Should I buy a wireless card or powerline adapter

[Coryz965]

I've been running a edimax $25 wifi adapter on my new pc, and the experience has been nothing short of terrible. The connection cuts occasionally and the speeds go down to as low as 5mbps. I was wondering whether i should go for a higher quality wifi adapter or buy a powerline adapter.

Extra info: My house was built in the late 1970s and this wifi adapter is the only device that experiences connection issues.

 

[getochkn]

I've never had good luck with powerline. They seem to only work in some magical perfect house and wiring that I've never lived in. lol. If all your other devices get decent wifi in your house, than I'd get a better adapter for the PC if wiring it isn't an option.

 

[InvalidError]

If your WiFi works perfectly fine with everything else you have on WiFi around the same location in your home your PC is in, then WiFi sounds like the best option. I'd go with either a USB dongle and extension cable so you can relocate the adapter wherever you get the best signal from or a WiFi bridge/AP connected to your PC using Ethernet.

As geto wrote, powerline networking is hit-and-miss, depending on wiring topology, distance, wiring tidiness, connected appliances, electrical noise from those appliances, etc.