NBN rollout in Australia and need wireless information

[Cespenar]

NBN is rolling out in parts of Australia. When two users are in house there are costs, high or low.

My son, Dan is on the NBN as of now. Each building is only allowed one NBN connection.

I can use a cable to the other end of the house to connect to the NBN in-house part and pay 67 dollars a month.

I can use a wireless PCIE adaptor or a USB wireless dongle to connect to Dan's modem/router. (Share his 80 dollar cost)


The wifi has to pass through 3 walls. About 15 meters in a straight line. (Plaster walls, book case and maybe a bed in the line)

The wifi items are probably cheapest, and are for sharing.

The cable would need an electrician to do a decent job of joining the cable. It could be connected to Dan's modem/router for sharing his 80 dollar cost. (No wifi)

Dan's speedtest: 22.74 mbps = Download. 4.86 mbps = upload. Latency = 1ms. Jitter = 6ms (with NBN)

My speedtest: 8.53 mbps =Download. 0.80 mbps = upload. Latency = 31ms. Jitter = 2ms. With ADSL2+}

There is dual band wireless items. 2.4 and 5.0 GHz bands.


Will I need dual band with what information I have been able write here? (MoBo has no wifi. Will wifi be slower than ADSL2+?)

Will a fifteen to twenty meter cable be as slow as wifi?


I have just seen some adverts for powerline adapters. Do any memebers use these and are they better than wifi?
I have a limited time to decide which way to go.

 

[smorizio]

your better off going with wifi. it be faster then your modem you have now. what you want to do it in the house use a high powered base station that both 2.4 and 5g. there 500mw and higher in radio power. then on your pc you want to use hi powered usb or pci two ban usb or pci card.
the newer ad wifi routers have just started to drop.
http://gizmodo.com/the-first-802-11ad-router-makes-your-wi-fi-network-almo-1749163152

 

[Dugimodo]

A cat5 or better cable will give you full GB speeds up to 100M and is a much faster and more reliable connection than any version of Wi-Fi. Only problem is installing it in the first place.

Powerline adapters can be very good but it can be a bit hit and miss, I get ok speeds between some power outlets but out to the shed where I wanted to use it was pathetically bad. If they work they can be better than Wi-Fi but it's a try it and see situation with no guarantees.

15M should be ok for wireless, 5Ghz tends to have much better speed but worse coverage than 2.4. Getting a dual band adapter would give you the option to try both and see what works better. They are separate networks from the same router, you connect to one or the other.

At home I use a dual band wireless n router through about 3 walls but a bit closer at around 10-12M. Speed varies from 30-80Mbps, 2.4 gives me 20-50 but is more stable. 5Ghz got me the 80GBps speed test but tends to drop off or slow down fairly often and sometimes won't stream Netflix without buffering so I stick to the 2.4