheating the connections so good.

Where can you buy these? I have a crappy BT router so want to upgrade. However using the xbox with wired internet would there be any point?

hightower1

WALSHY16291 wrote: »

Was going to try homeplugs myself but if the wiring in the house isn't good probably won't bother too now.



Where can you buy these? I have a crappy BT router so want to upgrade. However using the xbox with wired internet would there be any point?

If your using wired and are happy with the physical set up (cabling) then stay with that