[SOLVED] Powerline across different circuit breaker boxes

[starbound_soul]

My parents are constantly complaining about the bad Wi-Fi signal across their house, so I was thinking about getting a Powerline with Wi-Fi to help clear up the dead area on the opposite side of the house from where their modem and router are located. However, as I've been reading up on this, I'm concerned if it will even work in their home.

First of all, we're in the US, as I know that matters for how electrical works for these. The house has two separate circuit breaker boxes, as my father built an addition to the house when I was a kid. So, the newer part of the house, where the modem/router are located, is probably about 18-odd years old. The other side of the house, where I'm wanting to put the Wi-Fi adapter of the Powerline, is the original part of the house, and was build back in the 50s.

So my main concerns boil down to:
1. Will Powerline work in their house due to the wiring in the home being split between two boxes? The internet is giving me mixed answers, so I figure the best bet I have is to just ask somewhere where I can ask questions.

2. If it will work, is the fact that I would have to jump between boxes to run the adapters going to cause a major issue? My parents live in a rural area and only get 120mb/s for internet speed, so with every brand I'm finding rating to a minimum of 300mb/s I'm assuming it won't be a massive problem, even with some major lag or static between the devices.

3. With my being unsure of how the wiring in the house works until I ask my dad, is it possible that the wiring in the original part of the house could be too bad to make this work? I am assuming it's been updated since the house was built, as I have seen some old two-prong outlets in the attic and pantry where rewiring wouldn't have been needed as those are unused outlets, and the rest of the house uses the three-prong grounded outlets.

Thanks in advance for the help. I've been wracking my brain over how to help my parents get better signal (without moving the modem/router, since that's plugged into a desktop in an home office) since extenders don't work too well with the difference between levels in the house (the router/modem are on the second floor of the house, and the issues are in the kitchen, on the first floor). I honestly just found out about Powerline literally tonight and I want to bring it up but not without knowing if it will even work or not first.

 

[terry4536]

Put the Power line on one circuit and then use ethernet cable to extend the router into the other portion of the house to cover it. Then use the WiFi end in the center of the new addition to cover as much of the addition. Or vice versa depending upon which portion is larger (I guessing that thee router has the longer range)

 

[bill001g]

This is one of those you need to try it and see if it works. Poweline units really are just using the electical wires as a antenna for the signal. It tends to be kinda unpredictable what works and what doesn't. They work fine in 100yr old houses where people say they have problems and they don't work in brand new houses on the same exact circuit breaker.

In any case the newer technology works much better than the older stuff. In addition to running on the 2 power carrying leads it put signal on the ground connection. The ground connection tends to always be connected even across multiple boxes.

Don't believe the numbers I doubt you will get any powerline units that will run 120mbps. Make sure you buy the av2 ones because these are the newest technology. You can buy av2 600 units but the 1200 or similar devices tend to run faster. Just avoid any units that use the older av500 and av200 technology and you stand a much better chance of making it work.