Powerline adapter connection to switch

Hi,
I have had BT Infinity installed last week and quickly found out that my speeds are much better wired than wireless.
After a little research, I am planning to buy the following two products:
TP-Link PA411KIT AV500 500 Mbps Powerline Adapter - Twin Pack
TP-Link TL-SG1005D 5-Port Gigabit Unmanaged Desktop Switch
The plan is to connect an ethernet cable from my HomeHub3 into one of the powerline adapters, and put the other powerline adapter in my upstairs bedroom and connect an ethernet cable from that to 1 of the 5 ports on the desktop switch.
Will this planned setup allow me to use the remaining 4 ports to connect my laptop, xbox 360, and sky+HD box in my upstairs bedroom using ethernet cables whilst maintaining wired internet speeds?
It's going to be £50 to put in place so I'd rather know beforehand whether or not I'm wasting my time with this.
Thanks in advance.

I find the speed is just like wired but with infinity speed you may find a slight drop but will be alot better than wireless. you should be able to connect your devices to the switch without a problem
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When the TV is on, the maximum I can get through the ethernet powerline is 14mb/s, but if the TV is off or on standby I can get close 40mb/s (i.e. the maximum on the broadband line). The TV is on a wall bracket so it is difficult to move.
I have tried:
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Thanks for you reply. I have tried the TV connected directly to the socket and the powerline connected to a seperate twin socket about 1 meter away and I still get the problem when the TV is on. Also, I have connected the TV to a power socket on the other side of the house with a extension cord while not actually moving the TV and the powerline adapter connected to a socket near the TV and this still gives the same problem when the TV is on. And then, with the TV still on the extension cord to the otherside of the house, I connected the powerline to the same twin socket as the extension cord and this produced no problems.
So, it must be the physical proximity of the TV with the powerline adapter that is causing the problem. So could the TV be emmitting some frequency that is interfering with the powerline adapter?
I actually use a wireless powerline adapter (TP-Link TL-WPA281) in the socket, but for testing this problem I use the non-wireless version (TP-Link TK-PA211). And according to this thread, the BT Hub 3B isn't compatible with wireless extenders. Why is upgrading to infinity so annoying?

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Good Evening, Two weeks ago I moved to BT Broadband, set up the Home Hub etc and all was well with my home network using powerline adapters (Solwise & Zyxel) to connect a PC, Printer & NAS independently to the network. Wireless also worked well to two laptops in the house.
This week on Monday, my BT Vision box arrived and so I connected that up and reasonably quickly all was well with that too.
However, my home network immediately stopped working with the PC unable to connect to the internet via the BT Powerline adapter connected to the home hub. Wireless continues to be fine. I've looked in this forum and saw a post which indicated the BT Vision box could work with Solwise adapters so tonight I tried that, but it didn't connect up at all.
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1. Can I connect my home network to the home hub via the BT powerline adapters somehow?
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1) Not sure, don't know enough about them but I'm sure I read that Poweline type products are not necessarily compatible, but can't remember any details.
2) No reason why you can't use your other adapters with the Vision box, all it needs is an Ethernet connection, how you get that is up to you. Can't see a problem with that.
3) As 1.
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First off, apologies if this question has been posted and/or answered elsewhere but I couldn't find any posts that duplicate my situation.
I have BT Infinity with a Home Hub 3 (installed in July last year) and all seems to be well except for the ability of the Home Hub to keep ethernet connections alive.
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Let's start over, please, working from the cable modem outward.
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Time Capsule + Netgear Powerline Adapter + Airport Express

Any help on this issue will be much appreciated!
I'm attempting to improve my network stability through the use of Netgear's powerline adapters. The configuration I have (or I should say want to work) is as follows:
1. Time Capsule as main router connected to modem. TC is running both a 2.4GHz and 5 GHz network under name#1
2. Wired connection to Netgear Powerline Adapter #1
3. Wired connection from Netgear Powerline Adapter #2 to Airport Express
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The connection directly comping from adapter #2 is excellent so I know the powerline adapters are working. I currently have the express configured to create its own network under name#2 and operate in bridge mode with an ethernet connection. When viewed in the Airport Utitlity the AEX has a valid IP address from the TC and has a green light. However, when any devices attempt to connect they cannot retrieve a valid IP. I did get the setup to behave one time, but it appeared as soon as the laptop which connected successfully closed the connection it could not re-initiate it. Its almost like the AEX isn't allowing IP addresses to get assigned to its wireless clients.
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Can you check the configuration again on the AirPort Express?
Open AirPort Utility - Select the AirPort Express - Manual Setup
Click the Wireless tab below the icons
Wireless Mode = Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name = Same name as the TC network
No check mark is needed next to "Allow this network to be extended"
Radio Mode = 802.11n (802.11 b/g compatible)
Channel = Automatic
Wireless Security = Same exact setting as the TC
Wireless Password = Same password as the TC network
Confirm Password
Click the Internet icon, then click the Internet Connection tab
Connect Using = Ethernet
Connection Sharing = Off (Bridge Mode)
Update to save setings and allow 40-45 seconds for the Express to restart
Then power off the entire network except you do not need to power of the Ethernet adapters
Start the modem first and let it run a minute by itself
Start the TC the same way
Start the AirPort Express
Continue starting devices one at a time until the network is back up
Test the network and report on your results

