WiFi or Homeplugs?

[nathanjrb]

Just wondering what would get me better speeds?

Motherboard Wireless specs:

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Supports single band frequency 2.4GHz

Router specs:

4 x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports.-
1 USB 2.0 Host.-
Support PPPoE, PPPoA, RFC1483 Bridge.-
Traffic shaping (UBR/CBR/VBR).-
OAM (I.610) F4/F5 support.-
Wireless IEEE802.11b/g/n.-
Wireless encapsulation WEP/WPA/WPA2.-
Wireless QoS, WMM (Wi-Fi Multi media).-
WiFi Protected Setup (WPS).-
Supports up-to 300 Mbps data transfer.

So I'm guessing 300mps is the max? Homeplugs such as THESE will be better?

Might sound like an obvious answer but I just want to make sure before I buy

EDIT or is the Router 300mps referring to both the max speed of Ethernet AND wireless?

EDIT AGAIN: Sorry, I've just noticed it says 4x 10/100mps for Ethernet? Whatever that means :')

 

[steaky360]

You should get more reliable and more consistent speeds with the homeplugs. Bare in mind all your other wireless devices (phones/tablets/etc.) will be sharing a portion of the wireless capability of the router so having a dedicated connection for your PC/PC(s) would be better imo.

 

[SmokeDarKnight]

Yeah i use homeplugs and i prefer them to wireless. Wifi gets worse with ever wall it has to pass and with the home plugs you can just plug in and go.

Another thing you could do if you have a spare router is hope plug 2 routers and use one as a wifi hot spot. If you name them both the same with the same password then devices "should" automatically swap to the strongest signal.

 

[nathanjrb]

Ok. I have a feeling I may be limited by my router regardless. EE say you can't use your own router, only the one they supply. Surely that can't be true...... I'm sure you could use your own if you wanted :/

 

[nathanjrb]

Yeah i use homeplugs and i prefer them to wireless. Wifi gets worse with ever wall it has to pass and with the home plugs you can just plug in and go.

Another thing you could do if you have a spare router is hope plug 2 routers and use one as a wifi hot spot. If you name them both the same with the same password then devices "should" automatically swap to the strongest signal.

Thanks. I've just remembered my line speed is limited to 15mps at home anyway... I thought the speeds in the specs were just the speeds between the router and device? Or am I wrong?

 

[tom_gr7]

Ok. I have a feeling I may be limited by my router regardless. EE say you can't use your own router, only the one they supply. Surely that can't be true...... I'm sure you could use your own if you wanted :/

lol, they told you that? that's just silly EE. Of course you could use your own router, they wouldn't know. Most of the routers supplied by companies are cheap and rubbish but do the job good enough for the majority.

 

[nathanjrb]

lol, they told you that? that's just silly EE. Of course you could use your own router, they wouldn't know. Most of the routers supplied by companies are cheap and rubbish but do the job good enough for the majority.

Haha, I knew I wasn't being stupid

 

[SmokeDarKnight]

Ok. I have a feeling I may be limited by my router regardless. EE say you can't use your own router, only the one they supply. Surely that can't be true...... I'm sure you could use your own if you wanted :/

No thats correct, although it is possible you need to get the Username and Password for your internet access. Sky is the same, if your using your own router then they will not support any issues that you may have. Its really annoying as they gave my mate a rubbish router and i gave him my old belkin but wouldn't give him the settings to transfer it.

Thanks. I've just remembered my line speed is limited to 15mps at home anyway... I thought the speeds in the specs were just the speeds between the router and device? Or am I wrong?

The speed between devices is rated at 300Mbs i think. You do get different routers for different incoming lines i think as the two routers i have do not support FO speads and have a different one to support that.

 

[mishra]

...now then if homeplug come with:

4 x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports

... then how the hell it can support speed up to 300 Mbps - is that not limited by the 10/100 socket !?

Supports up-to 300 Mbps data transfer.

Unless it support speed of 300Mpbs where that speed is between two homeplugs only! but connection between homeplug and your laptop/PC is still max of 100Mbps ! This feel to me like marketing mumbo jumbo and NOT actual speed you will get! Still I would choose homeplugs over WiFi due to its reliability.

 

[nathanjrb]

Hi Mishra,

The 10/100mps is what the EE ROUTER specs say for its Ethernet ports.

The 'up to 300mps' is the WiFi specs of the EE Router.

 

[mishra]

.. ahh I see. I'm tired here at work scrap my comment then! Need to read things properly before I comment!