(UPDATE) Power Line Networking Security

Instead of running a new Cat5 cable though the attic and walls I'm thinking I might be able to use the Power Line Networking Adapters as an alternative, but need some insight to see if what I want to do will work.

Here's the background info:

-We have "Fiber To The Home" (15 down/15 up) so no modems involved.
-Cat5 comes into garage along with cable and then gets dispursed (1 line upstairs/1 line downstairs).
-The Cat5 line downstairs goes to an outlet in a bedroom then then into my Time Capsule and then everything is connected by WiFi.
-Want to move the TC into the living room so I can hard wire a few devices and have better WiFi broadcasting for everything else.

So I saw this at Best Buy;
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/NETGEAR...+Kit/3536038.p?id=1218410802490&skuId=3536038

Can I plug one of these PL Adapters into an electrical outlet in the bedroom, where the Cat5 outlet is and plug the ethernet into it? And then plug the other PL Adapter into the electrical outlet in the living room and plug the ethernet cable from the PL Adapter to the Time Capsule?

 

Mine is 15mbps

Thanks for posting this, I will definitely look at this one.

So if I got one that topped at 200mbps and I was achieving 30mbps like you have gotten, I still wouldn't be reaching my limit, correct?

 

Powerline Adapter is advertised at 500mbps

Maybe real world I get 150mbps

My fiber connection is 15mbps up and down so I would never hit 150mbps anyway, correct?

 

That is basically what it comes down to really. Will it do me any good to get something faster since what I'm getting is still below what the PowerLine adapter is capable of?

 

Thanks for the help drsox! Looking on ebay right now.

 

Security Question

Ok, I got a pair of PowerLine Network Adapters and everything running exactly as I wanted it to. I have my Fiber connection coming into the house in a bedroom, and it is going straight into the PL Adapter in the wall outlet. I have the other PL Adapter in the living room where the ethernet cable then goes into my Time Capsule.

The kit came with a disc to set up the Encryption for the PL Adapters and supposed to set it up when the program finds the adapters throughout the Wireless network. But I have them "in front" of my Time Capsule instead of sending the ethernet connection to another room "after" my router. (If that makes sense)

Do I need some kind of security for the PL Adapters if they're before my wireless network?

 

Apparently I spoke too soon! When I first set this all up I was getting the 15mbps that we are supposed to get and everything seemed fine. Now all of the sudden I am getting 1mbps barely!!

Doing some googling some say that if you have a surge protector plugged into the same outlet with stuff plugged into it that it will suck all of the power and drop your speeds. So it looks like these are going back to Best Buy and I'll have to run cat5 into the living room.

 

No need to now. I ran a hard line of cat6 so now I'm good. Thanks for the help though.