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Should I be connecting the Powerline Adapter to the HH3 or the white router BT supply?
Do I need to configure something when setting up the Ethernet connection with my PC? I'm using my BT account credentials [email protected] and password but it's not connecting.
Normally, connect one powerline to the HomeHub and the other to the PC. If the PC has been set up in the standard way, it will then get a local ip address by DHCP from the HomeHub. You might go to your PC ethernet adaptor settings and make sure they are set up for 'dhcp' and 'get DNS setttings automatically'. You won't need to enter any credentials in the PC for this method. You shouldn't go near the 'connect to the internet' dialog; it should just work automatically.
If you only want to connect a single PC, you could connect the first powerline to the white modem and leave out the HH3 completely. You would then need to put credentials into the PC: the normal thing there is to enter user '[email protected]', and the password doesn't matter. That goes into a 'connect to the internet' dialog.
Make sure the 'internet' or whatever lights are blinking on both powerlines, otherwise there is a problem with those, or the bedroom ring is not connected closely enough to the other ring. Unlikely, I had a perfectly good connection through different rings and different fuse boxes on different floors with similar zyxel powerline (only single ethernet ones); at least until one stopped working altogether.

Roaming Network with Powerline Adapter

Hello,
I have read numerous posts on this, but I am still having a small issue. My setup is as follows:
Arris router set on bridge connected to
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Previously, I had the time capsule and the airport express (via the powerline adapter) each connected to the arris router, but this was causing some issues.
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Powerline is always "iffy". The system can work OK when the powerline adapters are on the same electrical circuit, but things really slow down.....dramatically, in some cases.....when the adapters are on different electrical circuits, since there is a significant signal loss when one tries to "jump"' circuits.....no matter what the advertising or sales guy might say.
The signal will also slow down quite rapidly over distance.
Not much that you can do about that, unfortunately, other than experiment a bit with different AC sockets in different locations to see if one might be better than another. Like wireless, powerline is half science and half voodoo, so there are never any clear cut rules about what will and will not work.
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I live on a farm and I want to extend my network out to my barn. Running an ethernet cable is not really practical. However, I do have 120V volt power out to the barn from the main breaker panel box in the house. Does anybody know how far the Powerline Adapter system will reach on a straight wired connection?
Also, all the literature says that the system must be connected to the same breaker. I cannot see why this should be so. It makes sense that it has to be on the same side of the 220V phase, but why the same breaker? Breakers do not contain any signal filters. Or is that just a simple way of telling people who do not understand the two phase nature of household wiring how to avoid problems with phase?
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Cheers!

As long as the areas you want to extend your network are on the same circuit breaker, that’s how far the range can go using powerline adapter. Powerline is designed to work if they are plugged in to the same circuit breaker because that’s how are they going to communicate with each other.

Powerline adapter's

I have upgraded to this new fibre optic ( super fast ) broadband, do I need to upgrade the Black "Comtrend" powerline adapters ?, my computer is working ok with the ethernet cabling but my BT Vision box which has an ethernet cable attached to another powerline adapter in another room sometimes does work correctly.
Also I have installed a BD Dvd RW player which can do Skype through the telly, so I thought all I had to do was get another powerline adapter from an electrical outlet shop in Newcastle and obtain an ethernet cable to plug in with a seperate cam, but the "Comtrend " adapters are obsolete now and the shop could not sell me another adapter as they need to know all the technical data that only a geek would know.
Please advise a simple solution please
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Many thanks Keith for quick response ,this is my set up >- Router and Modem are in spare room with computer,mains socket has powerline adapter then into this is plugged extenshion lead for various computing items.
In another room is the BT vision box with BD Dvd player and telly, so I have the powerline adapter into a mains socket with an extension lead/sockets plugged into it to give power to both boxes then the telly is plugged into it's own main socket.
I was thinking of getting another adapter to use in the same main socket as the telly and run an egternet cable from that to the BD DVD player as I have already done so for the BT vision on the other adapter ( getting confusing ) .
Your idea of running an extra long ehternet cable from the route/modem to the telly seems an easy alternative, yes the vision box and BD dvd are very close to eachother so do I just have to ask for a " siple network switch " at my electric shop ?
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