Using Broadband/BT Vision and BT Powerline Adapter...

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.
So, my questions are:-
1. Can I connect my home network to the home hub via the BT powerline adapters somehow?
2. If not, can I actually use my other adapters to connect BT Vision and my home network to the home hub?
3. Is there any other way I can set all this up so I can use both?
I should add moving hubs & boxes closer together is not an option, likewise I could go wireless to the PC but the NAS & printer are not wireless enabled.
Any thoughts, suggestions will be greatly accepted!
thanks.

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.
All that said, however, as Esther Rancid used to say on That's Life: "Unless, of course, you know different. Cyril..."
EDIT
A bit of grubbing around took me to this thread on the Solwise forum. Seems like Comtrend and Solwise use different standards and won't work together.

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That's what I meant, hence why would you get 500Mbps ones if they ain't going to reach unless you're going to have your house wiring upgraded if the speed is rubbish. Didn't mean to be rude xD
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