Home Plugs
 

I think the wireless on my PS3 is Fubared as you can see from the speed tests below, both PC and PS3 are in same room and on same wireless network.

So I was thinking about getting some Home Plugs.
Where the router is situated there is only one wall socket. From this I have a 4 way plugged in which has a DECT phone, Home Hub and modem. Can I plug a home plug into the spare socket on the 4 way and what sort of speed could i expect?

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I think that Home Plugs need to be plugged directly into a wall socket, rather than a strip, however I may be completely wrong.

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hmmm seems to be people saying you can and people saying you can't.

any ideas why the wireless on the ps3 is so pants?

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Oh, & as for speeds... The HomePlug AV standard allows for speeds up to 200Mbps over the power line.

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Hmm. Descriptions I've seen on actual products though say not to use surge protected strips, but yeah it seems to vary in actual use...

e.g. http://www.avforums.com/forums/netwo...lti-plugs.html


Sorry, no idea. I've never used it on mine. Does seem odd though that the PS3's speed would be so different when both the PS3 & PC are in the same room on the same wireless network.

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You can but it cant be surge protected. Also some other devices cause major interference like remote controlled plug sockets and chargers (Even on different plugs or in different rooms).

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It might not be that bad, could be a combination of the router you are using and the wireless chipset used in the ps3.

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I'd already seen HomePlugs before with a single pass-through socket, but this takes it a step further: a combined HomePlug & power strip (filtered & surge protected):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Desktop-LAN-.../dp/B001NP5MAY

http://www.talktalk.co.uk/technology...wer-strip.html

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Not a bad price either since it has a few Ethernet sockets on it.

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All I need is something like this isn't it? Then I can plug it in front of the 4way?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/200Mb-Homepl...ef=pd_sim_ce_1

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Yes, in theory. Though it is possible the 4way or devices connected to the 4 way could interfere.
Dont forget you will need two of them too.

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I got one of these, and it gives much better speeds via wireless than the homeplugs.

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Good idea and a better price than most of the good quality homeplugs but if the OP is having wireless issues this may not remedy that.

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To the OP, I,m sure I read somewhere that PS3's don't like complicated passphrase's, might be worth a punt before you hand over any hard earned.

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Well I bought some Belkin home plugs today and the connection is far far better.

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A question on Home Plugs.

A few years ago our house was rewired, and all our sockets go directly to the fuse box.

So would Home Plugs work for with this?

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In my house they work great on any socket and get good throughput of upto 7MB/s on 200mb homeplugs (Some sockets are faster than others). Yet at my parents the plugs work fine and fast on the same floor but can't even see each other on different floors.
Best bet is to loan a set or buy them from somewhere you can return them if they don't work.

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Have you tried a speed test to see the difference?

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I've just set up some Netgear HomePlugs for Mrs D.

Not impressed with the software or the "manual", but it's all up & running now. She went for cheapo HomePlug v1 (85Mbps) rather than HomePlug AV (200Mbps).

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I hope you're not expecting 85Mbps. 15 to 20 Mbps seems to be about the norm for those.

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Nah, that's fine for what she wants to use it for.

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This has to be "snake oil" or rubbish. The passphrase is hashed to a random(ish) number and there is no reason why this (unless coded by a three year old) would make any difference.

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I have used a pair of Develo plugs (85Mbit ones) from Maplin (circa £65) for a few years now without a problem.. other than they get quite hot.

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It may be old news now but I new I'd read somewhere that the PS3 were possibly a bit sensitive to some types of security.

http://www.avforums.com/forums/netwo...nk-router.html

Maybe it doesnt effect newer consoles I dunno, personally I never use wireless where possible and always recommend against it.

At the end of the day I was just trying to offer a little help

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How are you speed testing the PS3

If it's via the network diagnostics option take it with a pinch of salt as it's often woefully inaccurate.

I think the PSN gets somewhat congested during peak time as downloads from it tend to be rather slow compared to say a download on your PC.

You can get Powerline adapters with a pass-through socket in.

Comtrends latest ones definitely a pass through power socket, but they use UPA instead of homeplug.

Pretty sure I've seen some other homeplug adaptors with power pass through as well, might have been some Ebuyer own brand ones or somewhere like that.

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Further to this does anyone have experience of the 'gigabit' homeplugs?

I'm looking for something that'll manage 100Mbps+ between floors if at all possible.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...gabit+homeplug

Apparently these are very hit and miss.

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How about these? I've not tried them, but this company has very good customer service:

http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline-gig-index.htm

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Saw those, odd as it may seem a bit concerned by how cheap they are and can't find any tests online of their performance.

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Reviews are linked on the bottom half of this page: http://www.solwise.co.uk/net-powerline-gig-pl-1000m.htm

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Yeah I read a couple of reviews from elsewhere and the results are, well, disturbing.

45 - 92Mbps in the same room. I can probably push more out of putting a wireless repeater on the stairs. :(

I understand about PHY speeds, etc, but 92Mbps out of 1000Mbps, best case?