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Originally Posted by Bill Verburg View Post
I had a similar issue,
solution was to buy a Netgear PL1200(or PLP1200)
These use your house AC wiring to carry the signal from your router, you plug a unit into a house hold AC outlet near the router and another near the device that needs the signal then run a normal Ethernet cable(supplied) at each end to connect. It works great w/ no fuss, you also can encrypt the signal very easily, just push a button on each Pl1200. They also have lights to diagnose signal speed. I have 4 of them(2 sets) so can feed 3 devices far away from the router.

They claim 1200mbps but the actual speed is way less, a get ~75mbps through the router and ~60mbs at the furthest node.

The PLP1200 is the same but has a pass through AC outlet.
You are not getting the theoretical speed most likely because the two outlets are not on the same circuit.

I've had to resort to using them in a pinch and they work best on the same circuit.

I've had situations where they don't work at all if the circuits are not in the same panel.
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