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Old 28-01-2010, 11:47   #9
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Re: Using PowerLine Adaptors

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Originally Posted by kesterwww View Post
The powerline adaptors I use are Comptrend UPA, and a google search informed me they are capable of upto 200 mbps. My Internet speed is between 10 and 15 meg.
Which means that the powerlines are never going to be the slowest point (the hub will also be 100Mbps) so your internet is the bottleneck. For BTvision and xbox this should be fine

As Graham says a device that splits ethernet is callled a hub or switch (switches are more inteligent than hubs and can slightly speed things up with better point to point connctions) you do not want a "splitter" nor do you want another router (your BT home hub is a router). Hubs/Switches come with 4 or more ports so for example if you have a 4 port hub after the powerline one port will plug into it and you'll then have 3 ports available for other devices that can then not only talk to the router but if needed to each other.

If you get stuck then please come back and ask antoher question in this thread (or another thread if it's on another topic..)
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