Highly depends on the makeup of your electrical wiring. To get good performance:
- always plug directly into walls, never into extensions, or multi plugs.
- don't even try to jump phases, performance will be atrocious but...
- if you have to, there are phase converters that you can install into your mains
There's a huge performance gap between cheap and expensive homeplug kits, and protocol implementation varies miserably between manufacturers. Also lowest speed adapter determines network speed.
So ideally you want to buy Devolo or TP-Link Homeplug AV1200 kits with integrated power outlets, stick them into walls directly and you can absolutely get a solid Gigabit without running cable through walls.
I do absolutely agree that troubleshooting is a horrible pain however.
- always plug directly into walls, never into extensions, or multi plugs.
- don't even try to jump phases, performance will be atrocious but...
- if you have to, there are phase converters that you can install into your mains
There's a huge performance gap between cheap and expensive homeplug kits, and protocol implementation varies miserably between manufacturers. Also lowest speed adapter determines network speed.
So ideally you want to buy Devolo or TP-Link Homeplug AV1200 kits with integrated power outlets, stick them into walls directly and you can absolutely get a solid Gigabit without running cable through walls.
I do absolutely agree that troubleshooting is a horrible pain however.