Which powerline adapter to connect to Deco mesh?

Which powerline adapter to connect to Deco mesh?

Which powerline adapter to connect to Deco mesh?
Which powerline adapter to connect to Deco mesh?
2 weeks ago
Model: Deco XE75  
Hardware Version:
Firmware Version: 1.0

Hi,
I have Deco XE75 installed. It is fine where it reaches, but this is an old house in the wilds of France, and my house has walls of around 1.1m thick on the ground floor and 80cm on the next floor (1st floor in the sensible system, 2nd floor in American), so it doesn't reach anywhere easily. The top (2nd) floor is currently unused.
The distance between my office on the 1st floor and the kitchen on the ground floor is around 50m with three walls of average width of 1m between the two points. Because of the difficulty of getting a signal across that without putting a satellite in my bedroom (Which is an absolute no-no, according to my wife) I am thinking of putting in a powerline adapter to get a signal to the kitchen. I would like it to connect to the mesh satellite in the room above the kitchen, which should give me WiFi into the rest of the house.

Ethernet is not an option, the walls are made of river rocks cemented together, so there's no direct line through for a drill, the hallway doesn't have any skirting, just a flagstone floor, and I don't want ugly. I can't string ethernet outside the house for the same reason that my window shutters and front door are made of oak; the weather here can be frightening. It's also a long way up with a cobbled courtyard for my ladder to rest on.

It's not straightforward, as I have three routers for various reasons, but I just want the 'main' system to be accessible throughout.

To be fair any powerline adapter would get decent enough WiFi in the kitchen, but if I can get the mesh to connect to it, I can get usable WiFi in the whole house without buying another two satellites.

 

So, a simple question, would a TL-WPA8631P Kit do the job? If not, any ideas as to what will? I am pretty technical, but a unix guy, not a networks wonk, so I don't need anything I need to spend weeks on.

 

Thanks in anticipation.

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Re:Which powerline adapter to connect to Deco mesh?
2 weeks ago

I have been looking at a PX50 set. I could probably buy two and connect to two existing XE75 units to get an integrated network, with the office and kitchen being plugged in, and the two XE75s running free, just part of the mesh.

Good idea?

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Re:Which powerline adapter to connect to Deco mesh?
2 weeks ago

  @Rouffian 

 

 

Hi, welcome to our community.

If you still want to use a mesh network, I am afraid that  TL-WPA8631P KIT it not suitable.

Deco PX50 can join in Deco mesh network with your current Deco XE75. 

If you want to use Powerline Backhual between two Deco PX50, please read this guide carefully, especially Q2(At least two Deco PX50 under the same power grid and Deco PX50 must be the main Deco).

General Questions about the Powerline or PLC Backhaul Feature of Deco

 

 

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Re:Which powerline adapter to connect to Deco mesh?
2 weeks ago

Thank you @Marvin_S,

 

You may be pleased to know that I spent several hours on research and did exactly as you suggested. The two PX50 are refusing to connect to Internet, so I am opening another ticket about that.

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