Wifi Adapter Or Socket Adapter Choice

[kaiser78]

We bought a Samsung smart TV for Xmas to go with my son's Xbox. The TV comes without built in wifi (conscious decision) and can be networked using a wifi adaptor, which Currys had advised to buy the following specific Samsung product SAMSUNG WIS12ABGNX/XEC Wireless LAN Adapter.

However in John Lewis (who provide 2 year warranty) they suggested the following TP-Link product, which plugs into the wall socket as an alternative option TP-Link AV500 Nano Powerline Adapter Starter Kit.

I have not come across this TP-Link alternative before - can anyone advise if this would be recommended ahead of the wireless adapter solution, or if I should just go with the Samsung solution ?

Thanks

[Bellona]

We bought a Samsung smart TV for Xmas to go with my son's Xbox. The TV comes without built in wifi (conscious decision) and can be networked using a wifi adaptor, which Currys had advised to buy the following specific Samsung product SAMSUNG WIS12ABGNX/XEC Wireless LAN Adapter.

However in John Lewis (who provide 2 year warranty) they suggested the following TP-Link product, which plugs into the wall socket as an alternative option TP-Link AV500 Nano Powerline Adapter Starter Kit.

I have not come across this TP-Link alternative before - can anyone advise if this would be recommended ahead of the wireless adapter solution, or if I should just go with the Samsung solution ?

Thanks

I bought my brother something similar from amazon earlier in the year for his Samsung Smart TV after a friend recommended them. Best thing he ever used. Much better than the wifi adaptors they were both using before.
Pretty good price too - got them for £40 for a twin pack.
They are unavailable on Amazon at present, ( as a twin-pack, they have singles at just over £16), but you may get them somewhere else ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

HTH

[CheeseSlice]

I've got three of the TP-link 200Mbps powerline adapters. They're rock solid and haven't let me down once. No signal problems and no faffing around configuring wifi connections. Once the powerlines are paired together (only had to do this once after purchase and never had to do it again) its just like having ethernet running through your home.

[stek]

I've got three of the TP-link 200Mbps powerline adapters. They're rock solid and haven't let me down once. No signal problems and no faffing around configuring wifi connections. Once the powerlines are paired together (only had to do this once after purchase and never had to do it again) its just like having ethernet running through your home.

I have 4 200M/bit ones and I have the opposite problem, sooner or later one will drop out and affect the others and as one it the main router to power line connection, that's the lot off. Then it's 30 mins pairing them up again, ask my Son, he's the one I get to do it!

Invested in a new Apple Extreme router, plus a secondhand one, plus two others I had lying around, as you do, placed strategically around the house - zero probs, zero dropouts.

Apple might be locked-in syndrome, but there are nice lock-ins....Hic...

[BigRed]

Do these powerline options co-exist happily with X10?

[CheeseSlice]

I have 4 200M/bit ones and I have the opposite problem, sooner or later one will drop out and affect the others and as one it the main router to power line connection, that's the lot off. Then it's 30 mins pairing them up again, ask my Son, he's the one I get to do it!

I've got a fairly simple ring circuit that is common for ground and 1st floor. Not sure if you'd need to do anything special if they're separate. Apparently the powerline adapters also work if you've got separate phased circuits but with degraded signal/performance. Could something like this be your problem?

[Platypus]

For anyone looking at Powerline adapters, just got this through

Buffalo 500Mbps Gigabit
Powerline Adapter - Twin Pack

[gingerjedi]

I bought a 22" Samsung with built in wifi which has been rock solid, I also run a PC on TP-Link powerline's without problem.

I love the way it picks up DLNA content on my NAS so I can stream all my tv/movies.

[Boo]

...However in John Lewis (who provide 2 year warranty) they suggested the following TP-Link product, which plugs into the wall socket as an alternative option TP-Link AV500 Nano Powerline Adapter Starter Kit.

I have not come across this TP-Link alternative before - can anyone advise if this would be recommended ahead of the wireless adapter solution, or if I should just go with the Samsung solution ?

I've been using the AV500+ Gigabit ethernet adaptors with pass-thru mains facility and recommend them over Wifi for signal quality and reliability. I wouldn't personally buy the ones without mains pass-thru as they're a bit restrictive and I don't have many spare wall-sockets (they don't recommend using them from an extension lead socket).

Boo

[gingerjedi]

I've been using the AV500+ Gigabit ethernet adaptors with pass-thru mains facility and recommend them over Wifi for signal quality and reliability. I wouldn't personally buy the ones without mains pass-thru as they're a bit restrictive and I don't have many spare wall-sockets (they don't recommend using them from an extension lead socket).

Boo

I know it's not recommended but both of mine are on power bar extension leads, no problems at all.